Paul Modell

Drive student academic growth and well-being by delivering engaging, rigorous instruction and fostering a supportive learning environment. Design and implement standards-aligned lesson plans using differentiated instruction and multiple co-teaching models to meet diverse learning needs. Develop and execute individualized learning goals for students with IEPs and 504 plans, ensuring accommodations and strategies are embedded in daily instruction.

SETTS Provider - East Harlem Tutorial Program (Scholars Academy)

(2025-08)

• Drive student academic growth and well-being by delivering engaging, rigorous instruction and fostering a supportive learning environment.
• Design and implement standards-aligned lesson plans using differentiated instruction and multiple co-teaching models to meet diverse learning needs.
• Develop and execute individualized learning goals for students with IEPs and 504 plans, ensuring accommodations and strategies are embedded in daily instruction.
• Use formative and summative assessment data to inform instruction, set ambitious learning targets through backward planning, and improve student outcomes.
• Establish structured classroom routines and clear behavioral expectations that maximize instructional time and promote a safe, respectful, and engaging classroom culture.
• Collaborate with co-teachers, faculty, and instructional leaders to analyze student work, align curriculum, and strengthen academic and social-emotional support systems.
• Track and communicate student progress through detailed documentation, family communication, and active participation in IEP meetings.
• Strengthen school culture by modeling core values, participating in professional development, and engaging families and the broader school community to support student success.

K-5th Grade Lead Teacher (Founding Teacher) - Rosalyn Yalow Charter School

(2015-01 - 2025-08)

• Teaching model is designed to address a student's educational needs plus his or her educational barriers-emotional and social- so all students can focus on learning.
• Support the learning and achievement of students through community outreach to connect resources with the needs of students and their families
• Collaborate with Co-Teacher and specialist teachers to work with flexible small groups in the classroom
• Actively participate in lesson planning and professional development activities
• Model the school's virtues and support character development
• Collaborate with RTI team to develop student assessments

Instructor - Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG)

(2009-01 - 2015-12)

• Provided an opportunity for students to explore and develop intellectual and social relationships during multi-disciplinary courses
• Helped to launch several pilot programs at various locations in the Tri-State area for expanding the SIG clientele and student population

3rd Grade Lead Teacher - Grand Concourse Academy Charter School

(2012-01 - 2015-12)

Ensured the academic success of children by focusing on the fundamental goals of early education and providing the key structural elements necessary to the success of each individual student supported the students in their academic endeavors and worked with each student's teachers to be sure the student's accommodations were effective

Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy - Prime Movers Academy

(2006-01 - 2012-12)

Reported to the Executive Director and supported many of the vital functions of Prime Movers Academy including execution and administration of matriculated and auxiliary programs and operations, and coordination of all curriculum related recruiting

Staff Developer - Prime Movers Academy

(2009-01 - 2010-12)

Liaison between Instructors and Principal to support teachers in meeting educational goals for their students

Learning Specialist - Prime Movers Academy

(2006-01 - 2009-12)

Supported the students in their academic endeavors and worked with each student's teachers to be sure the student's accommodations were effective

Associate - Language Arts - New York State Department of Education

(2003-01 - 2006-12)

• Responsible for the policy and program requirements of the Reading First grant program under the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act
• Team Member of SQRI (School Quality Review Initiative)--assisted schools that were formerly under registration review in establishing a culture of ongoing inquiry leading towards continuous improvement, so that administrators, teachers, parents and students understand the strengths and needs of their schools

Elementary School Teacher - N.Y.C. Public Schools - CES 88X

(1994-01 - 2003-12)

• First Grade Lead Teacher (7 years)
• Second Grade Lead Teacher (1 year)
• Third Grade Teacher (1 year) - Utilized and applied strategies of differentiated learning and individualized instruction in order to meet diverse student needs in a heterogeneous setting. Ensured the academic success of children by focusing on the fundamental goals of early education and providing the key structural elements necessary to the success of each individual student

Master's degree - Literacy Specialization - Bank Street College of Education (2024-01)

M.S. - special education - Touro College (2002-01)

B.A. - Elementary Education and American History - Queens College (1993-01)

Associate of Arts - Music - Westchester Community College (1989-01)