2015-6-7 -Tracie Rezzelle CV

CURRICULUM VITAE
Tracie Elizabeth Rezzelle
NAME: Tracie Rezzelle
TITLE: Educator
ADDRESS: 6020 NW Gower Circle
Kansas City, MO 64151
TELEPHONE: 816-729-8555
E-MAIL: tracie.rezzelle@gmail.com
WEBSITE: http://tracierezzelle.com
EDUCATION:
2009 Kansas State University
ESL (English as Second Language) Certification
2008 Northwest Missouri State University
Master of Science in Education-Reading
2003 San Francisco State University
Early Childhood/Urban Education Certification
2000 University of Maryland-College Park
Bachelor of Arts-Communication
EXPERIENCE:
May 2013 - Kansas City, KS Public School District – USD500 (KCKPS)
Aug 2003 Second/Third Grade/ESL Looping Teacher
• Standards driven instruction to whole/small group settings
• Guided reading to varied reading levels, often ESL and low language
students
• Researched and implemented oral language development under the
leadership of Dr. Diana Geisler, ESL consultant Bueno Group
• Was a school role model for oral language development, modeled and
presented during staff development
• Worked closely with school team to strengthen language development
of students
• Following training directly from TERC, used “Math Investigations” as
mathematics curriculum for ten years
• Trained in Writer’s Workshop through district development with
instructional coaches
• Participated in statewide SIT (Student Intervention Team) process for
supporting students with special needs
May 2010- SLS Tutoring Service-Kansas City, KS
Sep 2005 Tutor
Worked with small groups during reading tutoring, implementing reading
strategies as well as oral language development
Aug 2009- Kansas City, KS Public School District – USD500 (KCKPS)
Jun 2005 Summer School Teacher
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Taught students kindergarten through fourth grade during summer school
Sep 2003- Berkeley Arts Magnet-Berkeley, CA
Jun 2003 Student Teacher
Worked with Master Teacher in a Kindergarten classroom; began the year with
observation, ended by leading most classes
Jun 2003- JFK Pre School- Daly City, CA
Dec 2002 Volunteer/Observation Reading Buddy
Read with pre-k students building early reading and language skills
May 2002- Jewish Coalition for Literacy-Oakland, CA
May 2001 Volunteer Reading Buddy for Early Elementary Students
Read with students of the coalition, once a week
Aug 2002- Score! Education Centers-Livermore, CA
Jan 2000 Educational Director
• Held conferences with students and families to establish baselines and
set progress standards
• Helped students develop study plans to achieve their goals
• Led computer based after school tutoring
• Managed staff of tutors
• Community outreach to share the program goals to encourage
participation
May 1999- Prince George’s Developmental Clinic-College Park, MD
Jan 1999 Volunteer Tutor
Worked with young children with developmental delays focusing on social and
academic skills
INSTRUCTION PROVIDED:
2012 May Staff Development Douglass Elementary: Presentation on using sentence stems
during instruction and how effective they are in promoting academic language.
2012 Feb Staff Development Douglass Elementary: I created a presentation as a part of
our school improvement plan leading staff development on bullying.
2011 Aug Staff Development Douglass Elementary: Presentation revealing the research
and results of my oral language projects (one with Dr. Geisler and one
independent study). As a result many teacher’s implemented the plan in their
own classrooms. Through the year, I supported, observed and modeled for some
of the teachers.
2008 Oct Staff Development Whittier Elementary: Presentation on building academic
language to prepare students for state testing.
2008 Feb Staff Development Whittier Elementary: Shared my experience with building
oral language skills during instruction and the effect of improving reading.
2008 Apr Staff Development Whittier Elementary: Presentation on using Reciprocal
Teaching with and the success I had with my students.
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2007 Sep Staff Development Whittier Elementary: Presentation sharing the summer
reading program I had implemented and the success I had with my students. As
a school we decided to adopt the program for the following summer.
COMMITTEES:
2011-2012 New Teacher Interview Committee Member
2011-2012 School Improvement Team-Douglass Elementary
2009 (Apr) Literacy Night Committee Organizer-Whittier Elementary
2008-2009 SIT Team Coordinator
2008-2009 School Improvement Team-Whittier Elementary
2008-2009 Oral Language Development Research and Development Team for Whittier
Elementary
2007-2008 New Teacher Interview Committee Member
CERTIFICATIONS:
May 2009 Kansas State University ESL certification, passed the Praxis in 2009
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
2010-2011 In 2010 I moved to a new school, Douglass Elementary. At Douglass there were
ELL students, however there was a higher African American population, than
Whittier (where I had moved from). Though the African American students
were native English speakers, their language skills were low. I decided to apply
my findings from the oral language research with Dr. Geisler and Dr. Donnell. I
administered a similar vocabulary and language assessment with my class. I
used the same oral language strategies I used at Whittier during our research.
After a month I gave another assessment. The scores improved. We continued to
use the same language building, and oral language practice, and after another
month, the scores again increased and reading levels began to improve. I used
the oral language, and fluency program all year. In May the students, many of
whom were struggling readers, made significant growth.
2007-2009 Under the leadership of Diana Geisler and Wendy Donnell, we researched and
implemented the effect language has on reading and overall success with ESL
and low language students. In almost every situation, by supporting a student’s
language through rich, oral language development, their reading improved.
2007 As a portion of my reading master’s program during a research methods class, I
studied the impact of summer reading on a student’s progress, or in most cases
regression, from an absence of reading during the summer. I researched and
implemented my plan with a small group of students from my class. Because the
results were both statistically sound and frightening from a real-world
perspective, after presenting my findings to my team, we used the data to spring
board into a summer reading program for the entire school, the following
summer.
PROFESSIONAL BOOK STUDIES:
2012-2013 Lemov, Doug (2010) “Teach Like a Champion” (1st
edition) San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass
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The purpose of using this text was to study the techniques employed by those
teachers considered to be champions of our field. We stove to improve our
teaching and we found success in many ways. My goal has been and will always
continue to be building strategies to prepare my students to be the best learners
they could be; and to share these strategies with all whom they may help.
2011-2012 Harwood, Nigel (2010) “English Language Teaching Materials: Theory and
Practice” (illustrated ed) Cambridge University Press
As we worked together as a staff to meet the needs of our ELL population, we
used this book to understand language acquisition, and best practice to support
our students.
2010-2011 Delpit, Lisa D (2006) “Other People’s Children” (New ed) New York: New
Press
The purpose of reading this book was to gain sensitivity and understanding of
our students. We undertook this study in my seventh year as an educator in an
urban setting and while I had long since developed a deep respect for those
engaged in triad of urban education: student, parent, teacher -- I was reminded
of the importance of understanding the culture of the children we work with on a
daily basis.
2010-2011 Anderson, Lorin W (2009) “A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and
Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives”
(abridged ed.) New York: Longman
As a staff we realized the importance of asking high level thinking questions,
similar to what students are required to answer during assessments. We chose
this book to strengthen and explore our knowledge of Bloom’s Taxonomy. The
book was helpful in our planning of Bloom’s questioning.
2009-2010 Atwell, Nancie (2007) “The Reading Zone” (1st
ed) New York: Scholastic
During this school year, we were exploring using Reader’s Workshop, in
addition to Guided Reading. This book helped to reinforce reading in high
volume, and strategies to get students to think critically.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
2003-2013 Every Wednesday we had staff development through KCKPS. During those two
hours, we would evaluate the needs of our school and plan our development
based on those needs. During the ten years as a teacher, we researched, learned,
and facilitated many subjects. Typically the topics we covered were school
improvement; biggest areas of need, how can we support those areas, reading
and language development, math development, and behavioral needs.
2012-2013 KCKPS Mentor Training
2011-2012 Attended training session with ENI consulting, to evaluate ways to improve
student success.
2010-2011 KCKPS Mentor Training
2008 Jun Kansas Reading Academy
2006 Jun Kansas Student Intervention Team Training
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2005-2006 Reading First Development
2005 Sep Writer’s Workshop Training, Instructor: Lucy Calkins
2004 Summer TERC Math Investigations Training Workshop
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
2011-2012 Kansas City, KS USD 500 -- Star Teacher for Douglass Elementary for School
Year 2011-12
2009-2010 Douglass Dolphin Award-School Award for Dedication to Education
2008-2009 Whittier Teacher of the Month-Awarded for Outstanding Staff Development for
Reading and Oral Language.
FUTURE PLANS:
My experience working in urban education has made me aware of the vast inequalities for students
of low income, urban schools. I see amazing students overcome adversity every day and prove that
circumstance is not the only predictor of outcome. I wonder often, though, how many students
can’t overcome the inequalities that fall outside of their control. I have great passion for
researching social, political, and economic issues within the context of urban education. I would
like to use this passion to attain a PhD in Urban Education and to continue to change our world.
REFERENCES:
Alan Schlichting(Former KCKPS Principal)
Director, Student Support Services
5050 Barranca Parkway
Irvine, CA 92604
Aschlich@iusd.org
Wendy Johnson Donnell, Ph.D (Former KCKPS Literacy and Language Coach)
Assistant Professor for Literacy
School of Education
Avila University
816-501-3667
Wendy.Doneell@avila.edu
Amy Culey (Former KCKPS Colleague-Team Teacher)
1220 Orville
Kansas City, KS 66102
(913) 634-0985
ajculey@hotmail.com
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