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Crissy Thorp

Arlington,TX

Summary

Elementary School Teacher with a strong dedication to the total development of children. Caring and qualified perspective. Teacher with meaningful plans and strategies to develop young minds. Dedicated to improve student performance and participation. Dynamic work ethic and enthusiastic team player. Enthusiastic to teach broad range of subjects and develop students skills and identifying learning needs. Enthusiastic Teacher who has earned trust and respect from students, colleagues and administration for 12+ years. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Elementary Guidance Tech

  • Responsible for organizing and distributing Curriculum assessments, STAAR, and EOY tests
  • Support and work aside Elementary counselor
  • Responsible for scanning answer documents into Polaris and helping teachers when they need assistance
  • Assist front office with Teams, attendance and enrolling.

Science and Math Lab Teacher Assistant

AISD
10.2010
  • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among a class of 20-30 students
  • Foster meaningful relationships among students through student activities and experiments
  • Receive high remarks for the creativity of classroom involvement and instructional techniques from students, parents and faculty
  • Consistently receive positive teacher feedback
  • Create and introduce special Nutrition Awareness program in effort to increase school's interest in community service and earnings
  • Successfully improved student participation in the classroom and technology through interactive activities on the Promethean board.

Teacher

Arlington ISD
11.2014 - Current
  • Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
  • Increased student literacy rates by implementing targeted reading strategies in individualized instruction plans.
  • Enhanced classroom engagement through the use of interactive teaching methods, such as group projects and hands-on activities.
  • Collaborated with other teachers to plan interdisciplinary units that connected subjects and promoted deeper understanding among students.
  • Mentored new teachers, sharing best practices and providing guidance to help them adapt to their new roles successfully.
  • Identified struggling students early on and provided additional support through tutoring sessions and modified lesson plans.
  • Maintained accurate records of student progress, attendance, and behavior to facilitate ongoing communication with parents about their child''s educational journey.

Teacher Assistant Kindergarten

AISD
08.2010 - 10.2010
  • Assisted 5 Kindergarten teachers with their daily duties and class of 20+ Kindergarteners.

Teaching Subbing Position

AISD
08.2009 - 08.2010
  • Elementary Subbing position from grades PPCD/ Pre-K to 6th grade
  • Experience in teaching classes from lesson plans and adding fillers to add to the current curriculum
  • Experience with creating lesson plans when teachers were not able to provide them.

Production Supervisor

Motorola
04.1994 - 07.2001
  • Highly qualified Production Supervisor
  • Responsible for 18-20 employees in Bump and Probe area
  • Daily responsibilities to track turns made and present to management every morning
  • Attendance and vacation approvals
  • Hiring and termination interviews conducted.

Education

Masters of Reading Education - Literacy

Texas Women's University
Denton
05.2024

BS in Psychology, Social Work -

Texas State University
San Marcus, Tex
01.1999

Skills

  • Managing classroom for diverse populations
  • Strong collaborator and mentor
  • Active participation in groups and events
  • Effectively work with parents
  • Expertise in hard work and being a team player
  • Effective and active listening skills
  • Motivating students
  • Learning strategies combining visual and audio
  • Community involvement and volunteer
  • Positive learning environment
  • Manipulatives

Accomplishments

  • Science and Math lab Manager
  • Create and prepare labs for all grades-Kindergarten through 6th
  • Contribute fillers and extras that coincides to lesson plans related through TEKS
  • Modify and tweak lesson plans for improvement as needed
  • Develop rules and ways to encourage student learning and build community within the classroom that result in positive outcome
  • Published author romance and thriller trilogy
  • Currently working on children's series
  • PTA lifetime member honorary award
  • 2024 Teacher of the month of August

Certification

  • Generalist EC-6
  • ESL
  • Reading Academy Certified

Community Service

  • Volunteer, Larson Elementary, 2006-Current, Accelerated Reader Program, Workroom/ Copyroom Teacher/ PTA program, Box Tops Coordinator, Labels for Education Coordinator, Assist teachers from all grades to complete projects, Library assist when needed
  • Austin Juvenile Detention Center, 1994-2000, Mentor and tutor juvenile girls that lived at the center

Timeline

Teacher

Arlington ISD
11.2014 - Current

Science and Math Lab Teacher Assistant

AISD
10.2010

Teacher Assistant Kindergarten

AISD
08.2010 - 10.2010

Teaching Subbing Position

AISD
08.2009 - 08.2010

Production Supervisor

Motorola
04.1994 - 07.2001

Elementary Guidance Tech

Masters of Reading Education - Literacy

Texas Women's University

BS in Psychology, Social Work -

Texas State University

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