Tamar Sorin

• Adapted and created materials to provide individualized instruction in multi-age/grade classes.
• Integrated hand-on experiences, the arts, and literature to create meaningful learning opportunities.
• Collaborated with other teachers, administrators, parents and students to build a school-wide learning community that celebrates diversity and honors the gifts each of us brings.
• Collaborated with parents as co-educators in supporting the growth of each child Socially, Emotionally and academically.
• Uncovered the curriculum through integrated thematic studies responsive to students' interests and needs.
• Built classroom community with students where each voice is heard by developing the civic skills required for participation in a democracy (e.g. critical thinking, communication, flexibility, empathy)
• Took learning beyond the classroom walls through field trips, bringing in experts and developing community/school partnerships (Stone Lab, Ohio State University; Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District; Columbus Museum of Art)
• Developed and used documentation to deepen student learning and drive instructional decisions. I also used documentation for assessment and to make learning visible to parents, administrators, and other teachers when used for professional development
• Developed rubrics used for assessment and as a tool for students to become independent in goal setting and self-assessment
• Built a Plane while it was in the air. Along with every educator in the country, in response to COVID shut-down I converted the work we did in the classroom to an online environment with the goals to continue learning with minimal disruption and maintain classroom community through regular class meetings, Individualized assignments, small group learning meetings, project work and providing a safe, online space for children to have "recess" with each other.

Member of several district committees:

• Building Leadership Team responsible for creating and implementing professional development opportunities for staff.
• 21st Century Skills Committee Developing the district vision, identifying skills and creating rubrics for assessing complex thinking and creativity.
• Language Arts Committee responsible for developing assessments including Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) and Holistic Writing Assessment (HWA)
• Creating and revising Progress Reports for communicating student growth with parents.
• Revisiting and revising Upper Arlington Informal Program Foundational Principles

Grant Writing:

• Global Rivers Environmental Education Network Students and Teachers Ecological Movement (GREENSTEM) (1992-1994) Ohio EPA $50,000 grant for providing resources and training for teachers and students across 3 school districts to engage in and report stream monitoring
• Wickliffe Wildlife Garden, A classroom project that transformed a large plot of land at school from a lawn to a garden designed to support wildlife. Students worked on grant writing and worked with Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District to develop and steward this space over several years.

Projects

• Collaborated with another teacher to build an environmental study culminating in a 2-day student trip to Stone Lab, Ohio State University's island campus in Lake Erie
• Cardboard Challenge, Partnered with Columbus Museum of Art to Organize and facilitate The Global Cardboard Challenge events for Wickliffe Progressive Elementary (2015, 2016, 2017)
• Classroom/Columbus Museum of Art Partnership (2012) Partnered with the museum educators to utilize the art museum as a learning environment. This included using several exhibits as inspirations to deepen learning and create original works of art to communicate our understandings. This project included an on-site exhibit of photographic stories/self-portraits.

• Provided individualized instruction in multi-age/grade classes.
• Collaborated with other teachers, administrators, parents and students to build a school-wide learning community that celebrates diversity and honors the gifts each of us brings.
• Collaborated with parents as co-educators in supporting the growth of each child Socially, Emotionally and academically.
• Uncovered the curriculum through integrated thematic studies responsive to students' interests and needs.
• Built classroom community with students where each voice is heard by developing the civic skills required for participation in a democracy (e.g. critical thinking, communication, flexibility, empathy)
• Extended learning beyond the classroom through field trips and volunteering with community organizations (e.g. MId-Ohio Food Bank, Holy Rosary shelter for families experiencing homelessness)

• Provided individualized instruction in a multi-lingual class.
• Adapted learning materials (E.g. textbooks in various subjects) to maximize benefits to students
• Communicated with parents through phone calls and conferences
• Uncovered the curriculum through integrated thematic studies responsive to students' interests and needs.
• Built classroom community with students where each voice is heard by developing the civic skills required for participation in a democracy (e.g. critical thinking, communication, flexibility, empathy)

• Provided individualized instruction in a multi-age class
• Adapted and created learning materials to maximize benefits to students
• Communicated with parents through phone calls and conferences
• Uncovered the curriculum through integrated thematic studies responsive to students' interests and needs.
• Built classroom community with students where each voice is heard by developing the civic skills required for participation in a democracy (e.g. critical thinking, communication, flexibility, empathy)
• Took 3rd and 4th graders on over-night camp experience with staff and parents.