Marissa Gett

Dedicated to driving student success, resource enhancement, collection development, and strategic community partnerships to cultivate a dynamic, 21st-century media center.

• Advanced Academics & Gifted Support: Deliver specialized Advanced Academics curriculum to grades 3–5, utilizing curated digital tools, collaborative projects, and advanced resources to challenge and foster critical thinking in gifted and talented learners.
• Curriculum Development: Collaborated on the FCPS Curriculum Writing Team to architect and draft engaging media literacy lessons strictly aligned with AASL (American Association of School Librarians) standards.
• Schoology Ambassador: Serve as the building's tech champion, providing ongoing professional development, troubleshooting, and strategic support to ensure optimal platform utility and seamless instructional delivery.
• Grant Awards & Innovation: Secured and managed multiple competitive grants across the '23–'24 and '24–'25 school years, successfully funding high-impact initiatives including Virtual Reality headsets, the Read and Ride literacy program, and school-wide STEM integration.
• Data-Driven Collection Enhancement: Analyzed media center metrics to secure targeted enhancement funds for three consecutive years, systematically closing resource gaps and aligning the collection with evolving curricular and student needs.
• Literacy Sponsorships: Partnered with national and local organizations—including Penguin Random House, Barnes & Noble, Frederick County Public Libraries (FCPL), and Ripleigh’s Creamery to secure high-value donations for annual Read-A-Thons and book fairs.
• Administrative Communication Support: Collaborates directly with the building principal to draft, edit, and format biweekly community newsletters; manages the technical distribution via the School Messenger platform to ensure reliable, high-impact stakeholder engagement.
• Yearbook Advisor: Oversee all facets of yearbook production, managing everything from photography and student coordination to layout design, budget tracking, and final publication.

Leveraged innovative instructional strategies, data-driven leadership, and cross-curricular programs to maximize student engagement and achievement in reading, writing, and literary analysis.

• English Department Chair: Led the ELA faculty in refining rigorous curriculum, mentoring teaching staff, and driving school-wide student success; oversaw the successful implementation of active learning strategies that significantly boosted student engagement.
• District-Wide Innovation Committee Member: Selected to contribute to strategic district initiatives focused on 21st-century learning models; designed and delivered professional development on Interactive Delivery Systems at Clarke County’s Annual Innovation Conference, training educators on tools like Nearpod, Schoology, ClassFlow, and Pear Deck.
• Literacy Program Leadership: Spearheaded the One Book, One School initiative, coordinating a unified reading experience across all grade levels to foster critical thinking, cross-curricular discussion, and a school-wide culture of literacy.
• Global Classroom Engagement Coordinator: Pioneered international classroom exchanges and guest speaker events to enrich the writing curriculum; partnered with Microsoft’s Skype in the Classroom to connect students with peers in New Delhi, India, enhancing real-world cross-cultural communication and collaborative writing skills.
• PenPal Schools Global Ambassador: Achieved elite Global Ambassador status by designing and facilitating digital ELA lessons centered on digital citizenship, global communication, and collaborative peer-to-peer written correspondence.
• Environmental Literacy Grant Integration: Collaborated on the execution of the district's NOAA-BWET curriculum grant across the 2018–2019 and 2019–2020 school years; seamlessly integrated science and humanities by teaching advanced research and inquiry-based writing focused on human impacts on biodiversity.

Applied data-driven instruction and innovative technology to support diverse student populations within a high-impact Title 1 environment, focusing on closing achievement gaps in reading and writing.

• 1:1 Model Pioneer & Grant Recipient: Awarded a highly competitive technology integration grant that fully equipped the classroom with a Promethean ActivBoard and 30 Dell touchscreen laptops; served as a lead educator for the district, participating in bi-monthly professional development to pilot and lay the foundational blueprint for the county’s future 1:1 technology initiative.
• Interactive Instruction: Leveraged newly acquired digital tools to design differentiated, multimodal ELA lessons that increased student engagement and accessibility for diverse learners, English Language Learners (ELLs), and students receiving specialized services.
• Data-Driven Cohort Leader: Spearheaded semester-based educator cohorts dedicated to analyzing ELA student performance data; systematically identified instructional trends, refined remediation strategies, and implemented targeted interventions to measurably improve student reading comprehension, critical thinking, and writing outcomes.
• Service Learning Project Leader: Designed and executed authentic, project-based learning units that utilized persuasive writing and storytelling to champion global causes; student-led initiatives successfully raised $800 for the Primary Education Project to support underserved schools.
• Global Literacy Partnerships: Partnered with the non-profit organization SOLEHOPE, engaging middle school students in research and expository writing on international public health and humanitarian issues to build global awareness alongside core literacy skills.