Shauna Lee
Brandon,VT
Summary
Relationship-driven Educator, with twenty plus years of combined teaching, coaching, and leadership experience focused on maximizing student learning by developing positive student culture and structured, supportive environments. Excellent disciplinarian with compassionate, analytical approach to addressing and solving complex behavior challenges . Skilled in overseeing daily activities, instructional environments, and organizing special events.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Dean of Students
Neshobe Elementary School
07.2023 - Current
- Developing behavior response systems that are proactive, responsive, and restorative in nature.
- Provide support to teachers and staff in designing and implementing academic and behavior support plans.
- Promote positive school culture by fostering collaboration among faculty, staff, and students through restorative conversations and .collaboration.
- Initiate and lead Students Council and other student leadership opportunities.
- Provided leadership and teamwork in crisis management situations, ensuring safety and well-being of others.
- Work with Integrated Arts teachers to plan for and run All School Meetings.
- Implemented proactive measures to prevent incidents of bullying or harassment within our school community.
- Oversee disciplinary processes with fairness and consistency while adhering to institutional policies.
- Communicate with students and families around school discipline and expectations.
4th Grade Classroom Teacher
Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union
08.2022 - 06.2023
- Nurturing students to develop growth mindset and SEL skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution, critical thinking, communication and student agency.
- Planning and executing lessons, activities and field trips based on UDL.
- Establishing and reinforcing expectations of behavior to drive social emotional development, maintain positive relationships, and build learning communities.
- Collaborating with parents, students, administrators and school counselors to develop improvement plans for student learning.
Social Emotional Learning Coordinator
Addison Central School District
08.2021 - 06.2022
- Led district professional development related to Social Emotional Learning Curricula for paraprofessionals, teachers, and administrators.
- Designed, implemented, and managed successful training programs to meet district goals.
- Supported teachers with administration of assessments and interpretation of results to inform instructional strategies and curriculum decisions.
- Recommended instructional strategies to support SEL instruction within MTSS framework.
- Promoted best practices in classroom by modeling and co-teaching lessons.
- Compiled and manged behavior data through collaboration with Panorama Ed.
- Collaborated with District BCBA to design classroom environments that support all learners.
Social Emotional Learning Leader
Addison Central School District
07.2019 - 06.2021
- Led faculty and staff meetings and trainings in Best Practices, Transforming Trauma, and Social Emotional Learning.
- Proactively designed and created calm learning spaces that helped students regulate emotions and practice SEL skill building strategies.
- Worked with teachers and students to build student voice and leadership.
- Supervised Student Council Leaders plan, organize, and carry out community presentations and events.
- Organized and directed whole school assemblies with student presenters and leaders.
- Provided tiered support and designed Individual Learning Plans for students with diverse learning needs.
K, 1, 2, and 6th Grade Classroom Teacher
Addison Central School District
08.2002 - 06.2020
- Created trauma sensitive classrooms with built in strategies to help students co-regulate, self-regulate, and self-advocate while meeting diverse social-emotional needs.
- Mentored and supervised college students and new teachers in education field.
- Nurtured positive and effective methods of communication with families to promote continued learning and success with positive home/school connections.
- Collaborated with teaching teams to develop transdisciplinary units of inquiry based on International Baccalaureate PYP framework and aligned with CCSS.
- Provided tiered support and designed Individual Learning Plans for students with diverse learning needs.
Education
MEd. Advanced Leadership & Principal Certification -
Upper Valley Educators Institute
Lebanon, NH06.2024
Graduate Certificate - Social Emotional Learning
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT08.2023
Certified SEL, Yoga, And Mindfulness Teacher -
Breathe For Change
Breatheforchange.com04.2022
Bachelor of Science - Education
College of St Joseph
Rutland, VT01.2002
Graduate Courses -
Graduate Courses in Education
VermontSkills
- Effective Communicator and Problem Solver
- Equity Centered- Trauma Informed Approach to teaching and learning
- Social Emotional Learning Skill Development
- Restorative Classroom Teacher
- Collaboration and Team Planning
- Experienced Leader, Coach, and Mentor
- Instructional Best Practices in Literacy and Mathematics
- Curriculum and Assessment Development
- Reflective Learner and Practitioner
Qualifications
- UVEI Principal Internship Program
- Restorative Practices for Classroom Teachers (IIRP Certificate)
- Certificate in Social Emotional Learning and School Climate
- Addison Central School District System of Services Design Team
- Transforming Trauma through Trauma Informed Practices (Dave Melnick)
- Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI Training)
- Trauma Informed Yoga and Mindfulness Certification (Breathe For Change)
- International Baccalaureate Developing Pathways to Inclusion
- Advanced Training in Collaborative Proactive Solutions with Ross Greene
- School Leadership Team
- Addison Central School District New Teacher Mentor
- Student Teacher Mentor: UVEI, Johnson State College, Castleton University, Middlebury
- Responsive Classroom Teacher Training
- Leveled Literacy Training
- Vermont Mathematics Initiative II and Best Practices in Mathematics
- Literacy Steering Committee
Timeline
Dean of Students
Neshobe Elementary School
07.2023 - Current
4th Grade Classroom Teacher
Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union
08.2022 - 06.2023
Social Emotional Learning Coordinator
Addison Central School District
08.2021 - 06.2022
Social Emotional Learning Leader
Addison Central School District
07.2019 - 06.2021
K, 1, 2, and 6th Grade Classroom Teacher
Addison Central School District
08.2002 - 06.2020
MEd. Advanced Leadership & Principal Certification -
Upper Valley Educators Institute
Graduate Certificate - Social Emotional Learning
Quinnipiac University
Certified SEL, Yoga, And Mindfulness Teacher -
Breathe For Change
Bachelor of Science - Education
College of St Joseph
Graduate Courses -
Graduate Courses in Education
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