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
Member of our School Improvement Committee that developed our "Champion Program"
Department chair for 3 years
Extra curricular involvement: Honor Society co-advisor; Prom Co-advisor; Student Council co-advisor
Qualified mentor for new teachers
Certified teacher of Special Education (k-12); Social Science teacher (7-12); Career Tech Resource Educator certification
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