Educator 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. 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
21
21
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
Work History
Teacher
Smyth County Public Schools
Chilhowie, VA
08.2001 - 01.2021
Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies
Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards
Supported student teachers by mentoring on classroom management, lesson planning and activity organization
Encouraged creative thinking and motivated students by addressing individual strengths and weaknesses based on standardized testing results
Designed dynamic lesson plans based on student interests to increase overall student GPA
Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies
Collaborated with faculty to develop after-school tutoring program for struggling students.
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.
Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
Encouraged creative thinking and motivated students by addressing individual strengths and weaknesses based on standardized testing results.
Promoted physical, mental and social development using classroom games and activities.
Held conferences with parents to address questions, discuss academic progress and encourage learning goals.
Completed daily reports, meal count sheets and attendance logs.
Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
Supported student teachers by mentoring on classroom management, lesson planning and activity organization.
Education
Master of Arts - Education
Emory And Henry College
05.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Interdisciplinary English
Emory And Henry College
05.1995
Skills
Elementary education
Child development
Special education
Licensed Reading Specialist
Accomplishments
Awarded Teacher of the Year 2008
Certifications
Virginia Licensed Reading Specialist
Virginia Licensed Educator PK -8th
Virginia Licensed Special Education K
Certification
-12
First Aid Certification
CPR Certification
AED Certification