Amanda Felts
Lynn Haven
Summary
I want to be able to utilize my skills as a Kindergarten teacher in order to assist students with their learning and educational abilities.
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
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher
Cedar Grove Elementary
09.2019 - Current
- Ensuring that children learn their alphabet letters, sounds, reading, writing, and phonics
- Teaching children their numbers, how to count, add, subtract, complete number bonds, count by tens, etc
- I also teach the children about Science and Social Studies as well as how it relates to the everyday world around us
- I ensure the children have a safe learning environment and their daily needs met
- I am responsible for evaluating children through testing and work that is given
- I like to say that as a teacher I wear many hats
- I am essentially a counselor, a parent, a mentor, a friend and oh so much more
Cashier
Hobby Lobby
11.2018 - 04.2019
- I keep up with inventory, ordering of products and assisting customers to locate items they need
- I am in charge of taking money and counting back change as well as answering the phone, cleaning and making sure stock is out properly
Bonefish Grill
03.2018 - 11.2018
- I was a server, host and about to begin training for bartender and key
- I took orders and used communication skills to ensure that the customers were always happy and satisfied
- I greeted customers as well as cleaned and stocked items
- I also took to-go orders and answered the telephones
Substance Abuse Counselor
The GEO Group/Bay Correctional Facility
08.2016 - 08.2018
- I teach Inmates with substance abuse related disorders how to properly cope with their prior abuse history and ways to make Bette hooves moving forward
- I supervise 50 to 100 Inmates each week and assess them in order to make their success plan towards their individual goal
- Reported the daily attendance in the computer to track who was present and who was not
Dependency Case Manager
Children’s Home Society
06.2015 - 08.2016
- Developed an individualized case plan for parents and their children's safety that would result in children being safely returned to the care of their parents
- Managed over 15 children and 6-10 parents on a daily basis to ensure they were safe and able to return home to the care of their parents
- Reported to the court system the parents progress and the well-being of the child
Education
Master of Science - Elementary K-6, Reading And Literacy
Walden University
Minneapolis, MN05-2025
Bachelor of Science - Social Science with Education Minor
Florida State University
Panama City, FL05.2014
Associate of Arts - Elementary Education
Chipola College
Marianna, FL05-2012
General Education
Marianna High School
Marianna, FL05.2001
Skills
- Teaching Kindergarten for the past six years I am proficient with windows, PowerPoint and Excel Over 10 years of experience with those operating systems Former law enforcement experience for seven plus years, former Dependency Case Manager and wonderful at multi-tasking
- Motivating students
- Student engagement
- Behavior management
- Parent-teacher communication
- Positive role model and mentor
- Growth mindset
- Public speaking
- Classroom instruction
- Conflict resolution
- Differentiated instruction
- Collaborative learning
- Student-centered learning
- Child development
- Group and individual instruction
- Curriculum implementation
- Student assessment
- Small group instruction
- Learning strategies
- Innovative lesson planning
- Technology integration
- Social-emotional learning training
- FLUENT IN English
- Group instruction
- Classroom technology
- Project-based learning
- Student needs assessment
- Performance assessments
- Student rapport
- Cooperative learning experience
- Community involvement
- Cultural sensitivity
- Data-driven instruction
- Testing and grading
- Student evaluations
- Assessment strategies
- Learning assessments
- Student records management
- Alternative learning methods
- Faculty collaboration
- Special needs students
- Instructional methods
- Subject matter expertise
- Literacy development
- Feedback implementation
- Special education
- Instructional best practices
- Serving diverse communities
- Assigning and grading work
- Inquiry-based learning
- ESL- english as second language
- Learning style assessment
- Standardized testing
- Test grading
- Test proctoring
- Florida teaching credential
- SMART board aptitude
- Curriculum compliance with Florida
- Fundraising
- Empathy and patience
- Verbal and written communication
- Lesson delivery
- Team building
- Task prioritization
- Student motivation
- Record keeping
- Data analysis
- Educational activities
- Visual aids utilization
- Digital literacy
- Parent and teacher conferences
- Creative lesson planning
- Formative assessments and Standard-based grading
- Homework assignment
- IEP planning
- Excellent classroom management
- Standardized testing techniques
- Social-emotional learning
- Family involvement
- Flexible and adaptive
- Parent-teacher conference coordination
- Quizzes, tests, and exams
- Effective listening
- Interactive teaching and learning
- Parental participation
Accomplishments
- Named "Educator of the Week" at Cedar Grove Elementary in August 2025.
- Lesson Implementation - Met all assigned learning goals through the implementation of hands-on learning, visual aids, and storytelling.
- Led class to an average 85% increase in math and an average 100% increase in reading standardized test scores during the 2024-2025 school year.
- Received commendation from Cedar Grove principals (6 different ones) for successfully working with students with behavior problems.
- Targeted Development - Met with parents and guardians to discuss children's progress and to determine priorities and resource needs.
- Student Progress Conferences - Conducted conferences with parents, administrators, testing specialists and social workers to discuss educational plans designed to promote students' educational/social development.
- ESL Literacy - Increased ESL students' reading levels by integrating online word games and altering lesson plans for students needing extra guidance.
- Employed cooperative games and visual learning techniques to encourage student learning and build community within the classroom.
- Dynamic Teaching Techniques - Instructed students in academic subjects using variety of techniques such as phonetics, multisensory learning and repetition to reinforce learning.
Communication
Wonderful people skills, gets along well with others, fast learner and hard worker. I am a multi-tasker and a cross-trainer. I always love to learn more about other areas of my job in order to be an asset and fill in when needed.
Certification
- Elementary K-6 Reading and Literacy License - 2025
- ELA Liaison Training - 2022-2025
- ESOL Training - 2024-Present
- Summer Leadership Academy Training - 2024
- Youth Mental Health First Aid Training - 2020
- Managing Challenging Behavior with Positive Behavior Approach Training - 2020
- De-escalation & Behavior Strategies for K Training - 2020
- Classroom Management Training - 2019
- Reading and Math Framework Training - 2019-2020
- RE-K/PRIM ED/ PK-3, Florida Department of Education - 2024-2029
Timeline
Teacher
Cedar Grove Elementary
09.2019 - Current
Cashier
Hobby Lobby
11.2018 - 04.2019
Bonefish Grill
03.2018 - 11.2018
Substance Abuse Counselor
The GEO Group/Bay Correctional Facility
08.2016 - 08.2018
Dependency Case Manager
Children’s Home Society
06.2015 - 08.2016
General Education
Marianna High School
Master of Science - Elementary K-6, Reading And Literacy
Walden University
Bachelor of Science - Social Science with Education Minor
Florida State University
Associate of Arts - Elementary Education
Chipola College
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