Julie Tilsworth
Summary
Compassionate, creative and effective Teacher with valuable experience in classroom administration, professional development and project planning. Equipped with extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator and motivational coach. Competent at performing independently or as member of teaching team. Well-versed in classroom and online technologies. Background in organizing family engagement activities.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher
St. Johns County School District
St. Augustine, Florida
07.2019 - Current
- I am responsible for using the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards, BEST Standards, and the district curriculum map to plan and teach meaningful, rigorous, and differentiated lessons for my students
- I implement a continuous cycle of using data from formative and summative assessments to inform my grouping and instruction
- I use the data discussed during PLC to plan small group instruction
- I am responsible for IEP creation, including creating goals and objectives based on state standards as well as progress monitoring
- I work cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
- I communicate frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
Title 1 Teacher
Warrick County School Corporation
Boonville, Indiana
08.2017 - 05.2019
- I was responsible for identifying students who qualified for Title 1 services in grades K-5
- I evaluated each students' individual needs and designed an individualized program that included frequent progress monitoring
- I served on the RTI Team, the Behavior Team, and I was the Student Council sponsor
- I wrote and received a Dollar General Literacy Grant in 2018
- Created positive and engaging environment in classroom that encouraged literacy skills.
- Supervised small reading groups of students.
- Promoted love of reading and literacy to all students.
- Assessed and reported on each student's reading progress in accordance with policies developed by school district.
- Interpreted student assessment data to ascertain best intervention methods.
- Organized and hosted Family Literacy Night each year
Teacher
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
Evansville, Indiana
08.1995 - 08.2017
- During my time with EVSC, I taught mild disabilities, emotional disabilities, second grade, third grade, and fifth grade
- I wrote and received two grants during this time
- I served on the Oak Hill School Planning Committee when it was transitioning from a middle school to an elementary school
- I have served on many different committees.
- Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
- Encouraged creative thinking and motivated students by addressing individual strengths and weaknesses based on standardized testing results.
Education
Master of Science - Elementary Education
University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, Indiana05.2002
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education/Special Education
Murray State University
Murray, Kentucky12.1994
Skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Team oriented
- Experience collaborating in daily PLCs
- Grant writing
- Designing, implementing, and evaluating formative and summative assessments
- Interpreting data
- Inclusion as an ESE teacher and a general education teacher
- Applied behavior analysis
- Microsoft Office
- Interpreting and following state standards
- Community Engagement
- Encouraging Participation and Inclusivity
- Communicating with Parents and Teachers
Certification
- TESOL Certification (currently working on)
- Reading Endorsement
Timeline
Teacher
St. Johns County School District
07.2019 - Current
Title 1 Teacher
Warrick County School Corporation
08.2017 - 05.2019
Teacher
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
08.1995 - 08.2017
Master of Science - Elementary Education
University of Southern Indiana
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education/Special Education
Murray State University
- TESOL Certification (currently working on)
- Reading Endorsement
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