Samantha Jones

2532 Countryside Drive Delavan, WI 53115

(262) 203-0385
shjones2@wisc.edu
OBJECTIVE
To obtain an elementary or special education teaching position in which I can use my
knowledge of inclusive practice to teach all students.
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin-Madison
May 2016
Major: Elementary and Special Education
Madison, WI
Certificate: Educational Policy Studies
Cumulative GPA: 3.771
Deans List Spring 2013-Spring 2016
CERTIFICATIONS
Wisconsin MCEA Regular Education (grades 1-8)
Wisconsin MCEA Cross Categorical Special Education (grades 1-8)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
STUDENT TEACHING
Math, Science, and Social Studies Practicum at Sherman Middle School
September 2015-November 2015
Grade 8
Planned and implemented lessons in the areas of math, science, and social
studies in an inclusive 8th grade classroom including students with a wide range
of disabilities and English Language Learners.
Collaboratively planned and co-taught academics as part of a three person
teaching team including a general educator, special educator, and ELL educator
to ensure that all students needs were being met.
Differentiated instruction by providing a variety of assessment choices,
instruction methods, language translations, accommodations, and modifications
to guarantee that all students could access the general education curriculum.
Taught community building course to help create a positive community, make
relationships, and teach problem solving skills.
Teachers Assistant at Kids Express Learning Center
May 2015-August 2015
Grades 1, 2
Worked at Kids Express Learning Center in Madison, WI serving children
between the ages of 6 weeks and 10 years old for forty hours per week.
Cooperatively planned and taught hands-on learning activities in 1 st and 2nd grade
classrooms using Common Core State Standards to strengthen academic,
social, and emotional learning skills for the following school year.
Assisted in providing accommodations and modifications for two students with
ADHD and one student with autism to engage all learners.
Promoted student learning outside the classroom by supervising and organizing
field trips.

Practiced Responsive Classroom style classroom management to create a

positive, safe, trusting, and calm classroom environment.

Special Education Practicum at Glenn Stephens Elementary School

February 2015- May 2015
Grades 4K, K, 2
Taught literacy and math lessons in an inclusive second grade classroom
including nine students with disabilities in the following criteria areas: learning,
emotional/ behavioral, intellectual, autism, other health impairment, and speech
and language
Provided math intervention for two kindergarten students with developmental
delays
Taught literacy lessons and assisted a student with autism with social interactions
in a 4K classroom for one hour per week.
Taught small group math lessons to students with disabilities that aligned with
Common Core State Standards, Number Worlds math curriculum, and IEP
accommodations/ modifications.
Led small group reading lessons using a systematic intervention curriculum
(Voyager) to provide students with explicit feedback and direct instruction in
areas the students struggled.
Completed a Functional Behavioral Analysis for a student who displayed
aggressive behaviors to collaboratively create an intervention with the student
that would be successful.
Formally assessed a struggling reader in all five areas of reading and used
assessment data to plan instruction.
Executed explicit and systematic, individualized instruction for students at risk
and below grade level using MONDO, Voyager, and Number Worlds curriculum.
Literacy Practicum at Wingra School
September 2014-November 2014
Grades 2,3
Co-taught and independently taught literacy lessons to second and third grade
students in a mixed age classroom.
Taught using hands-on, authentic activities to engage students in the lessons
and allow them to construct their own knowledge.
Assessed students in reading using running records and Qualitative Reading
Inventory assessments in all five areas of reading to better understand my
students abilities and plan for further instruction
Maintained professional relationships with students, staff, parents, and
community by attending school0wide events, greeting parents and students each
morning, and communicating with staff.
Assisted in building a safe, positive, and collaborative classroom community by
teaching students problem solving techniques and leading morning meeting.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Adult Role Models in Science Club at Leopold Elementary School
January 2014-May 2014
Grades K-5
Led a science club once per week to kindergarten through fifth grade students.
Planned and taught inquiry based science activities to promote students
confidence in doing science and engage them in thinking like scientists do.

Collaborated with afterschool care supervisor to ensure that lesson plans met the
needs of the afterschool care program
Differentiated learning activities so that all students needs were being met.

Special Education Classroom Volunteer Assistant at Lakeland School

January 2013-May 2013
Grades 3K, 4K
Assisted children between the ages of three and five with special needs in a selfcontained classroom in Elkhorn, WI with daily school activities to support learning
and their academic, social, emotional, and physical development one day per
week.
Collaborated with the classroom team consisting of the teacher, teacher
assistant, occupational therapist, physical therapist, and speech therapist to
meet the students IEP goals.
AWARDS
Joan Sloan Scholarship
Deans List
TRAININGS
Mindfulness Training