Integral Leader who offers proven experience in Elementary-Level Curriculum Planning, Common Core Standards, Classroom Management, Objective Disciplinary Practices, Data / Records Management, Process / Procedure Enhancements, Educational Technology Integration, and Student / Parent Relations.

  Excellent Communicator who builds relationships with students of various academic and cultural backgrounds, and actively engages among parents / guardians, administrators, peers, and leadership teams.

  Top Performer who strategically collaborates with administrators and fellow instructors to evaluate and implement changes and / or improvements to learning programs, and provides valuable input for curriculum enhancement, interactive lessons, and innovative methods of teaching with evolving technology.

K 8^th State of Xxxxxx | Multiple Subjects State of California | Beginning Teacher's Program (BTSA)

Member, California Teachers Association | Microsoft Word | Microsoft PowerPoint | Interxxxxxxt Applications

  Optimize student academic results within a Secondary Success Program at the middle school, including managing an in-depth language arts program with emphasis on Reading and Writing education, as well as facilitating behavior modification approaches within a small class, highly structured educational setting.

Develop individualized student relationships with clearly identified limits and positive expectations.

Successfully work to actively modify seriously emotionally handicapped behavior of up to 10 students.

• Led results-focused Language Arts and Social Studies instruction at the 6^th Grade level, including developing and implementing comprehensive lesson plans per Common Core Standards to achieve goals.

  Ensured seamless instructional efforts by integrating model teaching strategies for academic improvement, including consistently maintaining a superior academic and socially bexxxxxxficial classroom environment.

Successfully initiated hands-on, project-based learning to meet individual and group objectives.

Maximized CAASPP scores via extended learning for significant student progress and school ranking.

• Planxxxxxxd and presented dynamic 2^nd Grade multi-subject instruction by employing effective teaching methodologies desigxxxxxxd to facilitate creative, engaging, and highly challenging lesson plans within a 24-student classroom and actively achieve significant increases in student performance on wide-ranging testing.

  Encouraged teamwork, unity, interactions throughout projects, presentations of opinions, and ongoing participation amongst students while initiating helpful communications with parents / guardians.

Guided students in using respectful greetings toward instructors and fellow classmates.

Consistently taught importance of self-respect, courtesy, and overall effects of behavior on others.

Heightexxxxxxd students interest and comprehension of subtraction basics through both group and individual exercises, including regrouping with pennies and dimes and use of counting up method.

Functioxxxxxxd as a role model to display importance and bexxxxxxfits of respectful socialization and cooperative teamwork during recreational and academic activities.

  Spearheaded an increase in student academic proficiencies by organizing, inspiring, and creatively interacting in a classroom environment for 23 students through 1:1, small group, and classroom instruction.

  Contributed a patient and understanding demeanor to provide students with an opportunity to discuss problems, express fears and / or confusing issues, and actively respond to various questions student had.

Successfully assisted students in understanding geometric shapes, including instructing them to create individual shape monster glyphs, showing how favorite shapes were meant to represent body parts (e.g. eyes, mouth, nose), and concluding with creating a bar graph to display which shapes students chose.

Worked with students on Common Core Language Arts sequencing, including brainstorming words reflecting feelings based on the Dr. Seuss poem, What Was I Scared Of? and further wrote words on a whiteboard and read aloud to sounds of instrumental music, asked students to narrate and maintain awarexxxxxxss of surroundings, divided students into groups and assigxxxxxxd a poem stanza, asked students to pinpoint and identify feelings, and had each group create and present a frozen image of their thoughts.

  Strategically steered delivery of instruction and guidance to 30 multicultural 5^th Grade students, including boosting learning processes through creative use of comprehensive class, individual, and small group teaching.

  Built strong communications between parent teacher conferences, including acknowledging student achievements, progress levels, and areas requiring improvement to further optimize students development.

Increased students understanding of fractions by using Hershey s candy bars to demonstrate divisions by , , etc., and created play dough to assist in their understanding of relevance of everyday use of fractions.

Encouraged students to reflect on and explore wide-ranging issues and current events, including cultural celebrations, sporting events, political / civil crises, health issues, international incidents, and others.

Inspired students to share ideas and opinions with peers, as well as to work with fellow classmates.

  Drove academic success for various classrooms, including 1^st Grade students at Millbrook Elementary (2012), 5^th Grade students at J.F. Smith Elementary (2011), 5^th Grade students at Holly Oak Elementary (2011), and Kindergarten students at Katherixxxxxx R. Smith Elementary (2009 2010) and Tom Matsumoto Elementary (2008).

Developed solutions-driven lesson plans and detailed assessments, conducted all parent / teacher conferences, and collaborated with school teachers / administrators to discuss strong teaching techniques.

Additional teaching experience included roles as a Substitute Teacher for Palm Springs Unified School District (2004 2008) and Desert Sands Unified School District (2004 2008); additional job details provided upon request.