Emily G.

Izzo
emily.g.izzo@gmail.com | (724) 875-1995 | http://emily-g-izzo.weebly.com/

Summary of Qualifications Leadership

• PreK-4 Pennsylvania Teacher Certification • NEA Leadership Summit:
• 4 years of full-time classroom experience teaching students from 1 of 3 selected representatives
diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, special needs, and from Charles County
English Language Learners (ELL/ESOL) • NEA ECE New Educator
• Student-driven planning and incorporation of technology to Campaign: represented Charles
encourage creativity and engagement to increase student success Co. Early Career Educators
• PSSA Test Administration • AIU3 PDE MSP K-5 Math PD
• Team-teaching with Special Educators • Planned and effectuated a
literacy-focused Teacher Study
• Highly Effective teacher evaluation rating
Group
• Consistently meeting or exceeding Math and Reading Student • Designed and facilitated a
Learning Objective goals, with an average student increase in Teacher Book Study
county-wide standardized test scores of 25% in reading and 50% in • Big 10 ESOL Instructional
math Leader: trained to help
Experience colleagues as an Instructional
Leader for English Language
Clairton Elementary School, Clairton, PA September 2017 - Present Learners
Third Grade Teacher, Inclusion • Technology Committee
24 students | 18 African American, 4 Caucasian, 2 Hispanic | 8 IEPS (Bring Your Own Device
• Facilitate a student-run classroom, which fosters independence and self- (BYOD)/Social Media),
monitoring skills, while implementing rigorous interdisciplinary lessons to Kindergarten Representative
establish and strengthen reading, math, and social skills, while adhering to • Developed and facilitated
Common Core State Standards Fundations training for
• Employ the use of 3-Act Tasks and Number Talks to support math learning Kindergarten Teachers and IAs
• Provide individual accommodations and support in addition to • High School Intern Mentor
differentiating instruction to ensure equity and student success
• After-school Tutoring and Book Club facilitator to provide additional small Professional Development
group support to students • Student Led Investigation of Air
• Curriculums Utilized: Houghton Mifflin Journey’s Reading and GoMath Quality and Energy (MD Assoc. for
Environmental and Outdoor
William B. Wade Elementary School, Waldorf, MD Education (MAEOE)
Charles County Public Schools August 2014 – August 2017 • Fundations, Gifted Education,
Kindergarten Teacher, Inclusion Problem-Based Learning
26 students |16 African American, 4 Caucasian, 3 Asian, 3 Hispanic |6 IEPs, 1 ELL • STEAM Institute Participant
• Designed and implemented a Behavior Intervention Plan, which decreased • CPI Training
student physical aggression by 23% through positive behavior intervention • PBIS Training
strategies.
• Followed Jan Richardson’s model for Guided Reading (The Next Step in Classroom Technology
Guided Reading)
Includes: SMART, Remind, Destiny,
• Co-planning with Kindergarten team (weekly and quarterly with Reading
DreamBox Learning, Mimio/Luna Doc
and Math ILT)
Cam, Class Dojo, Menti, ReflexMath
• Curriculums Utilized: Houghton Mifflin Reading, Investigations and Engage
NY Math
• Home and Hospital Instructor for students unable to regularly attend to
Professional Memberships
• National Education Association (NEA)
school
• Clairton Education Association (CEA)
Huntington Learning Center • Gamma Phi Beta (Zeta Epsilon)
Greensburg, PA January 2018 - Present
Waldorf, MD September 2014 – August 2017
• 1:1 after-school reading and mathematics tutoring to students in grades K-
8, tailored to the individual academic needs of each student