Kristen Wade
Texas
Canyon,TX
Summary
Enthusiastic educator with thirteen years of teaching experience, excelling in early childhood education and classroom management. Proven ability to foster student engagement and develop curriculum that enhances learning outcomes. Dedicated and responsive professional with proven skills in classroom management, behavior modification, and individualized support. Comfortable working with students of different skill levels to promote learning and boost educational success. Serves as role model by using growth mindset to develop young minds and inspire love of learning.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Field Specialist
SAVVAS Learning Company
06.2024 - Current
- I have facilitated 50 plus teacher trainings in various sized districts
- Built and maintained relationship with key decision makers and leaderships in districts
- Have weekly check-ins with districts to make sure customers were happy and SAVVAS products were working
- Communicated with districts via email/phone/in person to make sure they were up to date with instructional material/news in Texas
- Presented refreshers and trainings for Texas Experience Science
First Grade Classroom Teacher
Canyon ISD
Canyon
08.2014 - 08.2024
- For ten years I was a classroom teacher in a title 1 school teaching first graders, including SPED, TLC, and ESL students.
- Classroom management in a structured, risk-free, loving classroom environment is where I feel like all learning starts.
- I taught all core subjects, with the focus on reading. Which includes all aspects; phonics, oral language, phonological awareness, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.
- I conducted daily 5 to 6 small reading groups of students on the same level to work on specific skills and comprehension.
- This is a very important year of growth for students and making it fun and engaging is a huge key.
- My goal is to encourage the love of reading and writing. If I am excited about the learning, so will they.
- Writing is huge and the earlier they start understanding the basics of writing, the better.
- This includes directionality, spatial awareness, sentence structure, punctuation and grammar.
- We start the year working hard on handwriting and the formation of letters and review often.
- Throughout the year the students learn how to write all different types of writing using the technical writing process: Prewriting, Planning, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing.
- I taught math concepts in a whole class setting with daily lessons, as well as in small groups.
- I also would pull small groups or students one-on-one to re-teach concepts that students had misconceptions with or needed more practice on.
- I also prepared and taught Science and Social Studies in a fun, interactive way.
Kindergarten Classroom Teacher
Morningside Elementary School
Dumas
08.2012 - 06.2014
- For two years I was a classroom teacher in a Title 1 school teaching Kindergarten.
- I was responsible for teaching all core subjects daily.
- I learned how to manage behavior using a variety of strategies in a positive, structured environment where the students felt safe and knew what was expected of them.
- I worked with many different ethnicities, religions, languages, and learning styles.
- Some of my students in my class were fluent in English, some could barely speak any English and some didn't know English at all.
- I would work with students on letter names and sounds for the whole class and in small groups.
- Small groups were where I really focused on stretching sounds out, blending them together to make words and breaking sounds apart until eventually they could read short sentences.
- My goal was to not only to teach my students the basics of letters, sounds, and reading but to develop a love for it.
- I taught math daily for the whole class which was an overall introduction to numbers.
- Students were expected to understand that numbers have value and be able to recognize and write them correctly.
- As well as learn basic number sense, counting, beginning addition and subtraction, patterns, colors, measurement and place value.
- In writing the focus was to first learn the correct way to hold a pencil and the correct pressure to use when writing.
- Then we moved on to handwriting skills which included how to form each letter both capital and lowercase.
- Towards the end of the year we started understanding when to use capital and lowercase letters, spacing between letters/words, and the correct size the letters should be.
- I sometimes collaborated with the other Kindergarten teachers or worked alone to create interactive Science and Social Studies lessons that were aligned with the TEKS.
Paraprofessional
Oakridge Elementary School
Lubbock
08.2011 - 05.2012
- This was a full-time intervention pull-out program for second graders that were struggling with anything related to the curriculum.
- Teachers would let me know who needed extra help/practice or another mini lesson of that specific concept they were struggling with.
- I would create lessons or fun activities to reinforce those concepts so they could see it in a different/ more engaging way.
- I would take them to my classroom in small groups or work with them one-on-one during a time that they wouldn't miss any new curriculum.
- I also was responsible for keeping records for each child, the frequency I would see them, the number of minutes weekly I saw them as well as what we worked on.
- I would also document how long it would take them to master the concept or if they never did.
- I would share information with their teachers and take documentation with me to SIT meetings and parent conferences to be able to share what I was observing.
- Also, discuss next steps or other interventions we could do to make sure the child would be successful.
Daycare Teacher
Just 4 Kids
Amarillo
06.2004 - 11.2004
- I was responsible for taking care of 4 year olds and teaching them the letters and numbers.
- Feeding them at lunch time, getting them calm and laying down for nap time, changing diapers and keeping notes for each child of their day.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Education
Texas Tech University
05.2011
Bachelor's degree - Early Childhood Education
West Texas A & M University
07.2008
Associate's degree - Early Childhood Education
Amarillo College
05.2007
Associate's degree - Early Education
Amarillo College
05.2004
Skills
- Early childhood education
- Classroom management
- Curriculum design
- Behavioral management
- Communication skills
- Team collaboration
- Problem solving
- Time management
- Student assessment strategies
- Texas teaching license
- Interactive learning techniques
- Online instruction
Certification
Teaching Certification, 05/01/17, 04/01/23, https://tealprod.tea.state.tx.us/EcosOnline/apps/Public/Virtcertdisplay?sid=FA78400AB0F143C1878F3822074951D0
Timeline
Field Specialist
SAVVAS Learning Company
06.2024 - Current
First Grade Classroom Teacher
Canyon ISD
08.2014 - 08.2024
Kindergarten Classroom Teacher
Morningside Elementary School
08.2012 - 06.2014
Paraprofessional
Oakridge Elementary School
08.2011 - 05.2012
Daycare Teacher
Just 4 Kids
06.2004 - 11.2004
Bachelor's degree - Education
Texas Tech University
Bachelor's degree - Early Childhood Education
West Texas A & M University
Associate's degree - Early Childhood Education
Amarillo College
Associate's degree - Early Education
Amarillo College
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