Stephanie Fingerson

2973 60 Ave SE, Rochester, MN 55904 ~ 507-696-9015 ~ stephaniefingerson@yahoo.com

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Objective
Industrious, dedicated, and organized elementary teacher candidate with a passion to build a community of learners
in a safe and warm environment and use social interaction to build student’s knowledge.
Education
Winona State University, Rochester, MN 08/2016-Current
 Expected Bachelor’s Degree in K-6 Elementary Education in May 2018 with cumulative GPA of 3.95/4.0
Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, MN 08/2014-05/2016
 Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences graduating with GPA of 4.0/4.0 and High Honors
Student Teaching
Fourth Grade: Lincoln K-8 Choice School, Rochester, MN Spring 2018: Ten Weeks
 Co-taught classroom with all fourth graders in the same classroom
 Planned and taught two math units from the Everyday Mathematics curriculum: multiplication and division
 Planned and taught C.I.A. Reading curriculum, FOSS science curriculum, and Project Lead the Way lessons
 Created, planned, taught, and reflected the math edTPA on the coordinate plane and quadrilaterals
 Taught full-time for two weeks in the classroom
 Attended staff meetings and professional development sessions
Second Grade: Franklin Elementary School, Rochester, MN Fall 2017: Six Weeks
 Created and reinforced rules and expectations along with creating a community of learners
 Pre-assessed students on beginning of the year math skills, math facts, and Words Their Way spelling list
 Set up classroom, went to staff and team meetings, and attended professional development classes
 Created and taught lessons: read aloud, writing, goals craft, morning meeting, calendar, identifying coins
Clinical Experiences
Fifth Grade: Bamber Valley Elementary, Rochester, MN Fall 2017: 31.75 hours
Family Literacy Night: Riverside Elementary, Rochester, MN Spring 2017: 7 hours
 Literacy Focus: Planned and directed three hands-on activities about Winnie the Pooh
Fourth Grade: Riverside Elementary, Rochester, MN Spring 2017: 16 hours
 Literacy Focus: Planned and taught a literature circle and assessed the students with daily rubrics
 Assessed students on their spelling patterns using the book Words Their Way
First Grade: Riverside Elementary, Rochester, MN Spring 2017: 15 hours
 Literacy Focus: Developed and taught a guiding reading group focusing on vowel diagraphs
Third Grade: Dover-Eyota Elementary, Eyota, MN Spring 2017: 37.5 hours
Second Grade: Riverside Elementary, Rochester, MN Fall 2016: 8.5 hours
 Math Focus: Pre-assessed, planned, and administered money lessons where students would identify the
names of coins and calculate the cost of two items and make change up to five dollars
Kindergarten: Riverside Elementary, Rochester, MN Fall 2016: 33.25 hours
Third Grade: Riverside Elementary, Rochester, MN Fall 2016: 7 hours
 Math Focus: Planned and administered a division unit focusing on how to use and understand arrays
Fifth Grade: Gage Elementary, Rochester, MN Fall 2016: 15 hours
 STEM Focus: Facilitated and probed questions about a bubble-ology unit
Work Experience
Assistant Toddler and Twos Teacher at Knowledge Beginnings, Rochester, MN 05/2016-Current
Child Care Assistant at Kellie’s Kid Care, Rochester, MN 08/2015-05/2016
Accomplishments
o Passed all Minnesota Teacher Licensing Exams o Member of Phi Theta Kappa
~ Basic Skills, Pedagogy, Content o 3.923/4.0 GPA, High Honors, and runner-up
o Dean’s List ~ Fall 2014-Fall 2017 salutatorian ~ Dover-Eyota High School
Volunteer Work
o STEM Camp at Riverside Elementary School o Teach Sunday School to Preschoolers
o InSciEd Out Zebrafish Internship at Mayo o Youth leader in Peer Ministry to 6th-12th graders
Clinic in Rochester, MN o Lead VBS at a park: ages 3 years-5th grade
o VBS leader to Preschool/Kindergarten (1 year), o Bible Buddies and mentor to 1st and 2nd graders
3rd/4th grade (2 years), and 5th/6th grade (6 years) o Preschool volunteer at Head Start in Rochester