Resume December 2018

Melissa A.
Fiegel
elissa.a.fiegel@gmail.com
1132A E.Dakota St. Milwaukee, WI 53207 – m - 414-899-3771 - http://melissaafiegel.weebly.com/
EDUCATION
Beloit College (BA) Beloit, WI August 2009 - December 2013
Education and Youth Studies and Literary Studies 3.55/4.0 (Cum Laude)
Awards: Hattie May Chamberlin Award May 2014
Yeditepe Üniversitesi Istanbul, Turkey January 2012-May 2012

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CERTIFICATION
- Wisconsin DPI Provisional Educator License (1300-Language Arts), grades 6-12 July 2017
- State of Indiana Professional Educator’s License (Language Arts), grades 5-12 November 2016
- Wisconsin DPI Initial Educator License (1300-Language Arts), grades 6-12 March 2014
EXPERIENCE
English Educator at James Madison Academic Campus Milwaukee, WI August 2018-present
September 2015-June 2016
● Using the Common Core State Standards as a baseline, created relevant and engaging lessons for elective, English 10, and English 10 Honors courses.
● Collaborated with colleagues in other departments to create units and assessments that aligned to multiple subject areas.
● Focused heavily on differentiation and co-teaching methods in the classroom, as to simultaneously meet the needs of a wide variety of students, including high
performing students, SPED students, and students with reading levels as far as seven years below grade level.
● Focused on the conventions of writing, expressing clear and concise ideas through an essay form, and intelligently articulating reflections on the assigned
readings in class discussions
English Educator at Schmucker Middle School Mishawaka, Indiana August 2016-June 2018
● Created relevant and engaging lessons for English 8 and English 8 Honors based on the Lucy Calkins Writing Curriculum.
● Utilized a variety of co-teaching methods while teaching 3 Inclusion classes and focused on differentiation and extension in all classrooms
● Engaged students with a wide variety of formative assessments, making use of the districts one-to-one technology ratio daily
● Ran Writing Club after school and coached the English Academic Superbowl Team
● Was rated Highly Effective in the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school year
PBL/GED/NAF Coordinator at James Madison Academic Campus Milwaukee, WI September 2014- June 2015
● Coordinated and administered all learning and instruction in the Personalized Blended Learning Lab by assisting students of multiple grade levels with online
learning in all subject areas and supplementing learning where necessary in all subjects
● Created, organized, and lead all programming and instruction for the GED Option#2 Program. This included tutoring students in all four main subject areas to
ready them for the ACT and GED tests, organizing many out of classroom experiences, teaching a series of lessons on fiscal responsibility, and helping students
increase their readiness for life post-high school with a focus on life-skills and job readiness.
● Acted as the liaison between the National Academy Foundation programs and the rest of the school and outside community. This included establishing the
purpose of the NAF curriculum within the school for both staff and students, being the main point of contact between business partners and the school,
organizing a College and Career Fair, and many other duties.
Long Term Substitute at Beloit Memorial High School Beloit, WI January 2014 – June 2014
● Taught English 9 for the full semester in my own classroom and co-taught a literacy course as a part of the SOAR reading intervention program
Student Teacher at Beloit Memorial High School Beloit, WI September 2013 – January 2014
● Created innovative and engaging lessons for an accelerated curriculum 11th grade English classroom of students with varying levels of ability engaging with the
SpringBoard curriculum and the Edge Literacy Curriculum
Program Facilitator at Beloit College’s Help Yourself Program Beloit, WI January 2010- May 2013
● Created engaging and informative weekly workshops for 6th-8th grade students in the Beloit Community, focusing on college-readiness and engaging in all
different aspects of learning.
● Promoted healthy living in all manners of the term, developing programming dealing with nutrition and physical wellness as well as mental health.
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

● Current CRP (Culturally Responsive Teaching Fellow) for JMAC though the UWM Access Grant
● Worked with JMAC and Schmucker’s PBIS Committee organizing different ways to implement a PBIS System at the school
● Attended 2017’s IAG (Indiana Association for the Gifted) Conference and ITW (Indiana Teachers of Writing) Conference
● Received Youth Mental Health First Aid (8 documented hours), Trauma-Sensitive Care Training (12 documented hours), Literacy Intervention Training (11
documented hours), and Co-Teaching Training (8 documented hours)

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