Joan Clark
Professional Educator
Detroit Lakes,MN
Summary
Passionate teacher with 15+ years of teaching high school students. Focused on working with At-Risk freshman to ensure a positive and successful transition into high school. Keen sensitivity toward adolescent students by continuously focusing on social, emotional and academic needs.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Independent Learning Center Teacher
Fargo North High Schools
Fargo, North Dakota
08.2007 - Current
- Fostered a positive learning environment by incorporating goal setting and positive reinforcement techniques.
- Kept classroom environments consistent and focused on learning by establishing and enforcing clear objectives.
- Cultivated relationships with parents for complete support network.
- Used Powerschool and Canvas to upload student grades and absence data into district computer systems.
- Diversified teaching techniques and learning tools help students with differing ability levels and varied learning modalities.
- Acted as a liaison between case managers, counselors, teachers, and administration.
River's Edge Residential Treatment Center
Fargo Public Schools
Fargo, ND
08.2002 - 05.2007
- Addressed behavioral and emotional needs of residents through activities and interventions, increasing resident socialization, interpersonal and social skills.
- Taught 7-12 grade residents multitude of classes including American History, Geography, Modern US History, Government, Psychology and Sociology.
- Delivered frequent summaries on resident progression and regression in treatment to provide recommendations towards treatment plan for success.
- Communicated behavior choices to residents by outlining positive and negative consequences of choices.
- Focused on ensuring social and emotional development of adolescent students: cooperated closely with the schools counselors, social workers and administration.
- Developed and distributed study guides to reinforce lecture details and help students with test preparation.
- Attended meetings to develop and implement individually tailored treatment plans to lead residents to successful reintegration into society.
- Created and managed Individualized Educational Plans for students.
Discovery Junior High School
Fargo Public Schools
Fargo, North Dakota
08.1997 - 05.2002
- Prepared and implemented lesson plans covering required course topics.
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Coordinated special education students and teacher assistant schedules with master schedule.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
- Partnered with standard education teachers from across academic departments.
Special Education Teacher
Hilo High School
HIlo, Hawaii
08.1989 - 05.1997
- Taught reading, language arts and social sciences in self-contained LD classroom.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Organized instruction material, constructed bulletin boards and set up work areas.
Education
Master of Arts - Special Education: Learning Disabilities
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 05.1987 - 05.1989
Bachelor of Science - Social Science Teacher Education
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 08.1983 - 05.1987
Skills
Knowledge of effective instructional practices such as differentiating instruction, formative assessments and evidence based instruction
Timeline
Independent Learning Center Teacher
Fargo North High Schools
08.2007 - Current
River's Edge Residential Treatment Center
Fargo Public Schools
08.2002 - 05.2007
Discovery Junior High School
Fargo Public Schools
08.1997 - 05.2002
Special Education Teacher
Hilo High School
08.1989 - 05.1997
Master of Arts - Special Education: Learning Disabilities
University of Northern Colorado
05.1987 - 05.1989
Bachelor of Science - Social Science Teacher Education
University of Northern Colorado
08.1983 - 05.1987
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