Karlie Powers

Created a warm, caring environment that encouraged my students to flourish both academically and socially.

Collaborated with other second grade teachers, as well as specialists to ensure academic success.

Utilized and monitored students' learning progress within digital and analog programs and curriculum.

Planned and taught standards-based lessons in math, ELA, science, social studies, and technology.

Developed and maintained positive relationships with students, parents, colleagues, other staff, and administrators to ensure open communication and collaboration for student success.

Participated on Rio Vista's leadership and AVID team, Literacy team, and PLN team.

Supported Tier 2 and 3 interventions with a combination of push-in and pull-out services in grades K-5th grade.

Collaborated with other reading interventionists across the district, as well as all general education teachers at Holaway to analyze formal and informal data and implement personalized instruction to support students' literacy development.

Worked with students in small groups to improve their reading skills with systematic, sequential phonological awareness, phonics, and comprehension instruction.

Coordinated and paired reading coaches from Literacy Connects with students for one-on-one weekly reading instruction.

Taught full day kindergarten in alignment with state standards in ELA, math, social studies, science, and socio-emotional development.

Collaborated with other kindergarten and first grade teachers, as well as specialists, to ensure students' early success in school.

Developed and implemented standards based instruction to teach English and Social Studies to non-native English speakers.

Utilized a variety of teaching methods, such as roleplaying, group discussions, interactive games, and project-based learning, to actively engage students in the learning process.

After student teaching at AHS in the fall, I was hired mid-year to teach ELA.

Collaborated within a team of Social Studies, Math and Science teachers to create project based curriculum.

Planned and taught standards-based curriculum to ensure students' academic success.