Jeannie Anne Wakefield
Mooresville,NC
Summary
Dedicated educator focused on establishing equal learning opportunities for all children, ensuring that each student can reach their full potential. Proven experience in adapting to various age groups while maintaining a strong emphasis on safety protocols and facility standards. Committed to fostering student well-being and personal growth through attentive support and effective communication with parents.
Dynamic educator skilled in blending traditional and innovative teaching techniques to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes. Proven ability to foster effective communication among children, parents, and colleagues, ensuring a supportive educational environment. Committed to implementing personalized lesson plans that promote individual student success.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Education Itinerant Preschool Teacher
Iredell Statesville School System
, USA
01.2019 - Current
- As a special education Itinerant teacher, I travel the district to provide special education services in students’ general preschool/daycare environments
- I was also in charge of maintaining IEPs, quarterly Reports, and progress monitoring for caseload
- I also develop and implement IEPs with measurable goals using progress monitoring, and conduct IEP meetings within timelines
- A major part of the job is to collaborate with teachers to make sure students are successful in the general education classroom
- Prepare and help teachers to have and use materials such as visuals in the classroom environment
- As an Itinerant teacher I complete referral, eligibility, reevaluations and annual reviews as part of my job
- I also participated in Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessments weekly
- I would take on different roles from the case manager to the play facilitator as needed for the assessments
- The assessment fosters a holistic review of a child's strengths and needs in all areas rather than a piecemeal approach with each discipline independently assessing a separate area of development
- I collaborated with a speech therapist, occupational therapist, physical therapist, school psychologist and a parent facilitator
- As a team, the whole child was evaluated and determined what degree of services the child needed
Regular Education Teacher
Iredell Statesville School System
Statesville, USA
01.2015 - 01.2018
- As a regular education teacher for Iredell Statesville School System
- I taught first grade for two years
- I taught Kindergarten in 2015 and looped up with my class to First grade
- As a regular education teacher, I was responsible for lesson plans, RTI progress monitoring, IEP decisions with students, and continuous professional development in all areas
- I have been co-chair of the MTSS committee
- Additionally, I organized breast cancer awareness and autism awareness weeks for 5 years, yearbook for 4 years and served as a mentor to an exceptional children teacher for 3 years
Exceptional Needs Preschool Teacher
Iredell Statesville School System
Statesville, USA
01.2010 - 01.2015
- The class includes children from the ages of 3-5 years old that have a variety of disabilities and delays
- As the teacher, I was responsible for weekly lesson plans following foundations and the preschool curriculum of High Scope
- I conducted IEP meetings, wrote goals, and documented children’s progress through data and documentation
- While teaching I have maintained a 5 star rating from ECERS
- While in this position, I participated in many staff development trainings to improve my ability to be a highly effective exceptional needs teacher
- I was co-chair of the exceptional needs team, which included, making supply orders, leading and discussing issues and changes that were needed addressing
- I worked closely with the program specialist and other team members to help create meaningful and useful goals for children
Twister Tutor
Mooresville Schools
Mooresville, USA
01.2009 - 01.2011
- I tutored several children after school for 90 minutes twice a week, at several different schools around the area
- The children ranged from kindergarten to fifth grade with a variety of needs for improvement in math and reading skills
Kindergarten Teacher
Lawton County School System
Lawton, USA
01.2008 - 01.2009
- I was employed at Lawton County School System to teach a Kindergarten class that consisted of 20 five to six year olds
- I was required to make weekly lesson plans, keep grades, attendance, and conduct parent-teacher conferences
- While teaching there I attended several staff development trainings including Literacy First training
Developmentally Delayed Preschool Teacher
Cumberland County Schools
Fayetteville, USA
01.2006 - 01.2008
- I was employed through Cumberland County Schools to work with a mixed group of 3 to 5 years olds in a preschool setting
- There were two to three typically developing children and up to nine developmentally delayed children with a variety of disabilities
- I was required to make weekly lesson plans, writing goals, conduct IEP meetings, and document the children's progress
- While teaching there, I attended many staff development trainings for the improvement of the class
- Some of these included writing IEP's, CECAS training, Non-Crisis Intervention, Creating Great Classrooms, Thinking Maps training, and Creative Curriculum
- While teaching there I maintained a 5 star class from ECERS
Teacher
Kinder Care Learning Center
Greenville, USA
01.2003 - 01.2004
- I was the teacher in the preschool class for a year with a class of twenty students
- We had group, writing, discovery centers, art, and preparation for Kindergarten
- All daily lesson plans were prepared two weeks in advance
- While there, I organized a graduation of my preschool class and won the Best Class Room award from the state
- I also taught Hooked on Phonics three times a week
- I took fifteen hours each year of extra staff development to improve my class
Education
B-K add-on certification -
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Pembroke, NC01.2007
Bachelor’s degree - Child Development and Family Relations
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC01.2002
Skills
- Skilled in Supporting Special Needs Children
- Adept at working with special needs children
- Team Collaboration
- Classroom organization
- Early childhood education
- Inclusive lesson adaptation
- Head start programs
- Creative lesson planning
- Safety procedures
- Curriculum planning
- Behavior management
- Child development
- Certified in early childhood education
- Student records management
- Early literacy development
- Lesson planning
- Play-based learning approaches
- Elementary education
- Parent-teacher communication
- Classroom management
- Social-emotional learning
- Differentiated instruction
- Calm and patient
- Effective listening
- Group and individual instruction
References
Available Upon Request
Certificationspd
- 04/30/24, Early Release Day EC Professional Development Training
- 08/08/23, EC BOY Kick Off
- 05/26/23, UPAC SCHOOL UMBRELLA 2022 - 2023
- 04/26/23, ERD EC Professional Development Training
- 06/30/22, LETRS Early Childhood/PreK - Units 1 and 2
- 06/09/22, Vector Solutions Training
- 05/27/22, UPAC SCHOOL UMBRELLA 2021 - 2022
- 04/06/22, EC Mandatory ERD Professional Development
- 09/27/21, CPR Training
- 08/17/21, EC Professional Development
- 05/28/21, UPAC SCHOOL UMBRELLA 2020 - 2021
- 05/26/21, EC PK PLC
- 11/04/20, Letterland PreK Training
- 08/11/20, B.O.Y. Training
- 05/14/20, UPAC SCHOOL UMBRELLA 2019-2020
- 04/01/20, EC ERD PDs
- 04/01/20, PK ERPD
- 10/15/19, I-SS Suicide Prevention Training
- 09/30/19, Conscious Discipline
- 09/11/19, Follow up ECATS training Week #1 Session #3
- 08/02/19, EC Teacher Training - ECATS
- 06/18/19, Online discussion tools for classroom
- 06/05/19, Using choice boards differentiate literacy instruction
- 05/30/19, THIRD CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UMBRELLA 2018-2019
- 05/08/19, Behavior Doctor
- 05/08/19, EC PK ERD
- 12/05/18, Inner Rater Reliability TS Gold PreK
- 05/26/17, THIRD CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UMBRELLA 2016-2017
- 08/26/16, LETTERLAND TRAINING 2016-2017
- 06/21/16, RtA Teacher Training
- 05/30/16, THIRD CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UMBRELLA 2015-2016
- 09/03/15, Regional BTSP Mentor Training 2015
- 08/13/15, Letterland Training 2015
- 05/30/15, THIRD CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UMBRELLA 2014 - 2015
- 04/22/15, 2014-2015 EARLY RELEASE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT- JOB-ALIKE SESSION
- 08/22/14, EC Department Beginning of the Year Training 2014-15
- 05/30/14, THIRD CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UMBRELLA 2013-2014
- 03/30/14, 2013-14 EARLY RELEASE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - Pre K JOB-ALIKE SESSION
- 09/30/13, Data Collection
- 05/30/13, THIRD CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UMBRELLA 2012-2013
- 03/20/13, 2012-13 Early Release Professional Development - Job-Alike Session
- 10/29/12, CPR Training for Nurses
- 08/06/12, Interpreting Psychological Reports: Using Report to Inform IEPs.
- 07/19/12, CRISIS PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION - (CPI) - "FULL COURSE"
- 07/10/12, EC ACCOMODATIONS/MODIFICATIONS
- 07/10/12, EC COMPLIANCE UPDATES - PRESENT LEVELS AND ANNUAL GOALS
- 06/30/12, THIRD CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UMBRELLA 2011-2012
- 04/25/12, EARLY RELEASE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Special Education Itinerant Preschool Teacher
Iredell Statesville School System
01.2019 - Current
Regular Education Teacher
Iredell Statesville School System
01.2015 - 01.2018
Exceptional Needs Preschool Teacher
Iredell Statesville School System
01.2010 - 01.2015
Twister Tutor
Mooresville Schools
01.2009 - 01.2011
Kindergarten Teacher
Lawton County School System
01.2008 - 01.2009
Developmentally Delayed Preschool Teacher
Cumberland County Schools
01.2006 - 01.2008
Teacher
Kinder Care Learning Center
01.2003 - 01.2004
B-K add-on certification -
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Bachelor’s degree - Child Development and Family Relations
East Carolina University