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Lori Trolinger

Marseilles,IL

Summary

Caring Teacher with strong communication skills and drive to excite students about learning. Communicates effectively and maintains strong relationships with students, families, and colleagues. Church Secretary that is organized and ready to meet a challenge of creating new materials and updating current systems. Works well with many different personalities of staff and congregants.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Church Secretary

First Presbyterian Church of Ottawa
Ottawa, IL
08.2024 - Current
  • Converted all the current systems to Google Docs and other online systems, so they were more easily accessed by other church members.
  • Organized and maintained church files, records, and documents.
  • Received, screened, and routed telephone calls.
  • Greeted visitors to the church office and answered inquiries from members of the community.
  • Designed new newsletters, bulletins, letters, and brochures.

Lead Teacher

Ottawa Opportunity School
Ottawa, IL
08.2011 - Current
  • Created a curriculum to meet the ever-changing needs of my students, while implementing new practices over the past 14 years.
  • Worked closely with parents and families to make the school experience more engaging.
  • Worked closely with parents and co-teacher on behavior solutions.
  • Facilitated meetings with parents and guardians in order to discuss student progress or behavior issues.
  • Maintained an open line of communication with administrators regarding students' progress and discussed interventions/observations, when necessary.
  • Utilized data-driven decision making processes to assess student progress, inform instruction, and monitor teaching effectiveness.
  • Helped students, using modeling and scaffolding practices, to encourage positive social interactions; used the same tools to help resolve conflict.
  • Worked collaboratively with other lead teachers on our NAEYC portfolios over two separate NAEYC renewals. My classroom was observed under both renewals, and we passed with high marks.

Education

High School Diploma -

Grace College And Seminary
Winona Lake, IN
05-1993

Skills

  • Bulletin Preparation
  • Phone Etiquette
  • Document Preparation
  • First-aid and CPR
  • Age-Appropriate Activities
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Classroom Management
  • Social-emotional learning
  • Lesson Planning
  • Classroom Organization
  • Conflict resolution techniques

Timeline

Church Secretary

First Presbyterian Church of Ottawa
08.2024 - Current

Lead Teacher

Ottawa Opportunity School
08.2011 - Current

High School Diploma -

Grace College And Seminary

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