MADELINE BAAR KESSLER 105 Harrogate Road Wynnewood, PA 19096 610-642-7159 (home); 610-505-6989 (cell) [email protected]

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS • ESL Program Specialist Certification Program (online), California University of and Intermediate Unit 1, 2/15-2/16 • M.Ed., Rutgers University Graduate School of Education, 1984 • Additional graduate credits earned through Penn Literacy Network (9/00-1/01, 8/01-12/01, 10/03-2/04, and 10/06-3/07), and Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project at West Chester University (Managing a Reading/Writing Classroom, 6/06 and Summer Writing Institute , 2007) • B.A., Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1975 o PA English as a Second Language Program Specialist certification obtained 3/16 o PA Instructional II Reading Specialist certification obtained 3/03 o PA Instructional II certification in Language Arts 7-12 obtained 3/03

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Radnor Township School District, Wayne, PA 12/15-Present SPECIAL EDUCATION ACCESS AIDE (8/16-Present); LTS ESL TEACHER (4/16-6/16); INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE (12/15-4/16). Also serve as substitute classroom teacher as needed. Lower Merion School District, Ardmore, PA 8/14-1/15 LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE READING SPECIALIST, intermediate level (3-5), Cynwyd Elementary School Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, Wallingford, PA 1/14-6/14 LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE READING SPECIALIST (.5), 7/14 SECONDARY TEACHER, Extended School Year Program William Penn School District, Lansdowne, PA (1999-2013) 9/10-8/13 SEVENTH-GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER, Penn Wood Middle School 9/06-6/10 READING SPECIALIST, Walnut Street Elementary School 9/05-6/06 READING SPECIALIST/LITERACY COACH, Colwyn Elementary School 9/04-6/05 ENGLISH TEACHER, Penn Wood High School 9/00-6/04 READING SPECIALIST/INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TEACHER, Aldan Basics School 9/99-6/00 READING SPECIALIST, Ardmore Elementary School

Other Teaching Experience: 7/11-7/28/16 ESL TEACHER, ELL Summer Program, Delaware County Intermediate Unit, Morton, PA 7/13-7/24/09 YOUTH TEACHER, Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project, Wayne Elementary School (Radnor, PA) site. Taught students entering second and third grades within a reading/writing workshop framework 9/98-5/99 READING TUTOR, Gladwyne Elementary School, Lower Merion School District, Ardmore, PA 9/97-6/98 READING SPECIALIST (temporary position), The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, PA 9/94-5/97 READING TUTOR, Penn Valley Elementary School, Lower Merion School District 9/93-6/94 READING TUTOR, St. Peter’s School, Philadelphia, PA 9/79-1/83 COMPENSATORY EDUCATION READING TEACHER, then ENGLISH TEACHER, Hightstown High School, East Windsor Regional School District, East Windsor, NJ

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 11/02-Present Member, International Reading Association and Philadelphia Reading Council 9/04-9/05 Member, National Council of Teachers of English

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COMMITTEE WORK • Member, Penn Wood Middle School Language Arts Curriculum Committee (7/11) • Member, Standards Aligned System Committee, English/Language Arts (2010) • Member, K-12 Reading Curriculum Committee (6/01-7/01); rewrote curriculum during regular meetings of literacy/reading coaches from 9/04-1/06 • Member, Comprehensive Reading Plan Committee, William Penn School District (9/01-6/03) • Member, Baseline Reading Assessment Committee, William Penn School District (9/01-6/03)

RELEVANT VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE 1996-2000 Volunteer editor (editor/co-president, 1998-99), Penn Wynne Elementary School Publishing Company

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • Lifelong learner; recently earned ESL Program Specialist certification • More than 20 years in reading/English field • Experience with children in grades K-12 • Instructional II certification • Experience with children from wide range of socioeconomic/cultural backgrounds • Extensive participation in professional development activities • Experience developing and facilitating professional development activities • Experience with standards-driven curriculum writing in reading/language arts and science • Experience with students with learning disabilities and on autistic spectrum • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, ActivInspire, and other computer-based technology • Expertise in implementing research-based intervention strategies • Expertise in data-driven instruction • Familiarity with wide range of assessment tools and instructional models • Extensive experience with “high-stakes” testing • Fellow, National Writing Project

RELEVANT SKILLS/BACKGROUND • Extensive understanding of literacy needs of very young as well as older students • Extensive training in coaching model • Served as co-advisor to student literary magazine (2008-2010) • Background as freelance writer translates to love of teaching reading/writing connection • Experience working with parents in wide variety of situations • Familiarity with wide variety of literacy programs; enjoy creating own instructional materials • Extensive collaborative experience with other educational professionals, including multidisciplinary team members • Comfortable with both pullout and in-class models • Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED certified (American Red Cross, effective 2/4/17)

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE 1989-1993 Freelance health/medical and human interest writer 1983-1988 Staff writer in public affairs offices of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark), then Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA