Brittnee Hinton

4019 W 12050 S Riverton, UT 84096, 720-206-8589, brittnee.hinton@gmail.com

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EDUCATION
B.S. Elementary Education
University of Utah
Six semesters on the Dean's List for academics

May 2015
Salt Lake City, Utah

CERTIFICATION
Utah Elementary Teaching License, ESL Endorsement
Passed Praxis II Elementary Content, ESL

June 2015

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Westbrook Elementary School, Granite School District
August 2014- present
Student Teacher
Taylorsville, Utah
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Teach 5 grade class of 25 ethnically diverse students, including students with ADHD, and
speech impediments at a low income school
Created a service learning project that integrated theater and social studies alongside the other
student teachers at Westbrook
Participated in biweekly PLC meetings with the 5th grade team
All students have made progress in DIBELS and SAGE formative test scores
Implemented a classroom management plan that focused on positive behavior
Developed engaging lessons that incorporated many learning styles, learning levels, and
linguistic backgrounds
Taught math units on operations with fractions and graphing (Units 6-9 in Go Math)
Weekly contact with parents through email, student planners, and phone calls for positive
behavior as well as third term SEPs
Used Kidblog and Utah Compose to strengthen students' writing skills in authentic and
purposeful ways
Developed and taught units for all science Core Standards
University of Utah
Math Tutor
Tutored Elementary Education majors in Math 4010 and 4020

Spring Semester 2014

Salt Lake City, Utah

University of Utah Reading Center

Next Steps and Higher Steps Tutor
Taught one student each semester twice a week
Both students increased one grade level in 15 weeks

Fall 2013- Spring 2014

American Preparatory Academy

November 2012- April 2013
Substitute Teacher
Taught elementary math and language arts at least four times a month