Skilled and highly effective teacher leader with over 20 years experience. Certified in Social Studies and Language Arts. Familiar with all Social Studies and ELA curriculum - I have taught every course and grade level at least one year. Goal-driven, organized, responsible, proactive educator with a strong work ethic. Served in many areas of educational leadership and strategic planning. Desiring to contribute to school, staff, and student success.
Curriculum Knowledge (Social Studies and ELA certified)
Organization and Time management
Excellent work ethic (reliable and responsible)
MultitasClaire abilities
Level II teacher, eligible for level III
Work History
08/2014 to Current
ELA/AP TeacherWashington Hospital, Inc., Mary – King George, VA,
ELA Department Chair, 2 years: I began collaborating and scaffolding the curriculum and building scope and sequence documents before the Teaching and Learning department was formed. I continue to help further these efforts even for grade levels that I do not currently teach.
ELA 11th grade Team Leader (3 years): Collaborated with and shared content with team members and helped digitize content and curriculum this year for virtual/remote and hybrid learning.
AP English Literature Teacher: Create, maintain, and adjust curriculum based on College Board standards. I am the only one who teaches and maintains this course, therefore, I am responsible for all of the organization and scaffolding.
I attended two AP Summer Institutes and three tech-related conferences this past summer (Nearpod, Kami, and Google Tech Summit)
APS Tech Cohort member, 2 years: We test, learn, and teach new Ed Tech apps and ideas. I have taught many teachers (even outside of my own department) how to use and implement the Ed Tech apps and programs that are available to our district. I helped many teachers this year set up and maintain their digital classrooms during virtual/remote learning.
I take on unassigned leadership roles to support my department. For five years I have organized and maintained the ELA book storage/work room. I transformed a disorganized dumping ground into an efficient, organized storage room.
I took the initiative to learn about and study the SAT requirements before they were required so that I could teach the ELA department how to implement the requirements into all grade levels.
Last year, I created a document that scaffolded all of the SAT requirements by grade level and matched them to CCSS so that all grade levels could implement SAT prep in their courses. I also held several voluntary PD sessions to teach teacher how to use Kahn Academy to implement SAT prep.
I was on the Textbook Adoption Committee for 2 years (under the leadership of Cynthia Bond). We evaluated textbooks for the Social Studies and Science textbook adoptions. I attended all of the ELA textbook adoption presentations this year and helped evaluate textbooks for this year's adoption.
I was an official Teacher Mentor 2 years (I unofficially continue the same duties now that there is no formal program).
I have trained new teachers and substitutes and created lesson plans and instructions for them.
I am the Lead Teacher for the RLAS (Reducing LGBQT Adolescent Suicides) group at AHS.
08/1999 to 05/2011
TeacherLegacy Christian Academy – City, STATE,
Taught numerous different subjects: English (all grade levels 9-12), History (World and American), Philosophy, Economics, Government, Chemistry, Art, Band, Yearbook, and several others.
Senior Advisor: credit checks, ordered diplomas, organized graduation ceremonies, ensured correct class placement to fulfill graduation requirements.
Secondary disciplinary administrator: documented and handled all secondary disciplinary action to include parent contacts, referrals to counseling and DPS, detentions (in and out of school), etc.
Secondary teacher leader and mentor: trained all new secondary teachers, led and organized BOY (beginning of year) PD for entire secondary staff (and separate PD for new staff members), mentored new teachers (year-long program with monthly meetings - I initiated and organized this program)
Planned, organized, and implemented all PD for Secondary Staff (2-day PD schedule every quarter).
Initiated, organized, and helped to write Scope and Sequence documents for entire Secondary School. (This was in preparation for our Accreditation Review).
Chose and ordered all Secondary curriculum for every content area.
Led student group in creating Yearbooks, 7 years.
Staff Sponsor of the Student Council, 8 years
Planned, organized, and sponsored Senior trip, 4 years
Staff representative to School Board, 2 years
10/2007 to 05/2008
Interim Director/AdministratorLegacy Christian Academy – City, STATE,
Our director/administrator was fired in October, and the School Board asked me to step in as Interim Director for the remainder of the year. In addition to taClaire on all of the administrative duties for the Elementary and Secondary divisions of the school that year, I continued my full-time teaching position and all other duties related to my position as Secondary lead teacher and disciplinarian. It was a very trying year, however, it was my daughter's senior year and I was very determined to make sure it was the best year the school ever experienced. One of my references, James Shields, was a teacher at that school that year and he can attest to the level of determination and competency I exhibited that year.
Administrative duties included but not limited to budgeting, payroll, managing (hiring and firing) staff members, all Accreditation requirements (curriculum checks, forms, documentation, and meetings in and out of state), screening of potential students for admission, teacher evaluations, and oversight of Elementary and Secondary Parent-Teacher groups.
Education
Expected in 05/2011
Master of Science: Educational Leadership Kaplan University (Online) - Davenport, IA GPA:
Graduated with 3.9 GPA
Expected in 05/2005
Bachelor of Science: Secondary Education - Social Studies New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, NM GPA:
Member of Phi Theta Kappa
Member of Phi Alpha Theta
Member of Phi Delta Kappa
Dean's List: Fall, 2003
Dean's List: Spring, 2004
Dean's List: Fall, 2004
Expected in 01/2004
Associate of Science: Education New Mexico State University At Alamogordo - Alamogordo, NM GPA:
Expected in 05/1995
Associate of Arts: New Mexico State University At Alamogordo - Alamogordo, NM GPA:
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