Samantha Lindsay is a licensed pre-K through 3rd grade teacher who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Mount Union with degrees in early childhood education and minors in intervention specialist and coaching. She has over 100 hours of observation experience in grades pre-K through 11th grade and completed her clinical teaching experience in a first grade classroom, where she taught reading, writing, math, and other subjects.
Samantha Lindsay is a licensed pre-K through 3rd grade teacher who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Mount Union with degrees in early childhood education and minors in intervention specialist and coaching. She has over 100 hours of observation experience in grades pre-K through 11th grade and completed her clinical teaching experience in a first grade classroom, where she taught reading, writing, math, and other subjects.
Samantha Lindsay is a licensed pre-K through 3rd grade teacher who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Mount Union with degrees in early childhood education and minors in intervention specialist and coaching. She has over 100 hours of observation experience in grades pre-K through 11th grade and completed her clinical teaching experience in a first grade classroom, where she taught reading, writing, math, and other subjects.
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CONTACT INFO LICENSURE & EDUCATION
- LICENSED: PRE-K THROUGH 3RD GRADE
240-561-1481 - BACHELOR’S IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FROM lindsay.samantham@gmail.com THE UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT UNION (MAY 2020) 45515 Sunflower St. Great Mills, - MINORS: INTERVENTION SPECIALIST AND COACHING Graduated Summa Cum Laude MD. 20634
SKILLS OBSERVATION EXPERIENCE
-Highly qualified in reading proficiency Experience Prior to Preclinical (Pre-Student Teaching) -Collaborates well in a team Fall 2016 – Spring 2019 – Over 100 hours -Desire to learn new skills - Observed in grades Pre-K to 11th -Passion for teaching - Observed in both general education and intervention classrooms. - Will work with fullest effort - Worked centers, introduced literature, passed out papers, and graded assignments. -Teachable: Open to constructive criticism, and - An Intervention EDTPA was completed in Spring 2019 with a Preschool student. feedback well. -Experience teaching both visually and Preclinical Experience (Pre-Student Teaching) hearing impaired students Fall 2019 (Kindergarten) – 90 hours -Taught with Heggerty - 10 lessons were taught, 3 of which were for the Early Childhood EDTPA and filmed. - Lessons varied between Language Arts and Mathematics. - EDTPA lessons were taught on non-fiction and fiction books. - Facilitated centers, completed an IRI (Informal Reading Inventory), took students to specials, lunch, and recess, and introduced literature REFERENCES: Clinical Experience (Student Teaching) -Kelly Barthel: Mentor Teacher Spring 2020 (First Grade) – Taught all Semester (barthelke@alliancecityschools.org) - Taught Heggerty, an academically low SFA (Student Full Achievement) group, rocket -Cory Muller: Principal at Parkway math, Eureka Math Curriculum, and ELA (conjunctions and prepositions). Elementary - SFA includes reading and writing. Phonetics and phonological awareness are focused (mullerco@alliancecityschools.org) on. The sounds are introduced one at a time that allow students to stretch and read -Missy Ruggles: Mount Union Supervisor words. Writing basics are focused on, such as: spaces, capitalization, detail, periods, (rugglema@mountunion.edu) and opening and closing sentences. - Early Childhood EDTPA was filmed and completed on sequencing and tools the WORK RELATED TO FIELD: students can use to help them sequence a story to retell. - Taught a visually impaired student who used a CCTV (Close-Caption TV), as well as a Louisville YMCA Teacher Assistant and hearing impaired student who had hearing aids and used an individualized amplifier. Summer Counselor (Louisville, Ohio) - Due to COVID-19, moved to online teaching and gained experience through this. Fall 2016 – Fall 2018, Summer 2018 and 2019