Zipporah McBurrough
Ray City,GA
Summary
Dedicated Preschool Teacher brings high energy, flexible, early intervention knowledge, and dedication to preschoolers. Focused on planning diverse activities to enrich learning and promote individual growth. Encouraging, upbeat and motivated to positively impact students.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Preschool Teacher
Lighthouse Christian Daycare
Valdosta, GA
06.2017 - Current
- Participates in parent-teacher conferences to discuss academic progress of each child.
- Incorporates music, art, games, books, blocks, puzzles into daily instruction.
- Establishes positive relationships with parents and guardians by regularly communicating student progress.
- Encourages critical thinking skills through problem solving activities.
- Integrates multicultural themes into instruction plans to foster respect for diversity among students.
- Monitors student behavior to ensure compliance with rules and expectations set forth by school administration.
- Maintains records of attendance, grades, health concerns, and other relevant information about the children in my care.
- Conducts classroom activities to stimulate physical, mental, and social development of preschool students.
- Provides individual attention to each student as needed during class time.
- Supervise outdoor playtime while ensuring safety regulations were followed.
- Encourages children to be understanding of others, show good manners and models social development behaviors.
- Established positive relationships with parents and guardians by regularly communicating student progress.
- Enhances sensory abilities by giving children access to numerous textures and shapes.
- Instructs foundational skills in colors, shapes and letters.
- Integrates music, art, drama, literature, science, and math into lesson plans for hands-on learning experiences.
- Fosters language development, comprehension and vocabulary using traditional poetry, nursery rhymes and riddles.
Education
High School Diploma -
Lighthouse Christian School
Valdosta, GA06-2019
Social Work
Capella University
Minneapolis, MNSkills
- Lesson Planning
- Classroom Organization
- Student Records Management
- Classroom Management
- Observational skills
- Child Safety Procedures
- Social-emotional learning
- Afterschool program leadership
- Effective listening
- Hands-on learning
- Creative Thinking
- Conflict Resolution
Affiliations
- Founder of youth organization Sincerely Sisters
- Founder of the blog and podcast Biblically Unfiltered
- Church clerk, funeral assistant, and youth leader at Moringstar Baptist Church
- Lupus Disease Advocate
- Head teacher of Lighthouse Christian 2023 & 2024 Summer Camp
- Short Story Writer
- Monologue, Oratory, skit and play mentor
- Social Media Manager
Accomplishments
- 87 state regional medals competing in State Fine Art Competition ( 2014-2019)
- 6 medals competing in International Student Convention (2014-2019)
- Presidential Volunteer Service Award signed by President Obama ( 2017)
- Presidential Volunteer Service Award signed by President Trump ( 2018)
- Miss Cotillion 2019
- Four MVP Volleyball trophies (2018-2019)
- Pepsi Stronger Together Community Heroes Award ( 2024)
Timeline
Preschool Teacher
Lighthouse Christian Daycare
06.2017 - Current
High School Diploma -
Lighthouse Christian School
Social Work
Capella University
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