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
08.2022 - 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
08.2021 - 07.2022
- 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
08.2018 - 06.2021
- 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
01.2018 - 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
08.2016 - 06.2017
- 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
05.2017 - 12.2018
- 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]
08.2015 - 12.2015
- 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
08.2022 - Current
Intensive Reading Teacher
Orange County Public School District
08.2021 - 07.2022
Title 1 Language Arts Teacher
Wadsworth City School District
08.2018 - 06.2021
Lead Teacher
VIPKID
01.2018 - Current
Lead Teacher
Sylvan Learning Center
05.2017 - 12.2018
Middlebury Academy
08.2016 - 06.2017
Rootstown Elementary
Student Teacher [4th grade]
08.2015 - 12.2015
Bachelor of Science - Science and Language Arts
The University of Akron
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