Susan Hladik
Raleigh,NC
Summary
Enthusiastic ESL Teacher with a proven track record at Wake County Public Schools. Recently retired on July 1, 2024. Enhanced multilingual (ML) student proficiency through innovative instruction drawing upon ESL best practices and my reading and music specialist backgrounds. Excelled in fostering collaboration and encouraged staff to see the strengths our ML students brought to the school community. Worked tirelessly to improve English communication and academic learning skills. Committed to professional development and has a growth mindset to meet diverse learner needs.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
ESL Teacher
Wake County Public Schools
08.2022 - 07.2024
- Created a warm and welcoming environment for the schools' multilingual (ML) students to build relationships and support risk taking in the ESL classroom.
- Encouraged a school-wide philosophy of an asset-based approach to teaching ML students and advocated for unique needs of the ML students.
- Communicated and encouraged collaboration with my ML students' parents during conferences, family nights, emails, and progress reports.
- Collaborated with classroom teachers and specialists to support the ML students by creating EL plans together and encouraged the use of research-based language learning and assessment techniques.
- Educated my ML students in the basics of English grammar, conversational speaking, and academic language.
- Provided my ML students targeted instruction on pronunciation, intonation, and sentence structure to support communication skills in English in social and classroom settings.
- Enhanced my ML students' listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills through regular practice and focused feedback during instructional sessions.
- Improved the decoding and comprehension skills of my ML students who also required reading and writing intervention using my reading specialist expertise.
- Increased ML student proficiency in English by creating engaging and interactive classroom activities.
- Scheduled and administered the ACCESS test. Communicated results with parents, classroom teachers, and school administration.
- Attended WPSS district training opportunities and sought out additional professional development outside of work hours.
Reading Interventionist
Wake County Public Schools
08.1995 - 06.2024
K-5 Instructional Facilitator
Wake County Public Schools
08.2005 - 06.2022
Education
Master of Arts - K-12 Administration
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC05-2019
Master of Arts - K-12 Reading
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC12-1994
Bachelor of Arts - K-12 Music
SUNY, Potsdam
Potsdam, NY05-1983
Skills
- Empathy and patience
- Collaborator
- Engaging Instruction
- Integrates decoding and comprehension skill practice into ESL instruction when needed
Timeline
ESL Teacher
Wake County Public Schools
08.2022 - 07.2024
K-5 Instructional Facilitator
Wake County Public Schools
08.2005 - 06.2022
Reading Interventionist
Wake County Public Schools
08.1995 - 06.2024
Master of Arts - K-12 Administration
East Carolina University
Master of Arts - K-12 Reading
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Bachelor of Arts - K-12 Music
SUNY, Potsdam
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