Holly A Peters

Holly A. Peters
395 Old Highway 8 SW #301 •New Brighton, MN 55112 •  Tel: (651) 410-9380  •[email protected]

Career Objective: Experienced literacy teacher seeking a position where I can guide students to become better versions of themselves as life-long learners and as fulfilled individuals.

Education: 
University of California, San Diego Extension                                     May 2018
Reading Interventions Middle Grade Stds (5 Credit Class)               Cumulative GPA: 4.0

College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, MN                                            May 2015
Bachelor of Arts                                                                                          Cumulative GPA: 3.69
Major: Elementary Education; Endorsement: Communication Arts & Literature
Honors: Dean’s List, graduating Cum Laude, President’s Scholarship, Larson
Annual Education Scholarship, Terry & Judith Schmidt Scholarship, Kopp Scholarship

Reading Interventionist Teacher                                                 August 2017-June 2020
Aurora Charter School, Minneapolis, MN

• Planned, organized, and administered tier II and III targeted, intensive interventions both inside and outside the classrooms for third through eighth grade, including through the use of the Leveled Literacy Intervention curriculum
• Differentiation of tier I through high levels of collaboration with the classroom and ELL teachers, including supporting use of My Perspectives & iLit curriculum
• Used daily summative and formative assessment data to inform instruction and to identify specific areas of need, while following the Response to Intervention multi-tier model
• Proctored school-wide assessments (Fountas & Pinnell BAS, MAP, MCA, WIDA)
• Volunteered on the PBIS and Equity Committees, developing staff trainings to execute PBIS and to provide education on equitable teaching and interactions
• PLC lead for a full cycle on generating thoughtful conversation, using academic language, around vocabulary; member of grade-level PLC focused on skill-based interventions for literacy success of all students
• Volunteered to initiate and operate the first all-school book drives for a highly successful outcome of donating books for all students (PreK-8) to keep at home to foster English literacy for our bilingual, Title 1 population

English Language Arts Bilingual Education Teacher            August 2015-June 2017
Aurora Charter School, Minneapolis, MN

• Created and implemented meaningful curriculum (including IEP/504 modifications) for seventh and eighth grade students that consistently blended standard instruction with social-emotional instruction and environmental education
• Co-taught daily with ESL staff to yield personalized bilingual education to Latino, emerging and developing English Language Learners
• Established field trip opportunities such as a cross-curriculum trip to MIA, an environmental 2 night and 3 day trip to Audubon, and a reward trip to ValleyFair
• Volunteered as a member of the Parent Involvement Committee and as a mentor and coach for Coding Club and Technovation, where girls learned how to use MIT’s APP inventor, start a business, become an entrepreneur, and innovate a phone application to solve a problem in their local community
• Maintained strong relationships in the school community through parent-student-teacher conferences, before and after school homework help, and fundraising events

Extended School Year English Language Arts Teacher       June 2016-July 2016
Aurora Charter School, Minneapolis, MN

• Established and delivered reinforcement of critical Language Arts concepts to struggling third and fourth grade students (including IEP modifications) through journaling with sentence starters, read-alouds, vocabulary and grammar games, and oral language practice
• Co-planned with an ESL teacher to supply students with varied activities to allow them to learn in a fun, productive, consistent environment

Summer School English Language Arts Teacher                   June 2015-July 2015
Central Middle School, White Bear Lake, MN

• Reinforced critical literacy concepts to struggling eighth grade students through following and supplementing the set curriculum
• Administered weekly word recognition, fluency, and comprehension assessments, and guided students to chart and analyze their growth
• Demonstrated positive interactions using empathy with students and staff
  

Additional Skills and Professional Qualifications:

• Heinemann Intervening for Literacy Success with Intermediate, Middle, & Secondary Students (Leveled Literacy Instruction) for Grades 3-12; Readers and Writers Workshops;
• The English Learners in the Mainstream Project at Hamline Coaching Participation;
• Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports; Crisis Prevention Intervention;
• Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol; Going Further with Project Based Learning;
• Lost Boys: Strategies to Help Educators Navigate The World of Boys For Academic Success;
• Environmental Education through Osprey Wilds: Environmental Learning Center; Jeffers Foundation Team Teaching with Mother Nature; Project Learning Tree Environmental Education;
• NWEA (MAP Growth Data); Pearson My Perspectives; Pearson iLit;
• Bicultural and Acculturation; Calm Classroom; Mindfulness;
• SMART Board; Promethean Board; Microsoft Word; GoogleDocs; Powerpoint; Excel;
• Distance learning through Google Classroom, Google Hangouts and Meets, and video lessons

Accomplishments:

Invited four years consecutively to the Cristo Rey “You’ve Made a Difference” Teacher Recognition Reception for supporting and preparing students for success in high school and college; each year nominated by multiple students

Activities and Interests:

Yoga, mindfulness, hiking, reading, and creating art primarily through painting and drawing