Enthusiastic Kindergarten Teacher with 22 years of experience. Detail-oriented planner with talent for developing individualized lesson plans and cultivating classroom atmospheres of positivity and progress. Committed to comprehensive student growth using data driven decisions. Skilled in best practices for individual student learning. Experienced in use of technology to supplement traditional classroom delivery, including Smart Board interactive hardware and software. Team Leader experienced in directing activities of workgroups. Develops strategies, provides training, sets goals, and obtains team feedback. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Big picture focus with excellence in communicating goals and vision to succeed. Problem solver, networker, and consensus builder.
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- Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor and establish personalized learning plan for each student.
- Reported to parents and administration about student progress.
- Played games with students to increase understanding of subjects.
- Delivered structured lessons on readiness skills by emphasizing phonics, language skills, literature and handwriting.
- Collaborated with other faculty and staff to promote rigorous learning opportunities, general well-being of school and collective interest of staff and student body.
- Provided guidance on policies and initiatives for kindergarten teaching team.
- Arranged parent-teacher conferences to address student progress and collaboratively set goals for areas of improvement.
- Observed and assessed student performance and charted progress.
- Created, managed and participated in variety of learning environments and activities to support opportunities for students to develop full potential and achieve learning objectives.
- Exercised good classroom management focused on positive behavior support by clearly articulating fair and consistent expectations along with appropriate natural consequences.
- Introduced read-aloud literature to stimulate imagination and build comprehension and vocabulary.
- Collaborated in planning, organizing and implementing instructional programs to facilitate academic, intellectual and social development.
- Encouraged and prepared students to become independent readers through systematic, multi-sensory instruction in phonemic awareness and decoding skills.
- Cultivated language skills through use of traditional poems, nursery rhymes and riddles to help students develop comprehension, vocabulary and love of language.
- Worked with students with moderate to severe autism to increase academic skills.
- Physically and verbally interacted with students throughout day.
- Redirected poor behavior using positive reinforcement method, resulting in a decrease of tantrums in classroom.
- Created learning and content strategies to meet needs of mentally and physically disabled students.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
- Developed and managed instructional materials and reports.
- Partnered with related services from OT, PT and Speech departments.
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques.
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of students.
- Developed and managed instructional materials and reports.
- Worked in self-contained and resource environments to teach students variety of skills.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
- Collaborated with students with multiple degrees of special needs to accomplish various tasks.
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School Attended
- The University of Findlay
- Huntington College
Job Titles Held:
- Kindergarten Teacher
- Kindergarten Special Education Teacher
- Preschool Special Education Teacher
Degrees
- Master of Science
- Bachelor of Science
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