Karrie Hamilton

Taught grades 6-8 language arts and social studies; served as team leader, intervention committee member, ELL building liaison, Broad-based Planning Committee member, safety team member, academic and spell bowl teams coach, Explorer's Club mentor, and high ability advisor.

Teacher: Piloted first extended day kindergarten program; taught grades 4 and 5 with high ability cluster, and 4/5 high ability split-grade class.

Coach: Assisted all middle school teachers by integrating literacy standards into content areas; demonstrated 6 Traits +1 writing model in multi-grade classrooms; facilitated implementation of INDOE HA LA units; modeled and observed classroom instruction, provided feedback, collaborated on projects, and developed a system of resources and interventions for teachers of struggling upper-grade readers and writers.

District Coach/Interventionist: Modeled execution of “Daily Five” curriculum with first grade teachers and students at Southeast Elementary School. Provided grade-level science and social studies content and reading comprehension intervention for struggling 6th grade student groups at Bellmont Middle School. Assisted in development of high ability services K-12.

Designed and implemented 21st Century Community Learning Center after-scool program which included: developing curriculum, recruiting and retaining students, hiring and training staff, completing federal and state grant reports, and managing the budget.

Administered every aspect of a three-week summer remediation program for struggling students in grades Pre-K through 8th which included:

Pre/Post Programming: Identification, recruitment and retention of students, curriculum development aligned with IREAD/ISTEP, staff placement and training, acquisition of supplies, meals, transportation, and aftercare, budget management, and completion of state reports.

During Programming: Remained onsite to manage attendance, parent communication, student illness, staff needs, materials and supplies, lunch supervision, custodial services, and student pickup.