Trenita C. Stokes
Washington,USA
Summary
An energetic leader and educator with a passion for community and a drive for increasing opportunities, resources, and literacy within marginalized communities and making college a reality for students and families of all backgrounds.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher – 7th Grade Reading
Ida B. Wells Middle School
08.2023 - Current
- Develop and implement engaging and rigorous reading workshop lessons that cater to diverse learners.
- Utilize a variety of instructional strategies, including mini-lessons, independent reading, small group instruction, and conferences.
- Select and utilize high-quality texts, including fiction, non-fiction, and multimedia resources, to build background knowledge and foster critical thinking.
- Integrate writing instruction into the reading workshop to enhance comprehension and expression.
- Implement effective strategies for teaching reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and fluency.
- Differentiate instruction to meet the individual needs of all learners, including students with learning disabilities, English language learners, and gifted students.
- Use formative and summative assessments to monitor student progress and inform instruction.
Teacher in Residence Grade 6-7th English Language Arts
Ida B. Wells Middle School
08.2022 - Current
- Implementing the instructional curriculum in accordance with the syllabus; planning appropriate teaching and learning activities as per the curriculum
- Managing classroom etiquettes along with creating positive learning environment for students, assigning them homework, and other project work for enhancing their learning abilities
- Evaluating their performances by conducting class tests, checking their progressive reports, ensuring overall progress in language learning, and maintaining open communication to assist their progress.
- Interacting with students, encouraging them to learn the language by opening the possibility of asking questions in the area of their difficulty.
- Identifying the students with learning difficulties through their evaluation systems and providing additional academic assistance to them for sorting out their language inability
- Providing compiled learning resources to students from books, reference texts available with school, and study material available on the Internet
- Developing team spirit, cooperation, and tolerance in the students by engaging them in group activity
- Provide safe and competitive learning environment, where students can gain competitive spirit, enhance their intellectual abilities, and develop a Establishing the sense of rules and regulations in students, monitoring their behavior in classrooms and school premises.
Paraprofessional (Special Education) Grade K3-K5 ILS
Neval Thomas Elementary School
02.2020 - 06.2022
- Applied data-proven highly effective teaching techniques with a rigorous and differentiated curriculum to provide daily instruction to multiple classes of 15 – 30 students.
- Cultivated parent engagement through consistent written and verbal communication.
- Analyzed daily and weekly student academic data to adjust upcoming instruction to achieve student mastery of grade-level skills.
- Performed remedial instruction or tasks to reinforce learning initiated by a professional educator; May work with an individual student requiring individual or close attention.
- Observed and assisted students experiencing difficulties.
- Assisted the teacher with the development of individualized programs and monitored groups of students engaged while the teacher is otherwise occupied.
- Infused culturally relevant materials and pedagogical strategies.
Special Education Teacher Grade K9-K12 English Language Arts
Anacostia High School
08.2015 - 06.2018
- Performs a variety of assessments and observations to determine the areas in which the student may need extra or modified educational services. Assessment areas may include academic performance, behavior, social development, or physical health.
- Identifies the students’ needs and develops related lesson and teaching plans.
- Develops an integrated plan for the education of each child by collaborating with classroom teachers, parents, psychologists, social workers, and other medical and school staff.
- Develops individualized education programs (IEPs) for each student, setting learning goals and adopting modifications as necessary; ensures each student's activities and lessons are planned and organized according to his/her abilities.
- Develops and teaches lessons that provide engaging learning opportunities for small groups and individual students while meeting required specifications of IEPs and 504 plans.
- Implements IEPs, provides ongoing or follow-up assessments, and continually tracks progress and makes modifications as necessary.
- Collaborates with classroom and homeroom teachers to ensure each student's needs are met and plans are followed.
- Ensures programs comply with Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); ensures each applicable student is provided with Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) that is properly modified for his/her individual needs.
- Develops, completes, and maintains all paperwork mandated by local, state, and federal guidelines, laws, and regulations.
- Maintains knowledge of special education teaching methods, research, and best practices through professional development and study.
- Establishes and enforces classroom management structure and rules that ensure academic engagement and the physical and mental safety of all students.
- Celebrates the achievements and successes of students.
Special Education Teacher, Grade k5-K7
McKinley Technical Campus Middle School
06.2017 - 08.2017
Math Teacher, Grade K7
Takoma Park Campus Middle School
06.2016 - 08.2016
College & Career K12
Theodore Roosevelt High School
08.2015 - 06.2016
Education
Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T) - Teaching
Relay Graduate School of Education
Washington, DC06.2024
Skills
- Effective classroom management
- Effective relationship management
- Critical thinking
- Lesson planning
Certification
- Reading Praxis 7002
- Special Education 5354
- Praxis I (Core) Core Academic Skills for Educators
Timeline
Teacher – 7th Grade Reading
Ida B. Wells Middle School
08.2023 - Current
Teacher in Residence Grade 6-7th English Language Arts
Ida B. Wells Middle School
08.2022 - Current
Paraprofessional (Special Education) Grade K3-K5 ILS
Neval Thomas Elementary School
02.2020 - 06.2022
Special Education Teacher, Grade k5-K7
McKinley Technical Campus Middle School
06.2017 - 08.2017
Math Teacher, Grade K7
Takoma Park Campus Middle School
06.2016 - 08.2016
Special Education Teacher Grade K9-K12 English Language Arts
Anacostia High School
08.2015 - 06.2018
College & Career K12
Theodore Roosevelt High School
08.2015 - 06.2016
Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T) - Teaching
Relay Graduate School of Education
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