Emma Tutino

Experience

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  Albright Early Learning Center

  Aug 2010 - Dec 2011

  Assistant Teacher

  I assisted teachers with daily routines such as morning meeting, nap time, and closing activities. I implemented lesson plans into classroom activities using developmentally appropriate techniques.

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  Tender Care Learning Center

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2012

  Assistant Teacher

  I incorporated developmentally appropriate lesson plans for infants through school age children. I taught classes during teacher absences. I created lesson plans based on the development of children and the state/ national standards.

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  Community Action Program of Lancaster- Lancaster Head Start

  Aug 2012 - Feb 2015

  Lead Teacher

  • Create a safe and developmentally appropriate learning environment that allows children to explore and learn through hands-on methods• Communicate and offer support to families by conducting home visits and parent-teacher conferences, sending monthly newsletters and calendars, and creating appropriate goals.• Implement and reinforce behavior by using a positive behavior interventions and supports program• Design lesson plans based on the development of the children and aligned with state/national standards.• Conduct whole, small, and individual learning opportunities throughout the day including read alouds, shared reading, small groups, message time, music and movement, shared writing, and journaling to scaffold children• Differentiate and individualize activities by creating individual embedding schedules for each child• Attend weekly Family Engagement Committee meetings to contribute ideas• Manage and plan monthly Family Engagement Day activities such as Cultural Day and Field Day Show less

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  Reading School District l Reading, Pa.

  Feb 2015 - now

  Kindergarten Teacher

  • Design lesson plans in language arts, mathematics, literacy centers, differentiated small groups, social studies, and science using Common Core and PA state standards for an inclusive classroom • Modify lesson plans as needed to accommodate and meet all student needs such as utilizing peer buddies and visual cues• Assess students with monthly progress monitoring using DIBELS Next as well as benchmark and chapter tests• Work towards student learning objective of 90 percent of students making a 25 point gain in DIBELS Next score from beginning to end of year• Completed Kindergarten Early Inventory (KEI) state training and entered baseline information for each student into state database• Teach and reinforce positive behavior in order to build emotional and problem solving skills• Proactively and effectively communicate and support families by utilizing a variety of methods such as open house, orientation, parent teacher conferences, monthly newsletters and calendars, and parent-teacher home journals• Played significant role in creating and conducting the December Winter Parent Night Activity which was the most well attended for this school year Show less