Liz Aberback
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Highly skilled Learning Specialist with background in designing and implementing learning strategies tailored to individual students. Strengths include deep understanding of modern teaching methods, ability to adapt curriculum to meet diverse learning styles, and strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with educators, parents, and students. Previously implemented innovative teaching strategies that enhanced student engagement and improved overall learning outcomes.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
JK-2nd Grade Learning Specialist, Maternity Leave
St. Luke's School
NY, NY
08.2024 - Current
- Develop and implement individualized learning plans, one-on-one and in small group instruction for students with diverse needs
- Monitor and assess student progress using data-driven methods, adjusting learning plans to meet changing needs
- Support students in their classroom by adjusting instructional materials and broadening the scope of entry points for diverse learners
- Collaborate with classroom teachers, learning support staff, outside support specialists, and parents to identify academic challenges and create strategies to support student success
- Collaborate and support teachers with implementing inclusive teaching strategies and interventions
- Make referrals for educational and neuropsychological testing and related services as needed
- Analyze and summarize neuropsychological evaluations to incorporate classroom modifications and maintain strong communication with families and outside supports
Head Teacher 1st and 4th Grade
Packer Collegiate Institute
Brooklyn, NY
08.2014 - 06.2024
- Taught literacy, math, social studies, and social-emotional skills with a keen eye toward differentiation, enrichment, and intervention strategies to support the students
- Tailored instruction and materials to support and motivate students with needs in attentional variation, identified learning differences, and executive function challenges
- Utilized positive behavioral interventions and support to promote a safe and supportive classroom environment
- Administered ongoing formative and summative assessments to monitor student progress in literacy and math, identify areas for improvement, and develop strategies for enhancing student success
- Developed and led literacy and social studies curriculum incorporating tenets of diversity and identity education, inquiry research, and history, with a commitment to anti-bias and anti-racist teaching
- Regularly re-evaluated the inclusivity and messaging of texts and materials used in the classroom
- Grade Level Coordinator 2023 - 2024
- Co-Coordinator of PS/LS Community Engagement and Global Education 2018 - 2020
- Co-leader of Programming and Partnership with Ndonyo Wasin Primary School in Ndonyo Wasin, Kenya 2014 - 2022
Head Teacher Kindergarten, Pre-K, and 2s
Williamsburg Northside School
Brooklyn, NY
09.2011 - 06.2014
- Designed and delivered engaging and developmentally appropriate lessons in literacy, math, social studies, and social-emotional learning
- Created a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment, supporting students with attentional variations, learning differences, and executive functioning challenges
- Designed social studies and social-emotional curriculum that was play-based and inquiry-based
Education
M.S. ED. - Early Childhood Education
Hunter College
New York07.2010
BA - American Studies and Visual Art
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York05.2002
Skills
- Evidence-based literacy interventions
- Individualized learning plans
- Differentiated instructions and scaffolding for math, literacy, social studies, social-emotional work, and executive functioning
- Collaboration with educators and families
- Multisensory and structured literacy approaches
School Committee Work
- Community Engagement and Global Education Coordinator
- Grade Level Coordinator
- Ndonyo Wasin School Partnership
- Peer Mentoring
- Social and Emotional Learning
- Social Studies Curriculum Development
- Literacy and Math Curriculum and Project Planning
- Hiring
- Project Based Learning
- Incorporation of Reggio Emilia practices
Specialized Trainings
- Orton-Gillingham Classroom Level Educator Training
- Wilson Fundations Training
- The Writing Revolution
- Supporting Executive Functions in the Classroom: Sarah Ward and Cognitive Connections
- Responsive Classroom
- Institute for Social-Emotional Learning
- Words Their Way
- Handwriting Without Tears
- Bridges in Mathematics
- Investigations (Terc) Math Curriculum
- Illustrative Math
- Teachers College Workshop model for Instruction
- Reggio Emilia
- Studied Digital Storytelling within a country with the history of genocide with Peaceworks
Timeline
JK-2nd Grade Learning Specialist, Maternity Leave
St. Luke's School
08.2024 - Current
Head Teacher 1st and 4th Grade
Packer Collegiate Institute
08.2014 - 06.2024
Head Teacher Kindergarten, Pre-K, and 2s
Williamsburg Northside School
09.2011 - 06.2014
M.S. ED. - Early Childhood Education
Hunter College
BA - American Studies and Visual Art
Bard College
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