Summary
Experienced elementary teacher with a nurturing patient nature and excellent classroom management skills. Known for effective communication and providing a positive welcoming learning environment. Committed to fostering a love of learning and helping every child reach their full potential.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
First Grade Teacher
Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School
08.2019 - Current
- Taught ELA, math, science, social studies, technology, and SEL.
- Differentiated instruction to accommodate diverse learning styles, ensuring all students made progress towards academic goals.
- Assessed student progress regularly using formative assessments and modified instruction accordingly for optimal growth.
- Built positive relationships with parents through effective communication about their child''s academic progress and social-emotional development.
- Implemented positive behavior support strategies, promoting a respectful and inclusive classroom culture.
- Helped students develop self-esteem and life skills by teaching healthy conflict-resolution and communication.
- Created assignments and utilized Seesaw Learning platform for distance learning.
- Held classes on Zoom
- Attended students' sporting events to offer support and encourage extracurricular activities.
First Grade Teacher, Second Grade Teacher
The Winston School
08.2014 - 08.2019
- Taught all curriculum areas in first grade for two years.
- Taught a combined class of first and second grades for three years.
- Taught students with average to above average IQs who had a variety of learning differences.
- Wrote curriculum for all content areas.
- Taught a reading lab using the Take Flight dyslexia program.
- Incorporated social-emotional instruction into daily learning
- Created assessments, assignments, and instructional materials based on students’ ability levels providing differentiated instruction
- Held student-led parent conferences
- Followed Tribes Learning Communities model promoting inclusion, mutual respect, and active learning.
- Used Love and Logic principles to teach students responsibility.
- Designed and maintained a calm and safe classroom environment conducive to learning.
- Utilized positive behavior supports and strategies to manage behavior.
- Conducted assessments of student learning and used results for instructional activities.
- Designed and developed a butterfly garden and outdoor learning area.
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in the educational process.
- Integrated technology into the learning process.
- Tutored at-risk students after school.
- Co-founded and sponsored the Study Buddy Club.
- Planned and co-taught a team-building summer camp.
Special Education Teacher
Plano Independent School District
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Taught students in K through fifth grade with a diverse range of special needs
- Planned and used evidence-based instructional strategies such as discrete trial, pivotal response training, data collection, cooperative learning, and functional routines
- Developed and implemented lesson plans that fulfilled the requirements of the district’s curriculum program while incorporating accommodations and modifications for every individual student based on his/her Individual Education Plan
- Designed and maintained a calm and safe classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate to the physical, social, and emotional development of students
- Taught a social skills class using the Second Step Violence Prevention Curriculum
- Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities focused on evidence-based practices in special education teaching methodologies.
- Utilized positive behavior supports and strategies based on Love & Logic and Tribes methods to manage behavior
- Conducted assessments of student learning and used results for instructional activities
- Developed and administered STAAR Alternate tasks and reported results
- Worked cooperatively with general education teachers to create lesson plans and modify curricula as needed for special education students according to Individual Education Plans
- Integrated technology into the learning process
- Developed IEPs tailored to individual student needs, ensuring their academic success and personal growth.
- Tutored at-risk general education students after school.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Media Arts
Lyon College
Batesville, AR01.1989
Skills
- Proficient in Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Canva, School AI
- Phonics instruction
- Dyslexia Specialist
- Writing instruction
- Relationship building
Certification
Texas
- Generalist EC-6
- Special Education EC–12
- ESL Supplemental EC-12
Hawai'i
- Elementary Education K-6
- Special Education K-12
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages K-12
Philosophyofeducation
All children can learn. My job as an educator is to discover their individual strengths and utilize those strengths to find the best ways for each student to reach his or her full potential.
Professional Development
- Take Flight Multi-Sensory Reading Program
- Adult and Child CPR and AED
- SMU Design Lab
- Reasoning Mind Foundations and Blueprint Training
- Spanish for Educators
- Mastering High Frequency Words in Kindergarten
- Time Management
- Putting It All Together: Using Evidence Based Practices in the Classroom
- Advanced Applications of Evidence Based Practices
- Tribes 4 Day Summer Training
- Extended School Year Academy
- Herman Multisensory Reading Training
- Social Skills Training
- Love and Logic
- TouchPhonics Reading Training
Timeline
First Grade Teacher
Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School
08.2019 - Current
First Grade Teacher, Second Grade Teacher
The Winston School
08.2014 - 08.2019
Special Education Teacher
Plano Independent School District
01.2010 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Media Arts
Lyon College
Texas
- Generalist EC-6
- Special Education EC–12
- ESL Supplemental EC-12
Hawai'i
- Elementary Education K-6
- Special Education K-12
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages K-12
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