Mrs. Cafferty’s Credentials

 

 

*      Highly Qualified Teacher as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and determined by the Rhode Island Department of Education guidelines

*      Elementary classroom teacher since 1989, teaching Grade 2 at Reservoir Avenue School since 1992

*      B.A. Rhode Island College with honors 1989 - Elementary Education Curriculum with a Major in English (Literature and Creative Writing)

*      M.Ed Rhode Island College 1996 - General Elementary Education

*      Continuing College Coursework beyond Master's Degree - as of 2006, 6 courses (18 credits) relating to Elementary Education

*      30+ hours per year professional development relating specifically to Grade 2 curriculum

*      Rhode Island Teachers and Technology Participant and Trainer

*      Participant in The Rhode Island Department of Education's Literacy Classroom Initiative

*      Created former Reservoir Avenue School Website

*      Created, launched, and continues to maintain the Tunia's Travels Internet Project 1

*      Reservoir Avenue School Teacher-in-Charge

*      Past Member of the Superintendent's Cabinet

*      Providence Teacher's Union Building Delegate

*      Member and past chairperson of The Reservoir Avenue School Improvement Team

*      Past Member of the Reservoir Avenue School SALT Committee

*      Member of the National Teacher Advisory Board for CTELL 2

*      Participant in The University of Pittsburgh Institute for Learning Research Pilot of the Instructional Quality Assessment, May 2003 3

*      Included as Distinguished Teacher in Rhode Island Department of Education Commissioner's Teacher Referral File

*      Rhode Island College Cooperating Teacher for student teachers in all areas of the second grade curriculum

*      Past Practicum Cooperating Teacher providing support to Rhode Island College pre-service teachers in the areas of Reading and Writing

*      Past chairperson and member of CAP/CAST

*      Past Teacher Evaluation Trainer

1 The Tunia's Travels Internet Project is a cooperative and interactive literacy project in which teachers and students from around the world may participate by hosting Tunia, a stuffed ladybug, and writing about her visit with them. Written updates and photos from hosting classrooms are posted on the website. The Tunia's Travels website also has interactive pages that support various academic areas. Tunia's Travels has received the Miss Rumphius Award from RTEACHER, the listserv for The Reading Teacher, a publication of the International Reading Association.

2 The CTELL Project, supported by the National Science Foundation, is based on two main assumptions: first, that sufficient research is available about "best practices" to teach reading and writing effectively; and, second, that technology can play a key role in improving reading achievement. Specifically, this project identifies instructional practices which are supported by scientific research and which have "stood the test of time" in exemplary teachers' classrooms. (Quoted from CTELL website)

3 The Purpose of the IQA study is to create an instrument for measuring the extent to which four Principles of Learning - Academic Rigor, Accountable TalkSM, Clear Expectations, and Self-Management of Learning - are evident within schools.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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