I worked as an early childhood educator/ lead Montessori teacher for about six years after graduating from Allegheny College and returned to education in 2014 at Sewickley Academy, a private, college preparatory school in the Pittsburgh area, known for academic excellence and rigor. There I worked predominantly in math learning support and developed a supplementary PBL curriculum for students in grades 1-4. The goal was to create an active and engaging math experience that could encourage students to think about the subject as a creative and dynamic discipline. It was a tremendous success. I later developed gifted instruction for 4th and 5th graders needing to advance beyond the traditional curriculum. Again, I created this curriculum from scratch and was met with much positive feedback from both students and parents. After Sewickley, I moved to Winchester Thurston School, another elite private school on the other side of the city with close proximity to the cities universities, including Carnegie Melon University. There I served as a fourth and fifth grade teacher generating ELA and social studies curriculums that excited and engaged students. During my last two years at Winchester Thurston, and after completing my master's degree in special education, I moved into the role of Middle School Learning Support Teacher. In this position I was responsible for managing a caseload of about 25-30 students with learning differences, socio-emotional challenges and neurodiversity. My work was focused on building confidence, tackling remedial gaps in knowledge and developing executive functioning skills to enable more independence.