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Rachel tutors in New York, NY

Rachel F.

Private tutor in New York, NY

Education

THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI Coral Gables, Florida Master of Science in Education, Education and Social Change May 2011 – August 2012 GPA: 3.97 THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND College Park, Maryland Bachelor of Arts, Government and Politics, May 2010 August 2006 - May 2010

Experience

UNCOMMON SCHOOLS LEADERSHIP PREP BEDFORD STUYVESANT Brooklyn, New York Dean of Students July 2013 - present  Manage and coach teachers to hold all students accountable for high behavioral expectations.  Work with other members of the school Leadership Team to build and maintain a positive, college-focused school culture.  Serve as the point person for behavioral crisis-intervention as well as for discipline and culture concerns.  Create and execute high-quality professional development to provide teachers with targeted support with classroom management.  Represent school Leadership Team as the direct liaison for family and community issues. EDUCATION PIONEERS New York, New York Graduate School Fellow April 2013 – August 2013  One of 450 individuals selected to be a member of a national network of transformational leaders in education that received more than 7,000 applicants in 2013.  Developed a strategic plan to modify Teach For America’s national corps member selection process to ensure it is culturally competent and welcoming of all candidates.  Engaged in weekly professional development with top leaders in the education sector. TEACH FOR AMERICA Miami, Florida Development and Alumni Affairs Coordinator October 2012 - June 2013  Managed and updated existing alumni database and facilitated new data collection structure which allowed Teach For America Miami-Dade’s leadership team to make thoughtful, data-driven decisions about alumni engagement tactics and the vision for alumni involvement.  Implemented detailed strategies to engage donors and alumni through written and verbal outreach, structured programming, and interest-based events. Summer Institute Corps Member Advisor, Mastery Harrity Charter School March 2012 - August 2012  Led a group of fourteen incoming Teach For America corps members to achieve rigorous student growth goals by providing detailed daily lesson plan review, documenting and analyzing student and teacher actions during extensive classroom observations, and guiding conferences in which student data was evaluated at length.  Facilitated corps member development by creating and executing in-depth training sessions, leading the interpretation and analysis of student achievement data, and identifying trends across classrooms and grade levels through comprehensive data analysis. Summer Institute School Operations Manager, Belmont Academy Charter School March 2011 - August 2011  Ensured students achieved rigorous academic goals by facilitating teacher training programs, planning and executing in-depth training sessions, and leading the collection and processing of student achievement data.  Created comprehensive school-based organizational systems designed to streamline and enhance corps members training so that they are able to achieve ambitious goals with students. Teach For America Student Achievement Toolkit (SAT) Team Pioneer March 2011 - June 2011  Designed an all-encompassing resource toolkit for new teachers to use to build a vision for what excellent teaching and student learning looks like in a fifth grade reading classroom. VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/TEACH FOR AMERICA Miami, Florida Fifth Grade and First Grade Teacher/Corps Member August 2010 - June 2013  One of 4,500 selected to be a member of the program that received 46,000 applicants for the 2010 corps.  Highlighted as a transformational teacher on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and awarded $100,000 to make further transformational academic change with students in low-income communities.  Supported student development and academic growth through use of innovative techniques such as chants, songs, theatre, and oratorical competitions.

Subject Expertise

7th Grade math5th Grade5th Grade math5th Grade Reading5th Grade Science5th Grade Writing6th Grade6th Grade math6th Grade Reading6th Grade Science6th Grade Writing7th Grade4th Grade Writing7th Grade Reading7th Grade Science7th Grade Writing8th Grade8th Grade math8th Grade Reading8th Grade ScienceSATSAT Critical ReadingSAT Math2nd Grade Reading10th Grade Writing11th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading12th Grade Writing1st Grade1st Grade math1st Grade Reading1st Grade Writing2nd Grade2nd Grade math10th Grade Reading2nd Grade Writing3rd Grade3rd Grade math3rd Grade Reading3rd Grade Science3rd Grade Writing4th Grade4th Grade math4th Grade Reading4th Grade Science

Availability

Weekdays after 5PM, Sunday after 10AM

Can Meet

Up to 30 minutes away for no additional charge

Hobbies

I love to read, write and cook. I have previously worked as a fifth grade teacher, a first grade teacher, and an elementary school dean, so I believe I am able to strike the perfect balance between warm and fun and strict and disciplined.

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