Michelle Collins

• Currently teaching in alternative education setting
• Subjects include Business Electives, Information Technology,Economics and Personal Finance Marketing, Computer Programming, Desktop Publishing and other subjects to meet needs of each student.
• Alter instruction and courses daily as required by new residents.
• Created Personalized Learning products for individual students to keep them on pace with their home school or accelerated learning to catch them up with peers due to school absences.
• Created, organized, revised and updated curriculum for above courses using several Learning Management Systems,Maintained quality assurance to include accuracy, completeness and currency of all curriculum related to above courses
• Created Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI) products
• Assessed needs of student population and evaluated courses for compliance with written standards.
• Assisted in aligning electives with those currently taught in several school systems to keep students on track to obtain credit for coursework.Responsible for equipment maintenance and inventory for classrooms including desktop computers, laptop computers, printers and 3-D Printers.
• Communicated complex ideas to diverse audiences with varying degrees of familiarity with subject matter.

• Part time position using ETS Online Network for Evaluation system to score assessments according specified rubrics. Concentrated on accuracy and speed and alignment with specified standards.
• Participated in Texas STARR scoring, SAT essay scoring, California ELPAC for English Language learners scoring, and AP US History Short answer and Document Based Question scoring.
• Maintained 93%t level of accuracy and speed according to ETS and Pearson Scoring Rubrics

• Facilitated course including Sociology, United States Government, United States History and Advanced Placement United States History at Nansemond River High School
• Participated in Virginia Department of Education Standards of Learning committee to edit assessment items to insure equity and relevance to curriculum and alignment with educational standards.
• Created, organized, and revised curriculum for courses using Google Classroom LMS.
• Created Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI) products

Key Accomplishments

Revamped instruction for Advanced Placement US History course and achieved 25% increase in student pass rate for challenging college level course

• Facilitated one section each of Eight Courses; Computer Fundamentals 1, Computer Fundamentals 2, Web Design, Digital Imaging and Editing, Personal Finance, Family and Consumer Science – Two States, and Real-World Parenting.
• Created online materials and conducted online live lessons through Blackboard Live.
• Managed and regularly reported student data.
• Worked for help desk to troubleshoot user access challenges.

• Taught five sections of Nutrition and Wellness and one Section of Independent Living.
• Organized and planned food lab lessons in a three-station classroom, purchased all supplies and was responsible for all equipment and maintenance of food lab.
• Successfully integrated classroom iPads to complement projects and classwork, increasing student engagement and assignment completion.