Professional Portfolio

Erin Wittenberg
(626) 560-3804 | erinwittenberg@gmail.com | erinwittenberg.weebly.com

Professional Summary
Passionate and creative teacher focused on the students’ interests and making engaging lessons. Strives to
build inclusive environments. Well-organized teacher eager to learn.

Skills
Skills as an educator: • Encouraged a sense of curiosity and thorough
• Established strong interpersonal communication understanding of varied subjects.
skills while teaching at a preschool and later through
online learning. Proficient knowledge associated with:
• Focused on incorporating creativity and innovation. • Google Slides • Nearpod
•Instructed students individually and in groups, using • Google Docs • YouTube
various teaching methods such as whole group • Google Forms • Canva
lectures, small group instruction, discussions, hands- • Google Sheets • Microsoft Word
on activities, and individual skill work. • Microsoft Excel

Education
California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
Masters in Literacy and Reading Education 1/2021 – Present
Foundational Level Science Credential Expected 2022
Multiple Subject Teaching Credential 06/2020
Bachelor of Science in Child and Adolescent Development 05/2018

Mt. San Antonio Community College, Walnut, CA

Associate of Science, Teacher Paraprofessional 12/2015
Associate of Science, Child Development 08/2015

Experience
Student Teacher (Kindergarten) 04/2019 – 05/2019
Pacific Drive Elementary School, Fullerton Unified School District, Fullerton, CA
• Provided encouragement and served as a role model.
• Collaborated with an experienced teacher to enhance student learning, lesson planning, and
performance.
• Engaged students with lively discussions and immersive opportunities, explored topics such as; the
water cycle, phonics (focusing on CVCV pattern), weight and measurement, compared herbivores and
carnivores, adding and subtracting.

Student Teacher (5th Grade) 10/2019 – 12/2019

Sparks Elementary School, Hacienda La Puente School District, La Puente, CA
• Provided encouragement and served as a role model.
• Engaged students with lively discussions and immersive opportunities exploring topics such as; Native
Americans, dividing decimals multiple ways, plant survival, transfer of energy in an ecosystem, how to
determine the main idea of an expository text, and determining the theme of a narrative story, and
labeling parts of a sentence.
• Collaborated with two experienced teachers to better classroom management and student
relationships.
Work Experience
2nd Grade Teacher 8/2021 – Present
California Connections Academy, San Juan Capistrano, CA
• Engages students with daily weekly asynchronous each week covering, social emotional learning, math
science, social studies, science, and art.
• Collaborates with a 2nd grade teachers on lessons and reviews grade level data to see what students
need.
• Provides weekly small group instruction for students who are struggling with reading.
• Informs parents/guardians with daily text reminders through Remind, webmails, LiveLesson calendar
and classroom website.

Rotating TK-2nd Lab/Science Teacher 10/2020 – 6/2021

Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy, Huntington Park, CA
• Engages students with three weekly asynchronous and one synchronous science lessons each week.
• Collaborates with a group of teachers to enhance students learning, improve students' vocabulary
acquisition, and practice culturally responsive teaching.
• Informs parents/guardians with a weekly newsletter of what their child will be doing in their Lab
classes and what materials are needed.
• Incorporates STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) throughout
lessons.

Online Teacher 04/2020 – 10/2020

Outschool, San Francisco, CA (Headquarters)
• Developed and implemented engaging curriculum aligned with student interests, student learning
objectives, and assessments.
• Hosted weekly synchronous classes with 1st and 2nd grade students.
• Communicated with parents using phone and email to make lesson modifications for students as
needed.
• Used parent and student feedback to improve and modify lessons.

Preschool Aide 02/2016 – 06/2017

Options for Learning State Preschool, West Covina, CA
• Worked effectively with parent volunteers and coworkers.
• Made lesson plans and led large and small groups.
• Created activities and experiences that are applicable to what students were interested in.

Volunteer
The Muchenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA 08/2017-12/2018
• Worked with young adolescent girls in a sewing class and helped them with sewing projects based on
their interests and ideas.

Organizations
Orange County Reading Association 03/2019 – Present
• Executive Board – Special Projects Coordinator 08/2020 – 08/2021
• Executive Board – Vice-President 08/2021 – 07/2022
• Executive Board – President 08/2022 – Present

Honors/Professional Development
People’s Education Conference: Changing Classrooms Changing Climates 02/2020
Orange County Reading Association: Best Practices for Learning at Home 10/2020
Orange County Reading Association: A Closer Look at Writer’s Workshop 03/2020
People’s Education Conference: Abolitionist Lessons for Pro-People Education 02/2021
Orange County Reading Association: A Balanced Literacy Approach While Teaching Online 03/2021
Orange County Reading Association: Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Approaches to Literacy 10/2021
Orange County Reading Association: Literacy and Reading Instructional Support for PK-12 Learners 04/2022

2018 Community Engagement Medal 04/2018

• Awarded by California State University Fullerton for completing 100 hours of community service