*5th Grade Intervention Specialist*
By: BHS Staff Profiles
March 1, 2024
Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Mrs. Lana Ullemeyer. This is currently her first year in the Brooklyn City School District. Before coming to Brooklyn, she was an Intervention Specialist at Garfield Heights Middle School for 11 years. Prior to that, she was an event planner for a catering company, sometimes planning events for up to 1,300 people. In her free time, she can be found coaching figure skating for the Cleveland Ice Storm. She also loves going to Cavs games with her husband and two sons. A fun fact about Mrs. Ullemeyer is that she was in a Super Bowl Halftime Show!
Q: How do you assess a student’s progress?
A: “For the students on my caseload, I use a variety of ways to assess their progress. I use observations and work samples to assess them while they are learning a topic or concept. This helps me to pinpoint certain areas that they might need some extra help in. For progress monitoring, I use class quizzes and tests to assess their overall understanding.”
Q: How is student learning personalized?
A: “There is no doubt that everyone learns differently, and everyone learns at a different pace. Some ways that I have seen Brooklyn teachers personalize their students’ learning are through flexible seating, project-based learning, providing choice activities, and goal setting.”
Q: What is your perspective on homework?
A: “I see both sides to homework. I do think there are some benefits to homework. It helps to reinforce the things that you learned in class (especially Math) and also teaches skills like organization and time management. But at the same time, as a mother of a child with a learning disability and ADHD, I know that some kids are just done at the end of the school day.”
Q: What has been your clumsiest accident?
A: “I can’t think of one specific incident, but I have been known to stub my toes on furniture quite frequently.”
Q: What is a typical Saturday night like for you?
A: “A typical Saturday night for me would be relaxing with my family at home and watching a movie or a game.”
Q: What would your students be surprised to find out about you?
A: “My husband is a teacher, too. He teaches Physical Education at Garfield Heights Middle School. Yes, that is where we met.”
Q: If you could grow up in any decade, which would you choose?
A: “I really enjoyed growing up in the 80s and 90s, and I do not think that I would change that. I know what life was like before all of this technology, but I also see how technology has helped us in so many ways.”
Thank you for letting us interview you, Mrs. Ullemeyer. It was a pleasure getting to know more about you. The fact that you were in a Super Bowl Halftime Show is crazy and very cool!
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