Carolyn Fisher Skeins

Email: Carolyn_M_Skeins@mcpsmd.org PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: I am a dynamic, thoughtful, driven educator who works tirelessly to ensure success for every student. I provide a rigorous and interactive learning environment for students, and hold all students to high expectations. I am a very creative individual, and enjoy designing engaging lessons and units for students to learn the skills they will need as they progress through their academic careers. My teaching practices are always changing as I reflect on successes and challenges to improve the way I teach. SPECIAL SKILLS: Specialized training in and experience teaching math discourse lessons. Specialized training in and experience teaching the William & Mary Reading Program for highly gifted students. Specialized training in and experience teaching the Wilson Reading Program for students with deficits in decoding and encoding. Specialized training and experience teaching the Soar to Success Reading Program, a reading comprehension intervention. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2010-Current Fourth Grade Teacher Teach reading/language arts, math, and science to 4th grade students, providing differentiated instruction to meet varied needs within the classroom. Collaborate with team members and school staff to plan appropriate instruction for all students. Integrate technology into lessons to promote students engagement and critical thinking skills. Communicate regularly and effectively with parents in order to form partnerships for promoting student success. 2004-2010 Lake Seneca Elementary Germantown, MD Wood Acres Elementary Bethesda, MD

Third Grade Teacher Taught all academic subjects to 3rd grade students, providing differentiated instruction to meet varied needs within the classroom. Collaborated with team members and school staff to plan appropriate

instruction for all students. Integrated technology into lessons to promote students' engagement and critical thinking skills. Communicated regularly and effectively with parents in order to form partnerships for promoting student success. Facilitate communication, problem solving, and decision making as a grade level team leader. 2000-2004 Inclusion Teacher Taught all academic subjects to 4th and 5th grade students with diverse abilities ranging from students with multiple disabilities to highly gifted students in a co-teaching situation. Collaborated with team members to plan appropriate instruction for all students. Casemanaged and delivered services to students with mild to moderate disabilities. Facilitated communication, problem solving, and decision making as inclusion team leader. Ronald McNair Elementary Germantown, MD

EDUCATION: 2006-2010 DC Master of Arts, Education and Human Development Concentration: Educational Technology Leadership 1996-2000 PA Bachelor of Science, Elementary and Special Education Magna Cum Laude PRESENTATIONS & AWARDS: Inclusion Seminar, February 2003: Led collaborative team in training approximately 30 teachers. Co-Teaching Presentation at The College of William and Marys Symposium on Collaboration and Inclusive Education, November 2003: Led a one-hour multi-media presentation to a group of 40-50 teachers. ETS Recognition of Excellence, January 7, 2006: awarded for an outstanding score on The Praxis Series. Digital Portfolio available at http://carolynskeins.weebly.com References available upon request Duquesne University Pittsburgh, The George Washington University Washington,