Jennifer E.

Lucht
191 Main Street, South Glastonbury, CT 06073 (443) 878-3832 lucht.jennifer@gmail.com SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Certifications: Maryland: Standard Professional Certificate I: Prekindergarten-Grade 3 (Anticipated July 2014) Pennsylvania: Level I Certificate: Prekindergarten-Grade 4 (Anticipated May 2014) Teaching Strengths: Compassionate Industrious Organized Intentional Collaborative Grant Writing Team to build Little Free Libraries in Freedom, Pennsylvania EDUCATION Grove City College, Grove City, PA May 2014 B.S. in Elementary Education, PreK-4 GPA: 3.96 Major GPA: 4.0 Student Teaching Grades: A+/A+ Honors: Deans List with Highest Distinction, Presidential Scholar, Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor Society, Lambda Epsilon Delta Elementary Education Honor Society, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, Scroll and Key Award, Phi Sigma Chi Sorority President, Scholar Athlete University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC August 2010-May 2011 Major: Psychology Minors: Spanish, Social Work GPA: 4.0 Major GPA: 4.0 Honors: McKissick Scholar, Capstone Scholar, Presidents Honor Roll, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE Grove City Area School District Hillview Intermediate Center Grade 4 August 2013-October 2013 Attended teacher in-service and helped organize the classroom before school started for students Established positive rapport with parents through attending the schools open house Built rapport with the students through community-building introductory activities and classroom management techniques such as a classroom bingo chart and positive reinforcement Developed a 3-week novel unit on Because of Winn-Dixie developing various comprehension strategies and integrating content area standards Developed a week long Social Studies unit on landforms Taught daily Social Studies lessons on Pennsylvania geography and history Taught advanced level math classes supplementing the given textbook curriculum with visuals, real life examples, and hands-on manipulatives Taught weekly vocabulary patterns and developed vocabulary/spelling choice activities for students Attended IEP meetings and adapted lesson plans for individual students needs Crawford Central School District Cochranton Elementary School Grade 1 October 2013-December 2013 Fostered a warm classroom environment through morning meetings, consistency in classroom management, valuing student input, and creating an environment in which it is O.K. to make mistakes Implemented classroom management strategies including positive reinforcement, brain breaks, a traffic light behavior system, logical consequences, and retraining Communicated with parents by writing an introductory letter and attending parent conferences Adapted lesson plans for students with special needs and attended 30 day goal meetings in which strategic interventions were planned for struggling students Planned and conducted daily phonics, reading, writing, math, and intervention lessons Engaged students with multisensory, interactive instructional strategies in all subjects Differentiated instruction for leveled small groups in language arts and implemented the Daily Five Used formative assessment to plan intervention groups and modify instructional plans

FIELD EXPERIENCE Preschool (Age 3 and 4) Grove City College Early Education Center, Grove City, PA- taught a spring-themed lesson with additional learning centers; designed a bulletin board; interacted with students at learning centers two days a week (Spring 2012) Kindergarten Cochranton Elementary School, Cochranton, PA- Taught a phonics lesson; acted as teacher assistant during language arts lessons; worked with students in reading groups one day a week (Fall 2012) First Grade Mercer Area Elementary School, Mercer, PA- Team taught a 4-day unit on recycling (Spring 2013) Second Grade Nayaug Elementary School, South Glastonbury, CT- Acted as teacher assistant for a full week; taught a lesson on making inferences; conferenced with writers during writers workshop; assisted students with special needs (Winter 2013) Third Grade Hillview Intermediate Center, Grove City, PA- Taught a 4-day social studies unit on the government and geography of Grove City; aided peer in teaching on Grove City history (Spring 2013) Grove City Christian Academy, Grove City, PA- Team taught 3 math lessons on Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple (Spring 2012) Veterans Elementary School, Ellicott City, MD- Interacted with and observed students; aided classroom teacher for 3 days (May 2013) Fourth Grade Veterans Elementary School, Ellicott City, MD- Interacted with and observed students; aided classroom teacher for 2 days (May 2013) Fifth Grade HIllview Intermediate Center, Grove City, PA- Planned and conducted a 2-week reading unit on Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine with a group of 5 students (Spring 2013) WORK EXPERIENCE Head Coach at Columbia Neighborhood Swim League , Columbia, MD May-August 2011-2012 Planned and conducted daily swim practices for a team of 175 children between ages 4 to 18 Differentiated within swim practices based on swimmer needs and ability Mentored and trained two assistant coaches and provided performance feedback Communicated with parents through a newsletter, swim team website, and a coaching email address Private Swim Lesson Instructor (Various Private Employers) May 2010-May 2013 Identified the needs of swimmers and provided scaffolding to gradually improve swimming skills SERVICE EXPERIENCE Volunteer for AIDS Orphan Education Trust Jinja, Uganda July 2013 Substitute taught in a preschool class for one day and helped teachers to administer national exams Re-organized and cleaned the elementary school library Interviewed children to update sponsorship information Grove City College Early Education Center August-December 2012 Assisted in conducting the daily routines and interacted with students at learning centers Volunteer at El Centro del Muchacho Trabajador (Working Boys Center) Quito, Ecuador May 2011 Painted the school cafeteria to help establish a warm, welcoming environment at school Assisted in teaching English classes and conducted daily Physical Education classes for students