MARY HOCKING

127 MORRIS TURNPIKE RANDOLPH, NJ 07869

862-268-5365  maryhocking3@gmail.com
ELECTRONIC E-PORTFOLIO: www.maryhocking.weebly.com

CERTIFICATIONS
Elementary Education (K-6)  ENDORSEMENT: Teacher of Students with Disabilities (TSD)

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts Elementary Education K-6/TSD and English-Writing; Completed January 25, 2016
William Paterson University  Summa Cum Laude  GPA: 3.89  DEAN’S LIST: 2010-2015

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
K-2 Resource Room Teacher
Manito Elementary School, Leave Replacement, Oakland, 2019-Present
• Differentiates instruction, assessments, and homework in multiple subjects based on individual
student needs and relevant data collected.
• Executes mini-lessons using the Lucy Calkin’s reading and writing workshop models.
• Develops targeted reading strategy group instruction with individual reading and writing goals.
• Provides a multi-sensory approach in teaching word work curriculum.
• Implements the guided math workshop model to accompany the Go Math! Program.
• Works collaboratively with the grade level teams and facilitates a shared resource drive.
• Maintains parent contact through a variety of measures.

Kindergarten Self-Contained Special Education Teacher

Manito Elementary School, Kindergarten LLD Full-Year Leave Replacement, Oakland, 2018-2019
• Maintained and implemented structured and organized routines, procedures, behavior plans.
• Worked closely with the case manager and the behaviorist in order to manage the classroom
successfully to provide the best learning environment for all students.
• Directed paraprofessionals in order to maximize student learning.
• Monitored reading fluency and reading comprehension through the use of running records.
• Implemented Sonday Let’s Play Learn to develop pre-reading and foundational reading skills.
• Executed math instruction using a hands-on, multisensory approach to complement the
mathematics curriculum using both Progress and Math in Focus materials.
• Co-taught lessons involving social studies and science in the general education classroom.

Basic Skills Teacher

Franklin Elementary School, Grades 3-5 Language Arts and Mathematics, Franklin; 2016-2018
• Worked collaboratively with Supervisor of Instruction and classroom teachers to determine the
instructional and individual needs for students placed in the Basic Skills program.
• Provided small-group and differentiated literacy instruction for grades 3 and 4 using the Wonders
reading program, phonics intervention, and running records.
• Reinforced comprehension skills and strategies through novel studies of fiction and nonfiction
texts and Renaissance Star 360.
• Monitored reading fluency and comprehension using DIBELS and reader’s theater scripts.
• Provided small-group instruction to reinforce and re-teach skills using the Go Math! Program.
• Administered and evaluated data using DIBELS and Renaissance Star 360 in grades K-5.

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE

• Paraprofessional- Hamburg Elementary School, K-7th Grade (Classroom and 1:1), Hamburg;
January 2016-June 2016
• Student Teaching- Hamburg Elementary School, 5th Grade Inclusive, Hamburg; September-
December 2015