Shannon Yoshioka
Castle Rock,CO
Summary
Resourceful, enthusiastic Educator with twenty-four years of experience. Passionate about students and their academic growth, social-emotional, and problem-solving skills. Skillful in managing classroom environments and student behavior with positive, empathetic strategies. Excellent communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving abilities.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Third Grade Teacher
Douglas County School District
Castle Rock, CO
07.2023 - Current
- Maintained positive classroom environments with relationship-building actions, mindfulness, and emotion regulation.
- Involved parents in student education by cultivating strong relationships.
- Taught students subject-specific material, learning strategies, and social skills.
- Implemented district-adopted curriculum.
- Established and communicated clear learning objectives to foster student progress and academic performance.
- Helped students learn to persevere with challenging tasks, and build resiliency as they solved authentic problems.
- Improved student engagement by implementing student-centered classroom management techniques.
- Instructed students individually and in differentiated, flexible groups.
- Used formative assessment to gauge student understanding, and adjust lesson plans.
- Used summative assessment to identify student mastery of the subject matter.
- Served on the Gifted and Talented Committee, Coached the Battle of the Books team.
Kindergarten Teacher
Cherry Creek School District
Centennial, Colorado
07.2022 - 06.2023
- Monitored, documented and reported students' progress and performance.
- Implemented focused lessons for literacy readiness highlighting phonics, language comprehension and writing abilities.
- Created and maintained safe learning environment for students.
- Documented and shared important milestones with each student's parents and guardians.
- Served on School Equity Team
First and Second Grade Teacher
Douglas County School District
Castle Rock, CO
2006 - 2022
- Taught students in First Grade for thirteen years.
- Taught students in Second grade for three years.
- Maintained positive classroom environments with relationship-building actions, mindfulness and emotion regulation.
- Involved parents in student education by cultivating strong relationships.
- Taught students subject-specific material, learning strategies and social skills.
- Designed and implemented curriculum.
- Established and communicated clear learning objectives to foster student progress and academic performance.
- Helped students learn to persevere with challenging tasks and build resiliency as they solved authentic problems.
- Improved student engagement by implementing student-centered classroom management techniques.
- Instructed students individually and in differentiated, flexible groups.
- Used formative assessment to gauge student understanding and adjust lesson plans.
- Used summative assessment to identify student mastery of subject matter.
- Served on the Building Leadership Team, Culture and Climate Team, PBIS Team, School Accountability Committee, Gifted and Talented Committee and as the Staff Wellness Champion. Created and facilitated an after-school Mindfulness Club for students.
Kindergarten Teacher
Great Falls Public Schools
Great Falls, MT
2001 - 2006
- Encouraged positive self-esteem and mutual respect for others while instilling joy of learning and discovery.
- Applied proactive behavior management techniques to facilitate classroom discipline.
- Implemented focused lessons for reading readiness highlighting phonics, language comprehension, and writing abilities.
- Designed lesson plans based on comprehensive teaching of academic, social, and personal skills.
- Served as the Chairperson of the School Instruction Team.
Substitute Teacher
Great Falls Public Schools
Great Falls, MT
200 - 2001
- Enforced classroom routines to keep students on schedule and operating at consistent level.
- Implemented lesson plans assigned by classroom teacher to educate students about key concepts.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
Illinois State University
Normal, IL1995
Master of Science - Curriculum And Instruction
Western Governor's University
UtahTimeline
Third Grade Teacher
Douglas County School District
07.2023 - Current
Kindergarten Teacher
Cherry Creek School District
07.2022 - 06.2023
First and Second Grade Teacher
Douglas County School District
2006 - 2022
Kindergarten Teacher
Great Falls Public Schools
2001 - 2006
Substitute Teacher
Great Falls Public Schools
200 - 2001
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
Illinois State University
Master of Science - Curriculum And Instruction
Western Governor's University
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