Amber Ickles
Amarillo,TX
Summary
Experienced and committed educator proficient in designing, developing, and delivering engaging face-to-face training to a yearly cohort of 20+ students for 15 years. 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. Well-qualified professional with proven success in improving operations and solving problems. Highly proficient in building lasting relationships with key decision makers, customers and team members to further company goals. Ready to leverage training and experience to take on new professional challenges.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher
Amarillo Independent School District
08.2008 - Current
Top Performing School in District and Texas Blue Ribbon School
- Plan and implement engaging lessons weekly for 20 learners to meet national standards.
- Participate in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Conduct evaluations and analyze data every 30 days to close performance gaps.
- Improve student engagement and learning by introducing state-of-the-art computer program technologies.
- Develop and deploy tests for students to measure academic proficiency.
- Gain educational expertise and knowledge by participating in bi-monthly instructor-oriented workshops.
- Meet with Organization monthly to report data findings.
- Responded to inquiries by answering telephone calls, in-person questions and emails.
- Delivered friendly assistance with new hires in mentoring and adjusting to new position
Education
Bachelor of Science - Education
Skills
- Strategic Planning and Leadership
- Student Records Management
- Reporting and Analytics
- Expert Communication Skills
- Documentation Abilities
- Organizational Development Knowledge
Timeline
Teacher - Amarillo Independent School District
08.2008 - Current
Wayland Baptist University - Bachelor of Science, Education