Monica Brown
Houston
Summary
Dedicated secondary school teacher committed to fostering a supportive learning environment and facilitating student success. Experienced in delivering engaging lessons, assessing student progress, and promoting critical thinking skills. Compassionate professional in secondary education, known for high productivity and efficiency in task completion. Specialize in differentiated instruction, classroom management, and curriculum development, ensuring each student's needs are met. Excel in communication, empathy, and patience, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Social Studies Team Leader and Chairperson
Lawson MS, Key MS, Houston ISD
Houston
01.2017 - Current
- Lead the 8th-grade social studies team, and facilitate daily team meetings to align with objectives and strategies.
- Instruct students in advanced Pre-AP courses, college and career awareness through AVID, and intervention and tutorials in a small group setting in order to bridge academic gaps and promote scholar success.
- Delivered tutoring sessions to help students grasp complex concepts in one-on-one settings.
- Fostered collaboration and development of new practices to drive student achievement.
- Organized and chaired department meetings.
- Evaluated student performance records in order to identify areas of improvement in programs offered by the department.
- Assisted teachers with developing and revising lessons to more productively reach students of varying skill levels.
- Create and maintain deep relationships with parents and students by engaging groups through conferences, emails, texts, and phone calls.
Teacher
Kranz Middle School, Dickinson ISD
Houston
06.2022 - 06.2023
- Guided 8th-grade students in U.S. History curriculum at Kranz Junior High School.
- Served as robotics coach for the campus, leading team development and innovation.
- Recognized with Golden Gator award for exemplary support in assisting students to overcome challenges.
Human Resources and Administrative Support Team Supervisor
Macy's
Houston
07.2015 - 06.2017
- Developed work schedules according to budgets and workloads, covering priority tasks.
- Facilitated recruitment and onboarding processes, including interviews and training.
- Streamlined recruitment operations and preserved personnel records through PeopleSoft, Taleo, JRQ.
- Facilitated employee transitions, leave of absence requests, and terminations.
- Oversaw employee compensation programs.
- Coordinated leave of absence requests, ensuring compliance with FMLA regulations.
- Provide guidance on performance management, including coaching, counseling, and disciplinary actions.
- Directed supervision of safety initiatives and handled incident documentation.
- Ensures comprehensive completion of monthly legal audits.
- Managed vault calibration and maintained balance to support operational efficiency.
School Manager
Elevate K-12 (Elevate Learning)
Houston
- Administers, manages and implements student assessments and tutoring program in schools
- Creating a positive learning environment student academic success
- Working with students to identify strengths and weaknesses for proper tutoring
- Communicate effectively with school administrators to ensure improvement in student achievement
- Troubleshooting technology issues
- First point-of-contact for client requests
Human Resource Specialist/Student Advisor
University of St. Augustine
St. Augustine
- Ensure personnel files comply with legal requirements.
- Facilitated onboarding through processing of new hire paperwork and conducting orientation.
- Streamlined processing of personnel action forms with necessary approvals.
- Managed insurance enrollment processes effectively.
- Prepares the paperwork required to place employees on the payroll and establishes a personnel file.
- Conducted resume reviews, telephone interviews, and reference checks for qualified candidates.
Human Resource Specialist
Florida Farm Bureau
Gainesville
- Maintains personnel files in compliance with applicable legal requirement
- Process new hire paperwork
- Conduct new hire orientation
- Keeps employee records up-to-date by processing employee status changes
- Processes personnel action forms and ensures proper approvals; disseminates approved forms
- Coordinates insurance enrollments
- Maintains budget spreadsheet that includes salaries and payroll taxes
- Prepares paperwork required to place employees on payroll and establishes personnel file
- Assists in hiring process by coordinating job posting on the website, reviewing resumes, and performing telephone interviews and reference checks
- Maintains and updates the employee handbook
Reporter/Copy Editor
Macomb Eagle
Macomb
- Crafted newspaper layouts employing Quark Xpress combined with Adobe Photoshop.
- Compiled and assessed events to develop publishable news stories.
- Cross-checked information by engaging in interviews and observing situations.
- Performed detailed investigations to facilitate accurate and compelling news storytelling.
- Organized material, adhered to editorial guidelines and standards
Reporter/Lead Copy Editor
Quad-City Times
Davenport
- Crafted visually engaging news layouts using Quark XPress and Adobe Photoshop.
- Supervised content updates on online platform.
- Adjusted content to comply with established publishing standards.
- Revised articles to enhance grammatical accuracy.
- Fact-checked sources and data
- Collaborated with managing editor to recommend news stories.
Education
Master of Science - Legal Studies
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN01.2010
Bachelor of Science - Legal Studies
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN01.2008
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism
Texas Southern University
Houston, TXSkills
- Assessment creation
- Digital literacy
- Student engagement
- Collaborative learning
- Educational technology
- Multicultural education
- Lesson planning
- Classroom management
Accomplishments
- Houston ISD Professional Development Session Presentations: Using Mapping to Tell a Story, How the First Texas Immigrants' Experiences Connect to the Immigrant Experiences of Today.
- We're Heading West: A Look at the Great Exodus and African American Migration Post-Civil War Era.
- Professional Development Courses: Using Academic Discourse to Empower Writing In Social Studies in Middle School.
- Beyond the Essay: Authentic Writing In Social Studies for Middle School.
- AP Social Studies: In Your Backyard: Exploring Houston, TX for Social Studies Teachers.
Leadership Experience
- 8th Grade U.S. History Department Chairperson, Social Studies.
- Career Pathways Data Tracking and Assessment Specialist/Effective Practices Specialist.
- Weekly Social Studies lessons for HISD-TV H.O.M.E.
- Implemented a Saturday Tutorial Bootcamp program.
- Teacher Leader with the district’s Social Studies Department of Curriculum.
- Created a tutorial/extended school year program for social studies and literacy.
- Recognized by the previous superintendent of Houston ISD as being able to bring “energy and passion” into the classroom and for improving test scores.
- Received TEA Social Studies “Distinction” designation for growth.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Teacher
Kranz Middle School, Dickinson ISD
06.2022 - 06.2023
Social Studies Team Leader and Chairperson
Lawson MS, Key MS, Houston ISD
01.2017 - Current
Human Resources and Administrative Support Team Supervisor
Macy's
07.2015 - 06.2017
Human Resource Specialist
Florida Farm Bureau
Reporter/Copy Editor
Macomb Eagle
Reporter/Lead Copy Editor
Quad-City Times
School Manager
Elevate K-12 (Elevate Learning)
Human Resource Specialist/Student Advisor
University of St. Augustine
Master of Science - Legal Studies
Purdue University
Bachelor of Science - Legal Studies
Purdue University
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism
Texas Southern University
Similar Profiles
Wanda SmithWanda Smith
7th/8th Grade ELA/ESL Teacher at Houston ISD Burbank MS7th/8th Grade ELA/ESL Teacher at Houston ISD Burbank MS
Darryl K. RoseDarryl K. Rose
Hair Salon Manager at Ms. Key The Shop, LLCHair Salon Manager at Ms. Key The Shop, LLC
Jamie RiemerJamie Riemer
Professional School Counselor at Goodson MS, Cy-Fair ISDProfessional School Counselor at Goodson MS, Cy-Fair ISD