Zoe Willis

530.386.4420
zoewillis5@gmail.com
Salt Lake City, UT

EDUCATION
M.Ed, Special Education May 2019
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT

B.S., Special Education Mild/Moderate Emphasis May 2018

University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
University of Utah Dean’s List – six consecutive semesters Spring 2016-Spring 2018

CERTIFICATION
Utah K-12 Special Education Teaching License, ESL Endorsement May 2018
• Passed Praxis II Special Education Content
• Trained in Next Steps, The Open Classroom Fall 2016 Semester
• Trained in Higher Steps, Madeleine Choir School Spring 2016 Semester

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Nibley Park School, Salt Lake School District August-October 2018
Long-Term Substitute Salt Lake City, UT
• Taught 5 -8 grade Resource daily for 6 weeks, requested specifically for the position by the
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school.
• Created daily lessons for 5th grade Language Arts, 5th grade Math, and 7th/8th grade Language
Arts in a pull-out setting, and pushed into 6th grade Language Arts, and 7th and 8th grade math
classes daily.
• Progress monitored students in reading and math, led a small social skills group, collaborated
with other educators for students’ best academic and behavioral interests.
Murray High School, Murray City School District January 2019-March 2019
Long-Term Substitute Murray, UT
• Taught in a 10 -12 grade classroom for students with significant disabilities every other school
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day.
• Instructed in basic math, literacy, and life skills to about eight students at a time on average
classified under IDEA under the categories of Intellectual Disability, Autism, and Down
Syndrome.
• Directed paraprofessionals and peer tutors, graded all assignments, and progress monitored
students’ individual behavioral and math goals.
Nibley Park School, Salt Lake School District January-April 2018
Student Teacher Salt Lake City, UT
• Spent over 400 hours teaching reading, math, writing, and social skills in the K-4th grade
Resource room with a caseload of about 30 ethnically, culturally and linguistically diverse
students, including students classified under SLD, ED, Autism, OHI, and developmentally
delayed disability categories.
 • Assessed literacy using DIBELS weekly, and have experience using reading programs.
• Progress monitored math skills using EasyCBM math and daily exit tickets.
• Lead small groups in 3rd grade math, 4th grade math, 4th grade reading, 2nd grade reading, and
one-on-one reading using components from Next Steps and Higher Steps reading intervention
programs.
• Created weekly comprehensive lesson plans.
• Took data and addressed various on-going problem behaviors of individual students.
East High School, Salt Lake School District August-December 2017
Fall Practicum Salt Lake City, UT
• Spent over 150 hours assistant teaching at the high school level, half the time in a 10th grade
math resource classroom and the other half spent in a self-contained Language Arts classroom
for grades 9-12.
• Progress monitored math skills using EasyCBM math, reading progress using DIBELS, and
writing skills.
• Lead small groups of struggling students in math and language arts.
• Took data and addressed various on-going problem behaviors of individual students.
Truckee Elementary School, Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Summer 2017
ESY (Extended School Year) Instructional Assistant Truckee, CA
• Taught reading, writing, and math to seven students with disabilities who qualified for ESY
services daily for 6 weeks, including students with Autism, developmentally delayed, and ID
disability categories, as well as ESL students. All students had a range of academic as well as
behavior difficulties to address.