Violet L Harris Pickett
Kansas City,MISSOURI
Summary
Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher
Kansas City Public Schools
Kansas City, MO
01.1991 - Current
- Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
- Promoted physical, mental and social development using classroom games and activities.
- Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers and course work.
- Encouraged creative thinking and motivated students by addressing individual strengths and weaknesses based on standardized testing results.
- Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
- Supervised learning groups of students in classroom stations.
Education
Master of Arts - Reading Teacher Education
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO06.2001
Bachelor of Arts - Education
UMKC
Kansas City, MO05.1997
Skills
- Learning Assessments
- Special Education
- Student-Centered Learning
- Learning Modalities
- Student Motivation and Engagement
- Differentiated Learning Techniques
- Differentiated Instruction
Timeline
Teacher
Kansas City Public Schools
01.1991 - Current
Master of Arts - Reading Teacher Education
University of Central Missouri
Bachelor of Arts - Education
UMKC
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