Helen Fuller
Wilmington,NC
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Kindergarten Teacher
The School of Wonder
Wilmington, North Carolina
08.2024 - Current
- Planned and implemented engaging lessons to meet the individual needs of each student.
- Assessed students' progress and created reports for parents, administrators, and other teachers.
- Provided a safe learning environment where children could explore their creativity.
- Fostered an atmosphere of respect through positive reinforcement techniques.
- Established clear expectations for classroom behavior and routines.
- Collaborated with colleagues on various projects related to curriculum development and assessment strategies.
- Utilized project approach learning to engage students while working on state standards.
Part Time Nanny
Various Families
Wilmington, North Carolina
03.2023 - 08.2024
- Provided care for children ranging in age from 3 months to 4 years old.
- Assisted parents in establishing and maintaining routines for the infant, including feeding, naptime, and wake windows.
- Developed and implemented engaging activities to enhance physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth.
- Maintained a safe environment by following all safety protocols set by parents or guardians.
- Provided a safe environment for the children through supervision and guidance of their activities.
- Maintained a positive relationship and open communication with family as care was being provided.
Receptionist
Plage Dentistry
Wilmington, NC
07.2022 - 03.2023
- Maintained master calendar and scheduled new appointments based on provider availability.
- Communicated with patients with compassion while keeping medical information private.
- Collaborated with multi-disciplinary staff to improve overall patient care and response times.
- Demonstrated proficiencies in telephone, e-mail, text and front-desk reception within high-volume environment.
Online ESL Teacher
Independent Contractor with VIPKID
Wilmington, NC
08.2017 - 12.2022
- Taught ESL to 259 students, ranging from young children to senior adults, from basic to advanced levels.
- Taught over 800 one-on-one 25 minute lessons encompassing a range of skill-building activities for speaking, writing, reading and listening.
- Employed kinesthetic, visual and auditory approaches to create an interesting and interactive learning environment.
- Attended professional development workshops focused on engagement methodologies and classroom management.
- Individualized and adapted lessons for a multitude of learning levels and abilities.
- Wrote over 800 student progress summaries detailing strengths and potential improvements for the future.
Associate /Next Generation Pastor
Rock Church
Wilmington, NC
06.2009 - 05.2022
- Lead, trained, and managed over 6 fully staffed volunteer teams.
- Organized and applied an annual budget for 4 departments dealing with over $15,000.
- Lead weekly staff meetings to recount successes, places for improvement, and goals for the upcoming weeks and months
- Developed and successfully implemented personalized curriculum for a range of ages birth to eighteen.
- Counseled members and volunteers of all ages for over 10 years.
- Oversaw church food bank for over 4 years, organizing food pick up, donations, and distribution
- Managed, budgeted, and oversaw all event planning including fundraisers, festivals, and volunteer trainings and appreciations.
- Developed and implemented strategies for mainstreaming special needs children in the typical Sunday classroom experience.
- Wrote and implemented handbooks for all ministry areas.
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
New Hanover County Schools
Wilmington, NC
01.2006 - 06.2009
- Served as Site Director for UNCW College of Education Student Teacher Program.
- Managed a classroom of multi-lingual high risk 4-5 year olds for 8 hours a day
- Utilized project based approach and Creative Curriculum to engage children's interest while meeting state objectives for learning.
- Created and implemented developmentally appropriate curriculum addressing learning styles.
- Administered and documented results of student assessments.
- Completed home visits and parent/teacher conferences to discuss assessments and milestone reports with each parent.
- Implemented hands-on, play-based strategies for experiential learning.
- Created safe environments for social emotional learning with clearly outlined rules and positive reinforcement techniques.
- Developed professional relationships with parents, teachers, directors and therapists.
- Maintained daily records of individual activities, social emotional learning, meals and naps.
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
Pender County Schools
Burgaw, NC
08.2001 - 01.2006
- Maintained daily records of individual activities, behaviors, meals and naps.
- Created and implemented developmentally appropriate curriculum addressing learning styles.
- Administered and documented results of student assessments.
- Increased student academic performance by diversifying teaching techniques.
- Implemented hands-on, play-based strategies for experiential learning.
- Controlled classroom environments with clearly outlined rules and positive reinforcement techniques.
- Developed professional relationships with parents, teachers, directors and therapists.
- Identified children in need of extra support for emotional, health-related or developmental concerns and conceived improvement strategies.
Education
Bachelor of Science - History And Social Studies Education
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC05.1994
B-K Add On Certification - Early Childhood Education
University of North Carolina At Wilmington
Wilmington, NC05.2008
Currently Expired - Birth-Kindergarten, Social Studies 9-12
Professional Educator's License
North Carolina06.2012
Skills
INFUSE/THINK DIFFERENTLY Coach with JWM, Formerly ABA Certified, Writing, Organization, Curriculum Development, Management, Detail-Oriented, Employee Training, Public Speaking
Timeline
Kindergarten Teacher
The School of Wonder
08.2024 - Current
Part Time Nanny
Various Families
03.2023 - 08.2024
Receptionist
Plage Dentistry
07.2022 - 03.2023
Online ESL Teacher
Independent Contractor with VIPKID
08.2017 - 12.2022
Associate /Next Generation Pastor
Rock Church
06.2009 - 05.2022
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
New Hanover County Schools
01.2006 - 06.2009
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
Pender County Schools
08.2001 - 01.2006
Bachelor of Science - History And Social Studies Education
Appalachian State University
B-K Add On Certification - Early Childhood Education
University of North Carolina At Wilmington
Currently Expired - Birth-Kindergarten, Social Studies 9-12
Professional Educator's License
Summary
Results-focused professional with strength in classroom management, implementing age appropriate lessons and training in Applied Behavior Analysis. Proactive leader with strengths in communication and collaboration. Proficient in leveraging a child's interest and developmentally appropriate knowledge to promote individual success for children. Adept at managing concurrent objectives to promote efficiency and influence positive outcomes.
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