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.