Tara L. Trotter

Under the direction of the principal, I used data, technology, and Michigan grade level content standards to work with middle schools student to achieve excellence in the areas of Social Studies and History. working with approximately 180 students yearly.

• Maintained awareness of relevant current events and quickly incorporated study into curriculum.
• Completed documentation of attendance, grades, and other required details.
• Devised lesson plans reflecting student educational, cultural and language diversity.
• Conducted regular parent-teacher conferences, and created weekly communication to keep parents informed of student progress and classroom happenings.
• Established and supported positive educational environment for student learning.
• Utilized technology to enhance student education and grasp of materials.
• Created lesson plans and made adjustments based on overall class performance throughout year.
• Incorporated literacy strategies into social studies learning and worked with instructors of other disciplines to work interdisciplinaraly whenever possible.
• Served as school and district team lead, as well as school improvement and climate and culture chairperson.
• Recognized and presented nationally at various social studies conferences.
• Planned, managed, and traveled with 30 plus 8th grade students by plane yearly to Washington DC, Gettysburg, and Philadelphia.
• Implemented prepared lesson plans in established classrooms.
• Planned and implemented integrated Social Studies lessons to meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.
• Gave assignments, graded work and regularly discussed performance with students.
• Established and communicated clear learning objectives and expectations to students.
• Researched latest teaching techniques and incorporated into lesson delivery to improve concept acquisition.

Responsible for effectively coordinating the planning process and implementation of recruitment activities to generate a pool of culturally diverse resource families to serve vulnerable children through Respite Care in the respective state. As well as also developing and maintaining positive community relationships and pursuing new relationships with community partners where recruitment efforts are possible. The expectation is to be actively involved in Resource family orientation and training, retention, and advocacy efforts, while also being involved in community resource family coalitions.

This position is expected to function effectively with moderate supervision while following the guidelines given on procedures, along with agency, federal, and state regulatory requirements.

• Recruit potential families, churches, and community supports to provide respite care services for Heart for Home throughout Kalamazoo County
• Develop, plan, and implement recruitment activities, events, or presentations;
• Coordinate publicity for recruitment initiatives by developing brochures or sharing existing materials;
• Request needed advertisements or publications in collaboration with Heart for Home leadership, and ensure promotion of recruitment events, including local media efforts, this incuded 5-10 events a month, and a large resource fair each summer.
• Establish and maintain visible working relationships with church pastors and leaders;
• Promote and coordinate community relations;
• Coordinate collaborative efforts with referral sources;
• Support the planning, coordination, and facilitation of orientation and training for interested families;
• Attend training as needed and apply newly gained knowledge on the job;
• Assist with the maintenance of written communications for resource families
• Actively participate in local coalition meetings with all six major local Kalamazoo agencies, events, and other efforts;
• Participate in team meetings and/or individual supervision to review recruitment progressions and ongoing recruitment plan efforts;
• Complete other duties as assigned.

• Gathered and organized materials to support operations.
• Entered data, generated reports, and produced tracking documents.
• Acted as a recruiter for the organization to bring it together with public schools across the state of Michigan.
• Through recruiting efforts brought the number of schools in Michigan participating up from 50, to 100.
• Developed, wrote, and submitted proposals for Patriot Week to present at state and national Social Studies conferences to widen our overall impact.
• Wrote, and trained staff and teachers on Patriot Week curriculum, that allowed them to easily implement ideas in their classrooms.

Under the direction of the principal, I used data, technology, and Illinois grade level content standards and Common Core Standards to work with middle schools student to achieve excellence in the areas of Social Studies and History for 100 diverse learners.

• Maintained awareness of relevant current events and quickly incorporated study into curriculum.
• Completed documentation of attendance, grades, and other required details.
• Devised lesson plans reflecting student educational, cultural and language diversity.
• Established and supported positive educational environment for student learning.
• Utilized technology to enhance student education and grasp of materials.
• Created lesson plans and made adjustments based on overall class performance throughout year.
• Incorporated literacy strategies into social studies learning and worked with instructors of other disciplines to work interdiscipinarliy whenever possible.
• Served as school team lead

Under the direction of the principal, I used data, technology, and Illinois grade level content standards and Common Core Standards to work with middle schools student to achieve excellence in the areas of Social Studies and History for 180 ddiverse learners yearly.

• Maintained awareness of relevant current events and quickly incorporated study into curriculum.
• Completed documentation of attendance, grades, and other required details.
• Devised lesson plans reflecting student educational, cultural and language diversity.
• Established and supported positive educational environment for student learning.
• Utilized technology to enhance student education and grasp of materials.
• Created lesson plans and made adjustments based on overall class performance throughout year.
• Planned learning activities that provided students with opportunities to observe, question and investigate social studies topics.
• Established and communicated clear objectives for all educational activities.
• Planned and implemented integrated Social Studies lessons to meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.
• Proctored quizzes, tests, and standardized examinations.
• Researched latest teaching techniques and incorporated into lesson delivery to improve concept acquisition.
• Gave assignments, graded work and regularly discussed performance with students.