Seasoned teacher with over ten years of experience. Gifted in virtual curriculum integration, collaboration, and planning. Successful in designing engaging lesson plans that integrate technology to drive retention, comprehension and participation. Accomplished in cultivating long-term relationships with students and working in fast-paced academic environments. Charismatic and dependable teacher with explicit experience delivering professional development at campus and district level. Committed to providing students with both group and individualized instruction. Proficient in helping advanced, struggling, and special needs students enhance learning with engaging instructional practices. Supports supports academic needs with age appropriate social emotional instruction in order to create a safe and secure learning environment.
- Creative learning strategies
- Advocacy
- Managing classroom for diverse populations
- Student progress reporting
- Differentiated instruction
- Strong collaborator
- ESL- English as Second Language Endorsement (BYU, Provo, UT)
- Technological instruction
- Experiential learning
- Data driven
- Teaching
- Lesson planning
- Tutoring
- Instructional best practices
- Gifted and Talented Certification (TX)
Chicago, IL, 08/2014 - Current
- Nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science (2020). Yet to be awarded due to Covid-19.
- Evaluated/revised lesson plans and course content to facilitate and moderate classroom discussions and student centered learning.
- Boosted student grasp of materials with weekly tutoring sessions.
- Observed and evaluated students' performance, behavior, social development and physical health.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Helped to develop and facilitate school social emotional learning goals.
- Promoted student engagement with positive reinforcement techniques and diverse learning strategies.
- Collaborated closely with peers to create cross-curricular lessons and activities to integrate learning.
- Encouraged interactive learning by incorporating educational software into lesson plans.
- Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to reinforce student participation and hands-on learning.
- Met with administrators and department team members to work on curriculum planning and assessment methods.
- Presenter at district wide professional development.
- Campus representative for Salt Lake Educational Association.
- Team Leader for School Improvement Committee.
- Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding.
- Developed a class data binder that spiraled standard specific sentence stems with the use of "Plickers" and later "Forms".
Chicago, IL, 08/2012 - 05/2014
- Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to facilitate and moderate classroom discussions and student centered learning.
- Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding.
- Team Leader for grade level that created district/campus curriculum.
- Campus Technology Liaison leading professional development at campus site and district wide.
- Presenter at state technology association annual conference.
- Nominee for Teacher of the Year.
Chicago, IL, 08/2009 - 05/2010
- Promoted student engagement with positive reinforcement techniques and diverse learning strategies.
- Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to facilitate and moderate classroom discussions and student centered learning.
- 3rd grade teacher that helped create new technology goals for campus.
Chicago, IL, 08/2005 - 05/2009
- Enhanced student learning by optimizing wide range of instructional approaches and innovative classroom activities.
- Language Arts Team Leader for team of 5th grade teachers.
- District curriculum writer that created lesson plans for district wide curriculum maps.
- Teacher of the Year Nominee.
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