Richard Lee
Lake Mary,FL
Summary
Passionate educational professional dedicated to effective instructional strategies and meeting individualized learning needs. Looking toward leading through data-driven curriculum planning that enhances instruction at a subject content level through experiential learning and objective feedback.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher
Milwee Middle School
08.2023 - Current
- Assessed and improved student performance regularly using both data-driven instruction and artifacts from formative and summative assessment to inform future lesson planning.
- Managed classroom behavior effectively by establishing clear expectations, modeling appropriate conduct, and consistently enforcing established rules and consequences.
- Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
NEST Team Member
Milwee Middle School
08.2025 - 05.2026
- Mentored 3 developing professionals individually, providing guidance and modeling experiential learning on differentiated instructional strategies and classroom management techniques.
- Facilitated NEST Meetings on Effective Review Strategies and MYP Overview for New Teachers and PLC's
Professional Development Facilitator
Milwee Middle School
08.2024 - 03.2026
- Facilitated and created professional development meeting for Context-Dependent Sets in Science, creating quarterly reading sets and implementing CARR reading strategies to utilize across grade levels in preparation for assessment changes in QBA.
- Collaborated with colleagues to implement Close Reading Presentation during Preplan, introducing engaging and collaborative ideas for instruction to improve student engagement and cooperative learning
Test Item Writer, Science
Seminole County Public Schools
06.2025 - 06.2025
- Created questions that contributed to the item bank for the QBA assessment for Science 6 - 8
- Collaborated with teachers from various middle schools to closely inspect instructional standards and required DOK levels for each standard
- Refined current instructional strategies to better connect to the learning standards
Education
Master of Science - Education
Purdue University Global
West Lafayette, INBachelor of Arts - Psychology
Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO05-2016
Skills
- Data-Driven Instruction
- Curriculum Design
- Learning Strategies
- Instructional Planning
- Modeling Classroom Techniques
- Professional Development
- Experiential Learning
- PLC Facilitation
Certification
- Middle School Mathematics Grades 5 - 9
- Middle School General Science Grades 5 - 9
- Gifted Endorsement
- Clinical Educator
Timeline
NEST Team Member
Milwee Middle School
08.2025 - 05.2026
Test Item Writer, Science
Seminole County Public Schools
06.2025 - 06.2025
Professional Development Facilitator
Milwee Middle School
08.2024 - 03.2026
Teacher
Milwee Middle School
08.2023 - Current
Master of Science - Education
Purdue University Global
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Washington University in St Louis