Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Generic

Deane Buuck

Readfield

Summary

Enthusiastic teacher devoted to providing optimal opportunities for learning. Experienced in wide range of academic areas, settings and age groups. Competent directer of classroom activities while maintaining a positive, caring and safe classroom environment. Attuned and attentive to academic, social and emotional needs of individual students. Effectively communicates with parents and guardians. Eager to learn new skills and work cooperatively with staff.

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience

Work History

Elementary School Teacher

Fayette Central School
10.2010 - 06.2022
  • Taught Gifted and Talented for grades 1-5
  • Served as distance learning teacher, grades Pre-K-5 during pandemic
  • Taught as a substitute teacher in all grades Pre-K-5
  • Taught as long term substitute teacher for grade 5
  • Provided friendly, supportive environment for developing academic, social and emotional growth.
  • Maintained open communication and positive relationships with students, parents, peers, and administrative staff.
  • Designed and presented lesson plans in language arts, math and social studies using variety of teaching techniques to appeal to various learning styles and learning needs within assigned grade level.


Teacher of Gifted and Talented

Winthrop Public Schools
10.2000 - 06.2014
  • Responsible for screening, testing and selection of GT candidates for grades 6-12, in math, science, and language arts
  • Taught language arts and math on daily basis as core subjects for selected students at middle level
  • Coached Math Counts and Math League at middle school level
  • Ran Lego Robotics program for middle school
  • Ran ancillary programs such as Scripts Spelling Bee and Modern Woodman Speech Contest for all middle school students


Science and Language Arts Teacher, Grade 7

Mountain Valley, MSAD 43
09.1988 - 10.2000
  • Worked collaboratively with team members in Middle School model of instruction for curriculum, culture, climate, communication
  • Developed and delivered engaging hands-on science lessons
  • Developed and delivered holistic language arts lessons incorporating reading, writing, speaking and listening
  • Worked as Student Assistance Team member (RTI)
  • Instructed Quest Program for advisor/advisee time

Education

Coursework in Elementary Education, Teaching Math

University of Maine At Farmington
Farmington, ME
06.1995

Teacher Certification-Secondary Science

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO
06.1979

Bachelor of Science - Science/Horticulture

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO
06.1977

Skills

  • Experienced and successful in teaching of science, language arts, math, history, Gifted and Talented
  • Experienced in primary, elementary, and middle grades instruction
  • Manages classroom effectively
  • Comfortable using on-line learning platforms and integrating multimedia techniques with direct instruction
  • Designs and delivers engaging and effective lessons for a variety of learning styles
  • Extends and scaffolds lessons appropriately to meet student needs for rigor
  • Matches core standards to curricular goals and objectives
  • Communicates clearly

Timeline

Elementary School Teacher

Fayette Central School
10.2010 - 06.2022

Teacher of Gifted and Talented

Winthrop Public Schools
10.2000 - 06.2014

Science and Language Arts Teacher, Grade 7

Mountain Valley, MSAD 43
09.1988 - 10.2000

Coursework in Elementary Education, Teaching Math

University of Maine At Farmington

Teacher Certification-Secondary Science

University of Missouri - Columbia

Bachelor of Science - Science/Horticulture

University of Missouri - Columbia
Deane Buuck