Melissa Lammers
Webster City,Iowa
Summary
Skilled Language Arts Teacher knowledgeable about building strong verbal and written communication skills in all students. Familiar with curriculum selection, lesson planning and classroom management. Desiring to contribute 13 years of experience to long-term position.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
5th and 6th Grade English Language Arts and Social Studies Teacher
Webster City Middle School
08.2018 - Current
- Collaborate with PLC in-house and across the district
- Selected to represent 5th grade on the technology team
- Selected to represent 6th on the teacher quality fund team
- Implemented a new curriculum with fidelity
- Selected to represent 6th grade on the Building Leadership Team
- Consistent use of technology to enhance instruction
- Multisensory learning
- Large classroom library with a variety of content and media
- PBIS team representative for 3 years
- First LEGO League Robotics Coach for 2 years.
Kindergarten Teacher
Pleasant View Elementary School
08.2014 - 06.2016
- Collaborated in a PLC with other kindergarten teachers in building/district
- Communication with parents through the use of email, phone and twitter
- Supervised para-professionals in the classroom
- Facilitates in the inclusion of students with disabilities in the classroom
- Integration of technology with SMART boards
- 1:1 iPad initiative use throughout the classroom
- Administers formative assessments weekly to guide instruction
- Utilizes summative assessment data (FAST and Unit tests) to see if learning targets were acquired
- Use of PBIS behavior techniques throughout the classroom with daily acknowledgements and SWIS behavior charts for students with specific behavior needs
- Implementation of Number Talks and Interactive Writing process
- Organization of the classroom based on the Daily 5 and CAFÉ
- Use of Flexible grouping for math and literacy based on assessment data
- Integration of whole brain teaching coupled with brain breaks
- Part of ELL task force to help bring current best practices to the district
- Creation of ELL PLC with in both Elementary school buildings to help share techniques for classroom and beyond.
K-1 Title Reading Specialist
Pleasant View Elementary School
08.2010 - 06.2014
- Developed Daily Lesson plans
- Collaborated with co-teacher
- Worked with small groups in a Guided Reading format
- Aligned content with Reading Streets Classroom content
- Administered DIBELS assessment
- Helped to create leveled book room
- Adopted and administered the practice of running records
- Helped to create leveled book room
- 2012-2014 K-4th Title 1 teacher at St
- Thomas Aquinas.
Fourth Grade Student Teaching
Studebaker Elementary School
Kindergarten Student Teaching
Stowe Elementary School
Substitute Teacher
Des Moines Public Schools and West Des Moines Public Schools
09.2009 - 02.2010
- Substitute at Middle and High Schools Levels
- Substitute Authorization AEA 11.
Met Life Insurance Co.
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Transferred hard copy data to electronic data
- Mastered many various computer applications.
Wells Fargo Bank
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Phone Banker
- Customer Service.
Education
Masters of Education - TESOL (K-12)
Buena Vista University
Storm Lake, IowaBachelor of Arts - Elementary Education
Upper Iowa University
West Des Moines, IowaBachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IowaPost Graduate Certificate - Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa12.2024
Skills
- Curriculum Development
- Active Listening
- Conflict Resolution
- Collaborative Learning
- Public Speaking
- Differentiated Instruction
Professional Development
- Decoding Dyslexia Conference, Ankeny, Iowa, 10/2023
- Phonics Academy, Webster City, Iowa, 07/2023
- Praries Lakes AEA Number Talks, Eagle Grove, Iowa, 07/2015
- Iowa Culture and Language Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, 11/2013-2015
- Iowa Summer Reading Conference, Ames, Iowa, 06/2011-14
- Our Kids Summer Conference, Waukee, Iowa, 07/2013
- Solution Tree PLC Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 07/2011
Timeline
5th and 6th Grade English Language Arts and Social Studies Teacher
Webster City Middle School
08.2018 - Current
Kindergarten Teacher
Pleasant View Elementary School
08.2014 - 06.2016
K-1 Title Reading Specialist
Pleasant View Elementary School
08.2010 - 06.2014
Substitute Teacher
Des Moines Public Schools and West Des Moines Public Schools
09.2009 - 02.2010
Met Life Insurance Co.
01.2007 - 01.2009
Wells Fargo Bank
01.2006 - 01.2007
Fourth Grade Student Teaching
Studebaker Elementary School
Kindergarten Student Teaching
Stowe Elementary School
Masters of Education - TESOL (K-12)
Buena Vista University
Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education
Upper Iowa University
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies
University of Northern Iowa
Post Graduate Certificate - Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia
University of Iowa
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