Destiny Rush-Johnson
Newark,NJ
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
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher
Chancellor Avenue School
09.2021 - 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.
- Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to achieve student participation and hands-on learning.
- Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers, and course work.
- Supported student teachers by mentoring on classroom management, lesson planning, and activity organization.
- Advised and counseled students to help them develop skills and knowledge required to succeed.
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
Teacher
Kipp Life Academy
08.2019 - 09.2021
- 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.
- Promoted learning through play with engaging activities, games and lessons.
- 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.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Family Science And Human Development
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ05.2019
Skills
- Classroom Instruction
- Group Instruction
- Curriculum Implementation
- Student Engagement
- Student Records Management
- Small Group Instruction
- Group and Individual Instruction
- Student Needs Assessment
Timeline
Teacher
Chancellor Avenue School
09.2021 - Current
Teacher
Kipp Life Academy
08.2019 - 09.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Family Science And Human Development
Montclair State University
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