Dominique Rice
Houston,TX
Summary
Forward-thinking professional experienced working in educational settings. Focused on building connections with students to strengthen engagement and help students reach full potential. Knowledgeable about planning projects to diversify instruction, immerse students in subject material, and promote continuous skill-building.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher
The Rhodes School for Performing Arts
Houston, TX
07.2021 - 08.2023
- Engaged students through lecture and discussion, increasing classroom interaction to build inclusive learning environment.
- Collaborated with colleagues to plan lessons that integrate various subject areas into a cohesive unit of study.
- Held conferences with parents to address questions, discuss academic progress and encourage learning goals.
- Planned field trips to enrich students' educational experiences outside of the traditional classroom setting.
- Performed student background reviews to ascertain learning deficiencies and strengths to develop tailored lessons based on student needs.
- Maintained a safe and orderly learning environment for all students.
- Planned and implemented lessons using various teaching strategies to meet diverse student needs.
- Participated in workshops, trainings and conferences to improve educational skills.
5th Grade ELAR Teacher
B.C. Elmore Elementary, Houston ISD
08.2018 - 06.2021
- Acquired data from checkpoints, benchmarks and classroom assessment to drive data to manage reading and writing workshop groups according to mastery level
- Develop relationships with students by discovering student interests and connecting to students on a personal level
- Create opportunities to measure progress towards annual goals in lesson, unit, and long term plans
- Communicate to students their current progress toward goals and methods to continue or improve their own learning
- Embeds higher-level thinking skills into the lesson objective so that mastery of the objective requires students to meaningfully employ higher-level thinking skills
6th Grade ELAR Teacher
Sugar Grove Middle School, Houston ISD
07.2016 - 07.2018
- Effective teaching strategies for STAAR test preparation
- Improving students' reading and writing skills through hands-on instruction
- Creating a supportive learning environment with flexible instructional groups
- Fostering student confidence and success in writing through targeted strategies
- Engaging students through real-life and schema-based lessons
Head Start Teacher
AVANCE Head Start
08.2008 - 06.2016
- Responsible for the supervision and instruction of preschool age children
- Ensured all work according to accreditation procedures and policies was, according to Head Start,(NAEYC) and teaching strategies curriculum guidelines
- Monitor underperforming students and develop plans with parents
- Provide diverse hands-on activities to improve critical thinking skills
- Planned lessons according to the Frog Street curriculum that integrates instruction across developmental domains and early learning interdisciplinary
Education
Master of Ed. - Curriculum and Instruction, Early Childhood Education
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas12.2014
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies, Early Childhood Studies, Criminal Justice
Jarvis Christian College
Hawkins, Texas05.2008
Skills
- Presenting educational training programs
- Knowledge of Texas school readiness standards
- Collaboration
- Interactive teaching and learning
- Parent-teacher communication
- Special needs students
- Curriculum implementation
- Differentiated instruction
- Motivating students
- Standardized testing
- Texas teaching certification with early childhood education endorsement
Certification
- Texas Certified English Language Arts 4-8
- English as a Second Language Supplemental
- Dyslexia Interventionist
- Special Education Supplemental
Timeline
Teacher
The Rhodes School for Performing Arts
07.2021 - 08.2023
5th Grade ELAR Teacher
B.C. Elmore Elementary, Houston ISD
08.2018 - 06.2021
6th Grade ELAR Teacher
Sugar Grove Middle School, Houston ISD
07.2016 - 07.2018
Head Start Teacher
AVANCE Head Start
08.2008 - 06.2016
Master of Ed. - Curriculum and Instruction, Early Childhood Education
Texas Southern University
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies, Early Childhood Studies, Criminal Justice
Jarvis Christian College