Brandi Gillson
Battle Creek,MI
Summary
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 critical thinking skills.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Retired-teacher
Battle Creek Public School
Battle Creek, United States
11.1997 - 06.2022
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national and state standards.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Piloted program to address proposed state subject area competencies and standards.
- Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding.
- Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
- Implemented and encouraged debate-style classroom environment to increase student engagement and promote critical thinking.
- Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
Education
Master of Arts - Education
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MIBachelor of Arts - Education
Olivet College
Olivet, MISkills
- Classroom management
- Test Proctoring
- Tailoring Curriculum Plans
- Positive Learning Environment
- Instructional Best Practices
- Innovative Lesson Planning
- Differentiated Instruction
- Creative Questioning
- Student Progress Reporting
- Curriculum Development
- Social-Emotional Learning training
- Inquiry-based learning
Timeline
Retired-teacher
Battle Creek Public School
11.1997 - 06.2022
Master of Arts - Education
Western Michigan University
Bachelor of Arts - Education
Olivet College
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