Veronica Elsner
Eugene,OR
Summary
Collaborative Instructional Coach with several years of experience identifying techniques and methods to serve students better. Committed to keeping abreast of the changing needs of students and educators and developing plans to reach educational goals. Adept at partnering with teachers and teams to use data to drive decisions.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Instructional Coach
Yolanda Elementary School
Springfield, OR
09.2021 - Current
- As an instructional coach, I collaborate with teachers on their student-learning goals
- I have conducted coaching rounds with teachers and teacher teams in which we identify a goal for students, collect pre-assessment data, and make a plan for instruction, and continually collecting assessment data throughout the learning goal to adjust instruction as needed until students meet the goal
- I have supported teachers in their goals through modeling lessons, co-teaching, finding resources, and providing information on instructional practices
- And have worked to be a partner with teachers, asking questions, listening, and ensuring that teachers are in the lead for all decisions in their classroom
- Another part of my job includes leading professional development
- I have attended a training focused on leading PD through Elena Aguilar's The PD Book
- This has helped me develop and communicate a clear purpose for Professional Development, create agendas, design activities, and engage sta in a variety of ways to support their learning
- I have also facilitated meetings including designing and updating weekly agendas and guiding teams through a process to determine roles, group agreements and team agreements
- In team meetings I have worked to always keep in mind the partnership principles of equality, choice, voice, dialogue, praxis, reflection, and reciprocity to encourage collaborative conversations
- Furthermore, I have partnered with my principal around developing school-wide targets and goals
- This process has included creating a system and calendar for data-collection, disseminating data, and sharing data with sta to receive their feedback on the direction our goal should take based on the data
- My principal and I also partnered to use the data and sta feedback to design a SMART goal including plans on how to implement the goal including professional development needs throughout the year and a calendar for PD and data collection
- Finally, I have partnered with our district coach and other building coaches to design an Instructional playbook to be used by all teachers in our district
- As a part of this process, we collected data and input from all elementary teachers, organized the data, and created a plan
- Our instructional playbook contains research-based instructional practices that can be used by all teachers
- For each instructional practice we created a one-page document that described the research behind the strategy, how to use it, and additional resources.
Classroom Teacher
Hamlin Middle School
Springfield, OR
08.2014 - 08.2021
- As a classroom teacher for Hamlin Middle School I have taught Language Arts, Social Studies, and Tier 2 Reading Intervention
- I have had the privilege of collaborating with several teams to plan and implement dierentiated instruction through data-based instructional planning and research- based instructional practices
- As a team, we used the Oregon State Standards and the district curriculum map to help guide our planning.
Education
Master's Degree in Education -
08.2013
Bachelor's Degree in English Language Arts -
01.2011
Skills
- Great Active Listening Skills
- Lesson Planning
- Organization and Planning Skills
- Background in Instructional Planning
- Goal-Oriented and Ambitious
- Outstanding Interpersonal Abilities
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Google Drive
- Establishing Learning Goals
- Building Rapport and Trust
District Team Experience
Title: Educator Lifelong Learner Collaborator
Timeline
Instructional Coach - Yolanda Elementary School
09.2021 - Current
Classroom Teacher - Hamlin Middle School
08.2014 - 08.2021
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR - Master's Degree in Education,
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR - Bachelor's Degree in English Language Arts,
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