Paige Millan Email: paige.millan@gmail.com Phone: 480-201-7191 April 12, 2016 ‘To whom this may concern: 1 would like to present this resume to you for your consideration as a potential teacher at your school, I am highly interested in a teaching position in first through third grade in an English language development classroom, I would be honored to be considered for any position that would be available to me, This May I will graduate from Arizona State University with my certification in Elementary Education as well as an endorsement in English as a second language. In April [ will complete my full year of student teaching first grade at Valley View School in Phoenix, Arizona, I have been teaching the entire day of instruetion since early March, Asa student teacher in a Title I school I had the opportunity to work with stuclents from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and socioeconomic statuses. I leamied to differentiate my instruction to meet the needs of my ELL students, students whose first language was not English, and students who are above grade level. In my student teaching experience { worked with a small group improve their sight word knowledge and over 100% growth, This improvement has led me to focus on sight words as a whole class in order to improve all students’ reading fluency. So far, I have seen a 38% growth as a whole class and plan to continue working for greater improvement. My passion is to work with students from lower income areas because I feel that they need great teachers, teachers who care about them and helieve in them. I have spent my educational experience striving to be a teacher and I could not envision myself in any other career, Working with students to foster their creativity and strive for more than what they believe they can accomplish are what I plan to bring into the classroom, I am eager to work with young minds es well as lear fiom my colleagues and become the best teacher I can be. ‘Thank you for taking the time to look over my resume. I hope to be hearing from you soon, Paige Millan Mede MillanPaige Millan Email: paige millan@gmail.com Phone: 480-201-7191 Areas of Certification: Edueation: Experience: ESL Endorsement NES Professional Knowledge NES Subtest I! NES Subtest I Bachelor of Arts Elementary Education Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Expected graduation: May 2016 GPA: 3.87 Deans List: 2012-2015 Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona Student Teacher -1" Grade Valley View Elementary, Phoenix, Arizona 2015-2016 + Taught entire day of instruetion since early March 2016 + Created and implemented grade and age appropriate, engaging lessons in ELA and Math. + Executed behavior management strategies that encouraged student responsibility and being a leader. + Developed units in social studies that achieved 80% mastery for all students. + Conducted small group interventions with ELLs to improve sight word knowledge and achieved over 100% growth. Intern ~ 5" Grade Solano School, Phoenix, Arizona Spring 2015 + Lead small reading groups to strengthen student comprehension of text. + Prepared math lessons to conduct in groups to provide students with additional math help. Intern = 1" Grade Loma Linda School, Phoenix, Arizona Fall 2014 + Guided low ELL students in sounding out and spelling words. Intern — Library (Special area) Aguilar Elementary School, Tempe, Arizona Fall 2013 + Assisted students in finding age and grade level appropriate books.Paige Millan Email: paige.millan@gmail.com Phone: 480-201-7191 Volunteer Work: AmeriCorps Fall 2015 References: Aaron E, Carman-Smith Email: aes12@asuedu Phone: 602-384-1704 Dr. Alex Silva Email: alexandri Phone: 602-752-3296 Hilda Camargo Email: hilda.camargo@rsd.k12.az.us