Student Teaching is Coming in Fast!

In the midst of fieldwork, and learning and everything in between, I also have been working on my student teaching application! Here is what I have concluded:


When asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I would easily answer with “an astronaut or chef”. During my childhood, becoming a teacher never crossed my mind. That was until I started working at a local Daycare, and met a little boy who changed my life for the better. I remember the first day this little boy started at my school. The entire building wanted nothing to do with him because he could not speak and was developmentally behind the rest of the children. But when I looked into this little boy’s eye, it was like looking at a flower struggling to bloom. I made it my personal project to get him to speak before the school and parents would consider putting him in a different school. Every single day, I brought little toy vehicles to play with, and we would go over them each time. During one of our routine afternoons, I handed him the red car, and he responded “car”. From that moment, I fell in love with the idea that I can absolutely help, even if it is just one child, be the best they can be. Some children need more investment than others, and I am ready to invest the rest of my life to our future. Each child is our future. Why let their education be mediocre? I intend to not only know my students in class, but I want to know them on a personal and friendly level as well. I want to know what is going on outside the classroom so I can better prepare for inside the classroom. Working with children, especially special needs children, just melts my heart and I truly believe this is what I meant to do in life. I love every child I meet as if they were my own.

My First Mount Resume

Nicole Cline

61 Holloran Rd                                                                                                                                                                    845-590-1363

New Windsor, NY, 12553                                                                                                                      ncli3697@my.msmc.edu

Profile

Senior Early Childhood, Childhood and Special Education student at Mount Saint Mary College with over 100 hours of fieldwork and related experiences combined with strong personal attributes seeking a student teaching placement leading to certification in above-mentioned areas.

Key Qualifications

• To obtain a position as an elementary school teacher that will utilize my dedication to children's educational needs and development.
• To encourage creativity and higher-order thinking in a way that increases student performance

·       Dedicated to motivate children to be successful and knowledgeable.

·       Highly motivated and enthusiastic.

·       Committed to creating a safe and creative classroom community and environment that stimulates the students learning.

·       Capable of forming cooperative and professional relationships with parents, staff and administrators.

Education

Candidate for Bachelor of Arts in History, Certification program: Early Childhood/Childhood/Special Education

Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY

·       Anticipated Graduation: May, 2019

·       Attended 2016-Present

Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC

·       Attended 2014-2016

·       Deans List, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016

Honors

Member, Kappa Delta Pi, Education Honor Society

Member, Phi Sigma Pi Honor Fraternity (Coastal Carolina University)

Related Experience

·       Friday Knights (Volunteer time with severely autistic children (South Carolina))

o   2015

·       Sunday School Teacher

o   Ages 4-12

·       Preschool Assistant Teacher

o   2010-present

·       Summer School Age Lead Teacher

o   2016

·       Preschool Lead Teacher

o   2015

·       Nanny/Babysitter

o   2008-Present

Childhood/Adolescent/Special Education Fieldwork

·       Fall 2014               ED 2051                 Orientation to Teaching: Observed different teaching

Strategies used in a second grade classroom at elementary school in South Carolina.

·       Fall 2015               PSY 3401               Psychology of the Exceptional Learner: Observed teaching

Techniques used in an inclusion classroom at Carolina Forest                                      Elementary School in Myrtle Beach.

·       Fall 2016               ED 2120                 Literacy Teaching and Learning for Diverse Learners:

Created and implemented literacy lesson plans on site words

And vocabulary for a third grade classroom at Horizons on the                   Hudson. (Newburgh CSD).

·       Spring 2017         ED 2510                 Language Arts Methods for Childhood Education: Created

Language arts lessons for a fifth grade classroom at Horizons on                                the Hudson (Newburgh CSD) Elementary School.

·       Spring 2017         PSY 4650               RTI/Collaboration: Created and implemented a Functional                                                                                 Behavioral Analysis in a fourth grade classroom at Horizons on                                                                         the Hudson in Newburgh.

·       Spring 2017         ED 3010                 Child Psychology: Created and implemented literacy lesson                                                                              plans on site words and vocabulary for a third grade classroom                                                                                          at Horizons on the Hudson (Newburgh CSD).

·       Fall 2017               ED 2110                 Math Methods for Childhood Education: Created math lessons

For a fourth grade classroom at Sacred Heart School.

·       Fall 2017               ED 2520                 Science and Technology Methods: Demonstrated how to use                                                                            integrative technology while learning about space in a fourth                                                                                        grade class at Bishop Dunn Memorial School.

·       Spring 2018         ED 3120                 Social Studies Methods: Explored the young united states                                                                                   through direct, inquiry and cooperative based learning with a                                                                                  fifth grade class at Bishop Dunn Memorial School.

·       Spring 2018         PSY 2551               Language for Students with Developmental Disabilities:                                                                                         Observing a student with accompanying disability at Beacon                                                                                 Elementary School.

·       Spring 2018         PSY 3301               Managing Behavior in Special Education or Mainstreamed

Settings: Created and implemented a Functional Behavioral

Analysis in a fourth grade classroom at Horizons on the Hudson

School in Newburgh.

·       Newburgh Armory           

Extracurricular Activities

·       Member of Phi Sigma Pi Honor Fraternity

·       Mentor for the Dalton & Linda Floyd Family Mentoring Program

·       Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor Society

Special Training and Talents

·       CPR Certified

·       First aide

·       MAT

Review of Color Coded Graphic Organizers

Ewoldt, K. B., & Morgan, J. J. (2017). Color-Coded Graphic Organizers for Teaching       Writing to Students With Learning Disabilities. TEACHING Exceptional      Children, 49(3), 175-184. doi:10.1177/0040059916681769

Main Point Addressed:

Writing a well-structured paragraph is just as important for neuro-typical learners as it is for students with learning disabilities. Because of this, it is almost essential for these learners to use tools such as graphic organizers to assure themselves they are following the task thoroughly and efficiently.

Salient Ideas Gleaned from Article:

• The new Common Core standards present new challenges for students with learning disabilities.
• Strong writers are able to understand the process, while writers who struggle cannot.
• Color-coded graphic organizers can easily be adapted for other types of writing.
• By using different graphic organizers, it makes the paragraph process much simpler because the students are basically just connecting their evidence into a well thought out paragraph.
• It is important for the student to have a systematic instruction approach to their writing. Providing a prompt helps the student generate ideas.

Reflection:  Describe the benefit(s) of the information provided in this article. Who can benefit from this information?

The benefits of this article are that it included different types of graphic organizers, different ways to use them, and how to apply them to a students every day writing. This is great information for soon to be teachers and teachers to reflect back on and to incorporate new information into the classroom.

How can the information be utilized?  Provide specific suggestions for applying the information. 

The information can be utilized in several ways. A great way would be when starting to write more in depth paragraphs with a student who struggles with ideas or putting their information together. Color coded graphic organizers can be essential to learners who just need that added push or for any learner to become more organized in their writing skills.