Logan Peninger

• Organized and executed lesson plans across all five subjects in a class of twenty-three to thirty students for three years (2020-2023).
• Integrated technology and multimedia tools into lessons to enhance student learning.
• Created supportive and inclusive learning environments, fostering positive classroom atmospheres supporting student growth and learning.
• Coached, mentored and evaluated student teachers for progress against program objectives, including providing constructive feedback.
• Designed and presented lesson plans in one or more academic subjects using variety of teaching techniques to appeal to various learning styles within assigned grade level.
• From 2023-2025, 5th grade facilitated the decision to departmentalize the grade level, streamlining instruction by assigning teachers to distinct subjects, enhancing student learning outcomes, and promoting a more focused approach to curriculum delivery.
• Helped students develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution, critical thinking, and communication.
• Adapted lessons to differentiate instruction and meet students' diverse learning needs and abilities including NEP, EIP, IEP, and ESOL backgrounds
• Collaborated with grade-level colleagues in bi-weekly CLT meetings to analyze, refine, and adapt lesson plans, ensuring alignment with student needs and instructional goals for optimal learning outcomes.
• Established open communication and positive relationships with students, parents, peers, and administrative staff.

Leadership Positions

• Content Lead within Social Studies Lead who led the development and implementation of 5th grade Social Studies curriculum by coordinating instructional materials, fostering collaborative planning, and supporting teachers in delivering engaging, standards-aligned content for one year until the decision of departmentalization was reached.
• Volunteered for the Social-Emotional-Learning 5th Grade Representative to drive the integration of social emotional learning across K12 groupings within quarterly meetings in the Peachtree Ridge Cluster.
• Volunteered for the STEM Vertical Team position in 5th Grade to cultivate critical thinking skills to further the vertical alignment of STEM standards across K12 groupings in the cluster
• Established open communication alongside the grade level school counselor and behavioral specialist as a part of the PBIS school initiative team

• Organized and Executed two-week lead teaching in class of twenty-four students out of sixteen-week placement.
• Prior to lead teaching, actively took on one new subject, crafted lesson plans for that subject, and taught new subject at start of that week
• Supervised orderly transitions to and from class, recess, lunch, and specials while upholding PBIS values, observed and assisted in parent teacher conferences, sat in on collaborative grade level meetings.
• Collaborated and analyzed nature of lesson plans with mentor teacher, adapting them if needed to best fit cognitive appropriateness of students.
• Mentored struggling students through one-on-one tutoring sessions, leading to significant improvements in academic performance.
• Supervised small group and whole group settings.
• Due to variety of skill levels and backgrounds which include NEP, IEP, and ESOL, gained experience in modifying traditional activities to meet specific accommodations required for students to succeed.
• Engaged whole group lessons to twenty-four students and based on appropriate data, actively differentiate and scaffold within small group attention
• Provided constructive feedback on assignments, fostering growth in students'' critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Implemented effective classroom management techniques, maintaining an orderly and focused learning environment.

• Facilitated and led class of twenty to twenty-seven students in many lessons regarding English Language Arts two full days weekly
• Assisted students in essay construction and scaffold important steps around essay development
• Assisted and co-taught with mentor teacher during small group activities
• Supervised ten to eighteen students during parallel teaching and jigsaw activities
• Observed and assisted Push In Special Education Teacher by providing more localized help to six fifth grade special education students when needed

• Observed, assisted and co-taught specific lessons during the two full days was placed in this gifted class
• Independently created a social studies lesson plan and lead a whole class lesson of twenty-six gifted students
• Assisted in transitions, followed PBIS classroom management procedure, and observed the powerful nature Project Based Learning has on creativity and critical thinking
• Facilitated Running Records for twenty-six students, collaborated with current mentor teacher on the results, organized students into new reading groups
• Cultivated a love for reading by incorporating engaging literature selections into daily lessons.
• Supervised small groups of five to eight students during Daily Five activities weekly
• Strengthened math skills through hands-on activities that connected concepts to real-world applications.
• Lead several read alouds and implemented targeted reading interventions
• Facilitated enriching whole class discussion based on targeted text to enhance comprehension

• Monitored twenty to twenty-four students two half days out of the week
• Created a creative and nurturing atmosphere
• Challenged critical thinking skills during their exploration of play and reading time
• Modeled and taught gross motor skills such as hopping, skipping, and galloping outside
• Used read alouds as a time to talk about diverse topics such as bullying, hygiene, how to be good friends with one another, and describe what learning meant to them