Connie McNair
Scotts Valley,CA
Summary
Skilled Language Arts Teacher knowledgeable about building strong verbal and written communication skills in distance learning with students. Familiar with curriculum selection, lesson planning, and classroom management. Desiring to contribute years of experience to position. Committed to creating comfortable learning environments for students.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Language Arts Teacher
Cupertino Union School District
08.2002 - 06.2015
- Taught eighth-grade Language Arts at Kennedy Middle School in Cupertino
- Kennedy has strong parent and community support and API score was 986
- Implemented new curriculum selected in alignment with the new Common Core Standards
- Served on two Cadres to select new curriculum materials and helped roll out the professional development for ELA and ELD and served on Technology Committee
- Selected to study technology at Krause Center at Foothill for the Merit Program a highly competitive program keeping teachers up-to-date on cutting-edge tools for the classroom and had opportunity to implement project-based learning materials and website in classroom.
- Written grants including a grant for the EETT Computers in the classroom grant and had 35 laptops in my room from 2004 to 2016.
01.2005 - 01.2014
- As part of Sister City of Cupertino Selection Program, was selected for two separate trips (2003 and 2009) to chaperon students as delegates to Toyokawa, Japan and Hsinchu City, Taiwan the "Silicon Valley" of Taiwan
- QUALIFICATIONS Over 20 years of teaching
- California and Florida credentials in Language Arts, Health and Physical Education with English as a Second Language supplement, and CLAD
- Internship in Special Education with over 4 years of teaching experience using Selpa software program
- Certifications in National Leading Edge courses of Digital Educator and Online and Blended Teaching
- Teacher Consultant with Central Coast Writing Project
- Adjunct Instructor at Bethany College working with new teachers and teaching two upper-level classes and Education Department requirements: Psychology of Health and Nutrition Health and Self Esteem for the classroom
Education
Bachelor of Science - CA Credentials in English, Health And PE
San Jose State University, UCSC
San Jose, CASkills
- Smart Board Technology
- Effective Written and Verbal Communication
- Higher Education
- Instructional Techniques
- Individual Education Plan Expertise
- Positive Learning Environment
- Interactive Media
- Instructional Strategies
- Remote Assistance
- Language Instruction
- Educational Settings
- Classroom Integration
- Staff Meetings
- Social Studies
- Sentence Structure
- Differentiated Instruction
- Behavior Modeling
- Different Learning Styles
- Test and Assignment Evaluation
- Informative Lectures
- Team Collaboration
- Google Drive
- Advanced Technologies
- Teacher Education
- Independent Thinking
- Grammatical Skills
- Innovative Teaching Methods
- Gifted Education
- Classroom Observation
- Video Conferencing
- Virtual Classrooms
Accomplishments
- Directed projects focused on Critical Thinking Skills
- Spearheaded extra-curricular group focused on Japanese Art
- Improved student performance by an average of two levels by revamping approach.
- Commended for exemplary teaching and service to students.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
Reading, writing, traveling and studying Real Estate.
Written curriculum, children's stories and have traveled to over 15 countries. I lived in Australia where I taught at Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education. I have my CA Real Estate License and follow the market.
Work Availability
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Quote
The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.
Barack Obama
Timeline
01.2005 - 01.2014
Language Arts Teacher
Cupertino Union School District
08.2002 - 06.2015
Bachelor of Science - CA Credentials in English, Health And PE
San Jose State University, UCSC
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