Ashleigh Ferguson
ashferguson6@gmail.com | 703-728-6658 | 19079 Boyer Fields Place, Leesburg, VA 20176
Education:
Longwood University Farmville, Virginia
Master of Education in Reading, Literacy, and Learning May 2020
Cumulative GPA: 4.00
Longwood University Farmville, Virginia
Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies May 2019
Concentration: Elementary Education PK-6
Cumulative GPA: 3.6, Dean’s List, President’s List, Cum Laude
Classroom Experience:
Graduate Tutor, Grades K, 2, and 3 September 2019-May 2020
Cumberland Elementary School Cumberland, Virginia
- Created and implemented lesson plans for individual students.
- Worked collaboratively with the teacher.
- Interpreted data to determine where to begin instruction.
Student Teacher, Grade 4 February-May 2019
Liberty Elementary School South Riding, Virginia
- Created and implemented lesson plans in the classroom.
- Worked collaboratively with the teacher and grade team.
- Created and taught a project based integrated learning unit.
- Supervised up to 30 students in a classroom.
Partnership Teacher, Grade 5, Math August-December 2018
Fluvanna Middle School Fluvanna County, Virginia
- Gained 230 hours of classroom field time.
- Worked collaboratively with the teacher and grade team.
- Created and implemented whole group and small group lesson plans.
- Administered spelling tests and Developmental Reading Assessments (DRA) quizzes.
- Implemented intensive literacy tutoring with one student.
- Implemented a positive behavior intervention plan with one student.
- Administered two IADDIMs to individual and small groups.
Practicum Teacher, Grade 2 February-May 2018
Woolridge Elementary School Chesterfield, Virginia
- Gained 60 hours of classroom field time.
- Observed and helped co-teach 26 students.
- Created and taught literacy and mathematics lessons to whole and small groups.
- Assessed students in reading to learn where to begin instruction.
Teacher Cadet, Grade 2 February-April 2015
Frances Hazel Reid Elementary School Leesburg, Virginia
- Gained 30 hours of classroom observation time.
- Observed and helped co-teach 25 students.
- Aided the teacher throughout the day as needed.
Professional Development Experience:
Summer Literacy Institute, Farmville, Virginia, July, 2019
- Attended a two-day literacy conference.
- Participated in workshops.
- Listened to guest teachers and children’s authors.
IADDIM (INFORMative Assessment of Data-driven Diagnosis and Intervention for Mathematics) Training, Longwood University, August-November 2018
Literacy Tutoring Training, Longwood University, August 2018
Publication:
Published Blog Through Longwood University Farmville, Virginia
One Two, Eyes on You November, 2019
- Created a blog containing information on PBIS, classifications of student behavior, trauma informed education, and children’s literature.
- https://blogs.longwood.edu/onetwoeyesonyou/
Employment History:
Longwood Early Childhood Education Farmville, Virginia
Graduate Assistant August 2019 – May 2020
- Collaborated with higher-education professionals.
- Participated in research to be presented.
- Created online modules and websites.
- Collected resources for an emergent reading text.
- Assisted in developing Early Childhood Education program.
- Created a professional poster for a conference titled “Application-Based Learning Experiences in the Early Childhood Classroom: Supporting Preservice Teacher Candidates in Designing and Implementing Literacy and Behavioral Interventions,” Longwood University, November, 2019
Loudoun County Public Schools Loudoun County, Virginia
Certified Substitute Teacher December 2019 – Present
- Worked as a certified substitute teacher in grades K-12.
LaPetite Academy Ashburn, Virginia
Early Childhood Daycare Teacher May 2017 – August 2019
- Taught and cared for children infant-age five.
- Collaborated with other early childhood teachers.
- Created lesson plans for infants, toddlers, and two-year-olds.
Professional Skills:
Certifications: CPR and First Aid (Child & Adult)
Computer/Technology: Microsoft Office, WordPress, Promethium Board Technology
Language: Basic understanding of Spanish
References:
Paul Pack
Liberty Elementary School
Principal
work (703) 957-4370
Carrie Correa
Liberty Elementary School
Fourth Grade Teacher
work (703) 957-4370
Dr. Sara Miller
Longwood University
Administrative Director of the Early Childhood Development Initiative (ECDI)
work (434) 395-2469
Coutney Morrow
Seldens Landing Elementary School
First Grader Teacher
courtney.morrow@lcps.org
work (571) 252-2260
Megan Kirby
La Petite Academy
Director
work (703) 729-0500