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Work History
Education
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Renada Lewis

Fayetteville,NC

Summary

Dedicated professional eager to create and implement successful strategies to improve organizational efficiency. Adept at utilizing data analysis to provide insights into HR initiatives. Strong communication and interpersonal skills and committed to pursuing best practices related to employee development and retention.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience

Work History

Early Childhood Instructional Coach

Action Pathways, Inc.
05.2023 - Current
  • Coach teachers to improve practices through professional development and modeling instructional strategies.
  • Develop staff members' attitudes, skills and knowledge through various professional development targeted topics.
  • Analyze student data, diagnosed instructional needs and identified research-based instructional strategies.
  • Build and maintain positive relationships with students, parents, colleagues and administrators.
  • Review formative and summative data and information from diagnostic tests to accurately assess students.
  • Maintain confidentiality while recording and keeping detailed track of student performances.

Employment Consultant

Service Source
11.2022 - 05.2023
  • Advised clients on job searching, interviewing and resume writing techniques to increase employment chances
  • Increased job availability for clients by 70% through local business relationships
  • Led job readiness and career-building workshops to uplift client confidence
  • Facilitated job fairs and industry events to build employment networks
  • Matched clients to open positions based on skills and work requirements

English Language Arts Teacher

Cumberland County Schools
08.2017 - 03.2022
  • Developed multicultural programs and projects.
  • Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution
  • Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service
  • Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects
  • Collaborate with teachers to determine curriculum efficacy.
  • Encouraged small groups to discuss topics and explore concepts through hands-on activities.
  • Developed assessments and user polls to evaluate course effectiveness, altering content and delivery to achieve student learning goals.

Academic Coach/Teacher

Hoke County Schools
08.2006 - 06.2017
  • Provided Literacy Staff Developments for Hoke County Schools
  • Developed Language Arts Pacing Guides for Hoke County Schools
  • Developed benchmark question items for 9 public school units
  • Conducted home visitations
  • Mentored beginning and new teachers
  • Served on School Improvement Team
  • Demonstrated high levels of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks
  • Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects
  • Developed and implemented creative solutions to complex problems
  • Assessed students through diagnostic tests, in addition to formative and summative data.
  • Monitored student progress and provided feedback and support.
  • Used variety of teaching methods to successfully help wide range of students.
  • Increased literacy benchmark by 45% through instructional strategies and feedback.
  • Met diverse student population needs by planning and implementing lessons with wide variety of teaching strategies.

Academic Coach/Teacher

Cumberland County Schools
08.2001 - 06.2006
  • Provided Literacy Staff developments
  • Conducted Literacy I-Round Observations.Taught demonstration lessons for new and beginning teachers
  • Performed peer observations and provided post-conferences
  • Mentored new and beginning teachers
  • Developed after-school tutorial program for special needs students
  • Designed and implemented “Literacy in AM”
  • Implemented Success For All Reading
  • Served as administrator for faculty and staff.
  • Adapted proficient learning concepts and methods.
  • Coached teachers to improve practices through professional development and modeling instructional strategies.
  • Created personalized lesson plans to meet needs of diverse learners.
  • Issued reports updating students, parents and teachers on student progress.

Human and Civil Rights Coordinator/Teacher

Department Of Defense Dependent Schools
08.1996 - 06.2001
  • Provided school-partnership with Japanese and Military families
  • Guest speaker for Japanese youth organizations
  • Served as Grade-Level Chair
  • Served as Human and Civil Rights
  • Coordinator for North East Asia Teachers’ Association
  • Recipient of Japanese-Military Community Award
  • Monitored student performance to evaluate effectiveness of instructional strategies.
  • Promoted memory, cognition and language development with hands-on activities and individualized instruction.

Teacher

Cumberland County Schools
08.1993 - 06.1996
  • Modified the general education education curriculum for special needs students based upon a variety of instructional techniques and researched-based strategies
  • Served on the School Improvement Team
  • Analyzed test data
  • Implemented best practices and effective test taking strategies
  • Implemented Open Court Reading Program
  • Recipient of Outstanding Staff Award.
  • Built strong relationships with internal and external candidates to ensure an excellent hiring experience.
  • Collaborated with hiring managers to understand job requirements and expectations.

Teacher

Beaufort County Schools
08.1991 - 06.1993
  • Recruited new and beginning teachers at various colleges
  • Founder of Community Partnership
  • Ambassador for new and beginning teachers.
  • Published newsletters.
  • Produced and copied documents for staff.
  • Maintained daily reports and plans.
  • Collaborated with peers to support best practices.

Education

Master of Arts - Elementary Education

Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, NC
12.1995

Bachelor of Science -

Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, NC
05.1991

Skills

  • MS Office
  • Google Workspace
  • Comprehensive Vocational Assessments
  • Program Planning
  • Documentation & Record Keeping Skills
  • Support planning
  • Developing job opportunities
  • Monthly reporting
  • Planning skills
  • Developmentally Appropriate Practices

Accomplishments

  • Professional Educators’ License (K-6)

Affiliations

  • Northwood Temple Church
  • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
  • Phi Delta Kappa International Honor Society
  • Tres Diaz
  • Cumberland County Progressives


Additional Information

  • COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
  • Cumberland County Progressives
  • Tutoring At-Risk, Bilingual, and Adult Learners
  • Red Cross Disaster Relief
  • March for Babies
  • Veggies for Vets


  • FEDERAL SECURITY CLEARANCE
  • NC QUALIFYING LETTER



Timeline

Early Childhood Instructional Coach

Action Pathways, Inc.
05.2023 - Current

Employment Consultant

Service Source
11.2022 - 05.2023

English Language Arts Teacher

Cumberland County Schools
08.2017 - 03.2022

Academic Coach/Teacher

Hoke County Schools
08.2006 - 06.2017

Academic Coach/Teacher

Cumberland County Schools
08.2001 - 06.2006

Human and Civil Rights Coordinator/Teacher

Department Of Defense Dependent Schools
08.1996 - 06.2001

Teacher

Cumberland County Schools
08.1993 - 06.1996

Teacher

Beaufort County Schools
08.1991 - 06.1993

Master of Arts - Elementary Education

Fayetteville State University

Bachelor of Science -

Fayetteville State University
Renada Lewis