Denise McMillian
Coker,AL
Summary
Skilled individual with passion for helping students reach academic goals. Creates engaging learning experiences tailored to meet individual student needs. Smart candidate develops strategies to help students bolster academic performance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Reading Coach
Tuscaloosa County School System, Buhl Elementary
08.2008 - 12.2015
- Motivated students with accurate feedback and positive reinforcement.
- Worked closely with students on specific class struggles, closely reviewing materials and assignments to offer targeted help.
- Assessed student learning needs and provided relevant instruction to close knowledge gaps.
- Collaborated with teachers, administrators and parents to determine how best to support student success.
- Maintained records of student assessments, tutoring activities and results.
- Issued reports updating students, parents and teachers on student progress.
Kindergarten Teacher
Tuscaloosa County School System, Buhl Elementary
08.2001 - 08.2008
- Built positive relationships with students and families for safe, trusted learning support.
- Exercised good classroom management focused on positive behavior support by clearly articulating fair and consistent expectations along with appropriate natural consequences.
- Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor, and establish personalized learning plan for each student.
- Monitored and evaluated student progress through regular assessments and observations.
- Created, managed, and participated in variety of learning environments and activities to support opportunities for students to develop full potential and achieve learning objectives.
- Recognized children's physical, emotional and social needs for personalized support.
- Collaborated with other faculty and staff to promote rigorous learning opportunities, general well-being of school and collective interest of staff and student body.
- Identified characteristics, needs, abilities, and problems of each child through personal interaction and progress reports to optimize approaches.
- Reported to parents and administration about student progress.
- Arranged parent-teacher conferences to address student progress and collaboratively set goals for areas of improvement.
- Collaborated in planning, organizing and implementing instructional programs to facilitate academic, intellectual and social development.
- Created and supervised variety of hands-on learning activities for fun and engagement.
- Helped struggling students by motivating and encouraging kids to reach full potential.
- Kept accurate documents about student progress for school and parent records.
- Delivered structured lessons on readiness skills by emphasizing phonics, language skills, literature, and handwriting.
- Observed and assessed student performance and charted progress.
- Rewarded student success by utilizing praise and positive reinforcement techniques.
- Encouraged and prepared students to become independent readers through systematic, multi-sensory instruction in phonemic awareness and decoding skills.
3rd Grade Teacher
Tuscaloosa County School System, Buhl Elementary
08.2000 - 08.2001
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Implemented classroom management improvements to enhance class morale and engagement.
- Planned lessons according to district standards to cover requirements and prepare for standardized tests.
- Taught students subject-specific material, learning strategies, and social skills.
- Prepared materials for lessons, assignments, and assessments, and evaluated, corrected and graded student performance to identify gaps in skills or knowledge and set realistic goals.
- Communicated student progress, academic difficulties, or behavioral concerns to parents, guardians and administration using tact and professionalism to improve student academic performance.
Education
Master of Arts - Elementary And Early Childhood Education
University of West Alabama
Livingston, AL05.2004
Bachelor of Arts - Multiple Abilities
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL05.2000
Skills
- Classroom Instruction
- Evaluate Progress
- Establishing Learning Goals
- Instructing Small Groups
- Developing Individualized Lessons
- Age-Appropriate Curriculum
- Reading Comprehension Skills
- Individual and Small Group Instruction
- Fluency Assessments
- Reading Comprehension
Timeline
Reading Coach
Tuscaloosa County School System, Buhl Elementary
08.2008 - 12.2015
Kindergarten Teacher
Tuscaloosa County School System, Buhl Elementary
08.2001 - 08.2008
3rd Grade Teacher
Tuscaloosa County School System, Buhl Elementary
08.2000 - 08.2001
Master of Arts - Elementary And Early Childhood Education
University of West Alabama
Bachelor of Arts - Multiple Abilities
The University of Alabama
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