Caroline Clark
Liberty Hill,TX
Summary
Montessori Educator with over 20 years of teaching experience in both Public and Private Sectors. Apart from a love of being in the classroom with children, Caroline has found joy and success in fostering collaborative relationships with parents, teachers, and adult learners. Possesses excellent communication and leadership skills Thrives in innovative, supportive, and dynamic educational settings to collaboratively implement Montessori curriculum.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Course Assistant
Montessori Institute Of North Texas
07.2019 - Current
- Helped to maintain fun, interactive, clean and organized classroom.
- Modeled positive behaviors to assist with learning and maintained safety with positive guidance approach.
- Tutored struggling students individually and in small groups to reinforce learning concepts.
- Supported planning and preparation for culturally-diverse class sessions.
- Helped with grading assignments and tests, providing constructive feedback to students based on results.
- Presented wide range of information to students using hands-on instructional techniques for effective comprehension.
Montessori Primary Teacher
Goodwater Montessori
01.2019 - 08.2023
- Prepared classroom and materials according to montessori pedagogy and needs of children.
- Greeted parents and children at arrival and departure times to make families feel welcomed into environment.
- Conducted conferences to establish and maintain consistent and clear communication with parents.
- Monitored and tracked children's progress on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
- Observed children and interpreted classroom needs.
- Coordinated with other teachers to develop lesson plans focused on intellectual, emotional, and social development.
- Developed and implemented individualized learning plans, group lesson plans, and classroom activities consistent with instructional guidelines.
- Contributed positively to school community and fully supported school's mission and goals.
- Supported and guided staff in classroom to achieve desired goals set forth for children.
- Worked cooperatively with staff to provide training, support, guidance, and constructive feedback.
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Created supportive and inclusive learning environments, fostering positive classroom atmospheres and supporting student growth and learning.
- Provided nurturing and stimulating educational environment for up to 27 students
Montessori Primary Teacher
Alcuin School
08.2012 - 08.2018
- Prepared classroom and materials according to montessori pedagogy and needs of children.
- Greeted parents and children at arrival and departure times to make families feel welcomed into environment.
- Conducted conferences to establish and maintain consistent and clear communication with parents.
- Monitored and tracked children's progress on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
- Observed children and interpreted classroom needs.
- Guided children to resolve disagreements and documented issues, incidents and behavior problems for appropriate follow-up.
- Developed and implemented individualized learning plans, group lesson plans and classroom activities consistent with instructional guidelines.
- Provided nurturing and stimulating educational environment for 26 students.
- Contributed positively to school community and fully supported school mission and goals.
- Established inspiring classroom setting with systems and procedures that managed student behavior, movement and learning.
Education
Strengths Finder Leadership Certificate -
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX03.2017
AMI Primary Diploma - Primary Diploma
Ohio Montessori Training Institute
Cleveland, OH06.1998
Bachelor of Arts -
De La Salle University
Manila, Philippines03.1993
Skills
- Teaching Pedagogy
- Teacher Support and Collaboration
- Classroom Management
- Classroom Preparation and Maintenance
- Lecture Implementation
- Professional Development
- Instructor Support
- Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Faculty Collaboration
- Faculty Collaboration
Accomplishments
- Collaborated in the development of online content for Synchronous and
- Asynchronous learning for Goodwater Montessori SchoolDelivered a lecture for over 200 participants from all over the world, topic:
- Returning to Your Roots as your Child's First TeacherLed the Primary team at Goodwater in looking at TEKS with a Montessori lens which allowed us to be uncompromising to our Montessori approach pushing each of us to go beyond the expectations of State StandardsLed the Primary team to do a Montessori campaign through our weekly newsletter as a way to engage families
- This is ongoing and continues to be a strong feature of the Primary TeamTargeted and invited Goodwater Montessori parents who were deemed as strong volunteers
- To this day, they continue to work either as assistants or substitutes.Guest lecturer for TRAIN Montessori presenting three lectures for students taking the Adolescent Diploma CourseConducted an Assistants training at Goodwater Montessori SchoolMontessori Coach for Primary and Lower Elementary at Goodwater
- Montessori School
- In 2019, soon after joining Goodwater Montessori School, I entered the Training of
- Trainers Program, an experience that helped me deepen my understanding of the history of Montessori and her philosophy
- At the same time, I continued teaching children from 3-6 years of age while also assisting a Primary Diploma course and
Timeline
Course Assistant
Montessori Institute Of North Texas
07.2019 - Current
Montessori Primary Teacher
Goodwater Montessori
01.2019 - 08.2023
Montessori Primary Teacher
Alcuin School
08.2012 - 08.2018
Strengths Finder Leadership Certificate -
Southern Methodist University
AMI Primary Diploma - Primary Diploma
Ohio Montessori Training Institute
Bachelor of Arts -
De La Salle University
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