LINDA ROSE
Mesquite,TX
Summary
Highly Successful Leader/Teacher. Passionate, compassionate, creative, and effective Educator with valuable experience in school and classroom administration, professional development and project planning. Equipped with extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator, and motivational coach. Competent at performing independently or as member of administrative/teaching team. Well-versed in classroom and online technologies. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction, laboratory, and hands-on activities. Successful in helping a culturally diverse student community develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Highly Successful Leader/Teacher
Mesquite ISD
08.2014 - Current
- Led cross-functional campus Leadership & Empowerment Team in activities to impact the culture of belonging for THE Mesquite HS for students, teachers, and community. Held 2 successful evening Movie Nights (coordinated with 2 feeder MS on one) for students and families. Hosted a wildly successful BINGO Extravaganza for teachers to win prizes for use in their classrooms.
- Chosen as an AVID Leader on my campus. Trained in AVID principles and worked with other SITE TEAM members to develop and implement the AVID program on THE MHS campus. Coordinated artifact collection from teachers in all departments for campus certification.
- Substituted for our campus Head AP while she was on medical leave. Performed discipline and handled various duties to help the school run smoothly during her absence.
- Actively participated in the review and selection of district curriculum materials to align with new TEKS as part of the Instructional Materials Adoption Committee.
- Coordinated & scheduled teachers & students for Saturday School to handle tardy and other disciplinary consequences as well as recoup of hours.
- Organized, advertised, and led a team in the highly successful Big Maroon Event - a community wide event for all of SkeeterNation (HS including feeder Elementary and MS). Participants included school clubs & organizations, city depts, community businesses, as well as students, their parents, siblings, teachers, coaches, sponsors, administrators, and other area groups.
- Championed implementation of Restorative Practices at MHS along with Student Success coordinators. Provided PD for select teachers to implement in their classrooms. TEXRP trained in Restorative Practices.
- Reduced failure rates from 15% due to Restorative Practices. Also increased student attendance of At-Risk students.
- Developed and created an innovative Project Based Learning (PBL) curriculum for Physics and Principles of Technology using skills from my Curriculum & Instruction Master's Degree.
- Created and organized district-wide Google Classroom for all Principles of Technology teachers to share curriculum & resources for in-person and virtual learning students.
- Hosted highly successful and highly praised AC/DEC Regional Meet at MHS. Received many accolades from visiting staff on organization and professionalism.
- Increased student engagement, achievement, and learning by implementing PBL and 20% Time/Genius Hour (student led learning with coaching). 83% of students' grades rose an avg of 10 gradepoints overall.
- Increased student achievement through PBL, Genius Hour, Brain-based learning and other innovative techniques. My students always scored high on district checkpoints (DCP's) and many times scored highest in district.
- Trained and mentored other teachers in these innovative techniques to implement in their classrooms to help students reach learning objectives.
- Experienced CTE STEM teacher managing curriculum, budget, class materials, student achievement & career skills.
- Increased student achievement around district through innovative and differentiated math tutoring techniques. One of my students went from failing math to a GT math students. Another MTI student raised his test scores from 15% to over 70% after a few weeks. Many of my 30 students no longer require tutoring because their foundational skills are now strong.
- Supported student physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and hands-on activities.
Long Term Substitute Teacher
Mesquite ISD
08.2008 - 05.2014
- Highly sought substitute teacher for Math, Science, Social Studies, and English. Assignments included AP Physics, GT Physics, Pre-AP Physics, GT Chemistry, 8th grade Social Studies, 8th grade Math, 7th grade English, Bilingual Kindergarten, Bilingual 2nd grade. Between two assignments, taught full time from September 2013-June 2014. Responsible for all lesson plans and class activities.
- Raised mean scores on Physics CBA (Campus Based Assessment) for 86 students from 67.3% to 811.8% with a 77.9% passing rate and an academically fragile population of %>=80 to 59.1% vs 13.6% previously.
- Communicated with parents regarding lesson plans and upcoming activities and provided feedback on student performance.
- Took over class for regular classroom teacher, managing assignments, student needs, and recordkeeping.
- Maintained day-to-day classroom management and discipline to promote learning initiatives.
- Repeatedly requested as substitute teacher by teachers based on excellent past referrals and trusted performance.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Collaborated with colleagues to develop innovative approaches to teaching.
- Monitored student progress and provided feedback to students, parents and school administrators.
- Attended professional meetings, educational conferences or teacher training workshops to improve professional competence.
- Implemented classroom management techniques to maintain positive learning environment.
- Developed creative instructional strategies to keep students engaged and motivated.
Education
Administrative Certificate - Education
Texas A&M University Commerce
Mesquite, TX12.2018
MS - Curriculum And Instruction, Education
Texas A&M University Commerce
Mesquite, TX12.2017
Teaching Certificate/Alternative Certification - Education
Texas A&M University - Commerce
Mesquite, TX06.2014
Real Estate License - Real Estate
Leonard Hawes
Dallas, TX01.2001
BS ChE - Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University Kingsville
Kingsville, TXSkills
- Organizational Skills
- Collaborative
- Effective Communication
- Mentor
- Professional Developer
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Operational Efficiency
- Annual Budgets
- Performance Goals
- Team Development
- Group and Individual Instruction
- Effectively Work with Parents
- Community Involvement
- Positive Reinforcement Strategies
- Instructional Best Practices
- Technology Integration
- Instructional Methods
- Student-Centered Learning
- Teacher Observation
- Multicultural Populations
Timeline
Highly Successful Leader/Teacher
Mesquite ISD
08.2014 - Current
Long Term Substitute Teacher
Mesquite ISD
08.2008 - 05.2014
Administrative Certificate - Education
Texas A&M University Commerce
MS - Curriculum And Instruction, Education
Texas A&M University Commerce
Teaching Certificate/Alternative Certification - Education
Texas A&M University - Commerce
Real Estate License - Real Estate
Leonard Hawes
BS ChE - Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University Kingsville