Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Experience Working With Children
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Heather McCarn

Oregon City,OR

Summary

A lifelong learning educator that is dedicated to providing engaging, developmentally appropriate instruction that supports all levels of learners.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Kindergarten Teacher

Beaverton School District 48 J
08.2023 - Current
  • Built positive relationships with students and families for safe, secure, trusted learning support. Including communication with families on any concerns with physical, emotional and social needs.
  • Enhanced classroom management by establishing clear expectations, rules, and routines.
  • Assisted in creating a safe and nurturing classroom environment that promoted emotional well-being and academic growth for all students. Including providing differentiation for students and providing ELD support.
  • Implemented differentiated instruction strategies to meet the diverse learning needs of all students.
  • Promoted learning through playful inquiry with engaging activities, games and lessons. Including incorporating story workshop which showed large amounts of student growth and progress.
  • Promoted a positive learning environment with the use of collaborative group work, hands on activities and best practices.
  • Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor, and establish personalized learning plan for each student.
  • Improved student reading skills by implementing phonics-based instruction and guided reading activities.
  • Collaborated with colleagues to share resources, brainstorm ideas, and problem-solve challenges faced in the classroom environment.
  • Served as a mentor for middle and high school students in the classroom.

First Grade Teacher

Aloha-Huber Park
09.2020 - 06.2023
  • Taught first grade students in CDL and In-person Hybrid
  • Taught key skills in Reading Mastery and Eureka Math
  • Incorporated choice reading of books for students in person and online using Epic! Books
  • Collaborated with first grade team as well as other teams in the school to contribute to student success
  • Participated in Educational Professional Development including Anti-Biast, Anti-Racist trainings
  • Participated in the Beaverton Mentor Program where I could grow in my practice through feedback and collaboration.

Summer Classes Instructor

OMSI
06.2016 - 08.2020
  • Teach, Develop or Modify curriculum for grades K-1 that is STEAM based
  • Prepare a classroom to provide a stimulating learning environment including providing organized, interesting and enthusiastic science lessons to diverse audiences
  • Support emotional well-being of students including those who are experiencing anxiety and other social emotional needs
  • Maintain social distancing and safety precautions for COVID-19 including teaching students about wearing masks, washing hands, distancing and safety around the pandemic.

Sleepover Educator

Oregon Coast Aquarium
01.2016 - 07.2020
  • Prepare and teach various activities such as educational scavenger hunts, classroom programs, exhibit interpretation, behind-the-scenes tours and other activities
  • Interact with and direct program participants ages 6 and older after Aquarium operating hours
  • Maintain current knowledge of the Aquarium's mission, aquarium organisms and their habitats, and applicable policies and procedures.

Student Teaching Placement

Archer Glen Elementary School
08.2019 - 06.2020
  • Prepare and teach lessons within the Bridges Math Curriculum and Lucy Calkins Units of Study Curriculum in both Reading and Writing
  • Implement PBIS (Positive Behavior in School) and PAX (PAX Good Behavior Game) as well as personal classroom management through building relationships with students
  • Conduct student learning growth goals in which 100% of my students are making progress in their reading fluency and their comprehension of reading passages
  • Professional Development including health protocols, behavior supports intervention, Units of Study: Writing, Conferring with writers, increasing intrinsic motivation in students, implementing accountable talk with students, and OSAS training.

Lead Head Start Teacher

Neighborhood House
08.2016 - 06.2018
  • Provide enthusiastic and innovative instruction for children ages 3-5 from diverse communities including individualized curriculum planning and environment changes
  • Observe and regularly document students' development in TS GOLD, on their Individual Learning Plan, home visits, and conferences
  • Establish good relationships with families including going over students' Individual Learning Plans and Goals.

Education

Master of Arts in Teaching -

George Fox University
Newberg, Oregon
04.2020

Master of Education in Environmental Education -

Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida
05.2015

Bachelor of Arts in Marine Science & Psychology -

University of Hawaii-Hilo
Hilo, Hawaii
05.2009

Skills

  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Parent-Teacher Communication
  • Lesson Planning
  • Early Childhood Development
  • Early Reading
  • Group and individual instruction
  • Child Development
  • Collaborative and Team-Oriented

Experience Working With Children

  • OMSI, Summer Classes Instructor, Portland, Oregon, 06/2016, Present, Teach, Develop or Modify curriculum for grades K-1 that is STEAM based., Prepare a classroom to provide a stimulating learning environment including providing organized, interesting and enthusiastic science lessons to diverse audiences., Support emotional well-being of students including those who are experiencing anxiety and other social emotional needs., Maintain social distancing and safety precautions for COVID-19 including teaching students about wearing masks, washing hands, distancing and safety around the pandemic
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium, Sleepover Educator, Newport, Oregon, 01/2016, Present, Prepare and teach various activities such as educational scavenger hunts, classroom programs, exhibit interpretation, behind-the-scenes tours and other activities., Interact with and direct program participants ages 6 and older after Aquarium operating hours, Maintain current knowledge of the Aquarium's mission, aquarium organisms and their habitats, and applicable policies and procedures.
  • Neighborhood House, Lead Head Start Teacher, Portland, Oregon, 08/2016, 06/2018, Provide enthusiastic and innovative instruction for children ages 3-5 from diverse communities including individualized curriculum planning and environment changes., Observe and regularly document students' development in TS GOLD, on their Individual Learning Plan, home visits, and conferences., Establish good relationships with families including going over students' Individual Learning Plans and Goals.

Timeline

Kindergarten Teacher

Beaverton School District 48 J
08.2023 - Current

First Grade Teacher

Aloha-Huber Park
09.2020 - 06.2023

Student Teaching Placement

Archer Glen Elementary School
08.2019 - 06.2020

Lead Head Start Teacher

Neighborhood House
08.2016 - 06.2018

Summer Classes Instructor

OMSI
06.2016 - 08.2020

Sleepover Educator

Oregon Coast Aquarium
01.2016 - 07.2020

Master of Arts in Teaching -

George Fox University

Master of Education in Environmental Education -

Florida Atlantic University

Bachelor of Arts in Marine Science & Psychology -

University of Hawaii-Hilo
Heather McCarn