Lavora Wicks
Chicago,IL
Summary
Motivated and hard-working collaboratives teacher seeking an opportunity to boost engagement, improve test scores and tackle learning.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Elementary School Teacher
Regeneration School
Chicago, IL
04.2023 - Current
- Engaged parents in meaningful dialogue about their child's academic performance.
- Maintained accurate records of student attendance and grades.
- Monitored lunchroom behavior and enforced appropriate conduct standards.
- Handled challenging classroom behaviors with positive and affirming techniques.
- Worked with students individually to address areas of concern.
- Created classroom environment that was conducive to learning, including establishing rules and procedures.
- Developed and implemented lesson plans to meet the needs of a diverse student population.
- Assessed students' progress through formal and informal tests, quizzes, assignments, and observations.
- Facilitated small group activities to support individualized instruction.
- Helped students learn to persevere with challenging tasks and build resilience for later educational efforts.
- Built relationships with students and guardians through active communication and positive feedback.
Teacher
Bright Horizons Family Solutions LLC
Evanston, IL
02.2020 - 06.2023
- Helped students build learning and study skills to achieve educational goals.
- Mentored and supported teachers on classroom teaching practices using professional development programs and instructional techniques training.
- Applied proactive behavior management techniques to facilitate classroom discipline.
- Engaged students and boosted understanding of material using focused instructional strategies and hands-on activities.
- Taught students in various stages of cognitive, linguistic, social and emotional development.
- Used children's literature to teach and reinforce reading, writing, grammar and phonics.
- Worked one-on-one with students to create individualized lesson plans to increase progress.
- Taught reading, language arts, mathematics and other subjects utilizing course of study adopted by Board of Education.
- Assisted fellow teachers with assignment development, special projects, tests, administrative updates and grading.
- Observed children and recorded activities, maintained daily records and created safe environments during activities, meals and naps.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
- Differentiated instruction according to student skill level.
- Scheduled and held parent-teacher conferences to keep parents up-to-date on children's academic performance.
- Created and enforced child-based, hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and receptive learning.
Lead Instructional Coach
Bright Horizons Childcare
Evanston, IL
08.2022 - 03.2023
- Mentored and supported teachers on classroom teaching practices using professional development programs and instructional techniques training.
- Assisted in the collection of analysis to determine the best instructional strategies.
- Collaborated with staff members to develop skills and knowledge through development targeted designs.
- Communicated with students, guardians, peers and school administrators to foster strong relationships.
- Held one-on-one instructional sessions with teachers in need of additional help.
Teacher
The Roy Center
Holly Springs , MS
10.2016 - 05.2019
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
- Differentiated instruction according to student skill level.
- Helped students build learning and study skills to achieve educational goals.
- Established positive relationships with students, parents, fellow teachers and school administrators.
- Taught students subject-specific material, learning strategies and social skills.
- Encouraged student critical thinking and discussion using variety of teaching techniques.
- Offered hands-on learning opportunities to develop student self-esteem and life skills.
- Worked with school administrators to develop classroom management policies for grade level.
- Oversaw class field trips to keep students safe and educate about related topics.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
Rust College
Holly Springs, MS2019
Skills
- Time Management
- Good work ethic
- Dependable
- Flexible
- Behavioral/cognitive skills development
- Emergent curriculum
- Effective listening
- Calm under pressure
- CPR/First-aid certified
- Effectively work with parents
- Curriculum development
- Creative lesson plan development
Timeline
Elementary School Teacher
Regeneration School
04.2023 - Current
Lead Instructional Coach
Bright Horizons Childcare
08.2022 - 03.2023
Teacher
Bright Horizons Family Solutions LLC
02.2020 - 06.2023
Teacher
The Roy Center
10.2016 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
Rust College