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ENGLISH TEACHER
Professional Summary
Accomplished educator with proven experience providing instruction, guidance, and counseling across diverse learning platforms. Possess strong track-record of improving student performance and providing diverse student bases with high-impact lessons. Focus on creating positive environments in which all students can learn and grow.
Skills
  • Interdisciplinary & Differentiated Instruction
  • Team Building & Leadership
  • Competence with Educational Technology
  • Student Advocacy
  • Editing & Proofreading
  • Arts
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Conferences
  • Critical Thinking
  • Designing
  • Documentation
  • Editing
  • English
  • Fiction
  • Instruction
  • Team Building
  • Leadership
  • Lesson planning
  • Lesson plans
  • Materials
  • Math
  • Non-fiction
  • PLC
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Progress
  • Proofreading
  • Reading
  • Read
  • Reporting
  • Staff Development
  • Teacher
  • Teaching
Work History
English Teacher, 08/2018 to 06/2019
Amherst County Public Schools – Amherst, VA
  • Identified and documented learning achievements by reporting outcomes, performance information and program adjustments used to boost comprehension and prepare eighth grade students for state-required exams.
  • Collaborated with seventh grade writing teachers to create rigorous writing units with accompanying hands-on activities.
  • Implemented and supported Individual Learning Plans for students with varying needs/accommodations.
  • Promoted collaboration and problem-solving skills by facilitating group projects and class discussions.
English & Social Studies Teacher, 08/2013 to 06/2018
Lynchburg City Schools – Lynchburg, VA
  • Developed and implemented robust lesson plans for advanced placement and general education English classes and U.S.
  • History I classes ranging from 13 to 31 students.
  • Integrated technology into lesson plans to enhance learning as well as collect, analyze, and track data on student progress.
  • Modified learning strategies based on results and colleague collaboration.
  • Established and cultivated positive relationships with students, parents, colleagues, and administration.
  • Performed student background reviews to ascertain learning deficiencies and strengths to develop tailored lessons based on student needs.
  • Employed wide variety of fiction and non-fiction textual material to encourage students to read independently.
  • Represented Sandusky Middle School at Virginia SOL Reading Assessment Review Committee & Lynchburg Education Association.
  • Facilitated sixth grade English PLC & member of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Committee.
English & Social Studies Teacher, 08/2004 to 06/2013
Campbell County Public Schools – Rustburg, VA
  • Enhanced learning through assessing and designing lesson plans according to the student needs and learning ability.
  • Diligently worked with other teachers to design benchmark assessments and review data to develop instructional strategies to address student learning objectives.
  • Supervised and mentored student teachers on classroom management, lesson planning, and activity organization.
  • Combined discipline plan with effective measures and lesson plans to increase concentration, participation, and progress student accountability.
  • Continually took on greater responsibility as Chair, Campbell County Education Association Co-President, Summer School Co-Facilitator, English Department Chair, Facilitator of sixth grade English PLC, and Sponsor of Junior Beta Club.
Director, 08/1996 to 06/2003
5TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS & HISTORY TEACHER, Orange County Public Schools – Orange, VA
  • Implemented remedial programs for students requiring extra assistance.
  • Established positive relationships with students, parents, fellow teachers, and school administrators.
  • Strengthened parent-teacher and parent-child communication by holding regular parent-teacher conferences.
  • Used children's literature to teach and reinforce reading, writing, grammar, and phonics.
  • Taught self-contained class.
  • Worked with Gifted/Talented cluster groups and planned/organized fifth grade field trips and social studies enrichment/extension activities.
  • Locust Grove Elementary School's Curriculum & Instruction Committee; active member of Staff Development, School Improvement & district-wide Social Studies Committees.
  • Chair, Virginia Department of Education Virginia Studies Textbook Adoption Committee.
Education
Master of Education: Administration & Supervision PreKLynchburg College - Lynchburg, VA
Master of Education: Reading Specialist, 2003
James Madison University - Harrisonburg, VA
Bachelor of Arts: History, 1994
Mary Baldwin College - Staunton, VA
Teaching Certification: Secondary Education: 1985
Lynchburg College - Lynchburg, VA
Accomplishments
  • Administration & Supervision, PreK-12.
  • Reading Specialist, PreK-12.
  • Secondary English.
  • Elementary, Grades 3-6.
  • History Publications & Presentations.
  • Reclaiming Your Creativity in the Classroom, presented to English teachers and administrators, March 2016.
  • Effective Instruction: Why Understanding the Reading Process is a MUST or All Educators.
  • Reading in Virginia, v.
  • XXVIII, 2004-2005.
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Amherst County Public Schools
  • Lynchburg City Schools
  • Campbell County Public Schools
  • 5TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS & HISTORY TEACHER, Orange County Public Schools

School Attended

  • Lynchburg College
  • James Madison University
  • Mary Baldwin College

Job Titles Held:

  • English Teacher
  • English & Social Studies Teacher
  • Director

Degrees

  • Master of Education : Administration & Supervision PreK
    Master of Education : Reading Specialist , 2003
    Bachelor of Arts : History , 1994
    Teaching Certification: Secondary Education : 1985

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