Ekaterina Puzina

• Lead and teach a diverse preschool class of students from disadvantaged backgrounds in a caring, responsive learning environment.
• Utilizing data-driven decision-making processes to assess student progress, inform instruction, and monitor teaching effectiveness.
• Engage in collaborative planning sessions with colleagues in order to design effective curricula for a mixed-age classroom.
• Mentor and support the teaching team, strengthen collaboration and communication with colleagues, and families of our students.
• Implement high-quality practices that support children’s social-emotional development for preschoolers aged 2-5.

• Maintained a safe and engaging learning classroom environment for young learners and a supportive teaching team.
• Facilitated meetings with parents, guardians, and teaching team in order to discuss student progress, creating behavior-supportive plans, and individualized learning.
• Played an active role in creating and implementing the PBIS system in the classroom to support social-emotional learning and positive behavior management.
• Designed engaging learning experiences for students aged 2-5 years old.
• Utilized data-driven decision making processes to assess student progress, inform instruction, and monitor teaching effectiveness.

• Maintained a safe, educational environment for students in the bilingual early childhood learning setting.
• Led instruction for small groups of children in collaboration with other teachers, with a focus on language development and Kindergarten readiness.

Grades 2-4.

• Taught a variety of subjects: Reading, Russian language, Science, Math, and Social Studies.
• Focused on provided learning curriculum, created engaging lessons, conducted assessments, and organized them in data-driven record keeping.
• Organized mathematical special activities for gifted children in 3rd Grade.