Compassionate, creative and effective Teacher with valuable experience in classroom administration, professional development and project planning. Equipped with extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator and motivational coach. Competent at performing independently or as member of teaching team. Well-versed in classroom and online technologies.
Hi, I’m
Emily Carlson
International Falls,United States
Summary
Overview
18
years of professional experience
Work History
International Falls School District 361
Teacher
2023.08 - Current (1 year & 1 month)
Job overview
- Assessing students: Identifying students who may benefit from Title I instruction -Testing students: Assessing students' needs for additional lessons -Creating lesson plans: Collaborating with primary teachers to create lesson plans that cover specific topics -Instructing students: Helping students improve their work and meeting individual needs -Evaluating students: Monitoring and recording student progress, and providing feedback to students
Littlefork School District 362
Teacher
2022.08 - 2023.07 (11 months)
Job overview
- Lesson planning: Creating lesson plans that meet the academic needs of students -Teaching: Instructing students in one or more academic, technical, or vocational subjects -Assessing students: Evaluating students' strengths, weaknesses, and abilities -Grading: Grading assignments, papers, or projects -Communicating: Providing feedback to students and parents -Managing behavior: Creating and enforcing classroom rules and policies, and addressing behavior issues -Supporting students: Working with individual students to challenge them and improve their abilities -Supervising students: Overseeing students outside of the classroom
Van Buren School District
Teacher
2014.08 - 2021.09 (7 years & 1 month)
Job overview
- Planning
- Creating and implementing lesson plans, and developing and enforcing classroom rules
- Teaching
- Instructing students on subjects like reading, science, and math, and teaching students how to interact with others
- Assessing
- Observing students to evaluate their abilities, strengths, and weaknesses, and providing guidance and support
- Communicating
- Communicating with parents about their child's progress, and collaborating with colleagues to ensure a positive and effective learning environment
- Preparing
- Preparing students for standardized tests, and working with students individually to help them overcome specific learning challenges
- Encouraging
- Encouraging students to learn as much as they can, and recognizing problematic behavior in students
Mountain View Birch Tree School District
Teacher (High School Sciences)
2012.08 - 2014.07 (1 year & 11 months)
Job overview
- Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in biology (high school and college level), anatomy, and physics
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests
- Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
- Sponsor extracurricular activities such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests
- Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
Ozark National Scenic Riverways-National Park Service
Fire Effects Monitor-Biological Science Tecnician
2006.05 - 2013.09 (7 years & 4 months)
Job overview
- Conduct outdoor field research with a biological science crew including the collection of information and samples, such as plants and ecosystem health.
- Assisted in leadership of the field crew in the absence of the crew leader.
- Isolate, identify and prepare specimens for examination.
- Keep detailed logs of all work-related activities.
- Prepare statistical data for inclusion in reports to data monitoring committees, federal regulatory agencies, managers, or clients.
- Identify, classify, and study structure, behavior, ecology, physiology, nutrition, culture, and distribution of plant and animal species.
- Develop project goals, objectives, initiatives, or strategies in collaboration with other professionals using interpersonal skills in a positive way on a regular basis.
- Worked in collaboration with a network of Midwest Region National Parks.
Ozark National Scenic Riverways-National Park Service
Teacher Ranger Teacher
2013.05 - 2013.08 (3 months)
Job overview
- Prepare lesson plans for 3rd – 12th grade that incorporate the park and the resources.
- Collaborate with other teachers and park service employees.
- Work independently to reach goals with limited supervision.
- Published 'More Than Skin Deep, a Teacher's Guide to Caves and Groundwater'
University of Missouri and Missouri Department of Conservation
Research Field Technician
2012.01 - 2012.06 (5 months)
Job overview
- Organize field equipment and Install herp arrays.
- Set and check herp arrays independently in rugged outdoor terrain and varied weather conditions.
- Identify and process data for all amphibians, small mammals, and reptiles that are found in traps.
- Communicate effectively and work as a team.
Missouri Department of Conservation
Assistant Natural History BIologist
2011.03 - 2011.05 (2 months)
Job overview
- Used ArcGIS to enhance the Comprehensive Wildlife Strategy Conservation Priorities Decision Support Tool and wrote the Conservation Priorities Decision Support Tool Guide.
- Collaborated with other professionals (Fisheries Division MDC, MDC state herpetologist, etc.) to import data into the ArcGIS project.
- Created new shapefiles to add to the project.
- Reorganized and renamed layers in project to enhance user’s experience.
- Digitized boundaries within shapefiles and calculated acreages.
- Used MDC spatial data sets to create maps.
- Attended 4th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference-Springfield, MO.
- Attended monthly wildlife division staff meetings.
- Collaborated with MDC Natural Heritage Coordinator to gain understanding of Natural Heritage Database Program.
Charles Hutson Horticulture Greenhouse
Student Worker
2006.05 - 2010.05 (4 years)
Job overview
- Plant production and retail services
- Participated in trials for plant companies
- Managed campus accounts to care for plants in building spaces.
Southeast Missouri State University
Graduate Teaching Assistant
2007.01 - 2009.01 (2 years)
Job overview
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate students on topics such as statistics program, developing scientific research projects, and writing scientific analyses.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
- Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
Education
Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO
Master's degree from Biology
05.2010
University Overview
- Credits Earned: 36
- Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO
Bachelor's degree from Biology
12.2005
University Overview
Minor: Environmental Science
Three Rivers Community College Poplar Bluff, MO
Associate's degree from General
05.2002
University Overview
Naylor High School Naylor, MO
High school diploma or equivalent from General Honors
05.2000
University Overview
Skills
- Classroom Management
- Critical Thinking
- Lesson Planning
- Motivating students
- Positive Role Model and Mentor
- Small Group Instruction
- Growth Mindset
- Student Engagement
- Data-Driven Instruction
Grants
Grants
- Received several grants through Donors Choose for educational materials.
- Assisted in revision of grant for afterschool program at Van Buren School District.
Awards
Awards
Received a monetary award for performance in recognition of taking on supervision of botany field crew in the absence of supervisors-National Park Service, Ozark National Scenic Riverways. September 2011.Publications
Publications
- A comparison of the effects of two litter management strategies on the herbaceous assemblage in a mixed hardwood forest, Emily L. Baker (Carlson), 2010, An ecological study to assess the effects of leaf litter removal using prescribed fire and mechanical removal on species richness and abundance in the herbaceous, understory assemblage in the mixed hardwood forest at Kelso Wildlife Sanctuary in Cape Girardeau, MO. Master’s thesis, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau. Available at Kent Library.
- More Than Skin Deep, Emily L. Baker (Carlson) and Samantha Majors, Educational Curriculum guide written and published under the Teacher Ranger Teacher Program under the direction of the National Park Service and funding through University of Colorado.
References
References
- Dan Drees, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Fire Ecologist (retired), 573-604-1618
- Angela Sokolowski, Missouri Department of Conservation, Invasive Species Ecologist, 573-522-4115, Angela.sokolowski@mdc.mo.gov
- Jamie Wendt, Littlefork Bigfalls School District, Principal, 218-278-6614
- Melissa Tate, International Falls School District, Principal, 218-283-2571
- Amy Jackson, Van Buren School District, Superintendent, 573-323-4295
Timeline
Teacher
International Falls School District 361
2023.08 - Current (1 year & 1 month)
Teacher
Littlefork School District 362
2022.08 - 2023.07 (11 months)
Teacher
Van Buren School District
2014.08 - 2021.09 (7 years & 1 month)
Teacher Ranger Teacher
Ozark National Scenic Riverways-National Park Service
2013.05 - 2013.08 (3 months)
Teacher (High School Sciences)
Mountain View Birch Tree School District
2012.08 - 2014.07 (1 year & 11 months)
Research Field Technician
University of Missouri and Missouri Department of Conservation
2012.01 - 2012.06 (5 months)
Assistant Natural History BIologist
Missouri Department of Conservation
2011.03 - 2011.05 (2 months)
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Southeast Missouri State University
2007.01 - 2009.01 (2 years)
Fire Effects Monitor-Biological Science Tecnician
Ozark National Scenic Riverways-National Park Service
2006.05 - 2013.09 (7 years & 4 months)
Student Worker
Charles Hutson Horticulture Greenhouse
2006.05 - 2010.05 (4 years)
Southeast Missouri State University
Master's degree from Biology
Southeast Missouri State University
Bachelor's degree from Biology
Three Rivers Community College
Associate's degree from General
Naylor High School
High school diploma or equivalent from General Honors
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