Maia Kirk
New Windsor
Summary
Experienced educator with great team leadership and excellent communication skills. Ready to teach ELA (7-12) and contribute to others' success and quality of life through hard work, focused engagement, and culturally relevant lesson plans. Motivational, creative, and energetic teaching style. Taught summer school in both Newburgh Free Academy and South Middle School. Hard worker with a friendly attitude, and extremely understanding and helpful towards others' needs.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
8th Grade English Language Arts Teacher
Newburgh Enlarged City School District
2023.08 - Current
- Increased student participation with engaging lesson plans that fostered collaboration and communication skills.
- Created and executed culturally relevant lesson plans.
- Developed strong relationships with students and parents through regular communication and feedback to support academic success.
- Incorporated diverse texts into the curriculum to expose students to different perspectives and cultures, promoting cultural competency.
- Supported students in developing social skills through structured activities and positive reinforcement techniques.
ELA Teacher for Summer School
Newburgh Enlarged City School District
2022.07 - Current
- Prepare and implement engaging and relevant topics in all lesson plans.
- Promote effective and increased verbal/written communication through listening, speaking, reading and writing practice.
- Established and administered assessments to evaluate about 100 students' progress.
Substitute Teacher
Newburgh Enlarged City School District
2020.02 - 2023.06
- Substitute in grades K-12 in multiple schools, primarily in middle and high school (7-12).
- Great communication with students and staff, and excellent establishment and execution of teachers' lessons.
- Extremely dependable in any given situation in any classroom setting.
Student Teacher
NECSD
2022.01 - 2022.05
- Great team work with classroom teachers learning standards, lesson implementation, and differentiation.
- Cultivating positive relationships with administration, teaching staff and over a hundred students.
- Designed engaging lessons using various teaching methods and modern classroom technologies, such as Google Classroom, JamBoard, and Infinite Campus.
Baker's Associate
Adam's Fairacre Farms
2016.09 - 2020.01
- Excellent communication skills with hundreds of customers and team members which helped to drive sales up.
- Administered products out in store, quick, legible writing on cakes, maintaining custom orders, and assisting customers choose best products.
- Immensely dependable in driving sales, putting smiles on customers faces, and helping others through teamwork skills.
Education
Master of Science - English
SUNY College At New Paltz
New Paltz, NY05.2023
Bachelor of Arts - English And Adolescent Education
The College of Saint Rose
Albany, NY05.2022
Skills
-Volunteer trip to Guatemala for two weeks teaching kids to speak and write in English, building stoves, and painting school in 2019.
-Volunteer at Bright Hope School and assisting with new parking lot renovations in 2021.
-Volunteer for Newburgh Illuminated Festival 2022.
-Staff writer on College of Saint Rose's Chronicle, student run newspaper 2021-2022.
-Staff writer on SUNY New Paltz newspaper, The Oracle 2022-2023.
-Contributing writer on SUNY New Paltz magazine The Teller 2022-2023.
-Provide childcare for kids of all ages for family and friends for over ten years, including homework help.
-Published poem in Newburgh Free Academy Colonnade in 2017.
-Volunteer set up and poetry circle at Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at South Middle School in 2023.
-Volunteer work at the Fall Ball at South Middle School in 2023.
-Volunteer work for Family STEM Day at South Middle School 2024.
-Books and Breakfast volunteer work at South Middle School in 2024.
Leisure
My two main hobbies include reading and writing. I also enjoy participating in community events, playing guitar, and doing volunteer work.
Timeline
8th Grade English Language Arts Teacher
Newburgh Enlarged City School District
2023.08 - Current
ELA Teacher for Summer School
Newburgh Enlarged City School District
2022.07 - Current
Student Teacher
NECSD
2022.01 - 2022.05
Substitute Teacher
Newburgh Enlarged City School District
2020.02 - 2023.06
Baker's Associate
Adam's Fairacre Farms
2016.09 - 2020.01
Master of Science - English
SUNY College At New Paltz
Bachelor of Arts - English And Adolescent Education
The College of Saint Rose
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