Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Opportunities
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Timeline
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Grace Glanzer

Sioux Falls,SD

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Softball Coach

The Playground: Indoor Softball Facility
Tea, SD
01.2021 - Current
  • Delivered individualized coaching and tailored training plans to improve performance, adjusting strategies based on athlete evaluations and game dynamics.
  • Designed and led lessons, practices, clinics, and camps focused on skill development, game awareness, and teamwork, while empowering young athletes.
  • Communicated effectively with athletes and parents to set clear expectations, reinforce team values, and support athlete growth.
  • Cultivated a positive, disciplined team culture by building strong relationships and prioritizing the team values of respect and persistence.

Student Teacher, Fifth Grade

Harvey Dunn Elementary School
Sioux Falls, SD
10.2024 - 12.2025
  • Developed and implemented standards-based ELA lesson plans, comprising interactive strategies to boost engagement, grow understanding, and enhance learning.
  • Adapted instruction and assessments to meet the diverse needs of learners, using formative and summative tools to monitor and support individual progress.
  • Collaborated with a mentor teacher to plan and achieve instructional goals, aligning with curriculum standards and student needs.
  • Established and maintained a positive, productive classroom environment through effective management strategies and consistent reinforcement of expectations.

Student Teacher, First Grade

Legacy Elementary School
Tea, SD
08.2024 - 10.2024
  • Developed and delivered engaging, standards-aligned, and age-appropriate lesson plans across all subject areas, adapting instruction and materials to meet the diverse needs of students.
  • Fostered a warm, nurturing classroom environment that supported students' emotional, social, and academic growth.
  • Monitored student progress by assisting with grading, entering data, and using assessments to inform instruction.
  • Engaged in daily reflection with a mentor teacher to evaluate and refine instructional strategies and pedagogical practices for continuous professional growth, and collaborated closely with the grade-level team and staff to contribute ideas.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education (Children & Youth Minor)

Augustana University
Sioux Falls
05-2025

Skills

  • Effective communicator
  • Enthusiastic leader
  • Collaborative teammate
  • Compassionate educator

Opportunities

  • Student Leader, Educators Rising, Augustana University, November 2023
  • Teacher Candidate, Practicum Experience, Sioux Falls School District, 1st to 7th Grade, 2023 to 2025
  • Speaker, Coaches Clinic, The Playground: Indoor Softball Facility, November 2023

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Student Teacher, Fifth Grade

Harvey Dunn Elementary School
10.2024 - 12.2025

Student Teacher, First Grade

Legacy Elementary School
08.2024 - 10.2024

Softball Coach

The Playground: Indoor Softball Facility
01.2021 - Current

Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education (Children & Youth Minor)

Augustana University
Grace Glanzer