Hallie Brennan — Third Grade Teacher
Columbus, OH
Elementary teacher licensed in Ohio for grades K-5, now in a third year of full classroom teaching at a Title I school. Took a third grade class from 11 of 24 students meeting the reading benchmark to 19, and cut chronic absence in that class from 17% to 6%.
Experience
Third Grade Teacher, Kestrel Ridge Elementary School · August 2024 – present
Title I school, 480 students. One of four third grade classrooms; 24 students, seven on IEPs or 504 plans.
- Teaches a 24-student third grade class in which 19 met or exceeded the spring reading benchmark, against 11 at the September screening.
- Built a daily 30-minute small-group reading block from running-record data, moving eight students off the intervention list by February.
- Wrote the grade team unit on Ohio watersheds, now taught in all four third grade classrooms and shared with the district science coach.
- Cut chronic absence in the class from 17% to 6% by calling every family in the first two weeks and again after any second absence.
- Mentors a first-year teacher on the grade team through weekly planning sessions and two observations a month.
Long-Term Substitute Teacher, Grade 1, Marley Park Elementary School · August 2023 – June 2024
- Held a first grade class for the full year after the classroom teacher went on leave in week three, keeping the reading scope and sequence the school had planned.
- Taught the phonics routine from the school structured-literacy materials; 21 of 25 students passed the end-of-year letter-sound check, against 14 at midyear.
- Set up take-home book bags for all 25 students, which raised weekly reading logs returned from 9 to 22.
Education
- B.S.Ed. Elementary Education · The Ohio State University · August 2019 – May 2023
Skills
- Instruction: Guided reading, Small-group intervention, Differentiation, Writing workshop, Standards-based planning
- Assessment: Running records, DIBELS, Formative checks, Data-driven grouping, IEP and 504 accommodations
- Classroom and family: Responsive Classroom, Behavior plans, Family conferences, Co-teaching, Spanish-speaking family outreach
Certifications
- Ohio Resident Educator License, Primary (K-5) — Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
- Classroom Educator, Level 1 — Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators
