Melissa Montgomery
Clifton,VA
Summary
Hardworking and reliable early childhood educator with strong ability in developmentally appropriate practice. Offering STEM lesson planning and proven play-based education models. Highly organized, proactive and punctual with team-oriented mentality.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Early Childhood Educator
Lord Of Life Preschool - Clifton
Clifton, VA
08.2016 - Current
- Organized and led activities to promote physical, mental and social development.
- Planned and implemented lessons using various teaching strategies to meet diverse student needs.
- Implemented hands-on, play-based strategies for experiential learning.
- Identified children in need of extra support for emotional, health-related or developmental concerns and conceived improvement strategies.
- Created and implemented developmentally appropriate curriculum addressing learning styles.
- Created and enforced child-based, hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and receptive learning.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
- Maintained updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.
Religious Education Teacher
St. Andrew The Apostle Catholic Church
Clifton, VA
08.2021 - Current
- Created engaging lesson plans to facilitate student learning about religious topics.
- Cultivated collaborative and innovative learning environment to meet each student's unique educational needs.
Engineering Analyst
Science Applications International Corporation
McLean, VA
01.2003 - 02.2008
- Developed engineering process models and simulations to assess system performance.
- Executed investigation processes to examine or assess functionality and practicability of engineering structures and elements.
- Established test techniques for new products during development and resolved product or equipment problems.
- Conceptualized and developed solutions using simulations or modeling to support expansions and change.
- Mentored new engineering and production team members.
- Coordinated resources across multiple departments to ensure successful project execution.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA12-2002
Skills
- Lesson Planning
- Child's CPR Certified
- Child Safety Procedures
- Developmental Needs
Certification
- CPR/First Aid Certified
- MAT IS certified
- DHO Certification
- VIRTUS Certification
- VA Pre-service Training
- Maintained extensive professional development training in areas including health and safety, Conscious Discipline, play-based training through Fairy Dust Teaching, Fairfax County Institute for Early Learning
Timeline
Religious Education Teacher
St. Andrew The Apostle Catholic Church
08.2021 - Current
Early Childhood Educator
Lord Of Life Preschool - Clifton
08.2016 - Current
Engineering Analyst
Science Applications International Corporation
01.2003 - 02.2008
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
- CPR/First Aid Certified
- MAT IS certified
- DHO Certification
- VIRTUS Certification
- VA Pre-service Training
- Maintained extensive professional development training in areas including health and safety, Conscious Discipline, play-based training through Fairy Dust Teaching, Fairfax County Institute for Early Learning
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