Raizel Steinmetz
Spring Valley,NY
Summary
Dedicated Educator with extensive experience partnering with parents and ensuring success of students. Skilled at providing feedback on individual progress of students and discussing specific needs.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Private Literacy Instructor
Self-Employed
Spring Valley, NY
06.2002 - Current
- Provided instruction in reading, writing, listening and speaking activities.
- Provided guidance and support for students who required additional help in understanding concepts or completing assignments.
- Participated in professional development opportunities to stay current with best practices in teaching literacy.
- Coached struggling readers on phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.
- Collaborated with other educators to plan effective instructional strategies for all students.
Title 1 Reading Specialist
East Ramapo Central School District
Monsey, NY
09.1998 - Current
- Provided direct instruction to students in small groups and one-on-one settings utilizing research-based reading strategies.
- Developed lesson plans to meet the needs of individual students based on data analysis of assessments.
- Assessed student progress using a variety of tools, such as running records, fluency probes, and comprehension checks.
- Collaborated with teachers and administrators to design interventions for struggling readers.
- Coached teachers on best practices for developing phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension skills in their students.
- Served as a resource person for parents seeking advice about how best to support their child's reading development at home.
- Developed goals and objectives that aligned with district standards for Title 1 Reading Specialists programs.
- Analyzed student data and prescribed remediation and enrichment to meet learning needs.
- Helped students learn to persevere with challenging tasks and build resilience for later educational efforts.
- Collaborated with other educational personnel to provide inclusive activities or programs for children with disabilities.
- Delivered tutoring sessions to help students grasp complex concepts in one-on-one settings.
Education
Professional Training And Related Workshops
Skills
- Special Education
- Course Planning
- Individualized Instruction
- Student Evaluation
- Skills Assessments
- Effective Communication
Additional Related Coursework
- Strategies for Teaching Reading by Linda Weinbaum
- Helping Our Anxious Students Cope In The Classroom: Zipora Schuck MA/MS NYS Certified School Psychologist
- Executive Dysfunction, Teaching Disruption: Mindy Rosenthal, M.S.-BCBA/LBA
- Bringing Comprehension to the "Next Level": Rivki Tress M.S Ed Rivky Grossman M.S Ed
Certification
- Slingerland Multi-Sensory Approach To Language Arts For Specific Language Disability Children: Introductory Course & Second Year Course
- Carol Murray Advanced Teacher Education Course in the Slingerland Adaptation for Classroom Use of the Orton-Gillingham
- LiPS, Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program
- Comprehension Skills: V/V Visualizing/Verbalizing & Other Strategies
- Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonemic Awareness, Sight Words and Spelling
- Sounds In Motion, Phonemic Awareness, Early Literacy, Auditory Perception, and Articulation Through Movement
- Slingerland Workshop- Developing multi-paragraph writing: Dr. Suzan Heinz
- Improving Executive Function Skills in Students: Sarah Ward, MS, CCC/SLP, Language Builders
- DIBELS Assessment: Administration and Scoring
- Acadience Assessment: Administration and Scoring
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Private Literacy Instructor
Self-Employed
06.2002 - Current
Title 1 Reading Specialist
East Ramapo Central School District
09.1998 - Current
Professional Training And Related Workshops
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