Christina BENTHEIM

Current

• School Library Media Specialist at Clark County School District

Past

• Intern in UNLV/CCSD Cohort at CCSD/UNLV
• Special Ed Guest Teacher at Clark County School District

Education

• University of Nevada-Las Vegas
• University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Connections

18 connections

Industry

Education Management

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Christina BENTHEIM’s Summary

Goals: Educational Administration, Library Administration

Christina BENTHEIM’s Specialties:

teacher leadership

Christina BENTHEIM’s Experience

• School Library Media Specialist

  Clark County School District

  (Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  • Nominated for Middle School New Teacher of the Year (2007-2008)
  • Served as Support Team for At-Risk Students (STARS) Chair; created strategic plans for success
  • Served as Adviser for the school newspaper: The Bailey Planet
  • Participated in the Urban Teacher Leadership Coop (UTLC) with other newer teachers
  • Participated in the New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP) with other teachers

• Intern in UNLV/CCSD Cohort

  CCSD/UNLV

  (Education Management industry)

  August 2006 — June 2007 (11 months)

  • Served as model for co-teaching in mathematics along with Practicum II cooperating teacher
  • Named fondly by peers as “Cohort President” because of organization skills and helpfulness
  • Completed three-month study on the emergent writing workshop in kindergarten
  • Fulfilled Practicum I requirements in a general education first grade classroom at Petersen Professional Development School (August 2006 – October 2006)
  • Fulfilled Practicum II requirements in a general education kindergarten classroom at Petersen Professional Development School (November 2006 – March 2007)
  • Fulfilled Student Teaching requirements in a general education second grade classroom at Paradise Professional Development School (March 2007 – June 2007)
  • Key deliverables included unit plans, short-term and long-range lesson plans, classroom management, observations, administration of assessments, and more

• Special Ed Guest Teacher

  Clark County School District

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Education Management industry)

  August 2005 — June 2006 (11 months)

  • Opened the Primary Autism program at brand-new Aldeane Comito Ries Elementary School (SW Region); supervised one aide and five students with autism; served on Student Intervention Team and Behavior committees (August 2005- November 2005)
  • Took over the Primary SLD program at Lincoln-Edison Elementary School, Title I (NE Region); supervised one aide and eight students with SLD, MR, ED, and OI; served as SLD lead for technical issues (January 2006 – March 2006)
  • Filled in for a resource room teacher on medical leave at Hayes Elementary (SW Region); supervised one aide and 20 students with various learning exceptionalities (June 2006 – August 2006)
  • Key deliverables included IEPs, behavior intervention plans, functional behavior analyses, lesson plans, parent communications, student progress reports, proposal for learning center, and more
  • Maintained active status during 2006-2007 school year with administrative approval while completing the PPDS Cohort

Christina BENTHEIM’s Education

• University of Nevada-Las Vegas

  M.S., Ed. , Elementary Education, Library Science, TESOL , 2005 — 2009

• University of Nevada-Las Vegas

  B.S., Ed. , Elementary Education , 2005 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  PPDS Cohort, Freelance Writer for Rebel Yell student news publication

Additional Information

Christina BENTHEIM’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Christina BENTHEIM’s Interests:

reading, writing, travel, photography, scrapbooking, gardening, shopping, exploring web 2.0 for education ... AND Writing Workshop Reading Workshop Guided Reading Balanced Literacy Scaffolded Instruction Constructivist Teaching Practices ELL Learning Strategies Action Research

Christina BENTHEIM’s Groups:

PDK International 2007-present
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) 2007-present
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2007-present
International Reading Association (IRA) 2006-present
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 2006-2007
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2005-2007
National Education Association (NEA) 2005-2007
Learning Disabilities Worldwide (LDW) 2005-2007

Christina BENTHEIM’s Honors:

New Teacher of the Year Award Nominee, Clark County School District 2008
Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders and America’s Teachers, Marquis Who’s Who 2006-2007
Who’s Who of American Women, America, and the World, Marquis Who’s Who 2004-2007
National Dean’s List, Marquis Who’s Who 2005
Outstanding Transfer Scholar, Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA 2005
Lena and Faye Reynolds Scholarship, Fullerton College Foundation, Fullerton, CA 2005
Dean’s Honor List, Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA 2004-2005
Century Club Award, Fancy Publications 1999
President’s List, California State University, Long Beach 1998

Christina BENTHEIM’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch