Megan McDonald

24002 Bridgeport Lane Unit #54

Valencia, CA 91355
(661) 476-8467 |

megan.mcdonald0502@yahoo.com

EDUCATION

Arizona State University

Mary Lou Fulton Teacher College, Dual Certification Special Education and General Education
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2016
o GPA: 3.8 / 4.0, Magna Cum Laude
o Honors: Deans List from August 2012- May 2016

Tempe, AZ
08/12-Present

EXPERIENCE
Teacher Candidate (Student Teaching)
Gilbert, AZ
nd
K-2 Grade Resource
01/16 Present
o Planned differentiated instruction to meet students individual needs and goals.
o Took on the responsibility of writing IEPs and leading IEP meetings.
o Established a successful behavior management plan to increase student motivation in their academic
success.
Teacher Candidate (Student Teaching)
Gilbert, AZ
2nd Grade General Education
08/15 12/15
o Fulfilled responsibilities by attending professional developments and meeting such as:
leadership, climate, professional learning communities, staff, and parent-teacher.
o Collaborated with staff to increase my knowledge in implementing standard based curriculum and
analyzed data results to increase effective instruction and assessment.
o Completed several formal observations following the TAP rubric.
Internship
Tempe, AZ
5th and 6th Grade General Education
01/15 05/15
Enhanced learning with students in a Language Arts classroom using teaching strategies to improve student
comprehension of content.
Internship
Tempe, AZ
6th 8th Grade Life SCILLS
08/14 - 12/14
Worked with students with moderate to severe disabilities, providing a stimulating sensory environment to enhance
learning through all sense, and to increase each childs independence through learning appropriate self-help skills.
CERTIFICATION and COMMUNITY SERVICE
Certification- NES TESTS
o Elementary Education Subtest 1 (Completed October 2015)
o Elementary Education Subtest 2 (Completed October 2015)
o Assessment of Professional Knowledge (Completed December 2015)
o Special Education (Completed March 2016)
Community Service:
AmeriCorps member 09/15-12/15
o Served over 500 hours as a member applying service learning in the classroom by teaching students about
citizenship and actively engaging them in participating in activities to better the community.
Foundation for the blind
o Volunteered on weekends to work with visually impaired children.
References available upon request