Melanie Holliday

Highly qualified educatorwith experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.

• Elementary Education 1st thru 6th (1995-present)
• Middle School English Language Arts 6th thru 9th (2015-present)
• Administration I and II (2023-present)

• SoMIRACconference
• National Junior Honor Society Advisor
• National History Day Student Advisor
• Re-opening Committee
• Secondary task Force
• Minority Achievement Committee
• Student Spirit Express Committee
• Cooperating teacher for five student interns from Salisbury University
• Cooperating teacher for four methods students from Salisbury University
• Model lessons, planning strategies, and classroom management strategies for education students from Salisbury University, Chesapeake Cooperative, and new teachers at Choptank Elementary School and Maple Elementary School.
• Created and implemented “Love and Logic” professional development for Choptank Elementary School
• Served as 5th grade team leader
• Attended “Helping Mathematics Teachers Become Culturally Relevant Educators”
• Team representative for PBIS
• Common Core Math training for both 5th and 6th grade
• Letrs Training
• SIT team
• Salisbury University Regional Professional Schools Conference
• New teacher mentor
• Technology Mimio training
• Elementary Reading with MSDE (2008)
• Michael Hunter’s Really Great Reading Training (2009)

• South Dorchester School, Church Creek, MD, 6th through 8th, 2014-present
• Choptank Elementary School, Cambridge, MD, 3rd and 5th, 2007-2014
• Maple Elementary School, Cambridge, MD, 3rd, 1996-2001
• Sandy Hill Elementary, Cambridge, MD, Pre-K, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 1995-1996

• Choptank Elementary Teacher of the Year Nominee (2014)
• South Dorchester Teacher of the Year Nominee (2018)