Professional Teaching Portfolio

• Brief Biography

• Classroom Management

• STEP Template

• Professional Resume

• References

• Professional Disposition Statement Assessment

• Personal Teaching Philosophy 

• Sample Artifacts

• Clinical Practice Evaluations

Brief Biography:

Hello, my name is Loryssa Ehrhardt. I am currently enrolled at Grand Canyon University finishing my degree in Elementary Education. I am very passionate about teachign and have always felt a calling for it. I grew up in the North Brunswick, New Jersey but I am orignially from Union City, New Jersey. Growing up in this great town and going through the school system I knew I wanted to be in Education. I have always known that this was my calling as I knew I wanted to be apart of children's learning and be a apart of someones learning expereince. I truly want to make a difference in student's lives and be the support they need to be able to be successful in the future. I plan to be caring, accepting, and ddeicated to students needs. I take education very seriously and give it my all to create a sfe and helthy learning enviroment. 

Professional Resume

Loryssa N. Ehrhardt

957 Village Drive East Apt. B  North Brunswick, NJ 08902

 614-420-0172 

loryssa.ehrhardt@gmail.com

Objective: To obtain a full time teaching opportunity in the public school system

Qualifications:

• Five years of experience in the public school system working with students ages 5-10

• Experience in working one on one with parents and developing strong communication skills.

• Experience in creating multiple lesson plans.

• Knowledge of how to handle situations due to disruptive and misbehaving children.

• Knowledge of classroom management.

• Eager and willingness to excel and enhance lesson plans and material to engage students

• Committed to achieve and exceed student success rates in all areas of curriculum

Education:

Grand Canyon University                                                                                May 2017 - Present

Pursuing Degree in Elementary Education 

Middlesex County College                                                                 September 2012 - May 2016

Degree in Liberal Arts Education

North Brunswick Township High School                                         September 2009 - June 2012

High School Diploma

Work Experience:

Substitute Teacher

North Brunswick Township Public Schools                                             September 2018 - Present

25 Linwood Pl, North Brunswick, NJ 08902

• Delivering and engaging students across curriculum from grades K-5 with an average of 20 students in the classroom.

• Plan and assign differentiated classwork to support students' learning needs.

• Grade classwork and perform on the spot assessments to provide useful feedback.

• Maintain a clean and organized learning environment.

• Using positive feedback to drive students' performance. 

• Planning high-quality lesson plans that fit state standards. 

• Creating a purposeful learning environment where every student feels valued. 

Teacher’s Assistant/After Care Teacher

Grace Kidz Christian Academy                                                       September 2017 - August 2018

321 Old Georges Road North Brunswick NJ 08902

• Attended to children ages 2-11 years old

• Assisted children in learning development and classroom cleanliness

• Designed instruction and tiered leveled assignments for different student levels.

• Motivated students to learn by providing hands-on and fun learning activities.

• Effectively communicated with parents and children to resolve problems.

• Assured students complete homework correctly.

• Ensured safety and well-being of the children.

Office Administrator/Teacher’s Assistant

Lightbridge Academy Of Plainsboro                                                         June 2016 - August 2017

10 Schalks Crossing Road Plainsboro Township, NJ 08536

• Attended to children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old

• Assisted in children cleanliness, feeding, and classroom cleanliness 

• Created lesson plans involving Spanish, Social Linguistic, ASL, Mathematics, Dramatic Play, Sensory, Literacy, Technology, Discovery and Investigation, and Music

• Assisted in enrolling new students, giving school tours, answering center phones, creating staff scheduling, and keeping state required teacher to child ratio

Teacher’s Assistant 

Lightbridge Academy Of North Brunswick                                         December 2013 - June 2014

Route 130/ Renaissance Blvd 2701 US Highway 130 North Brunswick, NJ 08902

• Worked in a group of up to 20 children ages 2-3 years old with a lead teacher and another part time assistant teacher.

• Assisted with lunch preparation, answering the phone, daily report updates, and acting as lead when the lead teacher was unavailable.

Professional Skills:

• Bilingual in the English and Spanish language

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

 *References available upon request 

Disposition Statement Assessment

As a future educator my personal disposition will be to create a positive learning

environment, establish communication with both students and parents, be respectful of all

students, understand students’ backgrounds and needs, hold high standards, and reflect on

myself to create improvement. In the classroom having a positive environment can change

everything and can make student successful. I will remind students to do their best and

encourage students to speak only positive words. I will make sure communication is a major,

parents and teacher communication is very important and needed for success.

Showing respect for students will allow students to feel comfortable with you and show

trust. When students and teachers have developed trust between one another is when learning

can become fun and successful. Being able to understand students’ needs and backgrounds

allows for room to be made to make sure each child has the tools they need to be able to work

to the best of their ability. I will hold high standards that way students can learn to reach their

potential and become excellent. Reflection is also important in the classroom. Reflection on

how students did during the lessons and reflection as a teacher to improve myself to make sure

I am working to the best of my ability for the students.

My self- assessment will support my disposition statement by proving what I believe is

important and where my focus is in the classroom. This assessment also helps support my

disposition statement having my statement mirror the results of how I “agree” with something

or “strongly agree” and show my understating of importance on each topic.

Through my program of studies, I have grown in my professional disposition in many

ways. I have truly grown by being able to understand what makes a classroom work and what is

truly needed to make sure students are successful. I learned that each student learns differently

and that each student needs a different set of learning tool in order to achieve their learning

goals. I have also grown by understanding reflection on myself can make a change. If I take time

to evaluate my own teaching, I can make sure that my way of teaching works for each student

and what I can do to make sure my class learns.  As students need to reflect and take ownership

of their learning the teacher needs to take that accountability on their teaching as well.

The connection between professional disposition statements and the Model Code of

Ethics are both expectations that work together. The Model Code of Ethic is an expectation for

teachers to hold in the workplace for themselves. The Model of Ethics are qualities of a teacher

to create an effective classroom. The disposition statement is applying the Model Code of

Ethics to the classroom and creating your own version for your students. The Model Code of

Ethics helps explain what is expected of you and the disposition statement is putting it all

together and applying it to your classroom.

When it comes it improvement, I will always be open to learning more and making

adjustments to achieve success. The steps I will take will be to talk to other teachers and getting

their knowledgeable input. Another step I can take to improvement is reflection on my work

and thinking if I have put my best work forward or if I need to make more improvement and

asking myself “how?”.