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Gina Travis

Naples,FL

Summary

As a principal, I look to build on motivating students to become life-long learners, while working to retain highly effective staff by focusing on professional development that will lead to student achievement and development through community outreach, parent involvement, and the use of digital resources.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience

Work History

Literacy Coach

Golden Gate Middle School
08.2024 - Current
  • Provided support and collaboratively planned with teachers on standards based curriculum, planning for effective instruction, and using data to drive instruction
  • Provided Tier-3 interventions and support to level 1 & 2 students
  • Provided mentoring and co-teaching to new teachers

High School English Teacher

Naples High School
08.2023 - 01.2024
  • A full-time teacher instructing in English IV and A.P
  • Literature
  • Enhance student engagement for learning English through maintaining a collaborative learning classroom environment
  • Plan and implement the College Board curriculum to provide instruction in the interpretation and analysis of literary works such as novels, poetry, and plays

Literacy Coach

Gulfview Middle School
08.2022 - 06.2023
  • Planned and conducted professional development and in-services on engagement strategies and bringing best practices to the classroom
  • Developed, wrote, and implemented student success plans as part of the MTSS process to identify and support students with their academic performance
  • Mentor and coach interns and new staff relative to school procedures and instructional methods, facilitated weekly meetings and school improvement initiatives, liaison between building administration and team members, motivate, provide support, and build relationship with teachers and staff

Middle School Teacher

Gulfview Middle and Oakridge Middle
01.2018 - 01.2022
  • Effectively taught three double blocks of English Language Arts classes
  • Managed and facilitated intensive reading rotations for struggling learners
  • Successfully designed and implemented rigorous units using both fiction and non-fiction texts focusing on the standards of reading, writing, speaking, and listening
  • Differentiated instruction and instilled confidence in students with learning differences and those from multicultural and multi-linguistic backgrounds all within a general education classroom
  • Supported and implemented students 504 plans and IEP goals

Elementary Teacher

Mike Davis Elementary and Calusa Park Elementary
  • Fostered student curiosity and a deeper understanding of subject and standards using thematic units in Math, Reading, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies all within the scope of an established curriculum
  • Incorporate cross-curricular components into units employing kinesthetic, visual, and auditory approach to make lessons interesting and interactive; utilized various mediums, modeling, and student-led sharing
  • Established rapport and communicated weekly with students, parents, and critical family members

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education

Ursuline College
Pepper Pike, Ohio
12.2004

Skills

  • Relationship Building
  • Team Collaboration
  • Instructional Coaching
  • Instructional Planning
  • Teacher Mentoring
  • Data-Driven Instruction

Professionalinvolvement

  • 8th Grade Team Leader
  • 1st Grade Team Leader
  • ELA Department Chair
  • Social Committee Chair
  • Mentor Teacher
  • Student Advisory Council
  • After School Program Certification
  • CPR Certified

Awards

  • Teacher of Distinction, Collier County Public Schools, 2021-2022
  • Highly Effective Educator, 13 Consecutive Years
  • Pi Lambda Theta, International Honor Society
  • Magna Cum Laude, Ursuline College

Careerdevelopment

  • Assistant Principal Bench Academy
  • Academic Coach Academy
  • Marzano Teacher Training
  • Kagan Training
  • Advanced Placement Institute
  • Positive Behavior Intervention Support
  • MTSS
  • RTI

Timeline

Literacy Coach

Golden Gate Middle School
08.2024 - Current

High School English Teacher

Naples High School
08.2023 - 01.2024

Literacy Coach

Gulfview Middle School
08.2022 - 06.2023

Middle School Teacher

Gulfview Middle and Oakridge Middle
01.2018 - 01.2022

Elementary Teacher

Mike Davis Elementary and Calusa Park Elementary

Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education

Ursuline College

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