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Juli Wingert

Lee's Summit, MO,Missouri

Summary

Retired Middle School Reading Specialist with extensive experience as a Middle School English Language Arts teacher and Elementary teacher, grades K-4

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work History

Reading Specialist

Lee's Summit R-7 School District
08.2016 - 05.2023
  • Taught approximately 60 students each year (10 per class)
  • Used reading workshop, goal-setting, and progress monitoring to facilitate reading growth
  • Provided research-based, student-centered, innovative lessons to engage students
  • Motivated students to build on their strengths and improve reading skills
  • Modeled and shared the love of reading in order to create life-long readers
  • Incorporated comprehension and vocabulary strategies, phonics, and fluency techniques to improve reading skills
  • Utilized Computer Programs to Progress Monitor (Edmentum, Lexia Power Up, and Lexia Core 5)
  • Regularly collaborated with teachers and parents
  • Served on variety of committees/teams (curriculum writing, literacy team, RTI, IEP teams, roundtable discussions, district struggling readers committee, etc.)
  • Presented to colleagues on professional development days (Dyslexia training, literacy across the disciplines, roundtable teacher collaboration, etc.)

8th Grade English Language Arts Teacher

Lee's Summit R-7 School District
08.2004 - 05.2016
  • Taught approximately 140 students each year
  • Taught district Communication Arts curriculum (Reading, Writing, Research)
  • Provided research-based, student-centered, innovative lessons to engage students
  • Used Reading and Writing Workshop to differentiate instruction
  • Modeled and facilitated the love of reading and writing (grade level, advanced, and IEP students)
  • Motivated students to build on their strengths and improve reading and writing skills
  • Incorporated comprehension and vocabulary strategies to improve reading skills
  • Regularly collaborated with teachers and parents
  • Served on a variety of committees (curriculum writing, building and district literacy team, technology, RTI, roundtable discussions, district struggling readers committee, etc.)
  • Presented to colleagues on professional development days (literacy across the disciplines, roundtable teacher collaboration, etc.)

Elementary Education Teacher

Lee's Summit R-7 School District
09.1992 - 05.2004
  • Kindergarten - 1 year, First and Second Grade Loop - 4 years, Third Grade- 3 years, Fourth Grade - 4 years
  • Taught district curriculum
  • Used thematic whole language and phonics to teach primary students to read
  • Provided research-based, student-centered, innovative lessons to engage students
  • Communicated regularly with parents and colleagues
  • Used reading and writing workshop, goal-setting, and progress monitoring to facilitate reading growth in upper elementary
  • Motivated students to build on their strengths and improve learning
  • Modeled and shared the love of reading and writing in order to create life-long learners
  • Incorporated comprehension and vocabulary strategies, phonics, and fluency techniques to improve reading skills
  • Mentored two student teachers
  • Actively participated in PTA

Education

Special Reading K-12 Certification - K-12 Reading

University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO
07.2016

Master of Science - Elementary Administration

University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO
07.2005

Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education 1-8 + Early Childhood

Missouri State University
Springfield, MO
12.1991

High School Diploma -

Excelsior Springs High School
Excelsior Springs, MO
05.1987

Skills

  • Parent and Teacher Collaboration
  • Reading Workshop
  • Comprehension Strategies
  • Vocabulary Strategies
  • Data Collection
  • Progress Monitoring
  • Response to Intervention
  • Student Engagement
  • Phonics and Fluency Development
  • Reading Assessments
  • Building and District Leadership
  • Differentiated Instruction

Timeline

Reading Specialist

Lee's Summit R-7 School District
08.2016 - 05.2023

8th Grade English Language Arts Teacher

Lee's Summit R-7 School District
08.2004 - 05.2016

Elementary Education Teacher

Lee's Summit R-7 School District
09.1992 - 05.2004

Special Reading K-12 Certification - K-12 Reading

University of Central Missouri

Master of Science - Elementary Administration

University of Central Missouri

Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education 1-8 + Early Childhood

Missouri State University

High School Diploma -

Excelsior Springs High School
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