ALYSSA QAHASH

365 Thatcher Circle, Harleysville, PA 19438

C: 2676448417
aqahash@yahoo.com
https://alyssaqahash.weebly.com

CERTIFICATION May 2018

Pennsylvania Elementary Education, PK-4
Pennsylvania Special Education, PK-8

EDUCATION
West Chester University of Pennsylvania- West Chester, PA May 2018
Bachelor of Science in Education
Major(s): Early Grades Education and Special Education Program
Memberships: Council of Exceptional Children (Membership Chairperson), PSEA
(Member)
GPA: 3.924
AWARDS
WCU Community Service Merit Award May 2015
WCU Summa Cum Laude May 2018

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ESY Learning Support Teacher Jun-Jul
Culbertson Elementary School- First Grade 2018

W.F. Loomis Elementary School- Special Education Student Teaching Mar-May

Joan Bohlander- Learning Support K-2 2018
- Gradually took over teaching for 7.5 weeks
- Attended IEP meetings and parent conferences
- Taught lessons with individual accommodations and modifications
- Assisted in the development of IEPs, NOREPs, and Reevaluation Reports
- Pioneered a Candidate Impact on Student Learning by comparing assessments
- Conducted numerous Aimsweb progress monitoring assessments

W.F. Loomis Elementary School- Early Grades Education Student Teaching Jan-Mar
Meredith Gerhard- First Grade 2018
- Gradually took over teaching all subjects for 7.5 weeks
- Developed a SLO with the goal of improving reading comprehension scores
- Utilized the Reading Wonders reading program published by McGraw-Hill
- Taught math using the Pearson Success Net program
- Participated in team planning with all 3 first grade teachers
- Linked each objective taught with a Common Core standard
- Self-evaluated using the Danielson Framework

Timothy School Sept-Dec

Special Education Curriculum Field Experience 2017
Christina Turley- Music Class for ages 5-15
- Led 2 lessons
- Created a disability-based lesson plan with adapted materials based on a
profile student
- Developed a systematic lesson plan incorporating task analysis

North Coventry Elementary School- Reading Practicum

Jan-May
Literacy Field Experience
2017
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Marcella Dunn- First Grade

- Taught 8 lessons
- Assessed one student to construct case study of literacy profile
- Led guided reading RTI groups using the Lucy Calkins Model with

Kesher-Israel Preschool and Kindergarten: Pre-K Field Experience Sept-Dec

Joanna Glushakow- Preschool 2016
- Generated developmentally appropriate lessons for small groups
- Cooperated with a group to produce a thematic unit plan about oceans

Devereux CARES: Behavior Management Field Experience Jan-May

Taryn Desmond- Ages 14 to 17
2016
- Conducted an FBA using an ABC log and a teacher interview
- Used the data collected from the FBA to follow up with the creation of a BIP

RELATED EXPERIENCE
Camp Freedom- Counselor June 2015,
American Diabetes Association Annual Camp- Ages 5 to 16 June 2017
- Attended training for working with children with diabetes
- Checked and kept data on blood sugar levels at all times of the day and night
- Enforced ADA policies to counsel campers for the week
- Managed conflicts between campers

SKILLS
- Authored an IEP transition plan on a real student
- Facilitated a person-centered planning exercise, PATH Activity to conceptualize a short-term
vision for personal and academic aspirations
- Developed a unit plan based on a student’s individualized transition needs
- Modified lesson plans to match a student’s transition plan
- Conducted a research study to create a reference guide of resources available in the community
for students to aid their transition plans
- Created an executive functioning lesson plan
- Generated a thematic unit plan on home inventions for 3rd grade

REFERENCES
Mr. Donald Fraatz, Elementary Education Student Teaching Supervisor
Phone: 610-436-2944
E-mail: dfraatz@wcupa.edu
Mrs. Meredith Gerhard, 1st Grade Student Teaching Mentor Teacher
Phone: 610-359-4350
E-mail: mgerhard@mnsd.org
Mrs. Joan Bohlander, K-2 Special Education Student Teaching Mentor Teacher
Phone: 610-359-4350
E-mail: jbohlander@mnsd.org
Dr. Rahmanda Campbell, Special Education Student Teaching Supervisor
Phone: 215-395-8591
E-mail: rcampbell@wcupa.edu