Open To Work
Stephanie Szuslik
Waukesha,WI
Work Preference
Summary
Dedicated Reading Teacher focused on personalized learning for K-12 students. Developed engaging lesson plans and adapted instructional methods based on student feedback, fostering meaningful connections with families and enhancing community engagement through literacy events.
Overview
1
1
Certification
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Title 1 Reading eAchieve Virtual Learning Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha, Wisconsin
09.2021 - Current
- Instructed students individually and in small groups for synchronous learning.
- Created engaging lesson plans tailored to diverse student needs, enhancing participation and comprehension.
- Adapted instructional methods based on student feedback and assessment results.
- Collaborated with colleagues to enhance curriculum effectiveness.
- Mentored new teachers in best practices and classroom techniques.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents, and teaching staff.
- Maintained regular communication with parents about student progress and behavior to support student development.
- Facilitated themed literacy family events to foster community engagement and support student learning.
Title 1 Reading Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha, Wisconsin
08.2014 - Current
- Developed individualized reading plans for diverse student needs.
- Implemented engaging literacy activities that increased student participation and fostered a positive learning environment.
- Collaborated with parents and staff to support student learning goals.
- Assessed student progress using various reading assessment tools.
- Facilitated small group instruction to target specific skill deficits.
- Organized literacy events that strengthened community involvement and encouraged family engagement in reading initiatives.
- Implemented research-based best practices in teaching phonics, spelling rules, grammar conventions and writing processes.
- Collaborated with special education staff to modify instructional strategies for special education students.
- Built positive relationships with colleagues by participating in professional development opportunities.
- Evaluated each student's reading level periodically through standardized tests such as DRA2 or AIMSweb.
- Planned, coordinated, and facilitated small group instruction sessions for targeted learners.
- Provided explicit instruction in phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary development, comprehension strategies, and other skills related to literacy development.
- Promoted love of reading among students through diverse activities that cultivated enthusiasm for literacy. and promoted literacy to students.
- Built relationships with students and guardians through active communication and positive feedback.
K5/1st Grade NXgL Classroom
General Mitchell Elementary School
West Allis, USA
08.2013 - Current
- Analyzed MAP data, PALS assessments, Lucy Calkins Writers Workshop rubrics, Dream box data, Raz-Kids, and Achieve 3,000 to create fluid groupings in math and reading writing, enhancing targeted instruction.
- Created personalized learning plans for students in each subject area to meet their goals.
- Conferred with students to discuss goals and achievements, fostering a growth mindset and personal accountability.
- Created student lesson plans and performance tasks using the Depth of Knowledge Levels.
K5 teacher
Bruce Guadalupe Community UWM Charter School
Milwaukee, USA
08.2009 - 08.2013
- Instruct students in a low-income school, focusing on English language acquisition.
- Use formal and informal assessment strategies based on the common core.
- Implement a balanced literacy framework across the curriculum using the frameworks of Stephanie Harvey, Fountas and Pinnell, Mary Clay, Lucy Caulkins, Boushey and Moser’s research.
K4 teacher
Bruce Guadalupe Community UWM Charter School
Milwaukee, USA
08.2008 - 08.2013
Summer School Teacher
Brookfield School District
06.2008 - 07.2008
- Planned and delivered targeted lessons for individual and small group reading interventions to enhance literacy skills.
- Assessed students' guided reading levels using Benchmark toolkit to tailor instruction.
Learning Support Teacher
Brookfield School District
01.2008 - 06.2008
Education
Reading Recovery Training - Reading Intervention
National Louis University
Chicago, IL05-2015
Masters of Art - Education with Reading License (316)
Alverno College
05-2014
Early Learning Success Certificate - Reading Recovery Framework
Alverno College
06-2012
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education (birth-age 8)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
05-2006
Skills
- Individualized learning plans
- Literacy interventions
- Reading assessment tools
- Targeted small group instruction
- Differentiated instruction
- Adaptive instructional strategies
- Instructional data analysis
- Phonics instruction
- Intervention response
- Early childhood education
- English language teaching
- Parent engagement
- Community engagement
- Professional development
Classroom Practices
- Science of Reading
- Benchmark Phonics
- Interactive Writing Intervention
- Assisted Reading Intervention
- Writing Aloud Intervention
- Comprehension Focus Group
- UFLI
- Decodable Texts
- Targeted Intervention
- Reading Recovery
- Fluency Development Intervention
- Sound Walls
- Virtual Learning
- Google Classroom
- Seesaw
Certification
- Science of Reading
- Comprehensive intervention Model
- Reading Recovery Intervention
Timeline
Title 1 Reading eAchieve Virtual Learning Teacher
School District of Waukesha
09.2021 - Current
Title 1 Reading Teacher
School District of Waukesha
08.2014 - Current
K5/1st Grade NXgL Classroom
General Mitchell Elementary School
08.2013 - Current
K5 teacher
Bruce Guadalupe Community UWM Charter School
08.2009 - 08.2013
K4 teacher
Bruce Guadalupe Community UWM Charter School
08.2008 - 08.2013
Summer School Teacher
Brookfield School District
06.2008 - 07.2008
Learning Support Teacher
Brookfield School District
01.2008 - 06.2008
Reading Recovery Training - Reading Intervention
National Louis University
Masters of Art - Education with Reading License (316)
Alverno College
Early Learning Success Certificate - Reading Recovery Framework
Alverno College
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education (birth-age 8)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee