Stephanie Betts

• Maintain an organized and learning-rich environment during the teacher's absence
• Implement lessons from the Singapore Math Curriculum
• Use my strong phonics background to teach Word Study
• Help guide the Reader's and Writer's workshops and Shared Inquiry

Over the past year, I have worked individually with 9 children (grades k-3) from multiple private and public schools to assist with their literacy development. Most of these children have been diagnosed with dyslexia and need additional support in language arts. I apply the solid O-G principles in my tutoring practice, and my students have made remarkable progress with decoding and encoding and, in turn, with their self-confidence. I communicate regularly with parents, teachers, and learning specialists to foster a team approach to elevate student success.

• Developed and optimized rich learning environment focusing on hands-on activities, critical thinking practices, and fostering curiosity in young learners
• Created a trusting and joyful classroom community for every student to feel safe and enjoy learning
• Studied and collaborated with team to successfully implement Reader's Workshop and Writer's workshop into our first grade language arts program
• Utilized the Project Based Learning model to develop engaging units
• Communicated frequently and effectively with parents, teachers, and administrators about student growth and progress and ways to support learning and development
• Implement Orton-Gillingham principles to help build a strong foundation in beginning readers
• Attended many professional development workshops including Shared Inquiry, Teaching Guided Reading, Secret Stories Phonics, The Brain Conference on Critical Thinking, Joy Boaler's Mathematical Mindset, Number Talks, Technology to Enhance Instruction, The Responsive Classroom, Love and Logic, Diversity and Inclusion, and Brenda Fitzgerald's The Complete Reading Series.
• Used Flipgrid, Zoom, and Wakelet to deliver meaningful instruction and maintain an engaging and organized classroom community during remote learning.

• Worked one-on-one with at-risk readers to explicitly teach and reinforce reading skills to help student reach grade level.
• Team taught first grade class with another teacher, in which we had to work closely at all times to organize, plan, and implement meaningful and engaging lessons and monitor student progress in our shared classroom.