High School Development
Resume:
Erin Kelly-Owen
Email: ********@********-*****.***
Address:
City: Homer Glen
State: IL
Zip: 60491
Country: USA
Phone: 708-***-****
Skill Level: Any
Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Enthusiastic teaching professional with dedication to continuous professional development, communication with parents, accurate student assessment and providing relevant course materials for effective learning.
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from Western Illinois University, Dekalb IL 1/2001 to 5/1983 (Fashion Merchandising and Marketing/Management)
High School Dipolma from Western Illinois University, Dekalb IL 1/2001 to 10/2012
High School Dipolma from, Dekalb IL 1/2001 to 10/2012
Job History / Details:
Summary
Enthusiastic teaching professional with dedication to continuous professional development, communication with parents, accurate student assessment and providing relevant course materials for effective learning.
Core Qualifications
Managing classroom for diverse populations
Teaching, tutoring and counseling
Diverse classroom settings
Strong collaborator
Experience working special needs students
Experience with instructional design
Effectively work with parents
Experience with special-needs students
Teaching/tutoring
Motivating students
Technological instruction
Interactive teaching/learning
Innovative lesson planning
Test proctoring
Student motivation
Behavioral/cognitive skills development
Positive atmosphere promotion
Creative imagination stimulation
Interdisciplinary teaching
Age-appropriate lesson planning
School improvement committee
Excellent reading comprehension
Creative learning strategies
Interpersonal skills
Student-centered learning
Differentiated instruction
Varied lesson plans
Achievements
Curriculum Design
Designed, developed and implemented daily lessons for 30 students.
Lesson Planning:
Introduced new learning methods to ensure total comprehension for all students.
Developed new learning center for reading assistance.
Curriculum Development
Tailored educational curriculum to students with range of learning styles, disabilities, strengths, and weaknesses.
Education Strategies
Employed special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory/perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
Targeted Development
Met with parents and guardians to discuss children's progress and to determine priorities and resource needs.
Plan Development
Planned and conducted activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provided students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
Student Progress Conferences
Conducted conferences with parents, administrators, testing specialists and social workers to discuss educational plans designed to promote students' educational/social development.
Goal Setting
Established clear objectives for all lessons/projects and communicated with students, achieving a total understanding of grading rubric and overall class expectations.
Technology Integration
Increased student participation and test scores by introducing relevant computer programs and exercises to encourage student interest and enjoyment.
Interactive Learning
Introduced and encouraged debate-style classroom setting to increase student active participation and critical thinking.
Parent Communication
Regularly met with parents to discuss student issues and course weakness areas.
Professional Experience
August 2010 to June 2012
Valley View School District Bolingbrook, Illinois
Family and Consumer Science Teacher
Developed program to work with students and increase interest in higher learning.
Improved student's analytical skills by introducing state-of-the-art computer program technologies.
Used variety of teaching techniques to encourage student critical thinking and discussion in 8th grade Family and Consumer Science course.
Collaborated with a team of faculty to develop after-school tutorial program for students in need of extra help.
Modified the general education curriculum for special-needs students based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
Established and enforced rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among a class of 30 students.
Planned, implemented, monitored, and assessed a classroom instructional program which was consistent with Valley View Unified District regulations and Board of Education goals.
August 2007 to June 2010
Old Quarry Middle School Lemont, Illinois
Family and Consumer Science Teacher
Created and enforced child-based hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and receptive learning.
Combined discipline plan with effective measures and various lesson plans to increase concentration, participation, and progress student accountability.
Earned positive verbal/written feedback from parents regarding classroom instruction and student learning success.
Designed lesson plans focused on age and level-appropriate material.
August 1999 to June 2007
Homer Junior High School Homer Glen, Illinois
Family and Consumer Science Teacher
Developed interesting course plans to meet academic, intellectual and social needs of students.
Developed program to work with students and increase interest in higher learning.
Received high remarks for the creativity of classroom lesson plans and instructional techniques from students, parents and faculty.Implemented student discipline measures, decreasing classroom disruptions by 80 percentage .
Met with parents to resolve conflicting educational priorities and issues.
Designed lesson plans focused on age and level-appropriate material.
Successfully improved student participation in the classroom through integration of creative role-playing exercises.
Education and Training
1997 Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois
Teaching Certification
Teaching Certification
1983 Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois
Bachelor of Applied Science Fashion Merchandising
Minor in Marketing and Management,
Additional Information
Organized and conducted two co-curricular classes - Cooking and Club & Craft Club. Member of the Insurance committee, Social committee, School Improvement committee, Block Schedule committee, and Book Club.
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