1. MARIA E. VAZQUEZ
43 Morris Road  West Orange, NJ  07052
973-699-7072- *mvazqueznps@gmail.com
Professional Summary
 Accomplished professional provides anurturingandgoal-orientedenvironmentto primary-gradestudents.
 Implements rigorouslearningstrategiessupportingthe emotional andacademicgrowthof eachchild.
 Embraces change byacquiringlatestevidence-basedstrategiestoenhance andachieve learninggoals.
 Effectively improves academicoutcomes.Guides studentstomeetorexceedgrade expectationsthrough
supplemental inquiry/project-basedlearninganddata-driveninstruction.
 Cultivates excellentcommunicationamongstudents,parents andschool’spersonnel.
Teaching Skills
✓Core Knowledge Curriculum ✓Project-BasedLearning
✓Children’sLearningInitiative ✓TechnologyInfused- Instruction
✓DifferentiatedInstruction ✓Formative andInformal Assessment
✓BalancedLiteracyProgram ✓Go Math Curriculum
✓Center-Oriented ✓Parent-TeacherCommunication
✓ BloomsTaxonomy& Webb’sDOK ✓LessonPlanning
Teaching Experience
NewarkPublicSchools, ElliottStreetSchool,Newark,NJ September2006-Present
Teacher (Grades2 and Kindergarten)
Dedicatedand goal-drivenprofessional educatorwithfouryearsexperience teaching SecondGrade and
five yearsatKindergartenlevel.
NewarkPublicSchools,BenjaminFranklinSchool,Newark, NJ September,2005-May, 2006
StudentTeacher- Actively participatedinaDual-Language classroom.
WestOrange PublicSchools,WestOrange,New Jersey
Substitute Teacher -Elementaryandsecondarygrades. 2005-2006
Education
Bachelorof Science,BusinessAdministration,SetonHall University,SouthOrange,NJ - 1982
Post-Baccalaureate Certification,MontclairState University,Montclair,NJ –2006
Certifications and Qualifications
Teacherof ElementaryEducation,K-5,NewJersey
PraxisSeries–ElementaryEducationContentKnowledge,Spanish
Professional Associations
AdvisoryBoardMember– NewJerseyAssociationof KindergartenEducators –2015
Newark,NewJerseyTeacher’sUnion, 2009 – Present