Laura Boyer
Frederick,MD
Summary
Innovative educator bringing 14-year background instructing students. Expertise in classroom oversight, course planning and behavior management. Successful at collaborating with teachers, administrative leaders and support specialists to meet individual student needs. Committed to encouraging higher-order thinking to increase student performance. Surviving to create organizational systems that promote efficiency and student growth.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Mathematics Specialist
Frederick County Public Schools
07.2019 - Current
- Assess submitted class assignments, determine grades, and review work with struggling students to boost success chance.
- Prepare and implement lesson plans covering required course topics.
- Model various teaching techniques and learning tools help students with differing ability levels and varied learning modalities.
- Keep classroom environments consistent and focused on learning by establishing and enforcing clear objectives.
- Participate in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Built and maintained positive relationships with students, parents, colleagues and administrators.
- Assess students through diagnostic tests, in addition to formative and summative data.
- Review formative and summative data and information from diagnostic tests to accurately assess students.
- Analyze student data, diagnosed instructional needs, and identified research-based instructional strategies.
- Work closely with students on specific class struggles, closely reviewing materials and assignments to offer targeted help.
- Collaborate with teachers, administrators and parents to determine how best to support student success.
- Maintain records of student assessments, tutoring activities and results.
- Designed system of data collection to aid in scheduling of students.
- Designed master schedule that addressed staff strengths and various student groups needs.
- Assist administrative leadership with interviews.
- Review and evaluate MCAP, ALEKS and Performance Matters assessments with administrative leadership team and mathematics department.
- Facilitate Accelerated Learning Process (ALP) meetings for each mathematics courses.
- Design and implement new structure of extended learning time block to better support schools SIP goals.
- Oversee group of teachers to design cohesive SEL lessons and incentives to create positive school culture and promote different SIP goals.
- Coordinate with elementary school teachers and specialists to make data informed placement decisions.
- Collaborate with school counselors to ensure new enrollments are placed accurately and supported during onboarding.
- Assist with staffing shortages to provide consistent coverage for classes to minimize student impact.
Elevate Coordinator
Frederick County Public Schools
03.2022 - 08.2022
- Entered data, generated reports, and produced tracking documents.
- Gathered and organized materials and space to support operations.
- Implemented project management techniques to overcome obstacles and increase team productivity.
- Developed enrichment opportunities for students with various community partners.
- Communicated with parents to explain program goals and assisted with registration.
- Ensured grant and payroll documentation was maintained.
- Built highly-efficient team through ongoing coaching and professional development opportunities.
- Collaborated with FCPS transportation and food service to ensure students needs were met.
- Coordinated emergency drills and procedures.
- Collaborated with custodial team to ensure program minimally impacted their summer cleaning schedule.
Grant After School Tutoring Coordinator
Frederick County Public Schools
08.2020 - 06.2022
- Established and maintained tracking documents for grant-funded projects for attendance and student growth.
- Identified students through data analysis to participate in program.
- Created resources to improve student achievement.
- Constructed structure for program including locations, frequency and utilization of time with students.
- Worked with directors and grant program staff to implement established grant compliance policies and procedures.
F.A.S.T+ Coordinator
Frederick County Public Schools
03.2016 - 08.2019
- Ensured students were regularly assessed and monitor their progress.
- Gathered and organized materials to support operations.
- Provided professional development opportunities on classroom management and instructional strategies.
- Monitored community partners for student engagement and stewards of space used.
- Developed curriculum scope and sequence for after school and summer programs.
- Provided tiered behavioral support for students to ensure safe and equitable learning environment.
- Coordinated parent engagement events for families of students participating in F.A.S.T+
- Worked with administration and specialists to collect data to help target students that would benefit from grant program.
Mathematics Department Chair
Frederick County Public School
07.2014 - 06.2019
- Created course syllabus to clearly communicate expectations and standards for student success.
- Facilitated departmental professional learning.
- Designed materials and assignments to bolster students' understanding of mathematical concepts.
- Served on school improvement team to support implementation of SIP plan.
- Managed departmental materials and budget.
Instructional Coach
Frederick County Public Schools
01.2018 - 06.2018
- Coached new and veteran teachers to improve practices through professional development and modeling instructional strategies.
- Organized after school trainings and in classroom support to help identify growth opportunities
- Provided feedback on application of trainings in areas of hands-on manipulatives, co-teaching strategies and differentiated learn for special education, multilingual and highly able learners.
Education
Educational Leadership Certificate Program - Educational Leadership Certificate Program
Hood College
Frederick, MD05.2023
Bachelor of Arts - Middle School Mathematics Education
Hood College
Frederick, MD05.2018
Bachelor of Arts - Secondary Mathematics Education
York College of Pennsylvania
York, PA12.2010
Skills
- Data-driven decision-making
- Instructional Leadership
- Student Engagement
- Curriculum Implementation
- Classroom Instruction
- Behavior Management
- Differentiated Instruction
- Efficiency Organizer
- Serving Diverse Communities
- Relationship building and networking
- Strategic Problem Solver
- Growth Oriented
Timeline
Elevate Coordinator
Frederick County Public Schools
03.2022 - 08.2022
Grant After School Tutoring Coordinator
Frederick County Public Schools
08.2020 - 06.2022
Mathematics Specialist
Frederick County Public Schools
07.2019 - Current
Instructional Coach
Frederick County Public Schools
01.2018 - 06.2018
F.A.S.T+ Coordinator
Frederick County Public Schools
03.2016 - 08.2019
Mathematics Department Chair
Frederick County Public School
07.2014 - 06.2019
Educational Leadership Certificate Program - Educational Leadership Certificate Program
Hood College
Bachelor of Arts - Middle School Mathematics Education
Hood College
Bachelor of Arts - Secondary Mathematics Education
York College of Pennsylvania
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