LINDSEY POPE
Sebastopol,CA
Summary
Highly-motivated teacher and herbalist with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Focused on building connections with students to strengthen engagement. Knowledgeable about planning projects to diversify instruction, immerse students in subject material, and promote continuous skill-building.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Substitute Teacher
Sonoma County School of Education (SCOE)
Santa Rosa , CA
02.2022 - Current
- Provided instruction and guidance to students in the absence of a regular teacher.
- Encouraged positive behavior among students through effective communication techniques.
- Monitored student progress throughout the day.
- Collaborated with other teachers to ensure student success.
6th Grade Teacher
Meadowview Elementary School, Bellevue District
Santa Rosa , CA
08.2022 - 06.2023
- Promoted critical thinking skills through project-based learning activities.
- Provided individualized instruction for struggling students to ensure they reach proficiency levels.
- Instructed students in the fundamentals of math, science, social studies, reading and writing.
- Job share - I taught two days, and another teacher taught the other three days.
Distant Learning Educator/Facilitator
Downing and Boriolo families
Windsor, CA
08.2020 - 06.2021
- Facilitated the distant learning classroom for 4 children, 2 children in second grade and 2 in Kindergarten
- Organized activities and resources to promote student engagement in learning
- Consulted with the parents of the two families and worked through some difficult behavioral issues that came up
Early Childhood Educator
Fulton Community School & Farm
Santa Rosa, CA
06.2018 - 03.2020
- Provided a safe and stimulating learning environment for young children.
- Encouraged creativity through art, music, dramatic play and other creative activities.
- Organized indoor and outdoor playtime activities to promote physical and mental development of children.
- Developed age-appropriate activities to encourage physical, social and intellectual development of children.
- Collaborated with parents in order to discuss their child's progress or any concerns they may have had regarding their child's development or behavior.
Senior Supervisor
Full House Farm
Sebastopol, Ca
07.2015 - 12.2018
- Full House Farm was a sustainable small organic farm where Christine, the farm owner and operator, and I provided educational farm tours, organic goat milk products, fresh organic eggs, and guest lodgings to our community and travelers from near and far
- Christine collaborated with local schools to provide farm summer camps
- I led the student groups, ranging in size from 10 to 60 children, in educational and fun farm tours that help demonstrate sustainable models of farming to the youth
- I managed documentation of and training on production procedures and work instructions.
Dunham Garden Coordinator
Dunham Elementary School
Petaluma, CA
08.2014 - 06.2018
- Each Thursday and Friday, I spent my day leading lessons of nutrition and garden in the school garden and pumpkin patch at Dunham Elementary
- We explored the importance of soil and seeds by testing our soil, amending it with natural fertilizers, and by learning different ways of saving seeds
- We developed our compost systems so that students turned lunch scraps into a rich soil amendment
- I managed and organized monthly meetings for our Garden Committee, made up of parent volunteers, to meet our fundraising goals and to complete projects
- I wrote and received the Lowe's Toolbox for Education Grant in May 2017 for $5,000 to develop a rainwater catchment system for Dunham's campus
Canvas Ranch Farm Intern
Canvas Ranch
Petaluma, Ca
09.2011 - 10.2014
- I helped run the farmers market stand, planted, weeded, cultivated the 12 bed herb garden, canned vegetables, made fruit preserves, learned about soil composition, constructed raised beds and a gate, observed the sheep herd and cashmere goats, and each time I went up to the farm I learn something new
- This was a crucial experience that began my career in sustainable agriculture.
Education
Community Herbalist Program - 9 Month Intensive
California School of Herbal Studies
Forestville11-2024
Certificate of Completion 9 month Roots of Herbalism Program - Herbalism
California School of Herbal Studies
Forestville, CA11.2023
Master of Arts - Education
Sonoma State University
Cotati, CA05-2019
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of Colorado Boulder
Skills
- Over ten years of experience teaching children in indoor and outdoor educational spaces
- Creative and dynamic thinker
- Organized and a task master
- Twelve years of sustainable and organic gardening and farming
- Nine years of stewardship and tending to dairy goats, the last six managing my own herd
- Over ten years of medicine making experience
- Dedication to continuing hone my connection to nature, and facilitating this connection for children
Affiliations
- My partner and I are steward a small scale regenerative farm where we raise chickens and goats, and grow vegetables and herbs
- We love to grow our own medicines from seed to bottle
Languages
Spanish
Elementary
References
Denise McCullough- Principal of Kawana Springs Elementary School, dmccullough@busd.org
(Kawana Springs is in the Bellevue School District. This is the main district that I have worked since becoming a Substitute Teacher.)
Isabella DeCredico - medicine making teacher at CSHS, isabella.d@cshs.com
Timeline
6th Grade Teacher
Meadowview Elementary School, Bellevue District
08.2022 - 06.2023
Substitute Teacher
Sonoma County School of Education (SCOE)
02.2022 - Current
Distant Learning Educator/Facilitator
Downing and Boriolo families
08.2020 - 06.2021
Early Childhood Educator
Fulton Community School & Farm
06.2018 - 03.2020
Senior Supervisor
Full House Farm
07.2015 - 12.2018
Dunham Garden Coordinator
Dunham Elementary School
08.2014 - 06.2018
Canvas Ranch Farm Intern
Canvas Ranch
09.2011 - 10.2014
Community Herbalist Program - 9 Month Intensive
California School of Herbal Studies
Certificate of Completion 9 month Roots of Herbalism Program - Herbalism
California School of Herbal Studies
Master of Arts - Education
Sonoma State University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of Colorado Boulder
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