Lisa Keller
Highlands Ranch,CO
Summary
Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Teacher
St. Katharine Drexel Catholic School
01.2017 - Current
- Planned and implemented different daily activities to enhance overall development and growth of every student.
- Communicated frequently with parents about student growth and progress, recommending at-home reinforcement to support struggling students.
- Conferred with parents about student progress to boost family involvement and enhance student support.
- Maintained patience and level-headedness in diverse situations to support student development and personal growth.
- Organized rooms in compliance with Colorado Shines improvement system to maximize educational opportunities for students.
- Chose optimum curriculum for each class and devised creative daily lesson plans to meet requirements and needs of different learners.
- Developed and optimized rich learning environment by capitalizing on diverse engagement strategies and enriching teaching techniques.
- Guided teaching aides in teaching techniques and classroom management, leading by example and thoroughly answering questions.
- Maintained detailed records of attendance, behavioral observations and assessments for each student to identify trends and rectify issues.
- Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors by implementing various classroom management programs such as Conscious Discipline and Love & Logic.
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
- Identified signs of emotional and developmental problems in children and reported to parents.
- Increased student satisfaction by frequently communicating with students about needs and adapting lessons to interests and classroom progress.
- Used Teaching Strategies to document behavioral, emotional, academic and social growth of students.
Kindergarten Educational Assistant
Fox Creek Elementary School
08.2016 - 01.2017
- Provided one-on-one support to help students with special needs learn and grow.
- Supported student learning objectives through personalized and small group instruction and assessment.
- Managed workflows of classroom volunteers and trained on school procedures.
- Prepared reports and paperwork for parent-teacher conferences.
- Used behavior modeling and specialized teaching techniques to share and reinforce social skills.
- Partnered with teacher to plan and implement lessons following school's curriculum, goals and objectives.
- Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules and support lead teacher.
- Organized and guided skills practice, research and memorization tasks for students.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Reported on student progress, behavior and social skills to parents.
- Prepared instruction materials, visual aids, equipment and classroom displays, constructed bulletin boards and set up work areas to support teacher's lesson delivery.
- Kept classrooms clean, neat and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
Substitute Teacher, K-6
Douglas County School District
08.2012 - 01.2017
- Followed classroom plans left by class teacher to continue student education and reinforce core concepts.
- Assigned, explained and graded homework.
- Implemented outlined grading and assessment techniques to document growth, development and knowledge advancements during teacher absence.
- Organized lesson plans using teaching software for long-term interim assignments.
- Administered standardized assessments with strict requirements and documented information in permanent records.
- Leveraged classroom discussion strategies to engage students, promote topics and boost learning opportunities.
- Administered and graded tests and quizzes and reported performance to primary teacher.
- Repeatedly requested as substitute teacher by teachers based on excellent past referrals and trusted performance.
- Developed rules and set goals to maintain order in classroom.
- Upheld classroom routines to support student environments and maintain consistent schedules.
- Took notes and prepared reports on school day activities to provide to primary teacher.
- Worked with principal's office on disciplinary and safety issues.
- Collaborated with teaching staff to implement coordinated educational strategies and student support networks.
- Diversified classroom instruction and group activities to successfully support students with unique strengths and learning styles.
- Integrated existing and new technology into classroom to help provide creative and fun learning environment.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
Education
Master of Arts - Elementary Education
Jones International University
Englewood, CO08.2014
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology
National University
La Jolla, CA01.1999
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Scripps College
Claremont, CA05.1996
Skills
- Special education
- Student records management
- Lesson development
- Elementary education
- Child development
- Classroom management
- IEP support
- Safety awareness
- Teacher training
- Compliance understanding
- Key decision making
- Team Building
- Group and individual instruction
- Differentiated instruction
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
Zen proverb
Timeline
Lead Teacher
St. Katharine Drexel Catholic School
01.2017 - Current
Kindergarten Educational Assistant
Fox Creek Elementary School
08.2016 - 01.2017
Substitute Teacher, K-6
Douglas County School District
08.2012 - 01.2017
Master of Arts - Elementary Education
Jones International University
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology
National University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Scripps College
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