Passionate Teacher with 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.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher
Buffalo Collegiate Charter School
Buffalo, NY
11.2018 - Current
Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
Teacher
Aloma D. Johnson Charter School
Buffalo, NY
08.2009 - 06.2011
Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers and course work.
Encouraged creative thinking and motivated students by addressing individual strengths and weaknesses based on standardized testing results.
Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to achieve student participation and hands-on learning.
Held conferences with parents to address questions, discuss academic progress and encourage learning goals.
Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding.
Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
Attended and facilitated IEP meetings for students and families.
Teacher's Assistant
Buffalo Public Schools
Buffalo, NY
09.1993 - 06.2009
Kept classrooms clean, neat and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
Handed out classroom materials, like pencils, paper and crayons.
Worked with lead teacher to monitor class schedule and take attendance.
Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules and support lead teacher.
Collaborated with teachers for lesson preparation by preparing materials and setting up equipment.
Supported student learning objectives through personalized and small group assistance.
Assisted lead teachers with lesson plan creation and materials development .
Provided support to help students with special needs learn and grow.
Partnered with teacher to plan and implement lessons following school's curriculum, goals and objectives.
Used behavior modeling and specialized teaching techniques to share and reinforce social skills.
Helped teachers recognize learning issues evidenced in one-to-one support instruction.
Education
No Degree - General Studies
Medialle College
Buffalo, NY
Bachelor of Science - Education
SUNY Buffalo State
Buffalo, NY
05.2009
Skills
Emergent Curriculum
Behavioral Skills Development
Interdisciplinary Teaching
Learning Assessments
Differentiated Instruction
Online Teaching
Positive Learning Environment
Positive Reinforcement Methods
Teacher Assistance
MAP Testing and Data
Parent and Student Communication
Timeline
Teacher
Buffalo Collegiate Charter School
11.2018 - Current
Teacher
Aloma D. Johnson Charter School
08.2009 - 06.2011
Teacher's Assistant
Buffalo Public Schools
09.1993 - 06.2009
No Degree - General Studies
Medialle College
Bachelor of Science - Education
SUNY Buffalo State
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