SUSAN FARLEY

Early childhood education professional known for creating supportive and stimulating educational experiences. 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year. Compassionate, creative, and effective Early Childhood educator with valuable experience in classroom administration, professional development, project planning, and team leadership collaboration skills. Developed and executed age-appropriate curriculum, fostering growth and development in young learners. Early Childhood education leader with experience developing and implementing diverse curricula covering a wide range of developmentally appropriate kindergarten readiness skills. Demonstrates supervision/leadership skills, motivating teachers and students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and play-based learning. Successful in facilitating students and teachers to develop strong literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skills and strategies. Organizer of multiple classroom and school-wide functions. Strong oral and written communication skills, and excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. Equipped with an extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, developmentally appropriate teaching strategies and techniques, academic facilitator, and motivational coach for Early Childhood educators. Competent at performing independently and collaboratively, as a member of a teaching team, a teacher mentor, and a team leader. Well-versed in building rapport and trust among students, parents, colleagues, and teammates. Well-versed in online technologies, including Microsoft Office Suite, Smart Notebook, and many other database/educational programs. Organizer and multitasker of assessments, data, scheduling, and providing guidance and direction to education staff. Believer in team collaboration, compromise, and lifelong learning.

Highly collaborative team player who adapts to dynamic classroom needs, integrating creativity and critical thinking in daily activities.

• Sand Hill Elementary School's 2021-22 Teacher of the Year
• SC Teacher Licensure Early Childhood Education P-3
• Certification in Early Childhood Development
• (CDA) Birth-5 Yrs
• RTS SC Read to Succeed Endorsement
• Certified tutor in The Barton Reading & Spelling Structured Literacy program (Level 1 & 2)
• Certified by the Red Cross in Bloodborne Pathogen, First Aid, CPR, and AED Training
• SC Teacher Evaluator & Mentor Training
• 4K & Kindergarten Team Leader 2020-2024

• Member of the DD2 Teacher Forum

Group comprised of current and former DD2 Schools'

Teachers of the Year

• Sand Hill Elementary School Improvement Council Member
• Member of the Palmetto State Teachers Organization

For the 2021-22 school year, I was awarded the honor of representing Sand Hill Elementary School as their Teacher of the Year. I was nominated by my Instructional Assistant, my student teacher mentee, and three of my teacher colleagues. After a preliminary interview, I was voted through for a final interview, alongside two fellow SHES teachers as a candidate for SHES Teacher of the Year. After a series of interviews at the school level and school district level, I was informed that I was chosen as Sand Hill's Teacher of the Year. I am honored, humbled, and grateful to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for awarding me such an enormous honor!

Being an Early Childhood Educator is not a job for me. It is what I believe the Lord has called me to do. I often tell my own boys that it is my prayer for them to follow God's purpose for their life.

Ester 4:14 “And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”

- Sand Hill Elementary School's Teacher of the Year 2021-

2022

- Numerous Grants written and awarded from Dorchester

District Two Educational Foundation, Donors Choose, and

SHES PTA