High School Training

Luana Knowlton

Email: ********@**-********-********.***

Address:

City: Nipomo

State: CA

Zip: 93444

Country: USA

Phone: 805-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

Highly experienced, enthusiastic and creative teaching professional with a strong dedication to the total development of students of all ages and abilities, and to the thirst for life-long learning.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo CA 1/2001 to 12/1994 (Home Economics)

High School Dipolma from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo CA 1/2001 to 10/2012

High School Dipolma from Santa Cruz Yoga Center, San Luis Obispo CA 1/2001 to 10/2012

Job History / Details:

Professional Summary

Highly experienced, enthusiastic and creative teaching professional with a strong dedication to the total development of students of all ages and abilities, and to the thirst for life-long learning.

Accomplishments

Designed and led over 500 hours of hatha yoga classes, including Vinyasa Flow, Gentle Yoga, Yin/Yang Yoga, Therapeutic Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and Introduction to Yoga.

Created curriculum materials targeting learners in grades 6 to 12 in a variety of subject areas: home economics, nutrition science, culinary arts, health, general math, algebra, visual arts, keyboarding, most of which included hands-on learning activities, for over 15 years

Introduced and encouraged public speaking, socratic seminar, debate-style discussions, critical reading, academic writing, and higher-level thinking skills in AVID, and 8th grade, college prep class.

Instructed and supervised a group of 20 high school juniors and seniors over a year in the classroom and in three elementary schools for ROP Teaching Careers.

Developed and presented lessons to accommodate a variety of learning styles with modifications, as needed, for students with special needs.

Skill Highlights

French, 5 years, with practice during travel to Europe 3 times over 5 years

Spanish, 1 years and can communicate very basically with parents of students

Russian, 1 years, and was offered college scholarship in foreign language study (Grandparents emigrated from Russia and spoke Russian at home)

Currently studying Sanskrit

Professional Experience

October 1996 to Current

Lompoc Unified, Lucia Mar Unified, Orcutt Union Elementary School Districts Central Coast, CA

Classroom Teacher

Taught Home Economics survey course to grades 7-9; 7th grade math and Algebra 1; Nutrition Science, Independent Living, Interior Design, Child Development to grades 9-12; Keyboarding to grade 9; Art to grades 6 and 7, and ROP Teaching Careers to grades 11 and 12, with an average class size of 28.

Developed lessons, many from scratch, and used a variety of teaching modalities and techniques to engage student learning. Fostered meaningful relationships among students. Consistently earned positive feedback from students, parents, and supervisors.

December 2011 to Current

Yoga Village Arroyo Grande, CA

Yoga Instructor

Guide students through a variety of yoga practices, including asana, pranayama, meditation, with an emphasis on safe alignment, 2 hours per week.

November 2011 to Current

Treetop Yoga Santa Maria, CA

Yoga Instructor

Guide students through a variety of yoga practices, including asana, pranayama, and meditation, with an emphasis on safe alignment, 6-8 hours per week.

Education and Training

2010 White Lotus Foundation Santa Barbara, CA

RYT-200 Yoga Teacher Training

1994 California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo, CA

Bachelor of Science Home Economics

Santa Cruz Yoga Center Santa Cruz, CA

Training hours complete for RYT-500; currently completing mentoring, with final exam pending.

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