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BRITTANY
MCKENNA
1216 South Beeler Street, Denver, CO 80247 ¡ (303) 523-5191 ¡ brittmckenna31@gmail.com
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL
Innovative
Approaches ♦ Curriculum
Development ♦ Teacher
Leadership
Creative, goal-oriented, and enthusiastic, a dedicated professional who is committed to providing children
meaningful learning experiences that are engaging and challenge the learner to think critically, collaborate, and problem
solve. Big-picture thinker with a keen eye on implementation detail and organization. Committed to creating collaborative
communities to ensure the achievement of shared mission and goals. Coach teachers to become effective and successful-
passionate about competency based adult learning principles and professional development. Utilize data-driven practice
while creatively designing lessons to engage every learner. Design curriculum that promotes 21st
century skills, is aligned
with state standards, and is exciting for the learner. Deep understanding of whole child including social emotional,
physical, and cognitive development of children aged Pre-K through Fifth Grade.
CORE
COMPETENCIES
Educational
Planning and
Implementation
• Design, plan, and implement broad range of play-based, integrated, relevant, multi-
sensory units of study for Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth Grade using constructivist
approach for highly engaged learning; Classroom structure and delivery based on use of
workshop model
• Work as a member of educational multi-grade level teaching teams to plan and
implement educational programs for families
• Short-term and long-term educational planning based on program culture and individual
academic and social competency goals
• Work on an educational inquiry team within ACIS accreditation process to examine the
school’s social studies program and structure, observe colleagues utilizing research based
techniques, and make recommendations for the school and social studies program; write
standards to reflect best practice
Curriculum
Design and
Assessment
• Designed integrated curricula across content areas (reading, writing and spelling, math,
social studies, science) for use in Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth grade using a backwards
design approach (Understanding by Design framework) and essential questions to guide
learning
• Design rubrics to evaluate student competency in curricular areas; design opportunities
for individual and group self-reflection to increase student awareness and ownership of
learning
• Consultation as curriculum writer for a commercial preschool curriculum using high
leverage content, web-based big topic ideas, across five essential domains of learning in
early childhood (language and literacy, social-emotional, cognitive, physical health and
development, and approaches to learning)
• Adaptation of pre-Kindergarten to fifth grade curricula to ensure alignment to current
educational content standards;
• Integration of technological applications into curriculum content
• Design formative and summative assessments to measure understanding within content
and skills taught to allow for data-driven practice and reflection
Training and
Collaboration
• Develop collaborative action plans as critical member of team (administrator, parents,
teaching and school staff); plans are unique to each child, focused on utilizing a child’s
strengths in order to set academic and social goals
• Coach alternative licensure interns in high leverage practices to ensure success in the
British Primary philosophy in teaching and learning using reflective, data-driven practice
approach
• Training within the alternative licensure program for teaching interns on development of
integrated curriculum and planning for investigative and open-ended experiences tied to
content standards

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CAREER
PROGRESSION
2003
TO
PRESENT
STANLEY
BRITISH
PRIMARY
SCHOOL
Denver,
CO
3-­‐4-­‐5
Classroom
Teacher
2012-­‐Present
Created a caring classroom environment for 3rd
, 4th
, and 5th
grade children that encouraged risk-taking, both socially and
academically. Collaborated with two teachers and an intern in designing, planning, and implementing developmentally
appropriate curriculum that was integrated through all content areas in alignment with state standards using
recommended teacher competencies. Designed modified curriculum and implemented accommodations and interventions
for a diverse range of learners ranging from gifted and talented to those with diagnosed developmental and learning
disabilities. Administered and utilized assessments for data driven classroom instruction and intervention.
STANLEY
BRITISH
PRIMARY
SCHOOL
TEACHER
PREPARATION
PROGRAM
Denver,
CO
Instructor
2015
Collaborated with a school administrator to design and instruct teaching interns in inquiry based curriculum integrated
across content areas. Interns chose meaningful topics, developed essential questions, aligned experience with Colorado
State Standards, developed pre- and post-assessments as well as evidence-based demonstrations of learning.
STANLEY
BRITISH
PRIMARY
SCHOOL
Denver,
CO
Mentor
2012-­‐Present
Coached interns within the Stanley British Primary School Teacher Preparation Program to design and implement
developmentally appropriate curriculum, develop classroom management strategies, and use data to inform practice.
Utilized Colorado Teacher Quality Standards as a framework for coaching.
PRIVATE
INSTRUCTIONAL
TUTOR
Denver,
CO
Tutor
Summer
2012/13/14
Tutored students in reading, writing, math, and social skills using structured one-on-one and small group environments
and research based interventions. Individualized curriculum for children with special needs including those with mild,
moderate, and severe learning disabilities.
STANLEY
BRITISH
PRIMARY
SCHOOL
Denver,
CO
K-­‐1-­‐2
Classroom
Teacher
2010-­‐2012
Created a caring classroom environment for Kindergarten, 1st
, and 2nd
grade children that encouraged risk-taking, both
socially and academically. Collaborated with two teachers in designing, planning, and implementing developmentally
appropriate curriculum that was integrated through all content areas in alignment with state standards using
recommended teacher competencies. Administered and utilized assessments for data driven classroom instruction and
intervention.
STANLEY
BRITISH
PRIMARY
SCHOOL
TEACHER
PREPARATION
PROGRAM
Denver,
CO
Teaching
Intern
3rd
and
4th
Grade
Teaching
Intern
Pre-­‐Kindergarten
Experienced the British Primary philosophy alongside two master teachers in a third and fourth grade classroom at
Stanley BPS and a pre-K classroom at Paddington Station as a full-time intern.
HIGHREACH
LEARNING,
DIVISION
OF
CARSON-­‐DELLOSA
PUBLISHING,
LLC.
Greensboro,
NC
Early
Childhood
Curriculum
Contract
Writer
Summer
2010/2011
Conceptualized and wrote comprehensive curriculum guides for use with Pre-K children. Project approach guides were
based on integrated, big idea concept webs with over 125 learning experiences covering five domains of learning. All
experiences were original, open-ended, geographically and culturally responsive. Experiences were tied to standards for
early childhood while being dynamically structured to encourage deep thinking and problem solving skills.

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BEV
FLEER’S
SCHOOL
OF
DANCE
Northglenn,
CO
Dance
Instructor 2003-­‐2014
Choreographed and instructed jazz and lyrical dance routines for 7 classes of girls ranging in age from 10-17. Managed
recital activities. Demonstrated technical skill needed to develop individual student dance capabilities. Transitioned to
dance instructor after having been a student for 12 years. Appointed first dance instructor for the studio after the head
dance master stepped down.
EDUCATION
&
TRAINING
Educational credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
in 2007, and a Masters in Educational Psychology from University of Colorado, Denver, CO expected 2016.
COLORADO
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
Denver,
CO
Colorado Professional Early Childhood Education License
2012
COLORADO
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
Denver,
CO
Colorado Initial Early Childhood Education License 2010
STANLEY
BRITISH
PRIMARY
SCHOOL
TEACHER
PREPARATION
PROGRAM
Denver,
CO
Teaching Intern
2009-­‐2010
CONTINUING
EDUCATION
&
CERTIFICATIONS
Broad range of ongoing professional development including collaborative teaching within an inclusion setting,
Facing History curriculum, writing, math curriculum development using a project approach, social studies curriculum
development, teaching to different learning styles (students with dyslexia, autism, Down Syndrome, etc.)
Handwriting Without Tears training completed – March 2015
Attended the Public Education and Business Coalition’s Thinking Strategies Institute – January 2015