SARITA SHETH

Online Portfolio at: saritasheth.weebly.com

Tel: (310) 922-2656
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EDUCATION
Wheelock College, Boston, MA
M.S. Elementary Education, GPA 3.97 8/12
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Student Research Conference 2009
Selected to present a qualitative research study entitled Great Expectations to a panel of faculty and students.
Hold New York Initial License for grades 1-6.

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

College of Business Honors Program
M.S. Finance, May 2000
B.B.A. Accounting, May 2000, Cum Laude
California Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Professional Program 1/98 to 5/00
Invited to complete a graduate (M.S.) program emphasizing mastery of technical accounting and finance skills.
College of Business Fellows Program 1/98 to 1/99
Selected as one of 56 to participate in an advanced management honors program designed to enhance leadership and
communication skills.
College of Business Administration Distinguished Student Award 5/96

Professional Development
Essential Ideas that Inform the Worlds Knowledge on Teaching Writing, K-8, Teachers College, NY 9/16
Trained under Lucy Calkins for 5 hours on the Writing Process of rehearsal, drafting, revision, editing and publishing.
The seminar also touched on the Writers Workshop, effective mini-lessons, and conferencing with students.
Responsive Classroom Course, NY, NY 7/16
Participated in an interactive four-day course with the intention of creating a harmonious classroom climate. The method
includes instruction in establishing rules, interactive modeling, discussing teacher language, providing academic choice and
implementing a purposeful morning meeting.
Singapore Math Training, Briarcliff Manor, NY 8/13
Trained under Bill Jackson and Makoto Yoshida for 21 hours on the Singapore Math method, lesson planning and execution.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Substitute Teacher, Scarsdale School District, Scarsdale, NY 4/16 to present
Executed classroom plans and managed effective classrooms in four of the five Scarsdale schools for grades 1-5.
Substitute Teacher, Harrison School District, Harrison, NY 2/16 to present
Carried out lesson plans and ran general and co-teach classrooms in all Harrison elementary schools for grades 1-5.

Practicum Experience, The Devotion School, Brookline Public Schools, MA 1/08 to 6/08
Created and implemented lesson plans for first grade students under the leadership of the classroom teacher in an inclusive
classroom applying appropriate core curriculum content standards while adapting to each child's learning style.
Assumed all teaching responsibilities on a full-time basis for one week at the culmination of the practicum.
Developed specialized guided reading lessons and English and language arts (ELA) activities (working with words, phonics
work) based on the Four Blocks Literacy Model.
Taught math units based on Think Math lessons for fractions, probability, data collection, and graphs.
Created a geography unit based on Brookline frameworks that taught basics features of a map, uses of maps, birds-eye view
perspective, and culminated in building a 3-D town map.
Created a friendship/bullying unit that organically developed a Solution Square for conflict resolution.
Facilitated morning meeting, all transitions, breaks, and recesses.
Created work choice activities that enhanced the integrated units of science, social studies, ELA, and math.
Designed behavior plans to achieve a more cohesive and cooperative learning environment.
Cultivated a successful working relationship with the cooperating teacher.
Maintained positive relationships with staff and parents.
Attended all parent conferences and helped prepare communications with parents and conference reports.
 Participated at weekly meetings and IEP meetings with special educators.
Pre-practicum Experience, Beethoven School, Boston Public Schools, MA 9/08 to 12/08
Assisted a first grade teacher in daily activities and lessons three mornings a week.
Prepared three independent lessons: two whole class and one small group lesson for formal observations.

Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA 2/03 to 6/07

Lecturer, Accounting/ Business Department
Taught several Business and Accounting courses: Introduction to Business, Introductory, Cost, and Advanced Accounting.
Developed and instructed the first online Advanced Accounting and Cost Accounting courses for SMC.
Established multimedia virtual classrooms incorporating synchronous and asynchronous lectures, Flash presentations,
discussion forums, and examinations.
Participated in departmental curriculum development and textbook selection.
Mentored students in career planning, resume preparation, and job placement.

Bentley College, Waltham, MA 9/05 to 12/05

Lecturer, Accounting/ Business Department
Instructed an Introductory Accounting course for freshman and sophomores on campus.

Thomson South-Western, Los Angeles, CA 12/05 to 3/06

Ancillary Author
Created student and instructor PowerPoint presentations to accompany all twenty-two chapters of Stice et al., Intermediate
Accounting. Mason, OH, Thomson Southwestern, 2006.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Los Angeles, CA 9/04 to 2/05

Ancillary Author
Authored PowerPoint presentations to accompany each chapter of a textbook for MBA level introductory accounting courses:
Hughes J et al., Financial Accounting a Valuation Emphasis. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons 2005.

Standard & Poors Corporate Value Consulting, Los Angeles, CA 9/00 to 9/02
(Formerly known as PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Financial Advisory Services - Corporate Value Consulting)
Associate
Performed independent valuations for complete companies or segments thereof using valuation modeling techniques.
Worked with CFOs and employees of Fortune 500 companies in the due diligence and reporting phases of projects.

Deloitte & Touche LLP, Los Angeles, CA 2/99 to 5/99

Intern, Tax Practice
Participated in regulatory compliance services by preparing tax returns for various entities, including corporations,
partnerships, and individuals.
Acted as a member of a consulting team by researching tax ideas and initiatives and identified opportunities for further services
associated with new savings ideas.

El Paso Energy Marketing, Houston, TX 5/98 to 8/98

Intern, Risk Management
Assisted the Risk Management Group in producing daily profit and loss statements.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Edgewood PTA, Scarsdale, NY 7/15 to 6/17
Executive Board Member and After School Clubs Chair
Girl Scouts of America, Scarsdale NY 9/16 to present
Troop leader for first grade girls
Sunday School, Queens, NY 9/12 to 6/16
Teacher for different classes from Pre-K to 6th grade