Experience Summary
I've been teaching English, Science, and Special Education for 14 years. I'm excellent at making students comfortable with learning and I'm able to break the lesson and concepts into bits and chunks that children understand. I'm Self-directed, resourceful, and enthusiastic teaching professional with a genuine interest in fostering the cognitive and social growth of students. Skilled in the design of developmentally-appropriate, enriching innovative and hands-on-activities and lessons to meet social and emotional needs of students as well as state standards. Combined strong passion for literacy, motivation, and inspiration to create a fun and challenging learning environment with strong connections to community. Active team member effectively communicating and collaborating with all levels of staff to ensure optimum learning environments for students. Has a keen attention to detail and quality; possesses a high level of learning desire and adaptability.
Teaching Style
I'm a mother first and a teacher second. I build a positive rapport with children. I let them know that I have high expectations for them and that they can and will all learn. It is just my job to figure out ways to reach them.
Other Comments
“I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.”
? Haim G. Ginott