LAUREN MICHELLE ROSENFIELD
New York,NY
Summary
Seasoned educator with 26 years of experience in fostering student development, managing educational programs, and engaging with diverse school communities seeking to leverage my skills in a dynamic admissions role. Adept at evaluating student needs, facilitating smooth transitions, and building strong relationships with stakeholders. Eager to apply my extensive background in education and my passion for student success to contribute effectively to an admissions team and support institutional goals.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
2nd Grade Teacher and Admissions Associate
Hannah Senesh Community Day School
08.2021 - Current
- Create a responsive, safe, joyful, and nurturing environment for children that fosters inquiry, exploration, learning, and reflection.
- Adapt lessons to differentiate instruction and meet students' diverse learning needs and abilities.
- Build positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Instruct literacy with Wit and Wisdom, Fundations phonics and spelling and writing.
- Coach Associate Teacher with planning, assessment, progress reports, and communication with families.
- Create and connect DEIB lessons throughout the curriculum.
- Monitor student progress by administering various literacy assessments and evaluating results.
- Teach core second-grade standards using Singapore Math in Focus.
- Coordinate and lead admissions events and activities.
- Lead phone calls with newly admitted families.
- Guide tours for prospective families.
- Administer assessments for possible incoming students.
- Assist with the onboarding process.
- Facilitate and organize partnerships and monthly activities between admitted and current families.
Substitute Coordinator and Pre-K Teacher
Packer Collegiate Institute
08.2019 - 06.2021
- Supported staff with instruction for the 3's through grade 4 in school and virtually.
- Coordinated daily substitute placement.
- Effectively communicated with administration and staff about short and long-term absences.
- Led cross-curricular pre-k-4th grade programming.
- Collaborated with the administration on the development of family and faculty communication.
- Managed in-house calendar.
- Collaborated with team teachers to implement Emergent Reggio Emilia Curriculum based on children's interests and development using everyday tools and documenting progress through narratives and photographs.
- Celebrated children's identities with a commitment to diversity and inclusion
- Facilitated virtual learning during periods of school closure that aligns with the program philosophy using a variety of online platforms including SeeSaw and DreamBox.
- Developed hands-on learning with Sounds in Motion literacy program and math activities.
- Provided literacy-rich opportunities to support pre-emergent and emergent readers and writers.
Reading and Math Specialist and Teacher Coach
The Ramaz School
01.2016 - 06.2019
- Met regularly with teams of teachers to discuss best practices and develop innovative teaching strategies.
- Coached teachers in literacy instruction, developing units, materials and assessments.
- Modeled and facilitated student-led, inquiry-based activities in classroom to enhance learning experience.
- Assessed teacher and student performance and provided feedback to facilitate student success.
- Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
- Met with students, parents and administrators to address and resolve students' behavioral and academic issues.
- Diversified teaching techniques and learning tools help students with differing ability levels and varied learning modalities.
Kindergarten Teacher and Coach
Temple Israel of Hollywood Day School
08.2007 - 01.2016
- Instructed literacy with the Reading and Writing Workshop, Orton Gillingham phonics and Spelling Connections and Handwiritng Without Tears
- Integrated social studies units about self, family, community, mapping, geographical features, people who made a difference, government, electoral process, California Gold Rush, Jewish and American holidays
- Applied and extended the Everyday Math curriculum
- Boosted cultural awareness by creating multicultural units of various countries and incorporated international children's literature.
- Used the Project Based Learning model with a constructivist approach to meet the needs of 21st-century learners.
- Collaborated with other faculty, staff and outside supports to promote rigorous learning opportunities, general well-being of school and collective interest of staff and student body.
- Assisted in creating WASC documents for the school accreditation process.
- Led weekly team meetings and communicated with UCSD Site-based coaching program leaders.
- Guided teacher's lessons through conception, application, and reflection.
2nd Grade Teacher
STEPHEN S. WISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
08.2006 - 06.2007
- Executed and amended an integrated curriculum that included Harcourt Brace Language Arts and Math, and Rebecca Sitton Spelling programs.
- Applied differentiated instructional techniques to meet the needs of each student.
- Collaborated with Judaic and Hebrew teachers for cooperative projects.
- Developed and delivered lessons in Reading and Writing Workshop.
- Implemented and modified Social Studies units including Mapping, My City, My Country, Presidents, and World Cultures.
- Supported PACE coordinator in assessing gifted children and devising enrichment based on the Language Arts Curriculum.
- Engaged with Project Studio Teacher in aligning Social Studies Curriculum.
- Assisted Literacy Coordinator in the Workshop-based approach to literacy.
Kindergarten Teacher
TARBUT V'TORAH
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Created and implemented an integrated curriculum including Houghton Mifflin Language Arts and Math programs
- Coached Kindergarten team implementing Reading and Writing Workshop lessons
- Collaborated with teachers across the disciplines including Judaic and Hebrew teachers to support the core curriculum
- Co-created Zooseum Unit based on animals and their habitats
- Developed and taught lessons in Science with units on the earth, butterflies and the five senses
- Designed Social Studies units including Self, Family, Thanksgiving, Presidents Day, Fire Prevention, Hannukah, Penguins, Mammals, and Seasons
- Invited parents into the classroom as Mystery Readers as well as helped with special projects
- Worked with 5th and 8th graders on community service opportunities such as relief to Hurricane Katrina survivors.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade ELD Teacher
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Invited by the Irvine District Office to serve on a committee that will establish a standardized curriculum for English language learners.
- Modified and taught the state-mandated Houghton Mifflin reading and writing program, which encompasses units on Family, Friends, Weather, and Farm, to English language learners.
- Created supplements to the Houghton Mifflin curriculum with reading and writing units on Patterns, List Books, Narratives, and Craft Study.
- Implemented and enhanced McGraw Hill Math and Excel programs with hands-on lessons including Counting, Measuring, Grouping, Sorting, Telling Time, and Geometry.
- Devised and directed social studies units including food, music, customs, and traditions of various cultures with parental involvement.
- Designed and administered lessons focusing on English vocabulary.
- Established group projects that enable children to listen, speak, read, and write in English.
- Evaluated children based on District assessments and teacher-made tools with parent conferences.
- Led a reading recovery program for first grade general education struggling readers.
- Supervised teaching assistants and parent volunteers.
Grade 5 Student Teacher and Substitute
MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL, P.S. 290
08.2000 - 02.2001
- Developed and implemented daily small and large-group lessons in literacy, word study, mathematics, and social studies
- Coordinated unit on Native American Indians including focus lessons with classroom teachers
- Supported teaching staff by conducting classes on a short-term basis.
- Cultivated positive relationships with administration, teaching staff, and students.
- Promoted positive and productive learning environment to increase engagement and rapport with students and teachers.
Kindergarten Talented and Gifted Class Teacher
MARY LINDLEY MURRAY SCHOOL, P.S. 116
08.1998 - 06.2000
- Created and implemented lessons in the Reading and Writing Workshop including units on Small Moments, How To Books, Reading Comprehension and Strategies, and Nonfiction
- Executed math lessons from TERC Investigations
- Conceived and applied social studies units including Self, Family, and Community
- Developed and taught science units including Plants, Butterflies, and Ocean Life
- Assessed students' individual growth using informal and formal techniques, including ECLAS; conveyed student development through written reports and parent conferences
- Organized field trips, student productions, and the Scholastic book program.
Education
Master of Arts - Applied Educational Psychology: Reading Specialization
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, TEACHERS COLLEGE
New York, NYMaster of Arts - Early Childhood and Elementary Education
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
New York, NY01.2001
Bachelor of Arts - English
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE
Gettysburg, PA01.1997
Skills
- Group and individual instruction
- Assessments and Progress Reporting
- Literacy, math and social studies instruction
- Organization
- Collaboration
- Positive Role Model and Mentor
- Program Development
- Critical Thinking
- Project-based innovative learning
- Differentiated Instruction
- Technology Integration
Training and Certification
- Wit and Wisdom, 2024
- Hidden Sparks, 2024
- Writing Revolution, 2023
- Wilson Fundations Program Level 2, 2023
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice Training, Dr. Liza Talusan 2020-2021
- Wilson Fundations Program Level 1, 2019
- Orton-Gillingham Level 1, 2019
- Orton-Gillingham; Preventing Academic Failure Level 1, 2017
- Nueva Design Thinking Institute, Nueva School, CA 2015
- Coaching Institute, Columbia University Teacher's College, 2014
- California State Multiple Subjects Cleared Credential
- CLAD and EIRM
- Trained in Everyday Math and Singapore Math
- UCI Writing Workshop Fellow
- Responsive Classroom I and II
- Teachers College Columbia University; Writing and Reading Workshop
- New York State: Early Childhood and Elementary Education (Pre-K - 6th)
- New York City: Early Childhood and Elementary Education - File #758545
Timeline
2nd Grade Teacher and Admissions Associate
Hannah Senesh Community Day School
08.2021 - Current
Substitute Coordinator and Pre-K Teacher
Packer Collegiate Institute
08.2019 - 06.2021
Reading and Math Specialist and Teacher Coach
The Ramaz School
01.2016 - 06.2019
Kindergarten Teacher and Coach
Temple Israel of Hollywood Day School
08.2007 - 01.2016
2nd Grade Teacher
STEPHEN S. WISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
08.2006 - 06.2007
Kindergarten Teacher
TARBUT V'TORAH
01.2005 - 01.2006
Kindergarten and 1st Grade ELD Teacher
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY
01.2004 - 01.2005
Grade 5 Student Teacher and Substitute
MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL, P.S. 290
08.2000 - 02.2001
Kindergarten Talented and Gifted Class Teacher
MARY LINDLEY MURRAY SCHOOL, P.S. 116
08.1998 - 06.2000
Master of Arts - Applied Educational Psychology: Reading Specialization
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, TEACHERS COLLEGE
Master of Arts - Early Childhood and Elementary Education
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts - English
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE
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