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Kristin Lavoie

Kristin Lavoie

Thornton,Colorado

Summary

Tutor

- Cultivate relationships in professional manner - Exceptional relationships with previous clients and customers - Develop and create strong relationships at first contact - Provide outstanding service - Exceptional at building client strategies to be helpful and informative - Creative at coming up with solutions to enhance and improve situations - Supportive for individuals with special needs and their families - Work closely with my team - Supportive, compassionate, creative, energetic, and dedicated individual - Evaluate and assess educational content and assessments - Knowledgeable with scoring guidelines and rubrics - Works well in a high pressure environment - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to develop positive relationships and support -Planning curriculum and lesson -Mapping lessons -Evaluate lesson success -Analyzing Audience -Instructional Design Theory Caring professional versed in working with all learning styles. Attends professional development seminars, faculty meetings, and parent-teacher conferences to remain connected to individual needs of children and parents. Manages behavioral and emotional needs within classroom with positive interventions. Analytical scorer with a knack for maintaining high productivity and efficiency in task completion. Possess specialized skills in data analysis, performance evaluation, and detailed reporting. Excel in critical thinking, time management, and communication, enabling successful project delivery within tight deadlines. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Highly knowledgeable Tutor with background in various academic subjects. Experience includes providing personalized instruction to students of diverse age groups, improving comprehension and increasing knowledge retention. Strengths include ability to adapt teaching methods based on student needs, fostering positive learning environment and utilizing innovative instructional techniques. Notable impact in enhancing students' academic performance and confidence.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Merchandiser

Eagle Rock Distributing Company
Denver, Colorado
08.2024 - Current
  • Merchandise various stores and liquor stores with loads that arrive at store
  • Place load onto shelves
  • Interact and help customers looking for products
  • Organize shelves
  • Work with my team to ensure outstanding service

Sales Associate(Men's Department)

Kohl's Department Store
Levittown, New York
07.2023 - 07.2024
  • Organized the men's department in terms of clothing and acc
  • Kept mens department neat and orderly, along with setting clothes out on the floor
  • In charge of setting out the que, as new merchandise came in
  • Kept fitting rooms tidy and assisted customers with clothing
  • Assisted customers in accessing various sales, set up a Kohl's account and the App
  • Worked at the register for purchase and returns

Pharmacy Technician

CVS Pharmacy
North Bellmore, New York
09.2023 - 04.2024
  • Assisted customers at pick up, checking out with prescriptions and medications
  • Gathered prescriptions from bins that were past due from pick- up and returned items to stock
  • Pulled medications from the shelves to fill
  • Returned medications back onto the shelves
  • Input information in regard to the customers, in their prescription profile(new scripts, change customer information to update the computer system, new scripts where data was to be entered and processed, updated insurances)
  • Answered phone calls from customers to assist with their needs
  • Placed print outs and labels to prescriptions
  • Worked in production filling prescriptions for pharmacist to review
  • Assisted pharmacists with various duties

Elementary Special Education Teacher

UnCommon Schools
Brooklyn, New York
08.2022 - 06.2023
  • Team member of the Learning Support Team for grades K-4, specialize in math support
  • Case manager for students with IEPs in third and fourth grade
  • Educate at-risk elementary students and special education students with significant language issues and various disabilities
  • Provide push-in and pull-out services to support students
  • Plan individualized lessons according to students' IEPs and each student's needs
  • Follow classroom teachers' lesson plan to create individualized learning materials geared to students' ability and interest; using a multi-sensory approach
  • Provide hands-on lessons to maintain attention and interest; using various manipulatives
  • Use positive reinforcement and various methods for behavior management
  • Provide differentiated instruction in small groups and large classes, while teaching and modeling differentiation to mainstream classroom teachers
  • Consult with teachers daily to provide support and assistance
  • At report card time, complete progress reports, reporting on the student's IEP goals and a summary of their progress
  • I also share areas the student continues to work on, and through which methods and accommodations provide the student to meet that success
  • For testing, I assess my IEP students with the NWEA in the area of math, three times a year
  • I collect data and work on the skills and gaps to help the students individually to be successful in the classroom
  • In UnCommon, social, emotional and psychological support for the students are provided by special education staff, along with other members of staff
  • By providing one-on-one support to the student, and assisting and guiding the classroom teachers(with at times, when needed, the social worker gets called to be involved
  • I work closely with my students in and out of the classroom and check in daily with teachers to ensure my students are in a good space and feel safe and supported
  • For CSE meeting, I facilitate the meetings(annuals and triennials) with the DOE: CSE chair, parents, and teachers
  • I write up the CSE meeting report to share the plan and send it out to all the staff involved with the student
  • Provide trainings and education to staff members to help them to be more able to address their students with special needs in a mainstream setting

Special Education Teacher Assistant

Indian Land High School
Indian Land, South Carolina
08.2021 - 06.2022
  • Worked with self-contained special education teachers, working 1:1 with an autistic student
  • Accompanied the student to his classes, assisting him in taking notes, listening to the lessons, participating in group activities, and completing assignments in class to hand in
  • Worked 1:1 with the student during free periods to study for tests and review what was taught each day

Breaker

Tutor Time
Massapequa, New York
09.2011 - 06.2012
  • Assisted preschool teachers with small group activities, lunch, recess and naptime

Resource Consultant Teacher

Midland Elementary School
Rye, New York
09.1999 - 05.2002
  • Taught at-risk elementary students and special education students with significant language issues and various disabilities
  • Provided co-teaching, push-in, push-out services
  • Planned lessons according to students' IEP's
  • Prepared lessons to meet individual need of students
  • Conferred with parents, administrators, testing specialists, psychologists and others to develop individual educational program for student
  • Instructed students in all academic subject areas
  • Worked with regular classroom teachers on 'differentiation' within the classroom
  • Individualized learning materials geared to student ability and interest
  • Worked with ADHD students to increase motivation
  • Provided consistent reinforcement to learning, continuous assessment of level of functioning and continuous feedback to students, teachers, and parents
  • Worked with parents to accept and develop skills in dealing with student learning impairment
  • Structured and maintained a hands on, structured learning environment
  • Worked as a consultant to teachers
  • Tested and evaluated students for annual reviews and initial referrals

Special Education Classroom Teacher

Eagle Hill School
Greenwich, Connecticut
09.1997 - 06.1999
  • Planned and taught entire school year curriculum for learning disabled students with language issues
  • Provided whole class, group, one-on-one instruction on a daily basis
  • Had daily contact with school administrators to discuss the best individualized program for each student and the strategies that would meet their specialized needs
  • Individualized lessons based on each student's needs
  • Provided hands-on lessons to maintain attention and interest
  • Taught all subject areas
  • Used various manipulatives
  • Active member in parent-teacher conferences
  • Used positive reinforcement for behavior management

Assistant, Kindergarten Co-Teacher

Rippowam Cisqua School
Mount Kisco, New York
09.1996 - 06.1997
  • Helped plan and co-taught school curriculum for whole and half group instruction
  • Conducted math and reading informal assessments
  • Provided one-on-one classroom support
  • Active member of parent-Teacher conferences
  • Coached after school sports programs

Substitute Teacher

Bedford Central School District
Bedford, New York
04.1996 - 06.1996
  • Substituted at all elementary schools for Regular and Special Education
  • Taught lessons in all subject areas for grade K-6
  • Provided one-on-one assistance to students

Student Teacher

Bedford Village Elementary School
Bedford, New York
01.1996 - 04.1996
  • Collaborative teacher in Kindergarten and third grade inclusion classes
  • Planned and taught lessons in all subject areas for whole and half group instruction
  • Team taught regular education and Special Education students with classroom teacher
  • Conducted student inventories
  • Provided one-on-one and small group support
  • Attended Committee of Special Education and Learning Resource Team Meetings

Teacher Assistant

Midland Elementary School
Rye, New York
09.1993 - 12.1995
  • Designed bulletin boards that reinforced what was being taught in the classroom
  • Wrote up informal chapter tests regularly for third and fourth grades
  • Provided one-on-one instruction
  • Corrected papers
  • Filed Papers
  • Copied classwork
  • Supervised 150 students during lunch and recess

Education

Masters of Professional Studies - Elementary and Special Education

Manhattanville College
Purchase, New York
01.1996

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Salve Regina College
Newport, Rhode Island
01.1992

Skills

  • Instructional Design
  • Pedagogy
  • Lesson Planning
  • Activity Creation
  • Materials
  • Instruction
  • Strategies
  • Storyline 360
  • Captivate
  • Canva
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Articulate Rise 360
  • Adobe XD
  • LMS
  • ADDIE
  • Gagne's Nine Events
  • Kirkpatrick's Model
  • Bloom's Taxonomy
  • Mayer's Principles
  • Visual Design Principles
  • Display signage
  • Visual display installations
  • Friendly and outgoing
  • In-store support
  • Stock control
  • Floor set design

Affiliations

  • Education
  • Instructional Design
  • Student Assessments
  • Report Writing
  • Evaluations

Certification

  • New York State Teacher certification
  • Certificates: Complete Instructional design course, Instruction Design in Corporate L&D
  • Currently enrolled in Instructional Design Foundations Online Course for Certificate

Languages

Norwegian
Professional

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote

Everyone can be successful through hard work!

Work Preference

Work Type

Part Time

Work Location

Remote

Important To Me

Work-life balanceFlexible work hoursWork from home option

Timeline

Merchandiser

Eagle Rock Distributing Company
08.2024 - Current

Pharmacy Technician

CVS Pharmacy
09.2023 - 04.2024

Sales Associate(Men's Department)

Kohl's Department Store
07.2023 - 07.2024

Elementary Special Education Teacher

UnCommon Schools
08.2022 - 06.2023

Special Education Teacher Assistant

Indian Land High School
08.2021 - 06.2022

Breaker

Tutor Time
09.2011 - 06.2012

Resource Consultant Teacher

Midland Elementary School
09.1999 - 05.2002

Special Education Classroom Teacher

Eagle Hill School
09.1997 - 06.1999

Assistant, Kindergarten Co-Teacher

Rippowam Cisqua School
09.1996 - 06.1997

Substitute Teacher

Bedford Central School District
04.1996 - 06.1996

Student Teacher

Bedford Village Elementary School
01.1996 - 04.1996

Teacher Assistant

Midland Elementary School
09.1993 - 12.1995

Masters of Professional Studies - Elementary and Special Education

Manhattanville College

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Salve Regina College

Instructional Design

Complete Instructional Design course (Udemy), Instructional Design in corporate L&D (Udemy), Complete Instructional design course, Instructional Design in Corporate L&D, Instructional Design Pedagogy, Lesson Planning, Activity Creation, Materials, Instruction, Strategies, Storyline 360, Captivate, Canva, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Illustrator, Articulate Rise 360, Adobe XD, LMS - learning management system, ADDIE, Gagne's Nine Events, Kirkpatrick's Model, Bloom's Taxonomy, Mayer's Principles, Visual Design Principles

References

References available upon request.

Languages

Norwegian, Fluent

Instructional Design

Complete Instructional Design course (Udemy), Instructional Design in corporate L&D (Udemy), Complete Instructional design course, Instructional Design in Corporate L&D, Instructional Design Pedagogy, Lesson Planning, Activity Creation, Materials, Instruction, Strategies, Storyline 360, Captivate, Canva, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Illustrator, Articulate Rise 360, Adobe XD, LMS - learning management system, ADDIE, Gagne's Nine Events, Kirkpatrick's Model, Bloom's Taxonomy, Mayer's Principles, Visual Design Principles

References

References available upon request.

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