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Briana Lowdermilk

Stow,OH

Summary

Diversely experienced, determined, and passionate teacher seeking full-time employment with a collaborative team of colleagues who work together to provide the skills students need to be successful. 

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

7th Grade English and Language Arts Teacher

Orange County Public School District
Winter Garden , FL
2022.08 - Current
  • Served as PLC Lead.
  • Helped build a positive environment and school culture at a brand new building.
  • Collaboratively worked with team teachers to create engaging learning opportunities.
  • Rated Highly Effective by administration.
  • Developed Standards Based Lesson plans to achieve mastery.
  • Used assessment data to form small group intervention groups.
  • Carried out small group interventions in the classroom.
  • Modified lessons and assignments to meet the needs of IEP, 504, and ELL students.
  • Integrated multimedia resources into the classroom setting to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes.
  • Maintained accurate records of student grades and attendance.
  • Established positive relationships with parents through open communication channels such as email or phone calls.

Intensive Reading Teacher

Orange County Public School District
Winter Garden , FL
2021.08 - 2022.07
  • Interpreted assessment data to determine best intervention methods for students.
  • Established positive and engaging classroom environment that was conducive to improving literacy skills.
  • Analyzed and reported on each student's progress in reading in accordance with school district's policies.
  • Encouraged love of reading and promoted literacy to students.
  • Monitored small reading groups
  • Communicated positively with students through engaging conversations.
  • Spoke with parents to discuss student progress and discuss reading needs.
  • Collaborated with other educational personnel to provide engaging lessons
  • Used data such as SIPPs and iReady to effectively group students and monitor progress and growth

Title 1 Language Arts Teacher

Wadsworth City School District
Wadsworth , OH
2018.08 - 2021.06
  • Instructed 7 & 8 grade students in Reading and Writing interventions
  • Initiated and helped to organize a Family Night for the middle school
  • Initiated and created an additional support class during intervention period to meet the needs of students outside of Title that needed help in the classroom
  • Trained in Acadience/CARI testing
  • Administers bi-weekly progress monitoring to Title 1 students; exiting 30% of title students based on assessment data in the course of one year
  • Created engaging and lessons for interventions
  • Worked directly with classroom teachers and Language Arts department to brainstorm, discuss strategy, develop common assessments, and plan effective lessons
  • Served as a case manager on the RtI team

Lead Teacher

VIPKID
2018.01 - Current
  • Teach online ESL to students in China.
  • Teach 1:1 teacher to student ratio.
  • Teach phonics, reading, and math.
  • Provide informative feedback after each lesson to parents.

Middlebury Academy
2016.08 - 2017.06
  • 5-8 Grade English Language Arts.
  • Effectively carry out a discipline program within the classroom.
  • Create innovative and engaging lesson plans.
  • Differentiate curriculum in order to align with IEPs.
  • Completed approximately 6.5 hours of professional development.  
  • Completed year one of RESA.

Lead Teacher

Sylvan Learning Center
Fairlawn , OH
2017.05 - 2018.12
  • Teacher of advanced study skills, advanced reading, academic reading, and math essentials.
  • Lead STEM camps in center.
  • Outreach coordinator- marketing.
  • Administered ACT practice exams.
  • Provided individual and precise feedback on lessons.

Rootstown Elementary

Student Teacher [4th grade]
2015.08 - 2015.12
  • Developed lesson plans to provide effective learning of Science and Language Arts.
  • Effectively taught in an integrated classroom with gifted learners and students with IEPs.
  • Incorporated weekly experiments for inquiry learning in a Science classroom.
  • Successfully communicated with parents.
  • Effectively incorporated a team teaching and co-teaching model in the classroom.
  • Efficiently recorded classroom data.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Science and Language Arts

The University of Akron

Skills

  • Modern Classroom Technology- Clevertouch,
    Smartboard, iPads, Chromebooks
  • G-Suite - Google classroom, google sheets, google
    docs, google form, google slides
  • Strong collaborator
  • Student progress reporting
  • Diverse classroom settings
  • Self-motivated
  • RTI familiarity
  • iReady Curriculum
  • DIBELS/CARI assessments
  • Differentiated instruction
  • Inquiry-based learning
  • Group learning mechanics
  • Creative learning strategies
  • SIPPs Trained
  • PLC Lead Teacher

Timeline

7th Grade English and Language Arts Teacher

Orange County Public School District
2022.08 - Current

Intensive Reading Teacher

Orange County Public School District
2021.08 - 2022.07

Title 1 Language Arts Teacher

Wadsworth City School District
2018.08 - 2021.06

Lead Teacher

VIPKID
2018.01 - Current

Lead Teacher

Sylvan Learning Center
2017.05 - 2018.12

Middlebury Academy
2016.08 - 2017.06

Rootstown Elementary

Student Teacher [4th grade]
2015.08 - 2015.12

Bachelor of Science - Science and Language Arts

The University of Akron
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