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Lisa Scott

Lisa Scott

Rush,NY
What would you do if you know you could not fail?
Eleanor Roosevelt

Summary

Adaptable and Experienced Teacher and Life Long Learner ~

Highly collaborative NYS-certified elementary education teacher with classroom experience and multiple leadership roles including coach, mentor, and committee chair. Strengths include instructional design, data analysis, curriculum alignment, research and writing skills, remote teaching, creativity, and communication. Known for having a reflective, adaptable, and flexible attitude that includes continually refining and updating approaches to achieve better outcomes.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Academic Support Teacher ELA/Math

Rush - Henrietta CSD
09.2022 - 06.2023
  • Provided focused remediation for students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
  • Assessed students and analyzed data to create lesson plans and groupings for intervention
  • Designed learning activities, electronic and print, aligned to specific standards and student assessment results
  • Organized schedules and communicated with teachers and administrators regarding student needs, progress, and groupings.

Teacher- Kindergarten, First/Second Grade

Rush - Henrietta CSD
09.2009 - 06.2022
  • Implemented best teaching practices utilizing deeply ingrained early childhood philosophy
  • Adapted to new educational philosophies and continuously sought opportunities to learn and grow
  • Represented grade level for district content area committees, working on curriculum development and review
  • Designed e-learning tasks for remote and in-school students, and converted instructional materials for use with remote learning
  • Organized and analyzed data for unit/quarterly assessments
  • Determined student needs through data analysis
  • Wrote supplemental texts and lessons
  • Developed rubrics and assessed student work with grade level team to ensure consistency
  • Communicated with parents support staff and administration regarding student progress.

Academic Coach - Math, Science, Technology

Rush - Henrietta CSD
09.2000 - 06.2009
  • Provided enrichment and remediation for math, science, and technology working with 25 Kindergarten through 5th grade teachers
  • Coached teachers to implement new technology resources into curriculum lesson content by recommending technological tools and providing appropriate training
  • Engaged small groups of students in lessons
  • Aligned standards to curriculum and assessments
  • Analyzed published curriculum, created and reviewed timelines for instruction and assessment
  • Created local assessments for math units including test blueprints
  • Gained support of initially reluctant teachers to shift in math curriculum and educational philosophy
  • Executed 4th grade state science testing for school
  • Lead district training and grading for state science and math tests.
  • Led workshops for 20+ adult learners

Teacher - Kindergarten, Early Developmental K

Rush - Henrietta CSD
09.1988 - 06.2000
  • Built positive relationships with students and families for safe, trusted learning support.
  • Created Early Developmental Kindergarten curriculum, ensuring lessons and activities were responsive to student needs and developmental levels
  • Supervised and evaluated paraprofessionals
  • Synthesized the K-3 curriculum to create multi-disciplinary integrated unit called “The Iditarod”, published by Teaching & Learning Company
  • Exercised good classroom management focused on positive behavior

Education

Master of Science - Elementary Education

SUNY Brockport, Brockport
05.1993

Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
05.1988

Permanent NYS Certification Grades N-6 -

Skills

  • Clear Communicator-written and verbal
  • Instructional Design aligned to standards
  • Curriculum Development
  • Effective online instruction, adept at learning new technology/systems
  • Strong and thorough understanding of grade level standards, curriculum, and pedagogy
  • Data analysis of assessments used to inform instruction, create intervention plans
  • Science of Reading, Common Core/Next Generation State Standards, ISTE standards
  • Self-directed, solution oriented, committed to success
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of educational research
  • Google Suite, Microsoft Office
  • Strong Work Ethic and Dependable
  • Lead Professional Development

Affiliations

NYS English Council Award: “Educator of Excellence”


Member of the National Association for Education of Young Children

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline

Academic Support Teacher ELA/Math - Rush - Henrietta CSD
09.2022 - 06.2023
Teacher- Kindergarten, First/Second Grade - Rush - Henrietta CSD
09.2009 - 06.2022
Academic Coach - Math, Science, Technology - Rush - Henrietta CSD
09.2000 - 06.2009
Teacher - Kindergarten, Early Developmental K - Rush - Henrietta CSD
09.1988 - 06.2000
SUNY Brockport - Master of Science, Elementary Education
Syracuse University - Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education
- Permanent NYS Certification Grades N-6,
Lisa Scott