Jennifer Ruselink
DEARBORN,MI
Summary
Certified Kindergarten Teacher creates and runs programs to educate beginning students and improve school readiness. Fosters growth and development in children while encouraging strong partnerships with families. Manages behavior issues through innovative and constructive correction.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Young 5s KG Teacher
Dearborn Public Schools
09.2013 - Current
- Collaborated with other faculty and staff to promote rigorous learning opportunities, general well-being of school and collective interest of staff and student body.
- Engaged administrators, parents and colleagues with learning programs to improve educational outcomes.
- Collaborated in planning, organizing and implementing instructional programs to facilitate academic, intellectual and social development.
- Kept accurate documents about student progress for school and parent records.
- Utilized various assessment strategies to evaluate student performance.
- Developed and implemented behavior management strategies for creation of ideal learning environment.
Kindergarten Teacher
Dearborn Schools, River Oaks
09.2000 - 06.2013
- Built positive relationships with students and families for safe, trusted learning support.
- Exercised good classroom management focused on positive behavior support by clearly articulating fair and consistent expectations along with appropriate natural consequences.
- Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor, and establish personalized learning plan for each student.
- Monitored and evaluated student progress through regular assessments and observations.
- Created, managed, and participated in variety of learning environments and activities to support opportunities for students to develop full potential and achieve learning objectives.
- Promoted learning through play with engaging activities, games and lessons.
Education
Master of Science - Early Childhood Education
Oakland University
Rochester, MI04.2023
Bachelor of Science - Education
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI04.2000
Skills
- Organizational and Planning Skills
- Early Reading
- Communicating with Parents and Teachers
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 4-5 staff members (building committees).
- Achieved above grade level reading scores by completing reading instruction with accuracy and efficiency.
- Collaborated with team of 5-6 in the development of Leader In Me implementation with students.
Certification
- DTRA (Dearborn Teacher Reading Academy, Science of Reading strategies) Training - March-June 2023
- ZA (Early Childhood) Endorsement
- Leader in Me, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Students, Franklin Covey - 2018-2023
Additional Information
Team Player
Flexible, ability to adapt to different situations
High Energy
Loyal and Committed
Timeline
Young 5s KG Teacher
Dearborn Public Schools
09.2013 - Current
Kindergarten Teacher
Dearborn Schools, River Oaks
09.2000 - 06.2013
Master of Science - Early Childhood Education
Oakland University
Bachelor of Science - Education
Western Michigan University
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