Melissa Rainer
Metairie,LA
Summary
Kindergarten Teacher with 24 years of experience. Detail-oriented planner with talent for developing individualized lesson plans and cultivating classroom atmospheres of positivity and progress. Committed to comprehensive student growth.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Kindergarten and First Grade Teacher
Crescent City Christian School
08.2022 - 12.2024
- Encouraged and prepared students to become independent readers through systematic, multi-sensory instruction in phonemic awareness and decoding skills.
- Provided guidance on policies and initiatives for kindergarten teaching team.
- Integrated outdoor education into lesson plans.
- Reported to parents and administration about student progress.
- Applied evidence-based practices for classroom management to enhance learning results.
- Collaborated in planning, organizing and implementing instructional programs to facilitate academic, intellectual and social development.
- Observed and assessed student performance and charted progress.
- Exercised good classroom management focused on positive behavior support by clearly articulating fair and consistent expectations along with appropriate natural consequences.
Teacher
Catapult Learning
06.2022 - 06.2022
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and administrator to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrator and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
- Supported student physical, mental and social development using classroom games and activities. Example: Kiwi
- Encouraged creative thinking and motivated 7 students by addressing individual strengths and weaknesses based on standardized testing results.
- Fostered team collaboration between 7 students through group projects.
- Instructed 7 students in core educational principles, concepts and in-depth subject matter.
- Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding.
- Completed daily reports on attendance and disciplinary performance.
- Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom. Examples are Kiwi, Achieve Math, and Achieve Reading
- Instructed 7 students in core educational principles, concepts and in-depth subject matter
Kindergarten Teacher
Weatherford Academy, Llp Prek - 2nd Grade & Early Learning Center
10.2017 - 05.2022
- Introduced read-aloud literature to stimulate imagination and build comprehension and vocabulary.
- Instructed children between ages 5 and 7 on mathematical basics.
- Encouraged and prepared students to become independent readers through systematic, multi-sensory instruction in phonemic awareness and decoding skills.
- Delivered structured lessons on readiness skills by emphasizing phonics, language skills, literature and handwriting.
- Arranged parent-teacher conferences to address student progress and collaboratively set goals for areas of improvement.
- Observed and assessed student performance and charted progress.
- Assessed comprehensive student growth across academic, social and personal skills.
- Cultivated language skills through use of traditional poems, nursery rhymes and riddles to help students develop comprehension, vocabulary and love of language.
- Pioneered multi-age kindergarten and first-grade class to build early literacy and math skills and promote independent reading.
- Exercised good classroom management focused on positive behavior support by clearly articulating fair and consistent expectations along with appropriate natural consequences.
- Reported to parents and administration about student progress.
- Integrated outdoor education into lesson plans.
- Created child-centered learning environment characterized by consistent application of sound mental health and educational psychology practices.
- Played games with students to increase understanding of subjects.
- Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor and establish personalized learning plan for each student.
Kindergarten Teacher
Jefferson Parish School System
08.1999 - 01.2016
- Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor and establish personalized learning plan for each student.
- Created child-centered learning environment characterized by consistent application of sound mental health and educational psychology practices.
- Applied evidence-based practices for classroom management to enhance learning results.
- Collaborated with other faculty and staff to promote rigorous learning opportunities, general well-being of school and collective interest of staff and student body.
- Created, managed and participated in variety of learning environments and activities to support opportunities for students to develop full potential and achieve learning objectives.
- Reported to parents and administration about student progress.
- Exercised good classroom management focused on positive behavior support by clearly articulating fair and consistent expectations along with appropriate natural consequences.
- Identified characteristics, needs, abilities and problems of each child through personal interaction and progress reports to optimize approaches.
- Collaborated with colleagues to create and use enhanced technology and smart boards.
- Cultivated language skills through use of traditional poems, nursery rhymes and riddles to help students develop comprehension, vocabulary and love of language.
- Assessed comprehensive student growth across academic, social and personal skills.
- Observed and assessed student performance and charted progress.
- Collaborated in planning, organizing and implementing instructional programs to facilitate academic, intellectual and social development.
- Arranged parent-teacher conferences to address student progress and collaboratively set goals for areas of improvement.
- Delivered structured lessons on readiness skills by emphasizing phonics, language skills, literature and handwriting.
- Encouraged and prepared students to become independent readers through systematic, multi-sensory instruction in phonemic awareness and decoding skills.
- Instructed 5 year-old children on mathematical basics.
- Introduced read-aloud literature to stimulate imagination and build comprehension and vocabulary.
Education
Bachelor Of Arts - English Second Language
South Eastern University
Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education And Early Childhood
University of New Orleans
High School Diploma -
Mount Carmel Academy
Skills
Positive reinforcement
- Social skills
- Student engagement
- Student records management
- Common core
- Lesson planning
- Elementary education
- Health and safety
- Early childhood development
Timeline
Kindergarten and First Grade Teacher
Crescent City Christian School
08.2022 - 12.2024
Teacher
Catapult Learning
06.2022 - 06.2022
Kindergarten Teacher
Weatherford Academy, Llp Prek - 2nd Grade & Early Learning Center
10.2017 - 05.2022
Kindergarten Teacher
Jefferson Parish School System
08.1999 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education And Early Childhood
University of New Orleans
High School Diploma -
Mount Carmel Academy
Bachelor Of Arts - English Second Language
South Eastern University
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