Lukas Garcia
Anaheim,CA
Summary
Experienced educator passionate about teaching and inspiring others. Skilled in effective communication with diverse populations, fostering a positive and inclusive learning environment. Recognized for building and maintaining strong relationships with students, colleagues, and parents. Self-motivated and highly organized with a proven track record of successful planning and leadership.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher
Riverside Unified School District
08.2024 - Current
- Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
- Managed classroom behavior effectively by establishing clear expectations, modeling appropriate conduct, and consistently enforcing established rules and consequences.
- Enhanced classroom engagement through the use of interactive teaching methods, such as group projects and hands-on activities.
- Developed student language through the use of sentence frames, models, peer discussion, and small group instruction.
4th Grade General Education Teacher
Orange Unified School District
07.2023 - Current
- Teaching 4th grade Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies.
- Provide quality grade-level instruction for all curriculum.
- Use AVID strategies and Thinking Maps to help students build writing samples.
- Students were taught collaboration through group activities and projects.
- Students were taught to become a self-running classroom through the assignment of jobs, which also was used to teach them responsibility.
6th Grade Math and Science Teacher
Edwin Markham Middle School
08.2021 - Current
- Teaching 6th grade Math, Science, and 7th/8th grade Leadership.
- 6th Grade Math ILT, and Individual in charge of Comic Book club and after school weightlifting program.
- Provide quality grade level lessons for the subjects of Math and Science, in addition to providing foundational leadership skills to students in 7th/8th grade Leadership while, facilitating the process of building the Yearbook.
- Sixth grade Math Team Lead responsible for providing support to my peers, facilitating common planning meetings, and contributing to the school's CTA.
- Both clubs are intended to build relationships with students and giving those same students an arena to build bonds with their peers in a healthy and fun environment. Both clubs meet every week.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
California State University, Fullerton
01.2018
Master of Arts -
Brandman University
01.2021
Skills
- Classroom and Behavior Management
- Schoology
- Illustrative Mathematics/Amplify Science
- Wonders Language Arts Curriculum
- Envision/Eureka/Illustrative Mathematics Curriculum
- Aries/Misis
- Google Classroom, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms
- Communication / Public Speaking
- Coaching (basketball, volleyball, weightlifting)
- AVID
- Apple Certified
- Thinking Maps
- Small Group Instruction
- Anchor Charts
Hobbies and Interests
- Sports
- Family Time
- Coaching
- Superheroes
- Acting
Timeline
Teacher
Riverside Unified School District
08.2024 - Current
4th Grade General Education Teacher
Orange Unified School District
07.2023 - Current
6th Grade Math and Science Teacher
Edwin Markham Middle School
08.2021 - Current
Master of Arts -
Brandman University
Bachelor of Science -
California State University, Fullerton
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