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Teacher

Lauren Gillespie

Teacher
North Augusta,SC

Summary

Early Childhood Development Teacher with solid understanding of importance of early learning. Offering nurturing and encouraging approach to child guidance. Early Childhood Development Teacher committed to each child's successful cognitive, physical and emotional progress. Passionate Teacher with more than 26 years of experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.

Overview

31
31
years of post-secondary education
48
48
years of professional experience

Work History

4K Teacher, 5K Teacher

Aiken County Public Schools
North Augusta, SC
08.2000 - Current
  • Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to reinforce student participation and hands-on learning.
  • Communicated frequently with parents to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
  • Supported teacher cadets by mentoring on classroom management, lesson planning and activity organization.
  • Promoted physical, academic and social development by implementing diverse classroom and outside activities.
  • Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers and letters.
  • Applied play-based strategies, including crafts and games, to provide diverse approaches to learning.
  • Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
  • Consulted with parents to build and maintain positive support networks and support continuing education strategies.
  • Nurtured supportive learning environment.
  • Conducted in-home visits to maintain student and family relationships and student performance standards.

4K Teacher, First Grade Teacher

Richmond County School System
Augusta, GA
08.1994 - 06.2021
  • Drove student learning by establishing clear classroom plans and group objectives, as well as actionable strategies to achieve each goal.
  • Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education

University of South Carolina - Aiken
Aiken, SC
08.1990 - 05.2021

Skills

    Student-centered learning

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Timeline

4K Teacher, 5K Teacher

Aiken County Public Schools
08.2000 - Current

4K Teacher, First Grade Teacher

Richmond County School System
08.1994 - 06.2021

Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education

University of South Carolina - Aiken
08.1990 - 05.2021
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