While in college for Music Education, I worked with children 6 weeks to 5 years old in a child care setting. Once I received my music certification, I quickly realized there were no jobs in my field, and went back to school for early childhood, childhood, and special education. Because jobs on Long Island are hard to find, I decided to try my luck in New York City, where I landed my first teaching job at a middle school in Brooklyn. Despite the fact that my experience was in early childhood and elementary aged children, I gave it my all. At the end of my first year teaching I received a score of Highly Effective. At the beginning of my second year of teaching, my school and I found out that we were awarded an overall rating of an "A." After two years in a challenging, low income school, I decided to transfer to another title one school in Harlem, New York City. Currently, I am teaching 2nd grade and loving it!! My hard work and innovative materials and lesson plans are still being shared all over Brooklyn, and now in Harlem too. Middle School - 6th & 7th Grade ICT Math; 6th & 7th Grade Self Contained Math Elementary School - 2nd Grade ICT
Hands-On Multi-Sensory Visual Technology integrated
AHRC Special Education Teacher Scholarship Award 2014
Bachelors of Arts: Music Education (Buffalo State) Minor: Dance (Buffalo State) Masters: Early Childhood, Childhood, and Special Education (Long Island University)
I love the beach and despite traveling 5 hours a day to get to work, I will never move off of Long Island. Who would move away from the beach?! My sister and I are both special education teachers, and my mother is a social worker for BOCES. With the love and support of my family, I continue to work hard to teach some of the most challenging, and LOVING students in NYC. In case you were curious…ZIZI means little aunt in Italian, and I'm a proud aunt starting from the young age of 14!
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Applied Math, Basic Operations, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Other (Science), Arts & Music, Other (Art), Music, Special Education, Other (Specialty), Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Literature, Word Problems, Writing, Reading Strategies, Mental Math, Place Value