Vigo County School Corporation Mild Interventions Teacher Resume Sample

Samuel Lewis

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Professional Summary

Skilled elementary school teacher with experience identifying children's individual and collective learning needs. Expertise to lead others in continuing learning through educational growth. Effective planner, who defines priorities, develops strategies, leads and manages a diverse classroom.

Skills

*Instructional best practices *School Improvement Committee

*Active Listening Skills *Differentiated Instruction

*Effectiviely work with parents *Experience working with special needs students

*Teaching, tutoring and counseling *Excellent, classroom management

*Active participation in Student Assistance Team *National Education Association

*Professional Development School Mentor with Indiana State University and Saint Mary of the Woods College *Involvement with School Wide Book studies

*Experience with RISE and familiar with IN-TASS *Encourages the use of technology with students and staff

*Familiar with teacher compensation models

Experience

Mild Interventions Teacher Aug 1999－Present Vigo County School Corporation － Terre Haute, IN Instructed 30+ Second and third grade students in reading, math and written expression. Developed and implemented interesting and interactive learning mediums to increase student understanding of course materials.
Co-chaired Student Assistance Team. Responsible for screening students that had been referred to SAT, using the KBIT and KTEA to assess their cognitive and achievement levels.
Involved in mentoring pre-service teachers from surrounding university in the general education and special education setting.

Resource Room Teacher at Elementary and High School Levels Aug 1998－May 1999 Blue River Special Education Cooperative － Shelbyville, IN Worked with students at varying achievement levels in the elementary and high school resource room setting. Provided behavior intervention plans for students with emotional disabilities. Co-taught English and Social Studies at the high school level.

Kindergarten Teacher, After-School Care Coordinator, Sixth Grade Language Arts Teacher Aug 1991－Jun 1998 St. Joseph Catholic School － Shelbyville, IN Coordinated the after school care program with other teachers to help students in need of child care after school hours. Taught Kindergarten in the morning and 6th grade language arts in the afternoon. Designed lesson plans focused on age and level-appropriate material. Routinely met with students' parents regarding in class issues, as well as ways we could work together to increase student performance.
Started a Pioneer Day with another teacher. It is still happening annually at the school. Students were multi-age grouped and went to six different stations throughout the day as well as eating a pioneer lunch.

First Grade Teacher Aug 1990－Jun 1991 Holy Angels Catholic School － Indianapollis , IN Applied progressive teaching principles to a class of 32 inner-city students, including daily Black History lessons that had to be integrated into all subjects. Developed weekly plans for physical education classes that were help off site at a Catholic High School.

Education

Master of Arts : Special Education May 2004 Ball State University － Muncie, IN Coursework was online using BlackBoard or at a satellite campus during the summer for two weeks at a time.
GPA- 3.02

Bachelor of Science : Elementary Education Dec 1990 Indiana State University － Terre Haute, IN Minor in Early Childhood Education
3.42 GPA
Course in Educational Administration in 2011- Did not complete

Educational Administration Western Governor's Univerity － Salt Lake City, Utah I started taking courses for Educational Leadership with WGU. I enjoyed the mentoring and the online courses. They also provide a variety of online resources for studying.
My three children were all in high school at the time and I was not able to give them the time that they needed. I decided to put my family first and put my coursework on hold.

Affiliations

National Education Association- 1999-Present
Indiana State Teacher's Association- 1999-Present
Vigo County Teacher's Association- 1999-Present
Professional Practices and Standards Committee Member, ISTA. 2013-Present
Vice-President, District 3A, Indiana State Teacher's Association, 2013-Present

Awards

2004 Recipient of the Lily Teacher Creativity Award for 'Coming out of my Shell'- working with sea turtle conservation and rehabilitation on Florida's east coast.
Annually attend the Extending Teacher Creativity Workshop for three days through Lily and Indiana State University.
2008 Excellence in Education through the Vigo County Education Foundation
2011 Office Max Teacher of the Year for Vigo County
2014 Selected by NEA and ISTA to represent Indiana in San Fransisco for Smarter Balanced Training.

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