Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
Teacher

Caroline Dearden

Columbia,SC

Summary

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. Compassionate, creative and effective Teacher with valuable experience in classroom administration, professional development and project planning. Equipped with extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator and motivational coach. Competent at performing independently or as member of teaching team. Well-versed in classroom and online technologies. Hands-on Gifted and Talented Teacher committed to encouraging creativity and higher-order thinking to increase student performance. Resourceful and energetic professional with 2 years of experience preparing class activities, monitoring academic performance and developing lesson plans. Well-versed in observing over Gifted students simultaneously and evaluating performance to bring improvement to learning.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Teacher

Richland School District One
Columbia, SC
08.2019 - 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.
  • Promoted physical, mental and social development using classroom games and activities.
  • Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers and course work.

Teacher

Lexington School District Four
Gaston, SC
08.2018 - 06.2022

Education

Master of Arts - Education Administration

American College of Education
Indianapolis, IN
05.2023

Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC
05.2018

Skills

  • Classroom management
  • Group learning mechanics
  • Student-centered learning
  • Secondary education
  • Elementary education
  • AP course instruction
  • Student records management
  • Differentiated instruction
  • Lesson Planning
  • ESL- English as Second Language

Certification

  • ELL Training - ELL Endorsed
  • Gifted and Talented Endorsed
  • Avid Trained
  • Social Emotional learning training

Timeline

Teacher

Richland School District One
08.2019 - Current

Teacher

Lexington School District Four
08.2018 - 06.2022

Master of Arts - Education Administration

American College of Education

Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Caroline Dearden