ESOL Teacher; Special Education Teacher Resume Example
Goal-oriented, dedicated, and dependable Teacher with 17 years of experience delivering educational instruction to various levels of learners. Proficient and accommodating in design and implementation of hands-on lessons, catering to diverse learning abilities. Committed to providing students with necessary tools to achieve their own academic goals and realize success as part of a cooperative team. Excellent communication and problem solving skills with students, parents, and other team members. Effective Teacher with valuable experience in classroom management, instructional delivery, versatility of environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator and motivational coach to all students. Competent at performing independently or as member of teaching team. Well-versed in classroom and online technologies. Versatile Special Education/ESOL Teacher with focus on individual student academic needs and emotional development.
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Hutto Independent School District – Hutto , TX
- Designed standards based, AVID driven lesson plans based on student interests and abilities aimed to promote student growth and success.
- Evaluated and revised lesson plans to promote optimal classroom performance in a student-centered learning environment.
- Fostered team collaboration between students through group projects.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Devised and implemented strategies to create and maintain cohesive school community within virtual classroom setting.
- Implemented multiple teaching strategies in the classroom including leveled reading (high interest/low ability text) ; ability based grouping; interest based grouping. Practiced teacher as moderator during student-driven lessons.
New Fairfield Public School District – New Fairfield , CT
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.
- Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies to reflect a differentiated classroom.
- Held conferences with parents to address questions, discuss academic progress and encourage learning goals.
- Attended and facilitated IEP meetings for students and families.
- Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
Valdosta City Schools – City , STATE
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of abilities of students.
- Organized instruction material, including constructing bulletin boards and setting up work areas.
- Gave one-on-one attention to students, while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Designed and implemented a positive rewards system to encourage positive behavior.
- Redirected poor behavior using positive reinforcement method, resulting in decrease in negative behavior in the classroom.
- Partnered with general education teachers in a co-taught classroom (ELA/Reading).
- Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- Worked in self-contained and resource environments to teach students variety of skills.
- Taught reading, language arts and social sciences in self-contained ED and LD classroom.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Majored in Education
- Minored in Spanish
- Graduated summa cum laude
Georgia Southern University - City
My specialist coursework included student testing; classroom strategies; curriculum and planning; speech.
During the time earning this degree, I added ESOL and Reading endorsements.
- Thesis: My thesis sought to answer the question: Do students with disabilities receive equal opportunities to study a foreign language as students without disabilities? Is there a negative bias against students with disabilities where foreign language study is concerned?
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- Recipient of Goizueta Scholarship
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School Attended
- Georgia Southern University
Job Titles Held:
- ESOL Teacher; Special Education Teacher
- Teacher
- Special Education Teacher
Degrees
- Master of Arts : Teaching And Learning
Education Specialist, Special Education : Education , 06/2011
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