Emma Jean Grasser

1427 Bloomfield Place, Salt lake City, UT 84116

Cell phone: 253-988-3885 Email: emmagrasser@gmail.com
Education:
B.S, ELEMENTRARY EDUCATION
University of Utah
GPA 3.733
Certification:
Utah Elementary Teaching License, ESL Endorsement

Experience:
Washington Elementary School, Salt Lake City School District

Expected May 2015

Salt Lake City, Utah

Expected May 2015

Salt Lake City, Utah

Aug 2014 - Present

Student Teacher
Teach 3rd Grade class of 25 ethnically diverse students including students with ADHA, and ESL students at a Title I school
including several children who permanently reside at the local homeless shelter
Planned and taught common core aligned curriculum for math, language arts, science, and social studies.
Conducted and participated in parent teacher conferences.
Administered the Salt Lake City District Interim Language Arts testing
Assigned and graded homework. Input grades into the online grading book in Powerschool.
Classroom management- My classroom required a lot of different strategies to keep my students in a environment that
would work best for them including: individual contracts, individual reward point, classroom rewards, clips, coin system,
ticket system, groups, rows, desk arrangements, etc.
Participated in testing of group level placement and then conducted small reading groups based on reading levels 2-3
times a week
Technology- I was able to have regular access too and use the classroom set of laptops, Smartboard, overhead projector,
ELMO document camera and computers and printer.
Escalante Elementary School, Salt Lake City School District
Spring 2014
Co-teaching 15 hours of art-integrated science in a 6th grade Classroom using dance, music, visual arts, and theater to
teach the students about the states of matter.
Northwest Middle School, Salt Lake City School District
Spring/Fall 2014
Reading Coach: using the program Next Steps which focuses on vowel pattern mastery for one syllable words through
phonics and spelling work for struggling readers who are suck at a 1-2 grade reading level, for a 8th grader on a 2rd grade
reading level who advanced 1 grade level in 4 months
Reading Coach: using the program Higher Steps which emphasizes oral reading rate and prosody for readers who are
reading at a third grade level or above, for 6th grader on a 3rd grade reading level who advanced 2 grade levels in 4
months.
Salt Lake Center for Science Education, Salt Lake City School District
2013-2014
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Observed/teacher assistant 35 hours in a 6 grade Classroom. Helped with Science, math, spelling tests, small group
instruction, service learning projects, ect.
Highland Park Elementary School, Salt Lake City School District
Spring 2013
Observed/teacher assistant 20 hours in a 3rd grade Classroom. Tutored 1-3 students re-teaching math concepts, as well as
teaching the entire class new strategies to do addition problems.
West Bountiful Elementary School, Davis School District
Summer 2013
Observed/teacher assistant 20 hours in a 6th grade Classroom during a math lesson about perimeter and area.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant

2001-2010
Served 1-year deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Served as a Drill Sergeant for a Company of 250-350 Soldiers, Military specially Carpentry, Masonry Sergeant.