W. Shantel Zimmerman
Rocky Mount,NC
Summary
Dedicated PreKindergarten Teacher at Primrose School of Heritage Wake Forest, adept in early childhood education and classroom management. Leveraged differentiated instruction and positive reinforcement to surpass state standards, enhancing student success. Excelled in parent-teacher communication and health and safety, ensuring a nurturing learning environment. Proven track record in mentoring new teachers and fostering academic and social growth in young learners.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
PreKindergarten Teacher
Primrose School of Heritage Wake Forest
08.2010 - Current
- Improved student engagement by incorporating hands-on activities and visual aids into lessons.
- Actively participated in professional development workshops to stay current on educational trends and improve teaching techniques.
- Designed assessments that measured student progress towards meeting curriculum goals, informing future instructional decisions.
- Served as a mentor for new teachers, sharing best practices and offering guidance in classroom management techniques.
- Established a positive classroom environment that promoted respect, inclusion, and cooperation among students.
- Monitored students' academic, social, and emotional progress and recorded in individual files.
- Developed strong relationships with parents and caregivers, enhancing communication and collaboration for student success.
- Monitored individual student progress using data-driven strategies, allowing for targeted interventions when necessary.
- Demonstrated flexibility by adapting lesson plans according to changing needs or circumstances while maintaining high-quality instruction for all students.
- Implemented differentiated instruction strategies to cater to diverse learning needs and abilities of students.
- Consistently met or exceeded state standards for Pre-Kindergarten education through effective lesson planning and delivery.
- Maintained organized, fun and interactive classroom to help children feel safe.
- Established positive communication with parents in daily conversation and formal conferences.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Assisted and supervised up to 24 children through entire school day.
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Assessed student progress and provided feedback on educational development.
- Utilized creative teaching strategies to engage students in classroom.
- Organized and supervised large and small group activities.
- Guided students to develop social, emotional and physical skills.
- Collaborated with teachers, parents and administrators to facilitate positive outcomes for students.
- Monitored classroom to verify safe and secure environment.
- Protected children in-class, at recess and off-site with observational skills and positive reinforcement for good behavior.
- Helped new preschool children get used to classes by giving one-on-one support.
- Organized activities to teach preschool children foundational learning skills such as letters and numbers.
Lead Toddler Teacher
Primrose School of North Raleigh
08.2008 - 03.2009
- Created a nurturing classroom environment that supported the social-emotional growth of young learners.
- Promoted early literacy skills through engaging storytime sessions, interactive word games, and letter recognition activities.
- Maintained accurate records of student attendance, behavior incidents, and academic progress, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with school policies.
- Developed strong relationships with parents through regular communication, resulting in increased involvement in their children''s education.
- Established routines and procedures that promoted a sense of orderliness, predictability, and security for toddlers.
- Sanitized toys and play equipment each day to maintain safety and cleanliness.
NCLB Classroom Para Educator
Paradise Valley Unified School District
08.2006 - 05.2007
- Developed and implemented math and reading lessons using instructional objectives for at-risk individual students and/or groups of students.
- Administered benchmark testing to students, DRA & DIBELS testing.
- Gathered data and created intervention models for classrooms and individual students as needed.
- Assisted teachers in implementation of behavioral management strategies, instructional objectives, and student IEP goals or SEI goals as needed.
- Established and maintained positive rapport with students, coworkers and the community.
- Work
Front Desk Administrative Assistant
Schools & Townsend, P.C.
09.2004 - 12.2005
- On assignment with Manpower from September through November 30, became permanent employee December 1, 2004.
- Assisted in the preparation of site plans, subdivision plans, and commercial building plans for county or city submission.
- Assisted in review of site, subdivision and land surveys for discrepancies, made corrections in AutoCAD.
- Handled customer requests via fax and phone calls for surveys, stakeouts, etc., wrote up work orders and input information into Excel work order log.
- Researched requests for surveys, pulling all relevant deed work and maps.
DSL Provisioner
Network Access Solutions
11.1999 - 05.2004
- Entered customer orders into provisioning system as well as entering customer orders into Verizon's Webgui.
- Managed 100s of IDSL and SDSL orders from port assignment to Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) deliver monthly.
- Resolved any circuit issues with LEC representatives, sales staff and customers.
- Assisted in testing circuits for LEC techs with unable to get through to activation line.
- Helped rewrite and train all provisioners in Disconnect procedures.
- Specialized in assigning clean ports to all DSL circuits, scrubbing database for clean information and tracking ports left in cards for 200 central offices.
- Took queue calls for both pre-install and post-install customers including trouble shooting errors, testing circuits, opening trouble tickets.
- Worked on numerous special projects and lead teams on special projects as needed.
Education
Master of Arts - Elementary Education
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ12.2007
Bachelor of Arts - History
York College of Pennsylvania
York, PA05.1993
Skills
- Health and safety
- Parent-Teacher Communication
- Positive Reinforcement
- Fine Motor Skills
- Classroom Management
- Group and individual instruction
- Differentiated Instruction
- Early Childhood Education
- File Organization
- Reception duties
- Maintaining records
- Time Management
- Attention to Detail
- Dependable and reliable
Timeline
PreKindergarten Teacher
Primrose School of Heritage Wake Forest
08.2010 - Current
Lead Toddler Teacher
Primrose School of North Raleigh
08.2008 - 03.2009
NCLB Classroom Para Educator
Paradise Valley Unified School District
08.2006 - 05.2007
Front Desk Administrative Assistant
Schools & Townsend, P.C.
09.2004 - 12.2005
DSL Provisioner
Network Access Solutions
11.1999 - 05.2004
Master of Arts - Elementary Education
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Arts - History
York College of Pennsylvania
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