Shirley Taylor
Stone Mountain,GA
Summary
Position whereby an experienced, seasoned educator, and instructor with leadership experiences, and excellent communication skills can be utilized in a position whereby the most effective, and productive assets are beneficial to any educational organization.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
English Teacher /Grade Head
Al Bayan Bilingual School
01.2016 - 01.2023
- Create and implement lesson plans based on assessments
- Introduce and model daily lessons and activities (reading, grammar, writing and art)
- Facilitated small group learning activities/guided reading group
- Collaborate with team planning weekly lessons and activities in
- English curriculum on Rubicon Atlas
- Collaborate in designing visual art curriculum with interrelated activities for responding to art
- Coordinate field trips
- Planned oral presentations and in school performances for grade level
- Attended weekly administrative meetings
- Oversee grade level activities & concerns - Arabic & English
- Conduct parent/teacher conferences
English Teacher
Cambridge English School
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Collaborate with team planning weekly lesson activities in (Math/English/Science/Art)
- Instruct and model strategies, skills and activities that target specific learning goals and objectives
- Invigilating and marking of exams
- Attend morning meetings
- Coordinate oral presentations
- Conduct parent/ teacher conferences
Teacher-Grade Head
American International School of Jeddah
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Collaborate and facilitate team meetings while planning weekly lessons and activities in (Math/English/Science/Art)
- Instructing and modeling strategies, skills and activities targeting specific learning goals and objectives
- Perform reading assessments for student improvement and skill building
- Coordinate in school activities (Art) and oral performances (class and individual presentations)
- Develop internal exams to support and assist student academic growth and development
- Ongoing communication/feedback with students and parents about academic concerns
- Conduct parent/ teacher conferences ( as needed or scheduled)
- Attending and participating in professional development/training as per administration.
English Teacher
SABIS Management Corporation
Abu Dhabi, Al
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Ruwais
- Collaborate with team planning weekly lessons and activities
- Teach daily curricular activities in English/Writing
- Implement class management plan
- Attend morning meetings
Co-Teacher
Robert Shaw Elementary School
Scottsdale, Georgia
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Collaborate and teach reading strategies
- Attend grade meetings
- Created small differentiated groups for skill building
- Conducted reading assessments
Co-Teacher/Reading Recovery Teacher
KG, Edward L Bouie Elementary School
Lithonia, Georgia
01.1998 - 01.2009
- Conduct morning routine of learning activities
- Facilitated learning groups and activities
- Lead guided reading group daily
- Collaborate with lead teachers
- Implement reading strategies and skill building activities
- Collect and use data from internal assessments, and standardize tests to tract student progress
Kindergarten Teacher
STAR Community International School
Stone Mountain, Georgia
- Create and implement comprehensive teaching strategies that covers basics of reading, writing, math, and interpersonal skills
- Prepare and present lessons that are fresh, engaging, and interesting that facilitate student’s cognitive, social, and emotional development
- Introduce and model daily lessons and activities (reading, grammar, writing, and art)
- Instruct and model strategies, skills, and activities that target specific learning goals and objectives
- Supervise students during early morning and afternoon dismissals
- Prepare and model biblical lessons that reflect character-building, kindness and problem-solving
- Attend morning meetings
- Coordinate oral presentations
- Conduct parent/ teacher conferences
Education
M.ED Degree - Elementary Education
Cambridge College
Cambridge, MA2007
BA -
Cambridge College
Cambridge, MA2004
Associate Degree - Early Childhood Development
Stone Mountain, GA2000
Skills
- Team Leader and Grade Level
- Coordinator
- Proficiency with technology
- Word/ Excel/ PowerPoint, visual
- Arts, Zoom, Google
- Docs/Classroom, Class Dojo
- Rubicon Atlas, RazPlus, Achieve
- 3000, Seesaw, Skoolee, Gimkit
- Kahoot, IXL
- Communication
- Ability to facilitate and conduct grade level team meetings
- Collaborating within a diverse community of teachers
- Parent/teacher conferences
- Respectful, kind and cordial with professional character
- Languages
- English first language
- Common Core Standards
- Interpersonal Skills
Timeline
English Teacher /Grade Head
Al Bayan Bilingual School
01.2016 - 01.2023
English Teacher
Cambridge English School
01.2015 - 01.2016
Teacher-Grade Head
American International School of Jeddah
01.2012 - 01.2015
English Teacher
SABIS Management Corporation
01.2010 - 01.2012
Co-Teacher
Robert Shaw Elementary School
01.2009 - 01.2010
Co-Teacher/Reading Recovery Teacher
KG, Edward L Bouie Elementary School
01.1998 - 01.2009
Kindergarten Teacher
STAR Community International School
M.ED Degree - Elementary Education
Cambridge College
BA -
Cambridge College
Associate Degree - Early Childhood Development
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