Kimberly Fernandez
Email: ********@**********.***
Address:
City: Rex
State: GA
Zip: 30273
Country: USA
Phone: 678-***-****
Skill Level: Any
Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Responsible elementary educator and corporate instructor with excellent communication skills demonstrated by 12 years of teaching and customer service experience
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from Georgia Southern College, Statesboro GA 1/2001 to 6/1984 (Consumer Science Secondary Ed.)
Job History / Details:
Summary
Responsible elementary educator and corporate instructor with excellent
communication skills demonstrated by 12 years of teaching and customer service experience
Core Qualifications
Excellent classroom management
Teaching and tutoring
Experience working special needs students
Learning style assessment
Essay writing technique development
Performance assessments
Effective listening
Creative lesson plan development
Differentiated instruction
Parent/teacher conferences
Effectively work with parents
Positive atmosphere promotion
Thematic study techniques
Instructional best practices
Excellent reading Clear public speaking skills
comprehension
Achievements
Material Development
Created educational games targeting struggling learners creating an engaging educational experience
Team Building and Leadership
Created collaborative classroom experience through use of Positive Classroom Discipline behavior modification method
Lesson Planning:
Introduced new learning methods to ensure total comprehension for all students
Developed new learning centers for reading assistance.
Professional Experience
September 2008 to Current
Henry County Public Schools McDonough, Ga
Substitute Teacher
Follow county, school and classroom procedures
Instruct students according to the lesson plan provided
Provide clear expectations
Administer and follow current behavior modifications
Create additional behavior modifications based on behavior assessments
Offer and help other teachers, students, and staff when there's time
August 2001 to June 2003
Fountain Elementary School Forest Park, Ga
First Grade Early Intervention Self-contained Classroom/1st Grade Para
Prompt, dependable, and responsible team player
Provided an orderly,safe and attractive classroom
Used a variety of methods and assessments
Optimized instructional time with clear concise written, oral, illustrated or model examples
Wrote and created goal specific guided reading lessons and centers
Improved Basic Literacy Test Scores
Used a variety of behavior modification methods
Organized a breakfast for community volunteer readers
Obtained donated gift certificates for community volunteer readers
Taught phonics, reading fluency, comprehension skills as a para for six different small groups of first graders and one kindergarten group
August 1999 to August 2000
J. E.Edmunds Elementary School Forest Park, Ga
Third Grade Teacher/Paraprofessional 1st grade
Introduced creative academic lessons for a variety of learners
Established and enforced rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among a class of students whom had been without a consistent teacher for several months
Responsible for small group reading lesson plans, materials, and instruction for struggling first graders
Tutored reading fluency and comprehension
Education and Training
1984 Georgia Southern College Statesboro, Ga
Bachelor of Science Consumer Science Secondary Ed.
[3.25] GPA Member of Chi Omega Sorority- Social Chairman
Member of Phi Beta Kappa- Honors Society
Certifications
Type: T Field: Family and Consumer Sciences Education (6-12) FLD790
Validity: Present- June 6, 2017
Community Involvement
Donate 3-4 times a year to American Kidney Services
Volunteer chaperon McDonough Methodist Academy
Worked with my daughter and neighbor's children to sell baked goods. Proceeds were used to purchase hygiene products for the homeless which the children purchased and packed.
Participate in neighborhood entrance beautification
Affiliations
Former PAGE member (Professional Association of Georgia Educators)