Mareena Kohtala

Experience

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  Fulton County Public Schools

  Aug 2007 - Jul 2014

  Classroom Teacher

  Grades: 4-5 (Math, science, and social studies focus), K, 2, and 3Vanguard Team Member - one of 25 Fulton County staff members selected to serve as technology coaches and support technology integrationCommon Core school team - training staff on new standards and changes to curriculum (2012 - 2013)STEM committee leader - lead a group of staff in ways to incorporate technology into instruction to enhance content understanding (2012 - 2014)Teacher of the Year - Dolvin Elementary 2011-2012Teacher representative on Local School Advisory Committee (2011 - 2013)School representative for Superintendent's Teacher Advisory Board (2011-2012)Presenter at Fulton County Technology Leadership Forum - What is an Inspired Classroom (2012)2010-2011 member of the Fulton County Technology Leadership ForumWriting Planning Team (2nd Grade) - co-led shift in writing instruction to writer's workshop modelClassroom pioneer for technology integration (inspired classroom model, class blogs, student portfolios/Weebly, classroom community/Edmodo, wikis, shared resources/Google/PortaPortal)Nominated by peers and selected as teacher of the month, November 2010Honor Teacher of the Year 2010-2011 Show less

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  Qatar Foundation

  Aug 2014 - Jul 2016

  Lead Teacher for Libraries and Technology, Gifted Students Coordinator

  Led Library and Technology team in Primary School and Early Education Center: total of 20 staff - librarians, instructional assistants, library and technology facilitatorsPlanned and implemented individualized higher order support for grade 2-5 studentsRobotics team coach, Destination Imagination coordinatorTechnology Integration Facilitator 2014-2015Technology coach for preschool through grade 5 teachers and students with Google Apps, 1-to-1 device management, and technology integration. Site Coordinator and Instructor for SUNY Buffalo State Multidisciplinary Studies Masters program. Show less

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  English Modern School

  Aug 2016 - Jul 2018

  21st Century Learning Coordinator
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  Korea International School, Jeju Campus

  Jul 2018 - Jul 2020

  Associate Principal
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  SUNY Buffalo State

  Mar 2020 - now

  Adjunct Professor

  Adjunct professor in International Graduate Programs for Educators. My current focus is teaching courses in Educational Technology.

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  Atlanta International School

  Aug 2021 - now

  • Math Coach

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Grade Level Leader and English Teacher, Grade 4

    Aug 2021 - now