Laura Cummings
Belle Chasse,LA
Summary
Enthusiastic education professional eager to help teachers and educational staff discover worthwhile resources for curriculum development and lesson planning. Relies on creativity and innovative problem-solving skills to offer recommendations for staff training and continuing education programs for instructors. Actively monitors and evaluates material submissions from publishers to verify content compliance with government regulations and institutional policies.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Mentor Teacher
Belle Chasse Academy
Belle Chasse, LA
08.2019 - Current
- Worked with new teachers to set short and long term goals.
- Assisted new teachers in analyzing what worked and what did not work in lesson/in classroom
- Assisted in developing new teachers capacity to reflect and learn from experiences.
- Modeled high-quality instruction and reflection. Explaining practice, instructional objectives, theory or research on which I base my teaching, why I made specific choices and why I think particular actions were or were not effective.
- Planned lessons with new teacher and shared ideas.
- Completed formal and informal observations and provided feedback.
Lead Kindergarten Teacher
Belle Chasse Academy
Belle Chasse, LA
07.2009 - Current
- Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor and establish personalized learning plan for each student.
- Identified characteristics, needs, abilities and problems of each child through personal interaction and progress reports to optimize approaches.
- Exercised good classroom management focused on positive behavior support by clearly articulating fair and consistent expectations along with appropriate natural consequences.
- Reported to parents and administration about student progress.
- Collaborated with other faculty and staff to promote rigorous learning opportunities, general well-being of school and collective interest of staff and student body.
- Provided guidance on policies and initiatives for kindergarten teaching team.
- Delegated tasks to teacher assistants and school volunteers.
- Collaborated in planning, organizing and implementing instructional programs to facilitate academic, intellectual and social development.
Kindergarten Teacher's Assistant
Belle Chasse Academy
Belle Chasse, LA
07.2007 - 07.2009
- Helped teacher prepare instructional material and displays.
- Enforced rules and instructions to maintain discipline.
- Demonstrated specific skills and activities for students to improve understanding and take excess workload off teachers.
- Arranged and organized classroom desks, chairs and supplies.
- Assisted with school field trips and special events by collecting permission slips and payments.
- Maintained and operated classroom equipment to maximize use and lifespan.
- Assisted in teaching small groups and remediation
- Taught lessons when teacher was absent.
Education
No Degree - Accounting And Finance
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VAAssociate of Science - Business Administration
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VAMaster of Arts - Curriculum And Instruction
University of Holy Cross
New Orleans, LA12.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT12.2009
Skills
- Administration Collaboration
- Positive Learning Environment
- Assessment Strategies and Guidance
- Intervention Support
- Educational Best Practices
- Instruction Differentiation
- Curriculum Development
- Lesson Planning
- Educational Technologies Implementation
- Setting Learning Objectives
- Collaborative and Team-Oriented
- Student Needs Assessments
- Early Reading
- Early childhood development
- Child development
- Classroom management
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of 12 in the development of Standards Based Grading within the school.
- Developed Kindergarten Standards Based Report Card.
- Developed and provided professional development on Leadership Notebooks for grades K-5.
- Provided research to support request for professional development and resources for implementation of Guided Reading in grades K-2.
- Collaborated with Kindergarten Team to implement student led conferences.
- Member of the Lighthouse Team and School Culture Committee as part of Leader in Me implementation in school.
- Founding member of the University of Holy Cross Teaching and Learning Advisory Board.
- Implemented and presented a kindergarten readiness information session for incoming kindergarten parents.
- Developed Kindergarten Assessment for incoming kindergarten students.
Certification
Louisiana Level 3 Teaching License 9/3/2020-9/3/2025
- Elementary Grades 1-8
- PK-3
- Reading Specialist Grades 1-12
- Mentor Teacher
Texas Teaching License in process
NIET TAP Evaluator Training 2019
Timeline
Mentor Teacher
Belle Chasse Academy
08.2019 - Current
Lead Kindergarten Teacher
Belle Chasse Academy
07.2009 - Current
Kindergarten Teacher's Assistant
Belle Chasse Academy
07.2007 - 07.2009
No Degree - Accounting And Finance
Old Dominion University
Associate of Science - Business Administration
Tidewater Community College
Master of Arts - Curriculum And Instruction
University of Holy Cross
Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education
Western Governors University
Louisiana Level 3 Teaching License 9/3/2020-9/3/2025
- Elementary Grades 1-8
- PK-3
- Reading Specialist Grades 1-12
- Mentor Teacher
Texas Teaching License in process
NIET TAP Evaluator Training 2019
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