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Christie Hammer
329 N.E. 20th Place
Hillsboro, OR, 97124
503-730-7798
Education
Undergraduate School
•BA earned in Interior Design, 1981
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Graduate School
•MAT, June 2010
Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
Licensure
State of Oregon Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education Initial
Teaching License expires July 2013
Professional Experience
Licensed Substitute
K-6, Hillsboro School District 1J September 7, 2010-present
Student Teaching
First Grade-Patterson Elementary, Hillsboro School District February 1-April 9, 2010
•Spent 7 weeks teaching the class full-time.
•Developed and taught an 8 lesson unit on America to 90 students. Children showed interest in what they learned by checking out relevant library books, and relating their learning to the world around them.
•Implemented Positive Behavior System strategies and policies.
•Worked on data team with three classroom teachers.
•Attended school wide data team meetings centering on DIBELS.
•Attended 2 EBISS meetings, which centered on behavior, attendance, and achievement.
•Taught Houghton Mifflin reading curriculum with fidelity to 44 students.
•Participated in staff-wide study Valuing Differences and Creating Unity.
•Attended Math Task Force meetings
Third Grade-Patterson Elementary, Hillsboro School District April 12-June 18, 2010
•Designed and taught a 9 lesson unit on Simple Machines to 29 students. Students showed interest in what they learned by continuing to design their own machines after their performance task was complete.
•Implemented Positive Behavior System strategies and policies.
•Taught Houghton Mifflin reading curriculum with fidelity to 27 students.
•Continued to participate in meetings as described above.
Practicum-Patterson Elementary, Hillsboro School District Sept. 2009-Feb., 2010
•Acted as classroom assistant one day a week to 29 first graders and one day a week to 29 third graders.
Early Intervention Educational Assistant and Classified Substitute
Northwest Regional Education Service District, Hillsboro, OR Nov. 15, 2003 - April 18, 2005
•Assisted 6 classroom teachers with 4 special needs pre-school classes.
•Planned and organized projects to support specific educational units.
•Worked with 30 children with emotional, educational, and physical disabilities ranging from autism to medical fragility.
•Especially enjoyed working with children in speech groups, providing the therapists time to pull out children one-on-one.
•Spent one school year as assistant in collaborative Head Start/ESD pre-school for 20 emotionally disturbed children.
Title I Reading Assistant and Classified Substitute
Mooberry Elementary School, Hillsboro, OR August, 1996 - June, 1998
•Worked with children in grades K-6.
•Responsibilities included assessment, small group instruction, and collaboration with the teacher. It was very rewarding to share my love of reading with 45 children.
Related Experience
Raising Children
•Spent most of my time from 1982 to present raising my three children.
•I have been a parent volunteer at Eastwood Elementary working with reading groups, chaperoning field trips, grading papers, and prepping instructional materials.
Home Schooling
•Home-schooled my three children for 4 years; included participating in co-op program that required comprehensive lesson and activity planning and teaching.
•An interesting unit revolved around the opening of the West-Side light rail. We learned how the tunnel under Sylvan was built, how deep it is, etc. Unit culminated with a ride on the MAX, of course!
•My youngest child successfully transitioned back into public school for her 6th grade year.
Community Involvement
Member National Education Association.
Member Oregon Reading Association.
Member Kappa Delta Pi – International Honor Society in Education.
Annual volunteer at non-profit camp for teenage girls.
Presided over children’s Sunday School program for approximately 50 children.
Organized and executed dance with Broadway show theme for 500 teenaged youth.
References
Lauri Lewis
Director of Human Resources, Hillsboro School District
503-844-1477 (W)
503-757-2568 (C)
Becky Kalish
First Grade Teacher and Mentor – Patterson Elementary School
503-844-1380 (W)
503-681-9225 (H)
Nancy Kingston
Student Teaching Supervisor
503-640-6627 (H)
503-314-2421 (C)
Sharon Elliott
Fifth Grade Teacher and Mentor – Patterson Elementary
503-844-1380 (W)
503-528-6827 (C)
