Resume

Inez Steigerwald

inez.steig@gmail.com  ·  (612) 245-8711 · 4325 22nd St NE, Washington, DC 20018

Elementary School Teacher (Grades 1-6)

I am a bilingual elementary school teacher with a decade of classroom experience. I am a demonstrated leader on my team, and use a long view of our curriculum to ensure we collect a rich set of resources that are relevant to our students and their learning. I keep my work spaces and work plans strategic and highly organized.

Professional Experience:

Friends Community School Aug 2017 – Present

3rd/4th Grade Teacher

Key Contributions:

Print and Digital Media: In order to meet the needs of all learners, I incorporate a variety of print and digital media into each unit of study. As a regular part of my lesson planning, I source high quality text and media that meet my curricular goals and will be accessible to my students, including primary and authentic sources with an intentionally diverse set of authors. I currently use platforms like Newsela, Book Creator, Epic Library, Britannica School, YouTube, and Flocabulary to integrate video, music, and rich texts into student learning.

Leadership: I served as a faculty leader for the school for SY 2020-2021. I regularly develop frameworks for planning and collaborating so we can think strategically and mindfully about our current and future priorities. I moved us towards a practice of creating rubrics with specific criteria for high-quality work to guide the teaching team in our assessment of student progress. I initiated a rewrite of report card standards as specific, measurable, attainable, and relevant goals. 

Inclusion: My curriculum and daily teaching practice incorporate diversity issues and multicultural content across subject areas, as I continually strive to become a more anti-bias/anti-racist educator. I take care to ensure that students see their own cultures represented in curriculum and material, and uphold high expectations for all students in an inclusive classroom.

Differentiation: My lessons use scaffolded skills and differentiated learning experiences to serve a mixed-age 3rd and 4th grade classroom with a range of reading levels, writing proficiencies and levels of executive functioning.

Collaboration: I collaborate effectively with my colleagues and their variety of teaching and working styles. I come into any collaboration with ideas for how to improve students’ experience, and listen thoughtfully in order to synthesize multiple perspectives and find the best path forward.

Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School Aug 2012 – Jul 2017

Grade Level Team Leader (Aug 2016 – Jul 2017)
1st Grade Lead Teacher, Spanish (Aug 2014 – Jul 2017)
Teaching Fellow, Pre-K and K, Spanish (Aug 2012 – Jul 2014)

Key Contributions

Leadership: As grade level team lead for the 2016-2017 school year, I was the liaison between the administration and my teaching team. I ensured fidelity of practice across four classrooms, both English and Spanish, in curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

As a lead teacher, I mentored a teaching fellow each year in their professional growth, offering them space to grow in their teaching and opportunities to try out new ideas.

Collaboration: I worked with special education teachers, intervention teachers, and other service providers to support individual student needs and ensure progress toward academic and social goals. I cooperated closely with my paired English classroom to meet the needs of our shared student group.

I collaborated deeply within and across grade levels to sequence, design and implement expeditions centered around differentiated instruction.

Education and Credentials:

Teacher Certification (Grades 1-6) • Washington, DC Oct 2016-Oct 2020

B.A., Honors • Haverford College May 2009

  • Major: Comparative Literature (English and Spanish), Concentration: Peace and Conflict Studies
  • Awarded competitive grant to work with Co-Madres, a Salvadoran human rights organization.

Continuing Education:

Managing the Online Learning Environment
August, 2020

La Cosecha Dual Language Conference
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Nov 2016

Teachers College Home Grown Writing Institute
Washington, DC, Aug 2016

Responsive Classroom Institute
Washington, DC, Aug 2016

Teach Now Teaching Certification Program
Jun 2015 – Feb 2016

Assessment in Daily Instruction EL Institute,
Salt Lake City, UT, Jan 2015EL Classrooms in Practice: Primary Institute
Kansas City, MO, Jul 2014

Skills:

Collecting, organizing, and displaying multimedia materials to support a unit of study.

Helping students recognize and reach their potential academically and socio-emotionally.

Assessing student progress and proficiency using tools such as Fountas & Pinnell and Developmental Reading Assessment.

Conducting guided reading groups, reading running records, and standards-based observations. 

Developing standards-based assessments in reading, writing, and math.

Comfortable using Common Curriculum, Schoolforce, G-Suite, Blackbaud, Flipgrid, and Seesaw tools.

Integrating language learning into academic content.

Additional Experience:

Project Specialist • Kauffman & Associates, Inc Aug 2010 – Jul 2012
Program Assistant • Friends Committee on National Legislation Aug 2009 – Jul 2010