NAME:
Mrs. Susan Gilmore
SCHOOL:
Clayton Elementary
CLASS:
4th Grade, Room 45
Salutations! My name is Mrs. Susan Gilmore. As you may know, my family
includes a loving husband and two wonderful sons (ages 14 and 18). I have
been very fortunate to spend the last six years of my professional career
at Clayton Elementary. Prior to the current fourth grade position, I was on-
loan to the Delaware Department of Education, as the Teacher Co-Director of
the Delaware Writing Project. Needless to say, I have been planning and
developing exciting educational activities to help us learn. I am looking
forward to assisting you with your many achievements this year!
In the past couple of years, I took the following courses: Craft Plus,
Unpacking the Delaware Recommended Curriculum, ELA Cluster, Addressing
Student Needs Technology Cluster (Differentiating Instruction to Accommodate
Learning Styles), Delaware Writing Project Cluster (Best Practices in the
Teaching of Writing), and e-Learning for Educators Research Study (Best
Practices for Vocabulary Instruction in the Elementary Classroom).
My education also includes the following: Technology Implementation in the
Classroom Cluster (Approaches and Tools for Developing Web-Enhanced Lessons,
Designing a Virtual Field Trip, Transforming the Classroom with Project
Based-Learning), Positive Behavior Support, Wilmington College
Administrative Certificate, Delaware Reading Project Consultant, Delaware
Writing Project Consultant, Co-Director Delaware Writing Project, Delaware
Department of Education & University of Delaware, Understanding by Design,
CRISS Trainings, 6+1 Traits of Writing, Delaware Writing Assessment,
Holistic & Analytic Scorer, Masters in Communication, University of
Delaware, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, B.S. in Elementary
Education, Spanish Minor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Delaware
Inservice Credits (45 + credits, 14% Cluster) CERTIFICATION, Completed
coursework for Delaware Administrative Certificate, PA Instructional I (K-
6), Delaware Professional Certificate, Great Books Foundation-Instructor
Certificate,
My teaching experience includes: Smyrna School District, Grade 4, 2005-
present, Grade 3, 1988-2003, Grade 5, 1985-1988, University of Delaware &
Delaware Teacher Center Cluster Facilitator, “Best Practices in the Teaching
of Writing,” National Writing Project New Teacher Initiative Site
Coordinator, Co-Director Delaware Writing Project, Delaware Department of
Education & University of Delaware, University of Delaware, Summer Literacy
Institute Co-Director, Delaware Department of Education Cluster
Facilitator, “Best Practices in the Teaching of Writing,” Capital & Colonial
School Districts, Christina School District, Delaware Department of
Education Cluster Facilitator, “Best Practices in the Teaching of Reading,”
Red Clay School District, Smyrna School District, After-School Spanish
Teacher, Student Teaching, Morden Mount Primary School, London, England &
McEwan School, Pittsburgh, PA, University of Valladolid, Spain-taught
English to spanish students at Ave Maria, Valladolid, Spain.
Class Motto:
Good better best,
Never let it rest,
'Till your good is better,
and your better is best!
The mission for the class is for every student to achieve success!
