Rachel Leithead
Raleigh,NC
Summary
Passionate Academic professional driven to promote student learning outcomes through engaging curriculum and innovative teaching techniques. Well-versed in coordinating in-class instruction, activities, and exams to reinforce core concepts and gauge student comprehension. Attentive to individual student requirements with expertise in building relationships with students and making them feel valued, loved, supported and confident.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Third/Fourth Grade Classroom Teacher
Bailey Elementary School
Bailey, North Carolina
08.2016 - 06.2024
- Developed and implemented lesson plans to meet individual student needs.
- Provided guidance and support for students in the classroom setting.
- Assessed student progress through tests, quizzes, assignments and other activities.
- Established a safe learning environment with clear expectations for student conduct.
- Adapted instruction methods to accommodate diverse learning styles and abilities.
- Organized grade-level meetings to discuss instructional strategies and school initiatives.
- Developed lesson plans that aligned with curriculum standards.
- Established positive relationships with students, parents, faculty, and staff members.
- Assisted in developing behavior management techniques for use in the classroom environment.
- Engaged in collaborative planning sessions with colleagues to create engaging lesson plans.
Fourth Grade Teacher
Bailey Elementary
Bailey, North Carolina
12.2015 - 06.2016
- In early December of 2015, I was early released from the College of Education at East Carolina University to take a full time fourth grade teaching position at Bailey Elementary in Bailey, North Carolina
- Throughout that time I was a self contained teacher with twenty students teaching English Language Arts, Social Studies, Math and Science
Student Teacher Intern
Bailey Elementary
01.2015 - 12.2015
- Intern at Bailey Elementary in a fourth grade classroom and had the opportunity to be a part time intern while still taking college courses and observe and work with a group of veteran fourth grade teachers
- Taking what was learned from them, I was then able to begin teaching several lessons and reflecting with them on my strengths and weaknesses
- Starting in the end of August 2015, I became a full time intern and had the opportunity to learn and master the ins and outs of being a teacher from the beginning of each day until the end of each day up until December of 2015
Practicum Experiences
08.2013 - 12.2014
- Several different practicum experiences each semester that followed what East Carolina’s courses were teaching and allowed each student to see different grade levels as well as subject areas in several different schools throughout Pitt County
- Several practicum experiences also dealt specifically with obtaining a license in becoming an instructing in reaching practices grades k-12
Education
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education (K-6), Reading (K-12)
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC12.2015
Skills
- Organization
- Patient
- Parent-teacher collaboration
- Data-Driven Instruction
- Mathematics Instruction
- Lesson Planning
- Classroom Management
- Professionalism
- Communication
- Team Player
- Positive Learning Environment
- Motivating
- Mathematics lesson planning
- Mathematical Concepts
Timeline
Third/Fourth Grade Classroom Teacher
Bailey Elementary School
08.2016 - 06.2024
Fourth Grade Teacher
Bailey Elementary
12.2015 - 06.2016
Student Teacher Intern
Bailey Elementary
01.2015 - 12.2015
Practicum Experiences
08.2013 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education (K-6), Reading (K-12)
East Carolina University