KELLY SIMS TAYLOR
Summary
Effective and compassionate educator for 14 years integrating modern technology creating presentations and boosting academic performance. Organized and dependable resulting in the success of managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude, and a willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. I am dedicated to creating an atmosphere that is stimulating and encouraging to all community members.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Elementary Teacher, 5th Grade
Fernbank Elementary School
08.2019 - 05.2023
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Communicated student progress, academic difficulties, or behavioral concerns to parents, guardians and administration using tact and professionalism to improve student academic performance.
- Prepared materials for lessons, assignments, and assessments, and evaluated, corrected and graded student performance to identify gaps in skills or knowledge and set realistic goals.
- Worked one-on-one with students to determine strengths, weaknesses, and learning patterns.
- Helped students develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution, critical thinking, and communication.
- Collaborated with administrators on classroom policies, management strategies, and discipline.
- Evaluated individual student abilities and created action plans based on current level and desired growth goals to support preparedness for transition to next grade level.
IB Coordinator/ EIP Math Teacher
Fernbank Elementary
08.2021 - Current
- Be familiar with and promote understanding and use of all PYP documents
- Coached employees through day-to-day work and complex problems.
- Entered data, generated reports, and produced tracking documents.
- Ensure IB publications of the PYP section of the school are available to all staff members
- Establish and maintain a record of completed planners
- Facilitate writing, organization, and community placement of planners and POI
- Publish the school's POI
- Lead the process of developing or reviewing the school's curriculum documents
- Ensure that agreements are formulated for assessment, teaching and learning
- Participate in the formation of the school's strategic development plan
- Maintain the archive of PYP exhibition records from one year to the next
- Ensure that the information regarding the IB PYP is supplied to parents (available on the IB public website, school website, and newsletters to parents)
- Ensure relevant IB documentation is shared with staff
- Professional development
- Ensure that staff members are made aware of professional development opportunities
- Make recommendations and organize staff development regarding professional development opportunities on and off campus
- Keep a record of workshop attendance and school visits to ensure equality of opportunity and to identify ongoing needs
- Work individually with teachers who need assistance
- Conduct IB focal walks
- Assist teams or individuals in developing and documenting student inquiries
- Support the teachers responsible for, and the students involved in, the PYP exhibition in the final year of the program
- Coordinates collaborative planning schedule
- Model inquiry-based lessons
Elementary Teacher, 4th Grade
Fifth Avenue Academy
07.2016 - 06.2019
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Communicated student progress, academic difficulties, or behavioral concerns to parents, guardians and administration using tact and professionalism to improve student academic performance.
- Prepared materials for lessons, assignments, and assessments, and evaluated, corrected and graded student performance to identify gaps in skills or knowledge and set realistic goals.
- Worked one-on-one with students to determine strengths, weaknesses, and learning patterns.
- Provided individualized and diversified instruction to support student comprehension and assist with navigating challenges.
- Helped students develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution, critical thinking, and communication.
- Evaluated individual student abilities and created action plans based on current level and desired growth goals to support preparedness for transition to next grade level.
- Maintained student portfolios to monitor learning progress and completion of work required for promotion to next grade level.
General Education Teacher
Mclendon Elementary school
07.2016 - 06.2019
- Integrate multiple teaching styles to intensify the range of learning and create stimulating math and reading learning centers utilizing various manipulatives and technology
- Utilized multimedia strategies to facilitate learning and increase student engagement.
- Managed small and large groups of students for classroom and off-site instruction.
- Collect Data and Evaluate student progress and support recommendations for further student development
- Use multiple techniques for parent communication to increase parental involvement., Maintain excellent classroom management skills and the ability to keep ESOL students motivated and on task
- Provided clear, informative and engaging classroom instruction.
- Monitored each student's progress and revamped strategies to maximize success.
- Conducted skills assessments to uncover performance gaps.
- Used positive reinforcement and provided clear feedback to help students succeed.
- Use behavior modification techniques as a motivator for improving conduct and encouraging participation
- Integrate multiple teaching styles to intensify the range of learning and create stimulating math and reading learning centers for the ESOL population
- Teach guided reading lessons to model questioning, clarification, and problem-solving techniques
- Evaluate student progress and support recommendations for further student development
- Attend and participate in multiple teaching professional learning workshops
- Utilized multiple teaching methods that included visual, tactical, and auditory materials to reinforce or simplify complex concepts, such as Sand Letters that assist in letter recognition by feeling formations
- Expanded the range of learning through whole class, individual, and small group instruction, and cooperative education
- Led integrated social studies/writing units that allowed students to bridge the gap between real-world issues and course material through library and Internet research, interviews, and creative writing exercises
- Led Common Core Math workshops for colleagues.
Education
Master of Arts - Mathematics Education
Westerns Governor University
01.2020
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education
Valdosta University
Valdosta, GA05.2010
Received High School Diploma -
TUCKER HIGH SCHOOL
Tucker, GA05.2006
Skills
- Windows; MS Word, Excel, Teams, Sway, and PowerPoint; Apple software, Promethean Board, and various educational software
- Gifted Education
- Differentiated instruction
- Time Management
- Team Collaboration
- Problem-Solving Skills
- International Baccalaureate Trained
- Multimedia Instruction
- Positive Interactions
- Continuous Improvement Planning
- Family Involvement
- Staff Training
- Curriculum Coordination
- Educational Strategies
- Teacher Support
Certification
GA Teaching Certificate with Early Childhood Education and Gifted Education Endorsement IB Coordinator Google Classroom
Timeline
IB Coordinator/ EIP Math Teacher
Fernbank Elementary
08.2021 - Current
Elementary Teacher, 5th Grade
Fernbank Elementary School
08.2019 - 05.2023
Elementary Teacher, 4th Grade
Fifth Avenue Academy
07.2016 - 06.2019
General Education Teacher
Mclendon Elementary school
07.2016 - 06.2019
Master of Arts - Mathematics Education
Westerns Governor University
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education
Valdosta University
Received High School Diploma -
TUCKER HIGH SCHOOL
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