Randi Morte
Bogotá,DC
Summary
Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher
Colegio Nueva Granada
07.2024 - Current
- Created lessons and online testing materials to facilitate remote learning.
- Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs.
- Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
Teacher
THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MUSCAT
08.2019 - 06.2024
- Assess students' progress and provide feedback through a focus on student agency, reflection, and learning targets
- Pilot and implement new curriculum resources focused on building knowledge, vocabulary, and systematic phonics instruction
- Create math lesson plans and unit plans that follow a framework for building number sense, fluency, and problem solving
- Collaborate with colleagues to develop lesson plans, innovative teaching strategies, and to co-teach specific lessons during the year
- Participate in various school-wide initiatives, such as the Standards-Based Learning team, ACE Accreditation lab group, ES Report Card committee, and Shifting the Balance book club
- Facilitate a small group during Staff meetings and lead group discussions during school-wide professional development
- Presented at parent meetings and staff in-service trainings
- Choreographed the ES Musical for three years and MS Musical for one year
- Taught synchronous and asynchronous lessons using the platforms Zoom and Seesaw throughout the years 2020-2022
Teacher
DAVID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
08.2013 - 07.2019
- Collaborated with administration to develop a discipline plan focused on individual student needs
- Presented instructional strategies and ideas for fellow educators at District-Wide professional developments and campus-wide trainings
- Member of the District Language Arts Curriculum Committee, and Campus Math/Science Committee
Teacher
LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
08.2012 - 07.2013
- Created assessments given at schools around the district
- Tutored 3rd-5th grade students after school throughout the year
Elementary English Teacher (Internship)
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF BEIJING
06.2011 - 07.2011
- Served as the Teacher of Record in the classroom and carried out all teacher responsibilities
- Designed hands-on lesson plans to instruct students with little to no English-speaking skills
Education
Master of Education - Curriculum and Instruction
Sam Houston State University
01.2016
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
Abilene Christian University
01.2012
Skills
- Effective Classroom Management
- Curriculum Development
- Collaboration and Co-Teaching
- Feedback and Assessment
- Structured Literacy
- Science of Reading
- Conceptual Math Instruction
- Seesaw
- Zoom
Certification
- Texas Educator Certification (Early Childhood-6th Grade), 2012, 07/31/29
- English as a Second Language Supplemental Certification, 2012, 07/31/29
Professional Development
- Comprehensive Orton-Gillingham Plus, 08/01/23
- Institute for Multi-Sensory Education - Systematic Phonics Instruction
- Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar Certification, 02/01/23
- Thinking Collaborative Seminar, 01/01/22
- Flexibility Formula for PreK-2nd Grade, 01/01/22
- Building Math Minds - Christina Tondevold
- Implementing and Sustaining a Standards-Based Learning System: Structures, Systems and Strategies, 02/01/21
- NESA Networked Learning Series
Timeline
Teacher
Colegio Nueva Granada
07.2024 - Current
Teacher
THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MUSCAT
08.2019 - 06.2024
Teacher
DAVID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
08.2013 - 07.2019
Teacher
LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
08.2012 - 07.2013
Elementary English Teacher (Internship)
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF BEIJING
06.2011 - 07.2011
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
Abilene Christian University
Master of Education - Curriculum and Instruction
Sam Houston State University
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