Layla Anderson
Lilburn,GA
Summary
ESL Teacher highly effective at adapting adult curriculum and presentation style to educate students of all ages, as well as those of varied academic backgrounds
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
ESL Teacher
Catholic Charities of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
10.2022 - Current
- Taught lessons encompassing range of skill-building activities for speaking, writing, reading and listening.
- Customized small group and individual classroom activities based on differentiated learning needs.
- Provided one-on-one instruction for non-English speaking students within classroom settings.
- Developed lesson plans to teach course materials according to schedule.
- Employed kinesthetic, visual and auditory approaches to make lessons interesting and interactive.
- Organized supplementary materials in English for all students.
- Initiated new learning methods to achieve total student comprehension and curb learning time.
- Educated, tutored and mentored students to correct academic problems and prompt personal adjustments.
- Improved student grammar and conversational skills through role play assignments.
- Made difficult language rules digestible to students.
- Created interesting and age-appropriate reading lists to expand English vocabulary and comprehension skills.
- Built relationships with students of diverse cultural, social and economic backgrounds.
Driver
Amazon
Atlanta, GA
10.2018 - 10.2022
- Delivered goods and services to customers on time and in excellent condition.
- Utilized GPS to optimize routes and continuously meet estimated delivery times.
- Monitored traffic conditions and applied defensive strategies to avoid accidents.
- Achieved consistently high customer scores due to exceptional service.
- Operated standard warehouse equipment to assist with loading and unloading of deliveries.
- Reviewed work orders to perform freight movement and deliveries.
- Determined most expedient trip by mapping out driving routes ahead of time.
- Secured merchandise, avoiding damage during transportation.
- Documented daily mileage, gas and other data.
- Performed pre-trip inspection checks and reported problems to supervisor.
- Saved fuel by leveraging GPS to identify faster routes.
- Documented customer service issues, expenses, mileage and other key information.
After-School Counselor
YMCA Of Greater Indianapolis
Coppell, TX
03.2013 - 03.2015
- Assisted children with homework and grade-level appropriate studying techniques.
- Maintained accurate attendance rosters and accounted for program participants during activities.
- Measured results of comprehensive school counseling program activities and communicated results with school administration.
- Conducted group learning activities based on differentiated learning techniques.
- Implemented improved social activities to include special needs students.
- Helped school-age children improve literacy and taught comprehensive reading skills to struggling students.
- Established strong parent involvement programs and relationships that encourage student participation and success.
- Conferred with parents, teachers and administrators to discuss children's progress and resolve behavioral and academic problems.
- Observed students during classroom activities to evaluate students' performance, behavior and social development.
- Provided crisis intervention to students dealing with difficult situations at school.
Education
Certificate - TESOL Program
Teacher's College, Columbia University
New York, NY10.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA08.2008
TESOL Certificate Program - Teaching English As A Second Language
University of Georgia
Athens, GASkills
- Pronunciation expert
- Academic assessment methods
- Individual instruction
- Instructional theories knowledge
- Reading comprehension expertise
- First aid and CPR certified
- Leadership
- Computer skills
- Microsoft Office Suite Skills
- Classroom management
- Teaching
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Timeline
ESL Teacher
Catholic Charities of Atlanta
10.2022 - Current
Driver
Amazon
10.2018 - 10.2022
After-School Counselor
YMCA Of Greater Indianapolis
03.2013 - 03.2015
Certificate - TESOL Program
Teacher's College, Columbia University
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Georgia State University
TESOL Certificate Program - Teaching English As A Second Language
University of Georgia
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