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Melanie Scott Patkus

Columbia,MD

Summary

Resourceful, innovative teaching professional with a devotion to literature and language. Desire to inspire students to develop an enduring and reverent relationship with the English language. Maryland and District of Columbia certified educator with an Advanced Professional Certificate in English grades 7-12. Holds a Master of Arts in English. Seeking a high school classroom position teaching English.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

English Teacher

DC Preparatory Academy
Washington, DC
01.2019 - 07.2022
  • Design, revise, and implement English Language Arts curriculum for middle school
  • Lead teach grade 6 English classroom
  • Assess and monitor student understanding through multiple means, including a diverse selection of formative and summative assessments
  • Instruct students in the writing process, from drafting through editing; coach students in understanding purpose and audience; instruct students in crafting persuasive, expository, and narrative writing
  • Collaborate with the Lavinia Group, an organization that conducts intensive training for teachers in the art of instructing reading and writing (2018-2021)
  • Accomplish student success on state assessments with students in my classes performing above the network on their benchmark and PARCC assessments for three consecutive years
  • Integrate technology in the classroom, including FlipGrid, Socrative, Nearpod, Quizlet, and GetEpic, as well as many applications available through Google; conducted completely virtual classroom using Google Classroom (2020-2021)
  • Teach inclusion classrooms; knowledge and understanding of IEPs and 504s, as well as the components of individual student plans, and my responsibility as an educator to provide services and supports to individual students
  • Created high-interest, leveled classroom library with 500+ books through crowd-sourcing donations

English Teacher

Columbia Heights Education Campus
Washington, DC
08.2015 - 06.2018
  • Produced e-based quarterly portfolios and presented portfolios to parents, teachers, and community members using Surface Pro tablets and Google applications
  • Instruction of middle school English curriculum in a dual-language immersion school (Spanish and English)
  • Creation and implementation of an online learning platform as a means of exclusively executing the curriculum (paper-free classroom)
  • Assessment of students through multiple means including profile sheets, conferencing, web-based journaling, portfolios, and formative and cumulative exams
  • Collaborated with Verizon digital learning program (Verizon Innovative Learning Digital Promise) to create and implement a completely online learning platform for my 6th grade students (the Summit Learning Platform)

English Language Arts Teacher

Ridgecrest Elementary School
Hyattsville, MD
08.2007 - 06.2015
  • Instructed English Language Arts elementary curriculum
  • Experience in grades 3, 4, and 5
  • Designed lesson plans that allow for all students to meet or exceed the Common Core Standards by way of differentiated instruction, cooperative planning with ELL and SPED staff, and data-driven lessons
  • Created and hosted successful weekly parent-teacher Tuesday yoga sessions
  • Implemented yoga as part of physical education, hosted daily morning yoga sessions with students, procured yoga mats for each physical education class
  • Mentor teacher for two student teachers from Washington Adventist University
  • Creator and Administrator of Parent-Teacher 'Chat and Chew' Quarterly Breakfasts
  • Member of the School Leadership Team
  • Co-creator of the School Improvement Plan

Education

High School Diploma -

Sidwell Friends School
Washington, DC

Bachelor of Arts - Government and Politics

University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Master of Arts - English Literature

Notre Dame of Maryland University
Baltimore, MD

Certification

Maryland Advanced Professional Certificate, Elementary Education 1-6 & Middle School, English 7-12, Middle School: English Language Arts 4-9

Timeline

English Teacher

DC Preparatory Academy
01.2019 - 07.2022

English Teacher

Columbia Heights Education Campus
08.2015 - 06.2018

English Language Arts Teacher

Ridgecrest Elementary School
08.2007 - 06.2015

High School Diploma -

Sidwell Friends School

Bachelor of Arts - Government and Politics

University of Maryland

Master of Arts - English Literature

Notre Dame of Maryland University

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