Kimberly Cottet

Division of Childcare Services, Clearances and Safety Assessment

• Demonstrated commitment to professional growth by attending relevant trainings, workshops, and conferences; continuously updating skills and knowledge within family services field.
• Conducted Safety Assessments for childcare workers, including interviewing those with criminal records, new charges and arrests.
• Maximized day care applicants' engagement of out-of-state backgrounds clearance, through proactive outreach efforts, including telephone and written correspondence.
• Balanced approximately eighty or more out-of-state background checks fifteen or more safety assessments.

• Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
• Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
• Provided small group explicit reading and math instruction to approximately 25 students
• Pushed in to Kindergarten and First grade classrooms to support teachers
• Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
• Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
• Piloted Tier 3 Math Intervention program

• Scope includes instructional use of IFL curriculum units, F & P, and Words their Way
• Participate in ELA Summer Institute and book studies
• Enrich student reading performance and classroom productivity by introducing complex material in unique ways for diverse audiences
• All students improved reading skills, moving up 3+ levels using Fountas and Pinnell assessments
• Push through learner development initiatives by collaborating with administration, staff, parents, and students to best accommodate all student needs, including those at risk and struggling learners
• Enhance results by working with parents to provide guidance for at home assignments
• Champion technology advancements, implementing interactive online tools, resources, and videos
• Leverage an expertise in differentiating lessons for struggling and gifted students by developing and implementing individualized education plans for students and cooperative learning activities.

• Instructed K-5 classes in reading and all subjects while also handling development and implementation of curriculums and tutorials
• Served as Building Lead Teacher, Building Leadership Committee, RCEA Union representative, PBS co-chair, Coordinator of After School Clubs and Summer School Enrichment programs, member of District Social Studies and Science Curriculum Council
• Improved results by setting high performance standards in preparation of educational teaching and training aids including books, demonstration models, multimedia visual aids, tutorials, and reference works
• Actively engaged students with differentiated instruction and developing interdisciplinary curriculums with creative strategies for improving reading speed, fluency, and comprehension
• Supplemented essential material by applying course rationalization to implement creative and culturally relevant common core based lessons
• Advanced passing rates with formative and summative assessments to identify progress and strategically prioritize, plan and develop targeted lesson plans and supplementary projects to optimize results