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Joanna Knotts

Texarkana,AR

Summary

I am a passionate teacher with a love for children. I have lots of experience in many grades teaching and maintaining a classrooms needs. I feel that it is important to get to know my students and families so that I may know how to assist them best. I try, no matter the need, to keep my students inspired and involved in the most creative and educating ways possible. I hope that I may be given the opportunity to be a key role in assisting your students in these efforts.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience

Work History

Pre-K 4 Teacher/Director

Genoa Central Elementary
08.2018 - Current

-Manage my own classroom by teaching basic skill such as alphabet recolonization, sounds, number recolonization, counting, color and color word recolonization, writing, listening, keeping up with materials and manners.

-Plan lessons with a co-teacher

-Plan and arrange events for our classes.

-Asses and document student progress.

-Asses students for any speech, developmental, or emotional issue that may need to be addressed.

-Adjusting to classroom needs according to student learning levels or any disabilities.

-Build relationships with parents and students to build trust and a successful learning team.

-Providing snack, and "medical" care as needed

-Over see and maintain safe learning and play environments.

-Keeping Pre-K up to code for DHS standers.

-CPR certified

-Certified director



Self-Contained, 1st Grade and Kindergarten Aide

Genoa Central Elementary
01.2015 - 05.2018

-Assisting teachers in sorting, laminating, cutting, decorating, data entry, news letters, drawing visual aides and anything to make their jobs easier.

-Pulling and working with students that were falling behind.

-Teaching lessons to students in self-contained.

-Accompanying students and helping with activity classes.

-Helping teachers arrange events.

-Watching over and helping students with any needs during lunch and recesses.

-Stepping in any role that needed to be filled as needed.

Childcare Provider

Self-employeed
05.2006 - 01.2015

-Providing daily child care for many teachers and residents in Genoa, while raising my own two kids.

-Daily transportation, to and from school, for kids under my care that needed it.

-Basic imparting of general manner, sharing, loving and how to treat other.

-Maintaining a clean, safe, happy environment for children in my care.

-Building lasting relationships with children and parents.

Money Counter

LLI Vending
06.2001 - 05.2022

-Running money counting machines in money room

-Data entry

-Balancing vault

-Provide money bags to vending machine stalkers.

Receptionist

LLI Vending
06.2000 - 06.2021

-Answering the phone, greeting and helping customers.

-Keeping up appearance of lobby.

-Filing

-Billing

-Receiving, sorting and dispersing mail.

Front Desk Clerk

Mother Earth Pools And Spas
09.1999 - 04.2000

-Answered phones

-Checked out and answered customer questions.

-Tested pool water

-Ran errands

-Took stalk of products

-Kept store appearance neat.

Rental Agent

Budget Rent-a-car
08.1998 - 09.1999

-Answering phones

-Helping customers with questions and rentals

-Filling out the paper work, taking identification, and money required to rent out and return rental cars.

-Keeping books

-Running errands

-Keeping office appearance neat.


Hostess

Bennigan's Restaurant
06.1998 - 08.1998

-Greeting and seating customers.

-Running food to tables.

-Cleaning off tables to seat customers.

-Answering phones.

Events Helper (Volunteer)

Central Mall
01.1994 - 06.1998

-Working events such as kids club painting faces and helping with crafts.

-Working Santa pictures,keeping the register, taking and printing pictures.

-Assisting in after hour holiday decorating.

-Assisting in customer service booth as needed.

-Answering phones and waiting on customers.

Desk Clerk (volunteer)

YMCA
01.1991 - 11.1992

-Answering phones and waiting on customers.

- Letting members through locked doors.

-Providing any back-up help needed.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - K-12 Education

Reach University/ Oxford Teachers Collage
Online
05.2028

High School Diploma -

Texas High School
Texarkana, TX
05.2000

Skills

-Love of children

-Classroom instruction

-Small group instruction

-One on one instruction

-Lesson planning

-Student assessing

-Student records managing

-Using technology in the planning, creating and teaching of curriculum

-Event Arranging

-Pre-K managing

-K-12 Education

-CPR certified

-Certified Director

Timeline

Pre-K 4 Teacher/Director

Genoa Central Elementary
08.2018 - Current

Self-Contained, 1st Grade and Kindergarten Aide

Genoa Central Elementary
01.2015 - 05.2018

Childcare Provider

Self-employeed
05.2006 - 01.2015

Money Counter

LLI Vending
06.2001 - 05.2022

Receptionist

LLI Vending
06.2000 - 06.2021

Front Desk Clerk

Mother Earth Pools And Spas
09.1999 - 04.2000

Rental Agent

Budget Rent-a-car
08.1998 - 09.1999

Hostess

Bennigan's Restaurant
06.1998 - 08.1998

Events Helper (Volunteer)

Central Mall
01.1994 - 06.1998

Desk Clerk (volunteer)

YMCA
01.1991 - 11.1992

Bachelor of Arts - K-12 Education

Reach University/ Oxford Teachers Collage

High School Diploma -

Texas High School
Joanna Knotts