VICTORIA

VICTORIA is a New York State certified teacher with a license in Elementary and Secondary Education as well as in Special Education. She is currently full-time middle school Social Studies teacher, and has previously taught math and ELA middle school classes for 6 years. Victoria is part of a NYC Teaching Fellowship program and received training as part of a rigorous scholarship with a focus on providing practice-based learning, in addition to tailoring instruction to each individual student. Victoria’s passion is working within high-needs populations where she can provide equal education opportunities to students with a variety of learning needs. Through her work with special needs students, Victoria is quickly able to identify academic strengths and weaknesses, which she then uses to drive her instruction. Victoria received her Bachelor’s Degree from Binghamton University in Psychology and she holds a Master’s Degree in Childhood Education. In addition to teaching within NYC DOE, Victoria has over 12 years of experience providing individualized tutoring in Math and English Language Arts. Victoria can’t wait to prepare students for the ELA and Math state exams at Kweller Prep. This is her second year as a teacher here. A fun-fact is that Victoria is related to Frances Kweller. She is fluent in Russian and lives to cook meals from around the world.