Maria Gonzalez, M.Ed.

High School English/Language Arts Teacher with 7 years of experience in public education, including 4 years at a Title I school. Tennessee-certified with ESL endorsement. Students consistently perform in the top 20% of district MAP growth percentiles. Experienced in co-teaching, curriculum committee leadership, and mentoring first-year teachers through the district induction program.

Tennessee Professional Teaching License

ESL Endorsement (PreK-12)

Google Certified Educator, Level 2

CERTIFICATIONS

Teach 5 sections of English (9th grade English I, 11th grade AP English Language) to 148 students, including 32 ELL students and 18 students with IEPs requiring co-taught and modified instruction.

Achieved a 78% student growth rate on fall-to-spring MAP Reading assessments, with the 9th grade cohort averaging in the 82nd district growth percentile — the highest ELA growth score in the building for two consecutive years.

Designed and implemented a schoolwide argumentative writing curriculum aligned to Common Core W.1 standards using backward design, adopted by the English department (12 teachers) and resulting in a 23-point increase in district writing benchmark proficiency rates.

Mentor 2 first-year teachers through the MNPS New Teacher Induction Program, conducting weekly classroom observations, co-planning sessions, and reflective coaching cycles — both mentees received 'Meets Expectations' or higher on their first TEAM evaluation.

English/Language Arts Teacher, Grades 9-12

Taught 4 sections of English I to 120 students at a Title I school (92% free/reduced lunch), implementing a 40-minute station rotation model with differentiated reading groups based on Fountas & Pinnell levels to address reading levels spanning 3rd through 12th grade.

Increased the 9th grade TNReady ELA pass rate from 18% to 34% over 2 years by integrating explicit vocabulary instruction (Marzano's 6-step process) and close reading protocols across all units.

Wrote and received a $4,200 DonorsChoose grant to build a classroom library of 350+ culturally responsive texts, increasing independent reading volume by 60% as measured by quarterly reading logs.

English/Language Arts Teacher, Grades 9-10

Completed 15-week student teaching placement in 10th grade English, gradually assuming full instructional responsibility for 3 class periods (85 students) including lesson planning, grading, and parent communication.

Student Teacher, English/Language Arts

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Focus: Literacy Education | Thesis: Culturally Responsive Text Selection in Urban Secondary ELA

Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Curriculum & Instruction

Minor: Secondary Education | Magna Cum Laude | Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor Society

Bachelor of Arts in English

EDUCATION

Differentiated Instruction, Backward Design, Formative & Summative Assessment, Data-Driven Instruction, MAP Testing, Common Core ELA Standards, Sheltered Instruction (SIOP), Close Reading, Socratic Seminar

Instruction & Assessment

Google Classroom, Canvas LMS, Nearpod, PBIS, IEP/504 Compliance, Parent Communication, Curriculum Development, New Teacher Mentoring, Grant Writing

Technology & Leadership

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