Annette Shelley
Cedar Hill,Texas
Summary
To obtain a leadership position in the field of education utilizing my expertise, commitment to excellence, and strong organizational skills. Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
International Baccalaureate Program Coordinator
Uplift Education
2020.08 - 2024.06
- Collaborated with families to assist in growth, development, and IB education to increase potential.
- Lead individualized and group counseling sessions with children and families.
- Developed and implemented strategies to reduce and prevent family conflict to promote a collaborative culture reflective of an IB school.
- Ensure that all teachers are suitably qualified and trained in accordance with IB requirements
- Create and Conduct regular team and professional development meetings with IB teachers
- Provide support and information to teachers new to the IB
- Coordinate participation in IB workshops and professional learning
- Prepare timelines for submission of work for IB
- Facilitate outcome-based collaborative planning, professional development and meetings for teachers to develop teacher capacity.
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
- Scheduled conferences with parents to discuss students' progress and classroom behavior.
Summer Institute Coordinator
Uplift Education
2018.05 - 2024.06
- Responsible for coordinating and supervising school-based summer programming, including STAAR/EOC retesting, credit recovery, and/or any other school summer programs
- Provided guidance to scholars, teachers, and parents in overcoming challenges and identifying opportunities.
- Resolved issues with scholars, parents, teachers, families, through active listening and open-ended questioning, deescalating major problems
- Facilitated team building activities and workshops to improve communication, collaboration and productivity.
- Responsible for managing teachers and supervising scholars for the duration of their time onsite, ensuring all grades and attendance information is recorded for the summer program, ensuring staff time and attendance information is accurately recorded in TEAMS, and coordinating all program logistics (car line, breakfast/lunch service and duty)
- Serve as a campus liaison for any partnership programming, support families, parents, scholar and staff recruitment efforts, support teacher and scholar classroom management needs, and, in collaboration with Central Office Staff, manage accuracy of summer program data in PowerSchool.
- Gathered and organized materials to support operations.
Pre K Site Coordinator/ Kinder Grade Level Chair
Uplift Education
2014.07 - 2024.06
- Create lesson plans and Facilitates the implementation of the Common Core State Standards
- Coordinated site investigations, documented issues, and escalated to executive teams.
- Create lesson plans for grade level that Exemplifies research-based instructional strategies
- Promotes and execute the use of district core curriculum and pacing guides
- Coordinates, Attends, implements, and provides site and district professional development
- Creates and leads grade level meeting agendas in collaboration with the site administration
- Records and shares meeting notes with site administration and grade level teams
- Runs data reports after assessments and leads analysis discussions with grade level team
- Attends leadership team meetings
- Manage grade level team, Works well with others and supports the site and district vision, mission, and goals.
Pre-K /Kinder Teacher
Uplift Education
2014.07 - 2024.06
- Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
- Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests
- Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
Lead Preschool Teacher
Bryan's House Head Start
2011.06 - 2014.07
- Provide an integrated curriculum that meets the needs of individual children and assess children's needs and developmental progress on an ongoing basis
- Plan and implement experiences that promote children's cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development and plan and implement weekly lesson plans
- Communicate with children at their developmental level in a manner that fosters positive self-esteem and conveys respect and promote communication with parents.
Preschool Lead Teacher
Christian Land Preparatory Preschool
2008.06 - 2011.05
- Responsible for providing quality care and nurturing for preschool children in a manner that meets their emotional, social, and physical needs, and supports their cognitive development
- Prepared lesson plans, followed a daily schedule, conducted parent conferences, and ongoing assessments of children
- Trained other employees within the center.
Teacher II (Lead)
Head Start of Greater Dallas
2003.08 - 2008.05
- Worked to enrich children with a learning environment and experiences appropriate to their age, stage of development, and cultural background
- Help preschool children develop socially, intellectually, physically, and emotionally
- Responsible for overall function and implementation of classroom activities, lesson plans, daily routine, routine assessments, home visits, parent conferences, meal counts, and children's portfolios.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education
Ashford University
San Diego, CA07.2014
AA in Liberal Arts with a Field of Study in Early Childhood Education -
Mountain View College
Dallas, TX05.2006
Master's in Early Education -
Relay Graduate School of Education
New York, NY08.2018
Working towards Doctorate in Early Childhood Education and Leadership -
North Central University
Minneapolis, MN07.2026
Skills
- Talent Recruitment
- Team Development
- Program Leadership
- Data Evaluation
- Staff Development
- Group facilitation
- Performance Evaluation
- Team Training
- Training exercises
Professionalaffiliationsandawards
- TIA Recognized Master Teacher
- Summa Cum Laude Graduate School (GPA: 3.98)
- Passed EC-6 Content Exam
- 4 times Dean List Student
- Golden Key Honor Society
- Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society
- Who's Who Among America's College Students (AA degree and BA degree)
References
References are available on request.
Certification
- Certified EC-6/ELL teacher, Texas Education Agency
Timeline
International Baccalaureate Program Coordinator
Uplift Education
2020.08 - 2024.06
Summer Institute Coordinator
Uplift Education
2018.05 - 2024.06
Pre K Site Coordinator/ Kinder Grade Level Chair
Uplift Education
2014.07 - 2024.06
Pre-K /Kinder Teacher
Uplift Education
2014.07 - 2024.06
Lead Preschool Teacher
Bryan's House Head Start
2011.06 - 2014.07
Preschool Lead Teacher
Christian Land Preparatory Preschool
2008.06 - 2011.05
Teacher II (Lead)
Head Start of Greater Dallas
2003.08 - 2008.05
- Certified EC-6/ELL teacher, Texas Education Agency
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education
Ashford University
AA in Liberal Arts with a Field of Study in Early Childhood Education -
Mountain View College
Master's in Early Education -
Relay Graduate School of Education
Working towards Doctorate in Early Childhood Education and Leadership -
North Central University
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