Jillian Halliwell
Grass Valley,CA
Summary
Dynamic educator ready to embrace new challenges while advancing organizational goals with dedication and enthusiasm. Committed to developing and delivering engaging lessons and activities tailored to diverse student populations, ensuring an inclusive learning environment.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Substitute Teacher
Marysville Joint Unified School District
05.2025 - Current
- Effectively implementing learning objectives following lesson plans, utilizing a variety of instructional approaches, including whole group, small group, and individual instruction, for general education K-12, physical education, and resource settings.
Certified Substitute Teacher
Newcastle Elementary School District
09.2024 - Current
- Instructed students in core educational principles, concepts, and in-depth subject matter from eighth grade to kindergarten.
- Stood in for Kindergarten teacher for three days, maintaining student progress and keeping up with lesson plans.
- Handled classrooms of up to twenty-two students, reporting problem students to the principal and keeping detailed behavioral records.
Substitute Teacher 4th to 8th
Maria Montessori Academy Rocklin
10.2024 - 06.2025
- Developed strong rapport with 35 students through consistent encouragement and support, fostering a positive learning atmosphere conducive to academic growth.
- Repeatedly requested as a substitute teacher by teachers based on excellent past referrals and trusted performance.
Special Education Assistant
Nevada City School Of The Arts
10.2022 - 06.2023
- Provided rotating care of one-on-one students needing cognitive assistance, behavior modification, communication, and schedule rotation for TK and elementary students.
Early Childhood Educator Specialist/Counselor
Bright Futures For Youth
06.2022 - 07.2022
- Developed level-appropriate recreational activities to support thirty preschoolers with social emotional and artistic content.
- Demonstrated strategies to enhance student learning and behavior with five camp counselors.
Special Education Instructional Assistant
TRESD, Grizzly
08.2021 - 10.2021
- Generated observational data over 11 months to collaborate with the general education teacher and synthesize appropriate behavior supports to increase academic participation for neurodivergent students.
- Analyzed and collaborated methods of classroom improvements daily with the teacher after hours concerning diverse student behaviors, routines, and parent communication.
- Directed student understanding during small groups and one-on-one topics of English, writing, reading, math, and physical education.
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
Early Childhood Educator
Myranda Ehlers Vintage Dr
02.2021 - 08.2021
- Established and customized outdoor art exploration, math, and language topics for a gifted transitional kindergartner.
- Increased proactive social and emotional skills with visuals and verbal prompts for two toddlers, a preschooler, and a transitional kindergartner.
- Clarified issues, analyzed behavior, and solved problems during a thirty-minute daily communication with the family.
Teacher
Union Hill School District Bearcats School Age, School Age
08.2019 - 02.2021
- Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Implemented and encouraged debate-style classroom environment to increase student engagement and promote critical thinking.
- Directed after-school tutoring and mentoring program serving elementary school students.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Promoted physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities. Mandated 1- 2 mile forest walks/runs, fitness walks, and group sports on the field.
- Prepared materials for the child-led direction of art exploration and messy play for therapeutic and focused awareness—guided meditation, including music, essential oils, breathing, yoga, and tension relief.
Teacher
Union Hill School District Bearcats Preschool, Preschool
08.2018 - 04.2019
- Held conferences with parents each trimester to address questions, discuss academic progress, and encourage learning goals
- 0Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding
- Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities
- Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to achieve student participation and hands-on learning
- Proactively modeled social-emotional skills and reacted patiently during escalations with neurodivergent children.
- Encouraged creative thinking and motivated students by addressing individual strengths and weaknesses based on standardized testing results
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards
Special Education Para for Preschool Mod/Severe
Nevada County Superintendent of Schools
04.2017 - 06.2018
- Conducted small group and individual classroom activities with five students based on differentiated learning needs while carrying out IEP goals.
Child Development Specialist
Community Recovery Resources
08.2017 - 01.2018
- Maintained an individualized curriculum adapted to the dynamic needs of ten children in infancy to school age during their transitions with parents in recovery.
- Supervised five volunteers for a non-profit child center.
- Demonstrated prosocial behavior while screening for developmental delays.
Substitute Preschool Teacher
Bells Preschool
03.2017 - 04.2017
- Monitored toddler, preschool, and kindergarten morning and after-school private facility care.
Infant Care Associate Teacher
Kidzkount Early
05.2015 - 02.2017
- Directed and implemented developmentally-appropriate curriculum tailored to infant and toddler learning including sensory play and accessible art materials.
- Supervised and managed primary care of four 4-month-old infants to toddler age while consistently maintaining one-to-four ratios for a Title 22 licensed child facility.
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Education
Master of Arts - Elementary Education
WGU
Utah08.2020
Master Teacher Permit - Early Childhood Education
Sierra College, Nevada County, CA
Grass Valley06.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Recreation Administration
Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA12.2012
Skills
- CSET I: Reading, Language, and Literature; History and Social Science
- CSET III: Physical Education; Human Development; Visual and Performing Arts
- CBEST
- Master Teacher Child Development Permit
Work Availability
monday
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morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
B. F. Skinner
Timeline
Substitute Teacher
Marysville Joint Unified School District
05.2025 - Current
Substitute Teacher 4th to 8th
Maria Montessori Academy Rocklin
10.2024 - 06.2025
Certified Substitute Teacher
Newcastle Elementary School District
09.2024 - Current
Special Education Assistant
Nevada City School Of The Arts
10.2022 - 06.2023
Early Childhood Educator Specialist/Counselor
Bright Futures For Youth
06.2022 - 07.2022
Special Education Instructional Assistant
TRESD, Grizzly
08.2021 - 10.2021
Early Childhood Educator
Myranda Ehlers Vintage Dr
02.2021 - 08.2021
Teacher
Union Hill School District Bearcats School Age, School Age
08.2019 - 02.2021
Teacher
Union Hill School District Bearcats Preschool, Preschool
08.2018 - 04.2019
Child Development Specialist
Community Recovery Resources
08.2017 - 01.2018
Special Education Para for Preschool Mod/Severe
Nevada County Superintendent of Schools
04.2017 - 06.2018
Substitute Preschool Teacher
Bells Preschool
03.2017 - 04.2017
Infant Care Associate Teacher
Kidzkount Early
05.2015 - 02.2017
Master of Arts - Elementary Education
WGU
Master Teacher Permit - Early Childhood Education
Sierra College, Nevada County, CA
Bachelor of Arts - Recreation Administration
Humboldt State University