Jenniffer C. Veras

• Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
• Adapted teaching methods and materials to meet students' varying needs.
• Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
• Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
• Helped students explore concepts with engaging, learning-focused activities.
• Communicated frequently with parents about student growth and progress, recommending at-home reinforcement to support struggling students.

• Drive data-driven instruction, review instructional data, including guided reading, literacy, and mathematics.
• Organize data dive informational meetings to enhance teacher understanding of student academic outcomes and support instructional practices.
• Manage and develop resources to be shared by 3rd grade ELA team.
• Checked on instructor lessons and communication in order to assess quality of education and assistance offered to students.

• Drove student learning by establishing clear classroom plans and group objectives, as well as actionable strategies to achieve each goal.
• Evaluated individual student abilities and created action plans based on current level and desired growth goals to support preparedness for standardized testing and transition to next grade level.
• Implemented classroom management improvements to enhance class morale and engagement.
• Taught lessons encompassing skill-building activities in speaking, writing, reading and listening.
• Prepared materials for lessons, assignments, and assessments, and evaluated, corrected and graded student performance to identify gaps in skills or knowledge and set realistic goals.

• Manage and develop resources to be shared by the 2nd grade ELA team.
• Lead continuous professional development workshops, share best practices, and make data-driven decisions.
• Support teachers in understanding the curriculum and building their content expertise while continuing to push the rigor.
• Create and modify the ELA curriculum when needed to provide an all-inclusive and rigorous academic curriculum.
• Analyze results data in weekly meetings to identify best practices and develop action plans for continuous improvements.
• Evaluate errors and identify trends to create/implement instructional plans/reteaches based on data in literacy.

• Create a positive culture within our grade level based on respect and trust
• Establish an expectation of strong teaching within the 2nd-grade team, use hard data and observation to track progress, and support other teachers through behavior modeling and performance feedback.
• Develop a safe and loving learning environment in our classrooms.
• Administer STEP assessment to evaluate reading growth throughout the school year.
• Regularly reflect on lesson plans and modify lessons based on grade team data.

• Engage over 120 scholars through science curriculum that reinforces fun of learning.
• Foster classroom environment conducive to learning and promoting excellent student-teacher interaction.
• Track students’ progress towards science facts fluency, reading levels, and other academic goals.
• Constantly assess scholars for us to analyze and create action plans to tackle any misconceptions.
• Scholars have demonstrated up to 40% growth since BOY based on baseline assessment.
• Scholars in academic elective have shown 20% growth based on assessments, science fluency, and their goal.
• Develop love for learning in classroom where 95% of scholars passed NY State Exam.

• Created and modified daily lesson plans that foster each child’s learning needs.
• Implemented creative methods of learning, such as music, art, and hands-on training to educate students and prepare them for kindergarten.
• Build professional and personal relationships with parents and students
• Implemented ESL curriculum to develop both academic, social, and language skills in students in subjects like Reading, play, and Math.
• Created nurturing, welcoming classroom environment where each child can feel safe and motivated to explore and learn new skills.

• Demonstrate mastery of subject matter for course(s) taught and be able to communicate that information in an engaging and creative way.
• Create lesson plans aligned with state

standards.

• Maintain a safe, organized classroom which supports student independent learning, collaboration, choice, and engages students using a variety of effective instructional strategies.
• Assess students and use this information for planning, instruction, and differentiation. Use available technology/instructional media to enhance the students’ learning experiences.
• Establish and maintain appropriate relationships with students, parents, staff, and community members by communicating in a tactful and courteous manner while maintaining confidentiality.
• Exhibit warm, nurturing responses to provide for children’s developmental, social, and emotional needs.