Dawnett Minzie
Agawam,MA
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.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Trained Teacher
Christiana Leased Primary and Infant
09.2019 - 01.2022
- Scheduled and held parent-teacher conferences to keep parents up-to-date on children's academic performance
- Graded projects, exams and assignments to track student progression
- Prepared and presented lesson plans in academic subjects using traditional and modern teaching techniques
- Worked one-on-one with at-risk students on core subjects
- Maintained safe, clean and organized classroom environment
- Attended in-service training and professional development courses to stay on top of policy and education changes.
Trained Teacher
Cascade Primary and Infant School
09.2017 - 10.2019
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff
- Differentiated instruction according to student skill level
- Engaged students and boosted understanding of material using focused instructional strategies and hands-on activities
- Prepared and maintained classroom environments appropriate for student learning and physical, social and emotional development
- Graded projects, exams and assignments to track student progression
- Managed student behavior in classroom by establishing and enforcing rules and procedures
- Enhanced lessons with smart board technology, iPads and computers to address common core goals.
Volunteer Teacher
Christiana Leased Primary and Infant
05.2019 - 07.2019
- Differentiated instruction according to student skill level
- Established and enforced rules for behavior and procedures to maintain order among students
- Engaged students and boosted understanding of material using focused instructional strategies and hands-on activities
- Enhanced lessons with smart board technology, iPads and computers to address common core goals.
Volunteer Teacher
Pike Primary and Infant School
11.2018 - 12.2018
- Differentiated instruction according to student skill level
- Assisted fellow teachers with assignment development, special projects, tests, administrative updates and grading
- Prepared and presented lesson plans in academic subjects using traditional and modern teaching techniques.
Assistant Teacher
Pike Primary and Infant School
10.2016 - 07.2017
- Maintained safe, educational environment for students during learning and free play time
- Assisted fellow teachers with assignment development, special projects, tests, administrative updates and grading
- Assisted with ongoing evaluation procedures needed to assess development levels of children
- Worked with students to reinforce learning of material or skill introduced by teacher
- Assisted teacher with enrichment activities, correcting papers or supervising classroom to foster positive learning environment.
Volunteer Reading Teacher
Cascade Primary
01.2016 - 03.2016
- Interpreted assessment data to determine best intervention methods for students
- Established positive and engaging classroom environment that was conducive to improving literacy skills
- Encouraged love of reading and promoted literacy to students
- Communicated positively with students through engaging conversations
- Spoke with parents to discuss student progress and discuss reading issues
- Instructed students individually and in groups using varied teaching methods
- Administered and graded class tests to evaluate student progress and comprehension
- Delivered educational after-school activities for groups of students to improve learning potential outside of classroom.
Practice Teacher
Christiana leased Primary and Infant
01.2014 - 04.2014
- Created lesson plans to incorporate mandated topics and include immersive activities for student engagement
- Accepted constructive criticism and feedback with positivity in areas requiring improvement
- Observed educators teaching various lessons, interacting with students and managing classrooms to gain insight and understanding of duties and responsibilities
- Offered students personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support
- Observed teachers in classrooms to improve skills and communication
- Attended and contributed to staff meetings
- Established and enforced rules for behavior and procedures to maintain order among students
- Supervised children in classroom, on playground and during brief teacher absences
- Engaged students and boosted understanding of material using focused instructional strategies and hands-on activities
- Followed school schedules and policies to promote safety and learning
- Studied lesson plan impact and made changes to methods to increase learning
- Collaborated with teacher to plan and achieve instructional goals and objectives
- Evaluated and documented student progress and attendance
- Worked with mentor teacher to plan instructional goals and lesson activities covering required topics
- Kept classroom neat, clean and well-organized, enabling students and teachers to quickly find needed materials
- Collaborated with classroom teacher on grading and feedback for students' assignments, tests and projects
- Provided students with one-on-one lesson review sessions, after school tutoring and helped with materials questions.
Education
Bachelor Degree in Primary Education in Elementary -
Catholic College of Mandeville
12.2016
Skills
Time management
Stimulating virtual learning environments
Communication skills
Use of feedback
Adaptability and curriculum support
Creative and interactive lesson
Constant learning and subject expertise
Certification
*160hrs TEFL Training - 2020
*120hrs TEFL Training - 2020
*40hrs TEYL Training - 2020
*20 hrs G-Suite training (JTC) - 2020
*JDETF Virtual Advancement in Education Summit *2020 JDETF School and Community Partnership
Timeline
Trained Teacher
Christiana Leased Primary and Infant
09.2019 - 01.2022
Volunteer Teacher
Christiana Leased Primary and Infant
05.2019 - 07.2019
Volunteer Teacher
Pike Primary and Infant School
11.2018 - 12.2018
Trained Teacher
Cascade Primary and Infant School
09.2017 - 10.2019
Assistant Teacher
Pike Primary and Infant School
10.2016 - 07.2017
Volunteer Reading Teacher
Cascade Primary
01.2016 - 03.2016
Practice Teacher
Christiana leased Primary and Infant
01.2014 - 04.2014
Bachelor Degree in Primary Education in Elementary -
Catholic College of Mandeville