SHEENA Banks
TX
Summary
Current Instructional Specialist. Self-motivated, passionate, and efficient with over 10 years experience in secondary and post secondary education. Diversified skills include creating and maintaining educational materials, project management, working students to develop goals, SEL (Social-Emotional Learning), acting as backup director, preparing reports in a timely fashion, and excellent communication and technological skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Instructional Specialist
Everman Independent School District
Everman, TX
08.2022 - Current
- Facilitate implementation of curriculum
- Communicates changes in the Texas standards to teachers and principals; develop and implement curricular guides to facilitate instruction.
- Coordinate and provide ongoing staff development opportunities at school levels to communicate state, district, and school objectives.
- Meet with teachers during grade-level planning to assist with curriculum alignment, instructional strategies, data analysis, and state, district, and school assessments.
- Facilitate PLC meetings with teachers to review student data and to adjust instruction as needed including determining appropriate inventions.
- Stay abreast of research-based instructional strategies by attending professional development sessions and reading professional educational research.
- Assist teachers with lesson plan formats, lesson planning, and lesson plan reviews.
- Provide support to teachers in their classrooms through coaching, modeling, and mentoring.
- Provide mentor support to beginning teachers.
- Meet regularly with the principal to diagnose and determine school needs.
- Work towards meeting identified district and school improvement goals.
- Work toward maintaining positive relationships with teachers and administrators.
- Help schools interpret the instructional program to parents and the general public.
- Perform other related work as required.
Training Supervisor
Golden State Food
Burleson, TX
06.2022 - 08.2022
- Assess training needs for new and existing employees.
- Identify internal and external training programs to address competency gaps and organize, develop, or source training programs to meet specific training needs.
- Facilitate learning through a variety of delivery methods including classroom instruction, virtual training, and on-the-job coaching.
- Reports on the progress of employees during training periods.
- Maintain trainee records.
- Successfully managed a team of trainers
Curriculum Developer
Texas Juvenile Justice Department
Austin, TX
05.2020 - 04.2022
- Work closely with subject matter experts to design, develop and maintain creative, learner-centered training content in multiple modalities (including instructor-led, virtual, and self-paced video learning)
- Design and develop blended e-learning training content
- Contribute exam materials, including scenarios, multiple-choice, and other item formats for use in testing knowledge
- Assume project ownership in designing, developing, and supporting new training material
- Ensured training complied with all state/federal regulations and were up to date (version control)
Secondary Science Teacher
ISD
, TX
08.2014 - 08.2020
- Maintained assignment grades and worked closely with students needing additional mentoring.
- Planned, prepared, and taught lesson plans, giving students individual support.
- Offered clear and constructive student discipline, discouraging inappropriate behavior, and bullying.
- Coordinated and collaborated with other faculty members during lesson plan development.
- Taught dual credit biology, chemistry, anatomy & physiology, and various other secondary science courses including electives and CTE courses
- Helped develop campus needs assessment for strategic planning
- Developed & implemented a new curriculum for students in biology, anatomy and physiology, and environmental systems
- Participated in the writing of district-wide final exams for anatomy and physiology course
- AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) pilot program implementation, and site team member
- Tutored students by working the homework hotline weekly as the science tutor
- Served on the district science advisory board
- Assists students with the college admissions process, financial aid, scholarships, college readiness skills, etc.
Biology Instructor
McMurry University
Abilene, TX
08.2011 - 08.2014
- Spearheaded new biological research and obtained grant funding to study molecular biology of plants
- Oversaw internships to refine individual laboratory abilities.
- Supported students seeking careers in biology by advising on educational and vocational choices.
- Developed a new curriculum for the Cellular and Molecular Biology course (including laboratory experience)
- Expanded student knowledge of scientific literature and scientific poster design in the Biological Literature course
- Increased student efficiency in conducting laboratory research courses called Advanced Bioscience Techniques and Methods in Cell Culture
- Exposed students to beginner immunology and common immunological techniques in the Immunology course
- Engaged individual students in a novel, publishable research in capstone courses
- Developed a mandatory benchmark assessment
Education
Master of Science - Microbiology And Immunology
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TXBachelor of Science - Biology
McMurry University
Abilene, TXSkills
- Communication Skills: Exceptional listener and communicator who effectively conveys information verbally and in writing
- Honesty/Integrity: Professional who demonstrates honesty and integrity, provides effective leadership which sets direction within an organization, and forms optimal business relationships
- Leadership/Management Skills: Goal-driven leader who maintains a productive climate and motivates employees to meet high performance standards
- Teamwork: Team player who excels at building trusting relationships with clients and colleagues
- Flexibility/Adaptability: Flexible team player who thrives in environments requiring ability to effectively prioritize and juggle multiple concurrent projects
- Problem Solving/Reasoning: Innovative problem-solver who can generate workable solutions and resolve complaints
- Distance Learning Tools
- Instructional Strategies
- Computer proficient
- Microsoft Office Suite proficient
- Outstanding Communication skills
- Unmatched Organizational skills
- Excellent People skills
- Collaboration talent
- Problem-solving abilities
- Eye for Detail
Certification
- Composite Science License - 7-12
- Science License - 7-12
- Principal K-12
Timeline
Instructional Specialist
Everman Independent School District
08.2022 - Current
Training Supervisor
Golden State Food
06.2022 - 08.2022
Curriculum Developer
Texas Juvenile Justice Department
05.2020 - 04.2022
Secondary Science Teacher
ISD
08.2014 - 08.2020
Biology Instructor
McMurry University
08.2011 - 08.2014
Master of Science - Microbiology And Immunology
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Bachelor of Science - Biology
McMurry University
- Composite Science License - 7-12
- Science License - 7-12
- Principal K-12
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