1. Hilary Ward
620 E. 5th
Ave. Apt. #5
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
(208) 241-6986 email: hilarybrook@gmail.com
Professional Summary
With eight years of classroom experience, I have learned to nurture students’ social-emotional
development in addition to academic core competencies. Some key experiences I have gathered over
these years in the classroom include:
• Teaching general education students, as well as students with special needs within an
inclusive classroom
• Incorporating differentiated instruction and accommodations to ensure success of all students
• Promoting critical thinking, problem-solving strategies, and cooperative learning
• Establishing positive relationships with students, parents, fellow teachers and school
administrators/staff
• Participating in weekly professional development and collaborating with a diverse group of
professionals
• Facilitating class discussions and activities through daily morning meetings to foster students
social and emotional growth while building a community of learners and practice social justice
norms
• Developing and supplementing curriculum, instruction, and assessment to meet the needs of
students and incorporate active learning pedagogy
• Encouraging a growth mindset through resilience and learning from mistakes
• Fostering student growth and reflection with student-led conferences
• Analyzing data from assessments to plan and improve instruction
Teaching Experience
Teacher, Grade 3 (July 2015-Present), Pacific Heritage Academy, Salt Lake City, UT
• Prepare and distribute weekly classroom newsletter, regularly update class information on
school Web site, and encourage open communication with parents in person, via email and
multiple on-line media formats to encourage teacher, student, parent partnerships
• Utilize positive behavior strategies for learning through the use of positive verbal
reinforcements and Class Dojo
• Prepare students and administer DIBELS and SAGE assessments
• Implement a variety instructional methods including inquiry, direct instruction, mini-lessons
through the use of EL Education Modules, Lucy Calkins Units of Study in Reading and Writing
and Bridges Math
• Report student progress toward mastery of targeted Utah Core Standards
Teacher, Grade 7-8 (July 2013-June 2015), Pacific Heritage Academy, Salt Lake City, UT
• Create a math project to design and build a volleyball court that incorporated Utah Core
Standards, Pacific Island culture, and lessons from a local architect
• Design Jordan River Watershed unit, a sixteen-week integrated curriculum aligned to the Utah
Core Standards that included fieldwork, instruction by professionals (writer, scientists,
photographer), and culminated with building a school “habitat patch”
• Organize book clubs based on differentiated reading levels that focused on comprehension
strategies and progress monitoring by students

2. • Participate in “Growth Mindset,” a Stanford University study for focusing on brain plasticity and
middle school students’ attitudes about math
• Integrate social studies and English Language Arts to teach the novels A Long Walk to Water,
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and To Kill a Mockingbird
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Teacher, 5/6 Combination Class (August 2011-June 2013), Pocatello Community Charter
School, Pocatello, ID
• Implement reader’s workshops and literature circles with a focus on comprehension strategies
• Use AIMS Web to monitor student progress through the Response to Intervention model
• Employ language base math curriculum that includes the use of manipulatives, calculators,
and illustrated media
• Implement EL Principles with interdisciplinary investigations, daily learning targets and active
citizenship
• Provide support and materials to prepare students to Idaho Standardized Achievement Tests
• Assist Adventure Coordinator to carry-out multiple adventure opportunities for class including
skiing, backpacking, camping, and rappelling
Substitute Teacher , Blaine Co. School District (October 2010-May 2011), Hailey, ID
ANSER Charter School (May 2009-December 2009), Boise, ID
Other Work Experience
Ski Instructor, Children’s Ski School (Winters 2003-2015), Park City, UT, Pebble Creek, Pocatello,
ID, Sun Valley, ID, Vail, CO, and Garmisch, Germany
Supervisor, Pebble Creek Snowsports School (December 2012-Present), Pocatello, ID
Professional and Community Organizations
• Faculty liaison for parent, teacher organization at Pacific Heritage Academy (Parent Kumu en
• Member of International Literacy Association
• Member of National Education Association
• Member of Professional Ski Instructors of America, Level II Cert. & Children’s Accreditation II
Education
References
• Wendy Ruchti, EL School Designer, (208)
• Irene Lolofie, Team Teacher,
• Ryan Pleaune, Adventure Coordinator,