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Casey Taylor

Acworth,GA

Summary

Hands-on Gifted and Talented Teacher committed to encouraging creativity and higher-order thinking to increase student performance. Resourceful and energetic professional with 9 years of experience preparing class activities, monitoring academic performance and developing lesson plans with cross curricular focus.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Gifted Endorsed Teacher

Cobb County Schools
07.2014 - Current
  • Balanced individual and group instruction to accommodate different academic levels and learning styles.
  • Communicated with parents and faculty to develop strong sense of collaboration between teachers, students and parents.
  • Identified children's collective and individual learning needs to plan, prepare and deliver instruction designed to maximize individual learning and capture interest.
  • Prepared lesson plans and executed different modalities to accelerate individual success.
  • Created cross-curricular lessons to bridge learning across content by collaborating with other educators
  • Enrolled in a Challange Based Learning (CBL) course through the state of Georgia


Student Teacher

Cobb County Schools
08.2013 - 03.2014
  • Worked with classroom teacher to learn about current standards and best practices.
  • Facilitated small group activities and one-on-one instruction to meet individual student needs.
  • Assisted with management of classroom rules, procedures and expectations to instill discipline and observance of conduct code.
  • Cultivated positive relationships with administration, teaching staff, and students.

Education

Master of Arts - Teaching

Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
05.2014

Bachelor of Arts - History

Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
05.2013

Skills

  • Instructional Techniques
  • Classroom Management Skills
  • Planning with Informed Data
  • Building Relationships
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Positive Student Engagement
  • Student Motivation and Engagement
  • Co-Teaching and Co-Planning

Accomplishments

  • Former Cobb County Middle School Teacher of the year
  • Former Teacher of the Year at Pine Mountain Middle School
  • Created a school club for boys leadership: C.R.E.W


Timeline

Gifted Endorsed Teacher

Cobb County Schools
07.2014 - Current

Student Teacher

Cobb County Schools
08.2013 - 03.2014

Master of Arts - Teaching

Georgia State University

Bachelor of Arts - History

Georgia State University

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