Kathleen M. Banach
Miller Place
Summary
Seeking a rewarding position that utilizes creativity and teaching abilities to positively influence, educate, and enrich the lives and academic experience of students. With a passion for managing a classroom and equipping the future of our country, dedicated to making a lasting impact on the educational journey of each student encountered.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
UPK Teacher
Commonpoint Queens, Sam Field Center
08.2021 - Current
- In addition to items discussed in former UPK position, I have covered for the Director and Assistant Director in their absence, attended town hall meetings for the agency, collaborated with fellow teachers for enrichment ideas, and held a position on the ECERS team
- Due to COVID, parents were not allowed in the building
- I held parent conferences via zoom and kept the parents connected via dojo with daily pictures as well as daily and weekly updates
- Some lessons we conducted using a smart board
UPK/PKA Director
09.2020 - 08.2021
- Directly support teachers in the classroom environment in accordance with the New York City Department of Health and the Universal Pre-K/Pre-K for All Programs
- Support includes training and implementing policies, procedures, new hires, professional development, and corrective action plans
- Daily obligations include teacher and administration interactions both in person and remotely, COVID protocols, daily conversations with nurse and administration in regard to illness/absences, ordering for program (including city funded lunches), teacher observations and collaborations with the remote principal and the onsite assistant principal
UPK Teacher
Ave Maria Catholic Academy
09.2016 - 08.2020
- Instruct children (up to 5 years old) in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for primary school
- Lesson planning on a weekly/daily basis based off of the UPK scope/sequence/units of study
- Keeping work samples for assessments via onlineworksampling.com
- Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities, centers and in imaginative play
- Daily parent interaction and feedback
- Completing and submitting assessments including ESI-R forms correctly and on time
- Informally assess students in Building Blocks Math Curriculum through small group assessments and utilizing that information to differentiate lessons and work with students on an individual basis
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests
- Continue upkeep of ECERS and CLASS certification
- Work closely with UPK/Building Blocks personnel to successfully implement topics across the curriculum and based upon each students need
- Meet with fellow UPK teachers to plan and assess what works best for the program and what we can do better
- Meet with Director/Principal as needed to discuss program, concerns, parent interaction, etc
- Incorporate technology (promethean board) into daily lessons or as needed
- Assess students’ needs to help identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and discuss with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists and compile observation reports to share with parents and behavior specialists during CPSE meeting for behavioral needs and speech intervention
- Hold parent conferences once a trimester and/or as needed based upon assessments and classroom observations
Education Director
The Goddard School
11.2014 - 08.2016
- Daily operations of center that include staff lesson planning and curriculum implementation
- Training faculty on policies and procedure specific to The Goddard company in addition to regulations from The NYC Dept/ of Health
- Keeping up to dates files on faculty and students specific to the above mentioned entities
- Parent orientation, perspective parent tours, question and answer session as parent/teacher conferences
- Identified students with special needs, discuss with parents the finding and suggest next steps and persons to speak with
- Daily/Weekly/Bi-weekly teacher observations and well as monthly faculty meetings that I arrange and attending management meetings
- Working closely with teachers to differentiate their lessons to meet the needs of the child as a whole on the social, emotional, cognitive and physical level of well-being for the child
Education Director
The Learning Experience Children's Academy
08.2012 - 10.2014
- Oversee daily and financial operations for the brand new academy
- Market the center to drive new enrollment to center, tour prospective families, close and register families
- Ramping up enrollment, keeping payroll within an appropriate range in conjunction with amount of children and needs of the center
- Maintained state required documents, trainings, licensing the center prior to opening, walking state, city and landlord officials through the building for inspections
- Staff meetings and training on a daily, weekly and monthly schedule
- Hiring and training new team members
- Effectively implement proprietary curriculum for ages 6 weeks to 6 years old while integrating cultural diversity into the classroom
- Daily and bi-weekly classroom/teacher observations
- Training and implementing POCET assessments for students three times a year and holding parent/teacher conferences
- Successfully retained 93% of active enrollment during a 2 month closure due to hurricane Sandy, while maintaining contact and interacting with all families, staff and companies assisting with the recovery and rebuilding of part of the Academy
- Successfully maintained a 94% staff retention during the same period explain above
- Creating and holding open enrollment night, curriculum events, parent and staff pleasers and marketing events to boost enrollment to the center and moral within the center
Area Manager
05.2011 - 08.2012
- Oversee daily and financial operations for 10 centers on Long Island, Brooklyn, Connecticut and Manhattan
- Manage Center Directors, Business Managers and teachers while implementing and evaluating curriculum in classrooms of children aging from birth through 6 years old
- Conduct trainings on implementing curriculum including new TLE interactive curriculum which utilizes Smartboard technologies
- Classroom observations and teacher evaluations conducted bi-weekly, center evaluations conducted monthly as well semi-annually
- Assist accommodating families with special needs children within the center as well as properly teaching classroom teachers how to diversify their teaching and curriculum to effectively teach each individual student
- Submit weekly, bi-weekly and monthly reports on time to regional director, Vice-President and Senior Vice-President of the Company in regards to each individual center's operations, needs, strengths, weaknesses and finances
- Utilize technological programs such as Lync, LogMeIn and Smartboard remotely to conduct trainings and meeting with each center as well as the Company as we are all based around the country
Shared Classroom Aide
Three Village CSD
09.2010 - 05.2011
- Assisting a student classified OHI: (emotional regulation) within a Kindergarten classroom
- Assisting includes hand-over-hand with certain assignments, teaching the student how to regulate his emotions when opportunities arise, behavior modification charts, and attending all specials with entire class to help with the needs of the student
- While in the classroom, I assist the classroom teacher with whatever she may need (copies, behavior of other students, story time, making sure assignments and important notices get to the students home and keeping the teacher abreast of her daily activities and reminding her of upcoming events)
- Directing a substitute teacher throughout the day to make the teacher's absence seamless for the students
Child Care Assistant
Three Village CSD S.A.C.C. Program
09.2009 - 05.2011
- General and Special needs students
- School Age Child Care program that caters to children before and after school hours
- Arts and crafts, socializing skills, homework help and planning the student’s days out accordingly
- One to one aide for two students with autism and hearing/speech difficulties
Special Education Aide
06.2010 - 08.2010
- Assisting special needs student throughout the day at a summer camp
- Responsible for creating, implementing and executing behavior modification chart/system specific to student with Autism
Special Education Aide
Three Village CSD
02.2010 - 06.2010
- Assisting three special needs students who have autism, speech and vision difficulties throughout the day, accompanying the students from specials to lunch and services as well as teaching in a 1:1 setting, and following/assisting in creating behavior modification charts/systems specific to each student
Student Teacher
New Lane Elementary
03.2009 - 05.2009
- Lesson planning for whole class and learning disabled students
- Adhering to the students IEP goals and modifications
- Leading the class lessons in foundations and writer’s workshop, collaborating with the one to ones and the Assistants in the classroom to effectively teach each student
Student Teacher
New Lane Elementary
02.2009 - 03.2009
- Lesson planning for all subjects for whole class as well as the Learning Disabled students
- Grading and test preparation/modifications for inclusion students based upon their individual needs and their goals set forth in their IEP, leading groups during discussions; preparing, teaching, and assessment for the NYS Math test and conducting 'Writer’s Workshop'
Student Teacher
North Elementary
10.2008 - 12.2008
- Lesson planning, ELA lessons (spelling, vocabulary, assessments), leading different levels of readers during reading groups, reviewing with students for CAM testing and math assessment, conducting 'Writer’s Workshop' including supervising, editing, publishing and conferencing
Student Teacher
North Elementary
09.2008 - 10.2008
- Lesson planning for all subject/content areas, grading, test preparation, scheduling, leading groups during read-aloud program and conducting Writer’s Workshop including planning, teaching points, and evaluating and conferencing with students
Field Work
St. Joseph’s School
09.2007 - 12.2007
- Observing teacher/student interaction, teacher planning and scheduling, creating and supervising art projects that coincide with the curriculum, reading stories for decoding and comprehension, sequencing, and patterns; assisting the teacher with classroom needs
Field Work
St. Joseph’s School
09.2007 - 12.2007
- Observing teacher/student interaction, teacher planning and scheduling, giving and grading (supervised) weekly spelling tests, editing students’ writing assignments and assisting the teacher with classroom needs
Field Work
South East Elementary
01.2007 - 05.2007
- Observing teacher/student interaction, teacher planning and scheduling; reading and editing writing assignments, reading weekly story and assisting the teacher with classroom needs
Field Work
Tremont Elementary
01.2007 - 05.2007
- Observing teacher/student interaction, teacher planning and scheduling; creating lessons including color matching, patterns using simple shapes, center play and art projects all coinciding with curriculum and modified for students specific needs and IEP goals
Education
Master’s Program - Liberal Arts
SUNY Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York05.2025
Bachelor of Arts Degree - Child Study Program
St. Joseph’s College Suffolk Campus
Patchogue, New York05.2009
Skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office
- Proficient with Outlook
- Proficient with SMARTboard technologies
- Proficient with Promethean technologies
- Utilizing iPad for effective teaching
Certification
- Early Childhood, Birth-Grade 2, current
- Childhood, Grades 1-6, need to renew
Related Experience
- Shared Classroom Aide, Kindergarten, Three Village CSD, 09/01/10, 05/31/11, Assisted a student classified OHI., Supported classroom teacher.
- Special Education Aide, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade, Three Village CSD, 02/01/10, 06/30/10, Assisted special needs students., Created behavior modification charts.
- Special Education Aide, Private Child age six; Autistic, Summer 2010, Implemented behavior modification system.
- Child Care Assistant, Three Village CSD S.A.C.C. Program, 09/01/09, 05/31/11, Provided care for general and special needs students., Assisted with arts and crafts and homework help.
Field Work
- Kindergarten, St. Joseph’s School, Ronkonkoma, NY, 09/01/07, 12/31/07, Observed teacher/student interaction., Created and supervised art projects.
- 5th grade, St. Joseph’s School, Ronkonkoma, NY, 09/01/07, 12/31/07, Graded weekly spelling tests., Assisted with classroom needs.
- 3rd grade, South East Elementary, Brentwood, NY, 01/01/07, 05/31/07, Observed teacher/student interaction., Assisted with classroom needs.
- Preschool, Tremont Elementary, Patchogue, NY, 01/01/07, 05/31/07, Created lessons for at-risk population., Assisted with classroom needs.
Timeline
UPK Teacher
Commonpoint Queens, Sam Field Center
08.2021 - Current
UPK/PKA Director
09.2020 - 08.2021
UPK Teacher
Ave Maria Catholic Academy
09.2016 - 08.2020
Education Director
The Goddard School
11.2014 - 08.2016
Education Director
The Learning Experience Children's Academy
08.2012 - 10.2014
Area Manager
05.2011 - 08.2012
Shared Classroom Aide
Three Village CSD
09.2010 - 05.2011
Special Education Aide
06.2010 - 08.2010
Special Education Aide
Three Village CSD
02.2010 - 06.2010
Child Care Assistant
Three Village CSD S.A.C.C. Program
09.2009 - 05.2011
Student Teacher
New Lane Elementary
03.2009 - 05.2009
Student Teacher
New Lane Elementary
02.2009 - 03.2009
Student Teacher
North Elementary
10.2008 - 12.2008
Student Teacher
North Elementary
09.2008 - 10.2008
Field Work
St. Joseph’s School
09.2007 - 12.2007
Field Work
St. Joseph’s School
09.2007 - 12.2007
Field Work
South East Elementary
01.2007 - 05.2007
Field Work
Tremont Elementary
01.2007 - 05.2007
Bachelor of Arts Degree - Child Study Program
St. Joseph’s College Suffolk Campus
Master’s Program - Liberal Arts
SUNY Stony Brook University
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