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Crystal Spivey

Loris,South Carolina

Summary

Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills. Energetic educator with proven skills in teaching diverse subjects. Keep classrooms organized and students on-task to facilitate effective learning. Diligent and adaptable in meeting individual student needs with warm, safe educational environments.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Teacher

Loris Elementary School
10.2019 - Current
  • Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
  • Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
  • Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
  • Supported student physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities.
  • Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
  • Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to achieve student participation and hands-on learning.
  • Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers, and course work.
  • Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
  • Developed and administered tests for students to measure academic proficiency and understanding.
  • Registered student progress and attendance on database to enable tracking history and maintain accurate records.
  • Created and developed lesson plans to meet students' academic needs.
  • Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
  • Helped students explore concepts with engaging, learning-focused activities.
  • Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
  • Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students engaged.
  • Met with students, parents and administrators to address and resolve students' behavioral and academic issues.
  • Fostered student curiosity and interest through creative hands-on activities.
  • Boosted cultural awareness by incorporating children's literature from world cultures.

Teacher

Horry County School District Office
12.2017 - 10.2019
  • I have been substituting since I graduated with my bachelor's degree
  • In March of 2018 I was asked to substitute long term in a 6th grade ELA classroom in Loris Middle school
  • I stayed with the Loris Middle School until the end of the year
  • During the time that I was there I did lesson plans, taught the students in the classroom (General, Honors, and Accelerated Students), manage the classroom, covered duty, and anything that was expected of me to do
  • At the start of the school year I taught 7th Social Studies
  • Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
  • Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
  • Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
  • Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers, and course work.

01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Asked me to long term substitute in theh grade ELA for their General and Honors classes
  • In the time that I was there I did lesson plans, taught the students, manage the classroom, covered duty, monitored testing (MAP and
  • TDA) and anything that was expected of me
  • I was at Green Sea up until 1/25/19
  • On 1/28/19 I started back at Loris Middle School in their Special Education TMD classroom
  • While I was working in the TMD/PMD classroom I worked on IEPs that the students had along with keeping up their data and entering it into the system
  • During the summer, I started teaching online at
  • VIPKIDS and have enjoyed teaching the children in China how to speak English, learn math, writing, grammar, Social Studies, and phonics
  • The ages range of the students that I teach are from 4 years old all the way to 13 years old, plus the students are all at different levels
  • While still teaching online I started this school year off at Loris Middle School in Social Studies in 7th grade.

Special Education Aide

Horry County Schools
09.2014 - 08.2017
  • My first student was in a wheelchair
  • I assisted with the physical needs of the student
  • I would carry her book, food tray, assist with getting her on and off the bus, etc.… My second student was a child with the needs of an adult support
  • The student needed redirecting back to his work and taking data.

Sub

Horry County School District, Home Mom/ In home Daycare
01.2012 - 09.2014
  • Teaching different classes I was asked to substitute in
  • Stay at

Secretary

E-Z Trench Mfg. Co. Inc
01.2001 - 01.2014
  • I would answer the phone with a pleasant and friendly voice
  • Some of the responsibilities were to take orders and answer question the customer had, type and print invoices, take messages, ect

06.2008 - 01.2012
  • I cooked breakfast, lunch, and snacks for the children
  • I prepared lessons for the children: help them learn colors, ABC's, numbers, etc..
  • The children had a schedule that we followed
  • I kept parents informed of all that we were doing during in the day.

Teacher's Aide

Horry County Schools
01.2006 - 06.2008
  • My responsibilities included but not limited to keeping the classroom clean, helping the children and teacher
  • Teach when the teacher was not there, make sure we had copies of everything needed for lessons, type up class newsletter, help with testing the children, lunch and breakfast count, car duty, etc..
  • I also worked in the afterschool care program in the afternoons
  • I was responsible for receiving the afterschool care payments, turning it over to the school bookkeeper, making sure that the student did their homework, managed the behavior of the children, making sure they had snack and did the snack count
  • I saw that the classroom was opened and closed each school day
  • Sub

Horry County Schools
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • Teaching different classes I was asked to substitute in.

Teacher

Conway First Baptist Church Child Care
01.1998 - 01.2001
  • My responsibilities were to put children down for their naps and wake them up, prepare snacks, clean the room and bathroom, take the children out for recess, clean the children up and get ready for the parents to pick up their children.

Education

M.D. - Elementary Education

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix
02.2020

Associates - Early Childhood

Horry Georgetown Tech. College

Bachelor's - Early Childhood Education

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, Arizona

Associates - Early Childhood Education

Horry Georgetown Tech. CollegeGrand Canyon University
2005

Skills

  • Instructional Best Practices
  • Positive Learning Environment
  • Differentiated Learning Techniques
  • Student-Centered Learning
  • Grading
  • Blackboard Software
  • MAP Testing and Data
  • Organizational Development Knowledge
  • Parent Relations
  • Multicultural Populations
  • Develop Courses
  • Classroom Management
  • Critical Thinking
  • Plan Lessons
  • Public Speaking
  • Distance Learning Platforms

Certification

  • TESOL Certified
  • Licensed Educator

Timeline

Teacher

Loris Elementary School
10.2019 - Current

01.2018 - 01.2019

Teacher

Horry County School District Office
12.2017 - 10.2019

Special Education Aide

Horry County Schools
09.2014 - 08.2017

Sub

Horry County School District, Home Mom/ In home Daycare
01.2012 - 09.2014

06.2008 - 01.2012

Teacher's Aide

Horry County Schools
01.2006 - 06.2008

Horry County Schools
01.2004 - 01.2006

Secretary

E-Z Trench Mfg. Co. Inc
01.2001 - 01.2014

Teacher

Conway First Baptist Church Child Care
01.1998 - 01.2001

M.D. - Elementary Education

Grand Canyon University

Associates - Early Childhood

Horry Georgetown Tech. College

Bachelor's - Early Childhood Education

Grand Canyon University

Associates - Early Childhood Education

Horry Georgetown Tech. CollegeGrand Canyon University

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