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Hi there! I'm Edmund K. Swort, a dedicated elementary educator with over two decades of experience teaching grades 1 and 2. I design and differentiate lessons, assess progress with data-driven RTI, and lead Readers' Workshop and Writer's Workshop using Teachers College resources. I also introduced mindfulness in my classroom to support SEL and student well-being. I love creating engaging, research-based lessons and materials—like my Word Rings foundational word list—and collaborating with colleagues to foster a growth-minded, reflective classroom where every student can thrive.…Hi there! I'm Edmund K. Swort, a dedicated elementary educator with over two decades of experience teaching grades 1 and 2. I design and differentiate lessons, assess progress with data-driven RTI, and lead Readers' Workshop and Writer's Workshop using Teachers College resources. I also introduced mindfulness in my classroom to support SEL and student well-being. I love creating engaging, research-based lessons and materials—like my Word Rings foundational word list—and collaborating with colleagues to foster a growth-minded, reflective classroom where every student can thrive.

Edmund K. Swort

Writer, Content Creator, Content Designer, +2

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Hi there! I'm Edmund K. Swort, a dedicated elementary educator with over two decades of experience teaching grades 1 and 2. I design and differentiate lessons, assess progress with data-driven RTI, and lead Readers' Workshop and Writer's Workshop using Teachers College resources. I also introduced mindfulness in my classroom to support SEL and student well-being. I love creating engaging, research-based lessons and materials—like my Word Rings foundational word list—and collaborating with colleagues to foster a growth-minded, reflective classroom where every student can thrive.…Hi there! I'm Edmund K. Swort, a dedicated elementary educator with over two decades of experience teaching grades 1 and 2. I design and differentiate lessons, assess progress with data-driven RTI, and lead Readers' Workshop and Writer's Workshop using Teachers College resources. I also introduced mindfulness in my classroom to support SEL and student well-being. I love creating engaging, research-based lessons and materials—like my Word Rings foundational word list—and collaborating with colleagues to foster a growth-minded, reflective classroom where every student can thrive.

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Hi there! I’m Edmund K. Swort, a dedicated elementary educator with over two decades of experience teaching grades 1 and 2. I design and differentiate lessons, assess progress with data-driven RTI, and lead Readers’ Workshop and Writer’s Workshop using Teachers College resources. I also introduced mindfulness in my classroom to support SEL and student well-being.

I love creating engaging, research-based lessons and materials—like my Word Rings foundational word list—and collaborating with colleagues to foster a growth-minded, reflective classroom where every student can thrive.

Skills

Copywriting

Presentation Design

Illustration

Experience Level

Copywriting

Expert

Presentation Design

Expert

Illustration

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Classroom Teacher—Grade 1 and 2 at JB Sliney School, Branford School District, Branford, CT

January 1, 2001 - Present

Plan lessons, instruct, differentiate instruction, evaluate lessons, use data, and run RTI. Introduced mindfulness program (MBT) school-wide for SEL. Created Word Rings foundation words list; led Readers' Workshop and Writer's Workshop using Teachers College resources; used phonics instruction with Road to Reading and Fundations and Bridges Math; collaborated in grade-level meetings.

Classroom Teacher—Grade 1 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, CT

January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2001

As classroom teacher for 21 students, planned, instructed, assessed and differentiated all lessons.

Classroom Teacher—Grade 2 at Niantic Center School, East Lyme, CT

January 1, 1999 - January 1, 2000

Classroom teacher for second grade; planned and instructed and gathered all materials for all lessons taught, administering assessments with the overall goal of total child development, including fostering child responsibility.

Substitute Teacher, K-5 at Fair Mield County Public Schools

January 1, 1998 - January 1, 1999

Proactively approached teachers before assignments to better understand children and lessons.

Teacher, Remedial Reading/Remedial Math Grades 3 & 4 at Weston Middle School, Weston, CT

January 1, 1996 - January 1, 1998

Remedial reading and math instruction across grades 3 and 4; focused on differentiated remediation.

Program Director at New York Rangers Youth Program

September 1, 2018 - Present

Directed youth program activities for the organization; oversaw program operations and participant engagement.