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Dorothy Debelak

Bark River,MI

Summary

Compassionate, creative, and highly effective teacher with valuable experience in classroom management, professional development, as well as planning and implementation of the educational curriculum to include social, emotional, and academic standards. Highly skilled in school improvement policies, literacy essentials, and Title 1 coordination and implementation. Successful teacher attributes include strong communication and organizational skills, being a team player, and planning and coordinating tasks to completion.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

4 Winder 1st Helper

Billerud
08.2021 - Current
  • Operator in PS&D in core room and on reprocessing winders
  • 45 Winder 1st helper
  • Abide by safety, OSHA, and company policies to create a positive and safe working environment
  • Keep daily logs of production and safety checks
  • Complete daily ODR and Proficy logs
  • Communicate effectively with co-workers on daily activity and production to promote a safe and positive working environment.

Teacher - Summer School

Nah Tah Wahsh PSA
06.2021 - 08.2021
  • 1st grade teacher
  • Collaborated cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives and increase student achievement
  • Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies
  • Kept students on-task with initiative-taking behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.

Teacher

North Central Area School
07.2014 - 08.2021
  • Title 1 teacher, coordinator, and literacy coach
  • Collaborated cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives
  • Kindergarten teacher
  • Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies
  • Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies
  • Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom
  • Encouraged creative thinking and motivated students by addressing individual strengths and weaknesses based on standardized testing results
  • Lead teacher to implement and teach summer boost program
  • Coordinated paraprofessionals schedules, planning, and programs
  • Coordinated school professional development which included having all elementary staff certified in OG and Dibels Assessment.

Paraprofessional/Specials Teacher

Bark River-Harris School District
10.2008 - 07.2014
  • Collaborated cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives
  • Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies
  • Kept students on-task with initiative-taking behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies
  • Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom
  • Created positive learning environments in non-structured and structured specials to include physical education, library, reading interventions, and free play.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education

Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI
05.2007

Skills

  • Subject matter expertise
  • Classroom Management
  • Faculty Collaboration
  • Testing and Data Driven
  • Student Motivation and Engagement
  • Small Group Instruction

Professional Development

  • AVMR Math Recovery
  • Jump Math Assessments
  • Dibels/Acadience Assessments
  • Words Their Way
  • Sharon Warple Differentiated Instruction
  • Orton Gillingham Beginner & Intermediate Structured Word Inquiry
  • Heggerty Phonemic Awareness
  • Early Literacy Task Force
  • Lex Linguistics
  • Foundations of Math
  • IRead

Timeline

4 Winder 1st Helper

Billerud
08.2021 - Current

Teacher - Summer School

Nah Tah Wahsh PSA
06.2021 - 08.2021

Teacher

North Central Area School
07.2014 - 08.2021

Paraprofessional/Specials Teacher

Bark River-Harris School District
10.2008 - 07.2014

Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education

Northern Michigan University
Dorothy Debelak