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Résumé

Ryan J. Hartgerink, Master of Arts in Teaching

As educators, we can positively influence students and develop an innate passion for learning and success. Through differentiated interactive teaching and individualized hands-on lessons, I look forward to the opportunities to create a desire to learn in students’ lives. Using data driven teaching, I will be able to create tangible goals to drive instruction.

Providing solid leadership to energize students for success and conquer any hindrance is an exciting challenge.  Positively influencing someone’s life at the early stages is an indispensable opportunity that cannot be taken lightly, and the satisfaction of vitalizing a student’s life is immense.

I have honed skills of effective communication and understanding. By creating an environment of support, patience and encouragement, students’ frustration transforms into steps for success and a passion for learning. Transforming the mind set of a discouraged and distracted individual into someone who is eager to discuss and learn at a variety of levels is a wonderful achievement as well as extremely gratifying

Quick Summary

  • Experienced creative professional with an aptitude for education, youth leadership and management.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and able to apply a broad range of skills effectively to any situation with data-driven results.
  • Excellent creative, communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Great team player who thrives in a positive, encouraging and good-humored environment.

Education

Master of Arts in Teaching
Licensure in Special Education
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, Colorado • Expected December 2012

Bachelor of Science:
Arts & Humanities Division
Major: Art and Design
Minor: Business General
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, Michigan • May 2004

Education Licensure Courses

  • Assessment and Instructional
    Planning*
  • Assessment and Methods for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders*
  • Assessment, Methods and Assistive Technology for Severe Disabilities
  • Classroom Assessment
  • Differentiated Instruction and Collaboration*
  • Educational Research*
  • Effective Behavior Support Systems *
  • Elements of Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities*
  • Exceptional Learners in the Classroom
  • Foundations of Literacy Instruction
    Grades PK-6
  • Health and Physical Education for Elementary Teachers (2 Cr)
  • Individualized Education and Curriculum
  • Integrated Mathematics
  • Mathematics Instruction for Students
    with Disabilities
  • Reading Disabilities and Content Instruction*
Courses with Field Experience.
*Coursework in progress.
All classes are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted.

Content Courses

  • Applied Statistics
  • College Algebra
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Research Methods
  • Strategies in Writing
  • American Civilizations
  • Diversity in the U.S.
  • Justice and Society
  • Life Journey
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology of the Quest
  • Biology of the People
  • Environmental Geology
  • World Regional Geography

Minor: Business General

  • Business Law
  • Concepts of Management
  • Managerial Finance
  • Principals of Financial Accounting
  • Principals of Managerial Accounting

Major: Art and Design

  • Communication & Design Courses
    (27 credits)
  • Drawing, Painting, Illustration, Ceramics and Jewelry Smithing (30 credits)
  • History of Art Courses (12 credits)

 

Complete transcripts are available upon request.

Collegiate Snapshot

Educational Licensure Breakdown



Teaching Experience

Practicum: Belmar Elementary, Lakewood, CO
Students with Limited Intellectual Capacity
Fourth through Sixth Grade, Fall 2011

  • Developed student learning with individualized lessons.
  • Taught small groups while collecting assessment data and experienced 114% growth in skill acquisition.

Practicum: Belmar Elementary, Lakewood, CO
Mathematics Instruction for Students with Disabilities
Sixth Grade, Fall 2011

  • Developed new student skills based on relevant scope-and-sequence charts. Focused on monetary math.
  • Taught individual students using multi-sensory strategies to build understanding and validity of skills.

Practicum: Excelsior Youth Center, Aurora, CO
Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (EBD)
Secondary, Spring 2012

Practicum: Excelsior Youth Center, Aurora, CO
Dyslexia and Reading Difficulties
Secondary, Spring 2012

Practicum: Green Mountain Elementary, Lakewood, CO
Emergent Readers and Assessments
Kindergarten, Spring 2012