Teaching Tess Johnston

Email: tess.johnston@k12.dc.gov
Certification Address: 1620 Fuller Street NW, Washington
D.C. 20009 apt 508
Elementary Education, K-5 all Phone: 810-986-0276
subjects
Endorsements in:
Teaching Experience
Learning Disabilities K-12,
Tubman Elementary School, 4th grade ELA Classroom
Urban Education Washington, D.C. August 2017- Current
- Develop and implement a responsive ELA classroom built on
student strengths, linguistic, and cultural roots using close reading
Education framework, thinking routines and Hochman Writing curriculum
Michigan State University,
-Differentiate instruction providing access and choice for all
East Lansing, MI students.
Bachelor of Arts in Elementary
-Create a rich culture of thinking in my classroom that promotes
Education (2016)
student discourse, and students to become social change
Fifth-Year Teacher Intern Program agents.
24 Graduate Credits
-Ensure students feel safe, loved, and challenged while at school.

Michigan State University, - Collaborate on a consistent basis with special education

East Lansing, MI
Master of Arts in Teaching and
Curriculum (2020)
Concentration in Socio-Cultural
Perspectives in Teaching and
Learning
teachers, general education teachers, social workers, and
coaches to promote student success.
-Engage in regular dialogue with parents to ensure student
success inside and outside the classroom.
-Elected to the School Chapter Advisory Committee 2018-2019 SY,
2019-2020 SY

Professional Activities -Active member of the Columbia Heights community.

Live It Learn It Experiential Miner Elementary School, ESY SLS Room
Teaching Fellow
July 2018- March 2020 Washington, D.C. ESY Summer 2017
Collaborative learning throughout the two-
-Developed behavior intervention plans to promote self-
year fellowship with educators across D.C
regulation, and self-awareness.
working together to expand our
pedagogies to root student learning in -Provide students opportunities to feel they are competent,
experience, create trauma sensitive capable, safe, and contributing members of my classroom.
classrooms, and promote racial and
educational equity. -Differentiated activities and exercises to meet each
D.C. Score Coach student’s individual needs and abilities.
August 2019-Current
Coached students through learning basic -Wrote and administered tests and evaluations that align to the
soccer skills in an engaging environment abilities of each student.
that promoted physical activity, -Provide data, notes and feedback for students’ regular school
socialization, and teamwork. year case manager in order to inform of summer progress.
Book Fair Chairperson
March 2019
Personnel Committee
August 2019- Current