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Brittany Washington

Instructional Leadership
McDonough,GEORGIA

Summary

  • Offers knowledge and abilities to new position dedicated to helping employees. Skilled in activity coordination, analyzing assessment and record keeping.
  • Persistent in uncovering and meeting individual's needs. Trained in documentation and compliance standards. Strong attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.
  • Devoted to promoting learning and enhancing individual potential. Skillful in directing environments and enhancing positive and forward-thinking approaches. Caring relationship-builder with analytical mindset and good decision-making skills.
  • Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills Ready to help team achieve company goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
  • Experienced educator with over 13 years of experience in instruction. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certificate

Work History

English Language Arts teacher

Stockbridge Middle School
Stockbridge, GA
08.2019 - Current
  • Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
  • Implemented classroom management improvements to enhance class morale and engagement.
  • Helped students develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution, critical thinking and communication.
  • Drove student learning by establishing clear classroom plans and group objectives, as well as actionable strategies to achieve each goal.
  • Collaborated with administrators on classroom policies, management strategies and discipline.
  • Taught students subject-specific material, learning strategies and social skills.
  • Assessed student learning progress and comprehension with routine tests and standardized examinations.
  • Assessed student progress by administering tests and evaluating results.
  • Taught lessons encompassing skill-building activities in speaking, writing, reading and listening.
  • Boosted individual perseverance and resilience by setting challenging goals and providing realistic support.
  • Retained student interest and maximized receptive learning.

Arts/Social Studies teacher

Green Valley Elementary School
Boone, NC
08.2009 - 01.2019
  • Led and participated in a PLC to prioritize essential standards to create vertical alignment within grades 6-8
  • Participated in a teacher leadership academy monthly for roundtable discussion on leadership topics within the school system
  • Attended professional development led by Steve Ventura based on formative assessments
  • Attended training on implementing primary and secondary sources in the classroom
  • Participated on the MTSS team to assess best learning practice for core instruction as well as enrichment and intervention practices for students
  • Created and collaborated on an interdisciplinary units of study in English Language Arts that correlated with
  • Social Studies essential standards among four Gear Up Title One schools within the county
  • Facilitated higher level thinking skills of instruction by implementing dialectical journals with literature circles
  • Served as a mentor and cooperating teacher to a beginning teacher and student teacher of English Language
  • Arts and Social Studies
  • Led a training on teaching nonfiction text based on Kylene Beer and Robert Probts resource book, Note and
  • Notice, to teachers in grades 4-8
  • Served as a student council co-advisor for a group of 15 students to enhance them as leaders
  • Instructional Planning/Differentiation:
  • Developed a teaching cycle to teach students how to track their learning of the essential standards
  • Adapted concepts from Note and Notice for students to help strength close reading strategies with informational text and fiction text.
  • Maintained awareness of relevant current events and quickly incorporated study into curriculum.
  • Utilized technology to enhance student education and grasp of materials.
  • Gave assignments, graded work and regularly discussed performance with students.
  • Planned and implemented integrated Social Studies lessons to meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.
  • Educated students regarding national and global social issues and influencing factors.
  • Created lesson plans and made adjustments based on overall class performance throughout year.
  • Attended department meetings to develop and update course curricula.
  • Established and communicated clear learning objectives and expectations to students.
  • Consulted with teachers in other disciplines to identify and adopt successful instructional strategies.
  • Established and communicated clear objectives for all educational activities.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Language Arts/Social Studies

Appalachian State University
08.2004 - 05.2009

Masters - School Administration

Appalachian State University
01.2013 - 12.2014

Specialist of Education - Teacher Leadership

Mercer University
Atlanta, GA
01.2020 - 05.2021

Skills

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Additional Information

  • Encourage productivity, engagement and organization with the use of interactive notebooks to help students understand skills and essential standards.
  • Designed and delivered professional devlelopment for colleagues in small group and whole groups.
  • Utilized Google Classroom and Canvas learning management systems
  • Implemented the use of online resources to address differentiation with delivery of content to meet the needs of learners.
  • Implemented assessments based on targeted needs, goals and objectives
  • Created common assessments for diagnostic purposes and to track learning and mastery of skills.
  • Taught how to self assess with the use of rubrics and data tracking sheets.
  • Positive Learning Environment
  • Modeled a positive growth mindset
  • Established clear expectations , routines, and procedures and enforces them consistently and appropriately.

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with team of 2 in the development of instructional standards and curriculum.
  • Teacher of the year for the 2021-2022 School year.
  • Provided professional development by introducing various online instructional strategies for delivering information with engagement.

Affiliations

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Certification

Certified Instructional Coaching endorsement

Timeline

Certified Instructional Coaching endorsement

05-2021

Specialist of Education - Teacher Leadership

Mercer University
01.2020 - 05.2021

English Language Arts teacher

Stockbridge Middle School
08.2019 - Current

Masters - School Administration

Appalachian State University
01.2013 - 12.2014

Arts/Social Studies teacher

Green Valley Elementary School
08.2009 - 01.2019

Bachelor of Science - Language Arts/Social Studies

Appalachian State University
08.2004 - 05.2009
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