Experience

Detroit Prep

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• 2nd Grade Teacher

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  ●Used 3R’s language to help promote and safe but well-managed classroom. ●Worked with all reading and math levels from kindergarten to 4th grade within one 2nd grade classroom. ●Completed weekly lesson plans that focused on closing any academic gaps that had been created throughout the pandemic. ●Differentiated up with students performing above level to ensure they were being academically pushed. ●Completed unit plans in both math and foundational skills that were used across the grade. ●Rewrote the 2nd grade reading and writing curriculum to encompass all common core standards and elevate the rigor. ●Created a targeted math and reading centers program to focus on both prerequisite skills along with current content. Show less



Classical Charter Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Dean Of Students

  • Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

  •Serve as the point person for dealing with behavioral crisis-intervention and acute behavioral issues.•Communicate with student’s families as necessary to keep families abreast of any observed changes in an individual student’s conduct. •Create opportunities for student learning and development.•Implement quality curriculum in all content areas to engage students utilizing best practices in teaching and learning professional teams, analyze data for curriculum planning purposes utilizing state curriculum. •Confer with educators to identify current classroom concerns and diversify instructional strategies.•Optimize student educational strategies with clear advice on course choices, progression and career options.•Strengthen operations by aligning processes to capitalize on new educational trends.•Maintain monthly records to assist teachers in the classroom with promoting positive behaviors and mitigating problem behaviors.•Conduct teacher observations for end of year teacher evaluations. Show less

• Grade Team Leader and 2nd Teacher

  • Apr 2013 - Aug 2019

  •Planned daily lessons and delivered standards-based instruction.•Provided one-on-one attention to students, while maintaining overall focus on entire group.•Kept classroom environments consistent and focused on learning by establishing and enforcing clear objectives. •Aligned teaching techniques and devised personalized support strategies to help students with differing ability levels and grasp of materials.•Lead a team consisting of three other teachers while continuing to teach within my own classroom.•Collaborated with school directors from across the network to brainstorm ideas around curriculum and data.•Held weekly meetings with team members along with special education staff to analyze data while creating attainable next steps.•Observed classroom teachers and learning specialists on a weekly basis and discussed with them their areas of strength and weakness while focusing on what is needed to improve their execution of lessons and behavior management. •Conducted yearly curricular audits with an eye on how to improve the curriculum for the upcoming year.•Created and executed grade wide incentive systems in the areas of math and reading•Supported other team members with difficult behaviors as well as difficult relationships with parents.•On boarded new staff members at both the beginning and middle of the year, getting them up to speed at quickly as possible. •Held weekly professional development sessions with my fellow team members to discuss topic such as planning, struggling students and family events. •Planned and revised curriculum across all subjects focusing on the Common Core standards while maintaining a high level or rigor for both the teachers and the students.•Planned and revised 2nd grade writing and grammar curriculum integrating Common Core. Show less