{"id":251,"date":"2016-08-20T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tuseni.cz\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2016-08-20T20:13:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T19:13:33","slug":"sara-toppe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tuseni.cz\/index.php\/lektori\/sara-toppe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Toppe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Education<\/h5>\n<p><em>Early Childhood and Elementary Education Dual Certification<\/em> December 2015<\/p>\n<p>Towson University, Towson, MD<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Major GPA: 3.8; Dean&#8217;s&nbsp;List Spring 2014- present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Teaching English as a&nbsp;Foreign Language (TEFL) Certification <\/i>May 2015<\/p>\n<p><i>Young Learners and Teen&#8217;s&nbsp;Certification<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Language House, Prague, Czech Republic<\/p>\n<p><i>90-hour Early Childhood Certification<\/i> June 2011<\/p>\n<p>Gaithersburg High School, Gaithersburg, MD<\/p>\n<h5>Field Experience<\/h5>\n<p><b>Forest Ridge Elementary School <\/b> Laurel, MD<\/p>\n<p><i>Teacher Intern,<\/i><i> <\/i><i>Full Time (Second Grade\/Kindergarten) <\/i>August-December 2015<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assist classroom teacher with routines, transitions, classroom management, and lessons<\/li>\n<li>Plan and teach math lessons to below grade level learners with a&nbsp;wide range of abilities<\/li>\n<li>Complete running records and sight word practice with a&nbsp;below grade level second grade student that is new to Forest Ridge<\/li>\n<li>Adapt and modify social studies lessons to benefit the hands-on learning style of the students in my class<\/li>\n<li>Implement language arts lessons with an emphasis on comprehension and composition<\/li>\n<li>Attend professional development meetings (including MAP training, suicide prevention, PBIS)<\/li>\n<li>Participate and support classroom teacher in faculty meetings, grade level planning, parent\/teacher conferences, back-to-school night, and open house<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The Language 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