Ahshauntay Dixon-Taylor
Chicago,IL
Summary
Enthusiastic, high-energy, seasoned teacher with a deep understanding of classroom management, behavior modification and individualized support. Strong communicator with a knack for fostering meaningful relationships with students, parents, and colleagues. Comfortable working with students of varying skill levels and diverse backgrounds. Proven track record of creating organized, engaging learning environments that foster students ability to thrive. I excel in adaptability, and professionalism, coupled with a caring, compassionate, and diligent approach as an educator.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
N3 FLP Teacher
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
Chicago, IL
09.2021 - Current
- Collaborated and provided assistance and instructional support to the daytime teaching team.
- Established and cultivated meaningful relationships with the daytime teaching team, extended day teaching team, students, and their families.
- Facilitated effective communication between teaching teams and families through in-person conversations and email exchanges.
- Co-responsible for accurate daily documentation of student attendance.
- Effectively, with colleagues, participated in co-teaching and collaborated in coordinating class management while constructing, implementing, and managing well-organized, engaging, play-based, developmentally age-appropriate daily activities.
- Assume the responsibilities of the lead instructor in the event of a co-teacher absence.
- Oversee students' timely and orderly departures, ensuring a safe and efficient process.
- Participate in various training opportunities to enhance professional skills, develop clear and achievable goals, and actively seek feedback to foster growth and progress.
N3 Co-Lead Summer Lab Instructor
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
Chicago, IL
06.2023 - 07.2023
- Collaborated with co-lead instructor to develop, organize, and implement an engaging and enriching summer program.
- Collectively, with co-lead instructor and colleagues, managed and supervised a cohort of summer students, engaging in enriching, well-organized, play-based, developmentally age-appropriate summer activities while ensuring their well-being and adherence to established guidelines and expectations.
- Established and cultivated meaningful relationships with colleagues, students, and their families by consistently greeting everyone attentively and ensuring that all communication with colleagues, students, and their families was clear, precise, and friendly via email or in person.
- Provided families with regular updates regarding students' daily activities via emails, in-person interactions, and quarterly newsletters.
- Assume the responsibilities of the lead instructor in the event of the co-lead instructor's absence.
- Responsible for overseeing students' timely and orderly arrival and departure, while ensuring a safe and efficient process.
- Actively participating in a diverse array of feedback sessions aimed at enhancing professional competencies.
Kindergarten Summer Lab Teacher Assistant
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
Chicago, IL
06.2022 - 07.2022
- Provide the lead instructor with necessary assistance to ensure students have a safe, enjoyable, and enriching summer experience.
- Consistently greeted everyone attentively and ensured that all communication with the teaching team, students, colleagues, and parents was clear, precise, and friendly.
- Responsible for overseeing students' timely and orderly arrival and departure, maintaining a safe and efficient process.
- Responsible daily for accurate documentation of student attendance.
- Assume the responsibilities of the lead instructor in the event of their absence.
- Responsible for collaborating with colleagues in supervising and guiding a cohort of summer students, ensuring their well-being and adherence to established guidelines and expectations.
- Collaborated with colleagues to ensure the safe transportation of students to and from daily activities, adapting to, and strictly adhering to, COVID-19 policies.
- Maintained effective communication with caregivers to provide regular updates on the student's daily activities.
N3 FLP Classroom Assistant
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
Chicago, IL
09.2020 - 06.2021
- Collaborated closely with the Lead teacher to ensure effective oversight of two classrooms.
- Established conducive environments in two classrooms by collaborating with the teaching team, leading to enhanced student development.
- Developed and oversaw daily well-organized educational activities that were enriching, engaging, and tailored to student's appropriate developmental stage in two classrooms.
- Prioritized the well-being of the students in two classrooms by ensuring a safe environment, meticulously adhering to COVID-19 and lab safety guidelines.
- Responsible for overseeing and documenting students' development and growth in two classrooms, while disseminating pertinent documents to the instructional team.
- Actively participated in the discussions about the development and well-being of students during parent-teacher conferences.
- Consistently greeted everyone attentively and ensured that all communication with the teaching team, colleagues, and parents was clear, precise, and friendly.
- Attended and actively participated in trainings and meetings, seeking to enhance educational skills and knowledge.
Extended Day Teacher
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
Chicago, IL
09.2019 - 06.2020
- Provided vigilant supervision and ensured the safety of students in the extended-day program.
- Collaborated with the teaching team to facilitate opportunities for students to explore creatively and socialize with their peers.
- Collaborated with the teaching team to create a secure and nurturing environment for students, enriched with purposeful, age-appropriate developmental activities.
- Collaborated with colleagues to ensure the safe transportation of students to and from daily activities.
- Collaborated daily with colleagues to prepare and administer various healthy, nutritious snacks to students.
- Engaged in open and empathetic communication to foster an inclusive environment for children, colleagues, administrators, and parents.
- Effectively ensured students were dismissed with authorized personnel.
- Attended and actively participated in staff meetings and training sessions.
Teacher's Assistant
Malone Staffing
02.2019 - 07.2019
- Provided flexible teaching experience for students aged 2-5, while ensuring their safety.
- Implemented age-appropriate activities that enhance young students' creativity, as well as their physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development.
- Supported teachers in working with students who had Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
- Helped with maintaining the cleanest of classrooms.
- Utilized appropriate language, interaction, and redirecting.
Preschool Teacher
Bright Horizons
Chicago, IL
07.2014 - 07.2015
- Effectively managed and enforced classroom safety protocols while maintaining efficient day-to-day classroom operations for students aged 2.5 to 5.
- Implemented Bright Horizons' curriculum, 'The World at Their Fingertips'.
- Employed intentional teaching methodologies, meticulously crafted environments, and enriched, developmentally age-appropriate activities to foster optimal learning experiences.
- Diligently observed students' multifaceted development and growth in various aspects, including academic, social, and emotional domains, and meticulously documented via TSG.
- Effectively organized, facilitated, and led parent-teacher conferences, while ensuring meaningful and productive discussions among students' development.
- Provided daily communications to families, offering comprehensive details about students' daily experiences and academic development.
- Established and cultivated meaningful relationships with colleagues, students, and their families by consistently greeting everyone attentively and ensuring that all communication with colleagues, students, and their families was clear, precise, and friendly.
- Attended various job training opportunities and actively engaged with the material to enhance professional expertise.
- Obtained and maintained up-to-date teaching certifications in person and online.
Preschool Teacher's Assistant
Bright Horizons
Chicago, IL
07.2013 - 07.2014
- Assisted in supervising and maintaining the safety of preschool students, aged 2 1/2 to 5 years.
- Collaborated with and supported the lead teacher in implementing Bright Horizons' World at Their Fingertips curriculum.
- Collaborated with the lead teacher to implement intentional teaching methods, create tailored learning environments, and design developmentally appropriate activities for enhanced learning experiences.
- Diligently observed students' multifaceted development and growth in various aspects, including academic, social, and emotional domains, and meticulously documented via TSG.
- Actively participated and collaborated with the lead teacher in conducting informative discussions on student development with parents during parent-teacher conferences.
- Communicated daily with families, sharing comprehensive details on students' activities and academic progress through a daily activity log.
- Established and cultivated meaningful relationships with colleagues, students, and their families by consistently greeting everyone attentively and ensuring that all communication with colleagues, students, and their families was clear, precise, and friendly.
- Assume the duties of the lead teacher in the event of their absence.
- Attended and actively participated in various job training opportunities and actively engaged with the material and activities to enhance my professional knowledge and expertise.
Early Childhood Teacher's Assistant
Concordia Place
Chicago, IL
06.2010 - 03.2012
- Responsible for supervising and maintaining the safety of students ages 15-24 months.
- Assisted lead teacher with planning daily and weekly age-appropriate activities.
- Implemented age-appropriate activities to enhance young students' physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development.
- Implemented positive redirection techniques to effectively manage behavior and cultivate a supportive environment.
- Ensured consistent and effective communication with parents, coworkers, and administration daily.
Substitute Teacher's Assistant
Concordia Place
Chicago, IL
03.2010 - 06.2010
- Maintained the safety of students in grades 1st-5th while escorting them from school to Concordia Place.
- Helped children with homework while also encouraging children to participate in daily activities.
- Implemented teachers' planned daily activities.
- Maintained a high level of consistency and adaptability.
- Provided daily and monthly assessments to the lead teacher and the program director.
Education
Career Diploma - Administrative Assistance
Penn Foster College
Scottsdale, AZ01-2016
Associate of Applied Science - Preschool Education
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College
Chicago, IL05-2014
Associate of Arts - Psychology
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College
Chicago, ILSkills
- Small Group Instruction
- Group Instruction
- Classroom Instruction
- Interactive teaching and learning
- Flexible and adaptive
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Parent and student communication
- Faculty Collaboration
- Creative lesson plan development
- Student-Centered Learning
- Social-emotional learning
- Behavior Management
- Critical Thinking
- Effective listening
- Curriculum Implementation
- Excellent classroom management
- Clear public speaking skills
- Creative lesson planning
- Reporting and documentation
Accomplishments
- Honor Roll (2007)
- Dean's List (2009)
- Honor Roll (2014)
Affiliations
- Phi Theta Kappa (ΦΘΚ) Honor Society
Certification
- CPR/AED & First Aid (Infant, toddler & Adult)
- ECE Level 4 Credential (Gateway to Opportunity)
- Advance Certificate Preschool Education (May 2013)
- Basic Certificate Preschool Education (May 2013)
Timeline
N3 Co-Lead Summer Lab Instructor
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
06.2023 - 07.2023
Kindergarten Summer Lab Teacher Assistant
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
06.2022 - 07.2022
N3 FLP Teacher
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
09.2021 - Current
N3 FLP Classroom Assistant
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
09.2020 - 06.2021
Extended Day Teacher
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
09.2019 - 06.2020
Teacher's Assistant
Malone Staffing
02.2019 - 07.2019
Preschool Teacher
Bright Horizons
07.2014 - 07.2015
Preschool Teacher's Assistant
Bright Horizons
07.2013 - 07.2014
Early Childhood Teacher's Assistant
Concordia Place
06.2010 - 03.2012
Substitute Teacher's Assistant
Concordia Place
03.2010 - 06.2010
Career Diploma - Administrative Assistance
Penn Foster College
Associate of Applied Science - Preschool Education
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College
Associate of Arts - Psychology
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College
- CPR/AED & First Aid (Infant, toddler & Adult)
- ECE Level 4 Credential (Gateway to Opportunity)
- Advance Certificate Preschool Education (May 2013)
- Basic Certificate Preschool Education (May 2013)
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