ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER K - 6 Grades

Professional, dedicated, hard-working and flexible educator devoted in the development both socially and academically of each individual student.

Ability to ensure that each student’s learning style and ability are provided for.

Excellent communication skills to build meaningful connections with students, staff, administrators and parents.

Adaptable in meeting students’ needs through hands on lessons that keep students motivated to aid in the success to their potential.

Background in Teaching Proficiency

Literacy Collaborative Reading Circles

Connected Math Team Teaching

Every Day Math Parent-Teacher Communications

Writing Workshop Integrated Lesson Planning

Coordinate Technology to Instruction Organized and Creative 

 PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 Bachelor of Arts (1978); Major: Elementary Education

 As the teacher of 7th and 8th grade overflow, I was assigned multiple classes and grades. 7th and 8th grade math, 7th and 8th grade science, and 8th grade English.

As a 7th and 8th grade language arts teacher for 18 years, I was on the curriculum committee, discipline committee, PTA teacher advocate, designed the reading and English program to follow the Literacy Collaborative program in the K-6 grades, and was middle school teacher representative. I incorporated daily oral language, technology, centers, and character education into the curriculum. I also integrated my reading program to follow the science and/or history class as much as possible. All assessments given were reported on the computer including the strand of the curriculum that was being met. All teachers were expected to keep journals or anecdotal record, checklists, grades, and portfolios to be used in student-teacher conferences and kept for the following year’s teachers to peruse.

As a 3rd grade teacher, I was given the curriculum to cover in any manner and order I saw fit. This was a time when “no child left behind” was not in effect. The students were to be given Pupil Performance Objective tests over parts of the curriculum chosen by the county.

As a 2nd grade teacher, I was trained in Literacy Collaborative. It was a three hour block of time to cover reading, writing, English, spelling, printing and much teacher directed teaching to integrate these areas in the given block of time. Centers were created for use during the reading group time period that was to incorporate all these areas along with the science and social studies being taught at that particular time. 

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Achievements

Actively pursued the inception of team planning every day to be able to connect our teaching but more importantly to be able to discuss students’ needs, problems, achievements and were able to meet with students and parents if concerns arose.

Supported the change of the English and reading program to fit the Literacy Collaborative program for the K-6. Rewrote the curriculum to have it a language arts based program.

Promoted Reading Circles to allow students to be more independent in the choosing of books to read, to lead groups in discussions and to be responsible in getting all work required turned in in a timely manner.

Enriched the students’ in their academic, social, and emotional growth using different techniques, strategies, and creative lesson plans to promote a positive attitude toward education.

Allowed the time for students to do poetry during important times of the year sent in to be published. Many students’ poetry was accepted and students could buy the book in which it was printed. The writing was required but the publishing was up to each student.