BRIDGET DICKSON-GIBSON
Educator
Fairburn,GA
Summary
Team Leader experienced in directing activities of workgroups. Develops strategies, provides training, sets goals, and obtains team feedback. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Big picture focus with excellence in communicating goals and vision to succeed. Problem solver, networker, and consensus builder. Believing and providing equitable access and experiences that build communication, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration skills.” Bridget D. Gibson ACCOMPLISHMENTS A flexible, enthusiastic, dedicated, empathetic, ability to build trust, detailed oriented, resourceful, goal-driven, and passionate educator, I believe that all children, educators, and stakeholders can grow academically, socially, and economically in any striving institution, Early Childhood Education Aspiring Assistant Principal Educational Leadership (May 2023)
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Fifth Grade Team Lead
Atlanta Public Schools, M. Agnes Jones Elementary
Atlanta, GA
07.2022 - Current
- Overseeing and organizing STEAM Implementation for the grade level
- Coached team members in techniques necessary to complete job tasks
- Managed schedules, accepted time off requests, and found coverage for short shifts
- Worked with different stations to provide optimal coverage and meet production goals
- Trained new team members by relaying information on company procedures and safety requirements
- Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issues directly and implementing timely solutions
- Designed a strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects
- Mentored and guided employees to foster proper completion of assigned duties
- Mentored and guided employees to foster proper completion of assigned duties
- Established open and professional relationships with team members to achieve quick resolutions for various issues
- Built strong relationships with parents through positive attitude and attentive response
Fifth Grade Teacher
Atlanta Public Schools, M, Agnes Jones Elementary
07.2021 - Current
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- Development and Implementation of curriculum documents
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in the educational process
- Planned lessons according to district standards to cover requirements and prepare for standardized tests
- Established and enforced rules of behavior to drive social development and maintain positive interactions
- Organized classroom supplies and decorated walls to create fun, nurturing settings, and meet learning needs
- Assessed student progress by administering tests and evaluating results
- Assessed student learning progress and comprehension with routine tests and standardized examinations
- Created supportive and inclusive learning environments, fostering positive classroom atmospheres supporting student growth and learning
- Create teaching materials
- Fall Festival Committee
- Counsel students to help them discover their strengths and their weakness
- Create interactive classroom environments for students
- Conduct student assessments and analyze student work
- Attend professional development workshops
- Develop classroom standards to maintain student discipline and behavior
- Formative assessments
- Project-Based Learning through STEAM Education
- Vertical Teaming
Team Lead
Clayton County Public Schools
07.2018 - 07.2021
- Assist teachers in understanding how to use interventions to target deficit behaviors/skills when working through the SST/RTI process
- Collaborate with educators and school administrators to help develop curriculum plans based on data.
Clayton County Public Schools, J. Swint Elementary
07.2017 - 07.2018
- Worked with teachers, students, and administration to assist with behavioral concerns that hindered academic and social growth of students
- Assist teachers in understanding how to use interventions to target deficit behaviors/skills when working through the SST/RTI process
- Assisted the assistant principal with the Master Schedule with students' schedules
- Support students in small groups while collecting and charting academic data
- Assist with end-of-the-year records for middle school
- Support administrators with GMAP and GMAS Testing
- Use various methods such as oral presentations, workshops, discussions, etc
- To provide instructions to individual students and the class
- Create interactive classroom environments for students
- Prepare lesson materials, homework, assignments, tests, etc
- To meet curriculum goals
- Establish learning objectives and goals clearly
- Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement
- Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic
- Demonstrated a high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks
Reading Teacher
FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS, CONLEY HILLS ELEMENTARY
07.2015 - 01.2017
- Administers And develops subject-specific assessments to assess student competency levels and/or develop individual learning plans
- Counsels students to improve performance, health status, appropriate behavior, problem-solving techniques, and a variety of personal issues
- Demonstrates And Differentiates methods required to perform classroom and/or subject-specific assignments for providing an effective program that addresses individual student requirements
- Assesses student progress toward learning targets, objectives, expectations, and/or goals to provide feedback to students, parents, and administration
- Created a positive and engaging environment in the classroom that encouraged literacy skills
- Integrated technology and multimedia tools into lessons to enhance student learning
- Established and enforced rules of behavior to drive social development and maintain positive interactions
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in the educational process
- Implemented reading lessons for 45 second-grade students
EBD Paraprofessional, Clayton County Schools
08.2004 - 01.2015
- Actively engaged students in the learning process with authentic lessons; employed literature, fine arts, movies, and songs to encourage participation and ownership of their learning
- Differentiated instruction to identify the needs of individual students, and work to help each child develop his or her own potential
- Conferred with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems
- Attended professional development courses to gain insight on how to maximize and enhance instructional time
- Differentiated instruction for varying ability levels
- Assisted the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interest, and abilities
- Applied student accommodations based on their IEPs
- Maintained a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality due to knowledge of the information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers
- Instructed students using the Corrective Reading Assessment Tool and direct instruction
- Assisted with CRCT testing in the small group setting based on IEP accommodations
- Curriculum Field Trip Coordinator
- SST/RTI Chair
- Interpret data after students' assessments
- Represent the 5th grade team at leadership meetings
- Coordinates and manages team activities
- Assist with grade-level scheduling
- Coordinates parent conferences
- Serves as a resource to substitute teaching
- Support administrators with GMAP and GMAS Testing
- Foster relationships within the community
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Completing order forms for approved vendors
Education
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Some College
GA Milestone Writing Training, (Griffin RESA): Georgia Milestone Writing Griffin Resa - undefined
Thomas University
02.2022
Specialist of Education: Teacher Leadership - undefined
Thomas University
05.2021
Master of Arts - Teaching And Learning Concentration, Reading
Nova Southeastern University
05.2017
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood
Shorter University
05.2015
Skills
- Instructional Leadership
- Parent Relations
- School & Education Improvement
- Special Education
- Staff Training & Development
- Student Safety
- Teacher Mentoring
- Supervising Teacher
- Classroom Management Techniques
- Family Involvement
- Behavioral Improvement
- Team Collaboration
- Instructional Strategies
- Technology Integration
Accomplishments
- Collaborate: Collaborate with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning and student engagement Create: Positive reinforcements for students and interactive games for meetings Critical Thinking: each lesson uses various teaching aids, and motivational, and implementation strategies to actively engage students in active learning
- Communicating: Foster positive relationships with stakeholders, partners, and students
- Technology: Experienced in the use of a variety of educational software
- Utilize a constructivist approach with consistency to help students and educators pass the threshold of not-knowing to know and develop to their fullest extent.
Timeline
Fifth Grade Team Lead
Atlanta Public Schools, M. Agnes Jones Elementary
07.2022 - Current
Fifth Grade Teacher
Atlanta Public Schools, M, Agnes Jones Elementary
07.2021 - Current
Team Lead
Clayton County Public Schools
07.2018 - 07.2021
Clayton County Public Schools, J. Swint Elementary
07.2017 - 07.2018
Reading Teacher
FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS, CONLEY HILLS ELEMENTARY
07.2015 - 01.2017
EBD Paraprofessional, Clayton County Schools
08.2004 - 01.2015
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Some College
GA Milestone Writing Training, (Griffin RESA): Georgia Milestone Writing Griffin Resa - undefined
Thomas University
Specialist of Education: Teacher Leadership - undefined
Thomas University
Master of Arts - Teaching And Learning Concentration, Reading
Nova Southeastern University
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood
Shorter University