Marcy

Duhamel

XX XX Road
Old Orchard Beach, ME
04064
(XXX) XXX-XXXX
MDuhamel@bonnyeagle.org
mduhamel.blogspot.com

Profile

Vivacious, compassionate, confident, and innovative middle school educator

who is very knowledgable in the areas of literacy, standards-based education,
and curriculum development; passionate about fitness and healthy living while
raising a family in Southern Maine

Education

University of New England Masters of Science in Education, June 2015

Biddeford, ME
Concentration: Literacy
EDU 600
Teacher as Leader
EDU 610
Dierentiation Theory and Strategies
EDU 615
Motivational Theory and Classroom Management
EDU 741
Literacy Assessments as Teaching Tools
EDU 740
Supporting Literacy Development for all Learners
EDU 743
Connecting Reading with Writing for Success
EDU 742
Study Skills and Content Literacy Instruction
EDU 744
Meeting Student Literacy Challenges
EDU 690
Action Research and Case Study
EDU 695
Portfolio (current course, to be completed in June 2015)

Johnson State College- Masters in Education Post-Baccalaureate Certificate,

June 2007

Johnson, VT
Concentration: Middle Level Education and Curriculum

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth-Bachelor of Arts, May 2003

Licensure

Maine, English/Language Arts (5-8)

Vermont, English/Language Arts (5-8)

Massachusetts, English (5-8, 9-12)

North Dartmouth, MA
Major: English Literature

Level II Professional License

Level II Professional License

Educators License

Experience

Sixth Grade Language Arts Teacher, Bonny Eagle Middle School; Buxton, ME
August 2011-Present

Classroom teacher focused on standards-based and proficiency-based instruction and

assessment; utilizes workshop model for both reading and writing, advocate of student
choice within content, develops units and activities that integrate technology, challenges students to use higher-order thinking skills that increase rigor, uses assessment
data accompanied with Marzanos research to inform instructional practices; supports
use of PBIS in the classroom and school

Related Experience: District Language Arts Vertical Team, PLC Facilitator, Writing
Committee, District Writing Contest Team, 2015 District Writing Contest Sta Winner

Literacy Coach, Memorial Middle School; Fitchburg, MA

August 2010-June 2011

Literacy coach for grades 6-8: supporting teachers in the classroom for observational
feedback, modeling lessons, and co-teaching, providing teachers with the tools and
skills to dierentiate and improve instructional practices based on data, planning and
instructing comprehension strategy-based instruction to small groups, providing professional development on various areas of literacy (i.e. fluency, integrating technology,
writing workshop, constructed/open response writing), coordinating and scoring of all
literacy assessments (GRADE, AIMSweb, benchmarking, MCAS)

Related Experience: START Team member, Massachusetts Urban Literacy Leaders,

Dierentiated Grading and Assessment Workshop, Liaison to Title 1 Parent Coordinator,
Keys to Literacy workshop and building teacher leader, PLC facilitator, District ELA
Curriculum Alignment to the Common Core facilitator

Literacy Coach, F.H. Tuttle Middle School; South Burlington, VT

August 2009-June 2010

Literacy coach and instructor for school-wide literacy needs, focusing on the areas of
writing and assessment: working with core educators to develop and instruct dierentiated standards-based lessons and units in writing, intensive small group and individualized instruction on improving varying literacy skills, developing literacy-based lessons
for special educators and core teachers to use for implementation, analysis of standardized testing data (NECAP, Gates McGinitie ) and other assessment data (DRA2) to
inform and improve instruction

Related Experience: Educational Support Team, South Burlington School District Literacy Team, Literacy Leadership Initiative, Cognitive Coaching Training, Responsive

Coaching workshop, ASCD Annual Conference, Writers Workshop Training, RtI for Literacy Instruction Conference, Designing a Dierentiated Lesson Plan Workshop

Seventh and Eighth Grade Language Arts Teacher, Waits River Valley School,
East Corinth, VT August 2007-June 2009

Standards-based instructor, focused on the development of vocabulary, reading comprehension and writing skills through the workshop model; areas of dierentiation included: summative and formative assessment, accessing and analyzing dierent genres
of literary text, developing independent reading skills, using active reading strategies,
using the Vermont Writing Process to create and publish pieces in various genres, maintaining and integrating 21st century classroom technology

Related Experience: Student Council Advisor, Homework Club Advisor, Developmental Designs Workshop, Dance Committee Advisor, Orange East Supervisory Union Reading Forum Team, Curriculum Mapping Committee

Seventh and Eighth Grade Language Arts Teacher Intern, Main Street Middle School; Montpelier,
VT- January 2007-June 2007

Worked closely with two cooperating teachers in both humanities and language arts on
two dierent teams (both multiage), instructed lessons and units, both content-specific
and interdisciplinary, provided strong classroom management skills, attended all team
and faculty meetings, took on all responsibilities of the classroom teacher

Reading Interventionist, Peoples Academy; Morrisville, VT

August 2006-December 2006

Instructor of small grade-level groups of students with diverse literacy needs in reading
intervention tier 2 program, focusing on reading comprehension strategies with nonfiction text, fluency work, and writing

Title 1 Reading Teacher, Waits River Valley School; East Corinth, VT

August 2004-June 2006

Small and whole-group instruction of students, focusing on reading strategies, developmental spelling, fluency, and comprehension; conducted informal assessments on
students; team taught daily with 7th and 8th grade teachers; developed and implemented middle school intervention program for students below grade level in reading

Related Experience: Reading is Fundamental Coordinator, Literacy Team, Student

Council Advisor, District Reading Curriculum Development Team, Summer Reading Kite
Camp, Orange East Supervisory Union workshop leader, Dance Club Advisor, Fitness
Club Advisor, 7th grade girls basketball coach, Project Adventure Training Seminar,
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Conference

Academic Instructor, Shriver Job Corps Center; Devens, MA

June 2003-August 2004

Basic reading and math instruction for high school age students preparing for the TABE
and GED; other responsibilities included: working with all incoming students on career
preparation, introduction to the program and center, academic tutoring, and instruction
of basic social and employment skills

References

References available upon request