School Teacher

COREEN ALLISON THORNE

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CELL 347-***-****

Brooklyn NY 11226

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A performance driven classroom teacher focused on utilizing my extensive

profession experience, knowledge and skills for the benefit of students, to

enhance their overall development. A team player who believes in parental

involvement for the holistic development of the child.

CERTIFICATION

Childhood Education (Grades 1-6) New York State Initial

Certification

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Education (Elementary) 1996 - 1998 -

University of Guyana

Certificate in Education (Elementary) 1994 - 1996) -

University of Guyana

Trained Teacher's Certificate (Elementary)

1985 - 1987 - Cyril

Potter College of

Education

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Classroom Teacher - Grade Six - 2006 - 2013 Yellow

Elder Primary School (Bahamas)

Classroom Teacher - Grade Five - 2002 - 2006 Burnt Rock

Primary School (Bahamas)

Classroom Teacher - Grade One - 2001 - 2002 Sandilands

Primary School (Bahamas)

Senior Teacher - Grade Two - 1998- 2001 Enterprise Primary

School (Guyana)

Classroom Teacher -Grades Two to Five 1987- 1998 St.

Angela's Primary School (Guyana)

* Created learning environments which motivated and inspired students,

while providing them with a disciplined educational approach needed

to establish a firm foundation for lifelong learning.

* Used frequent and varied assessment practices to ascertain each

student's level of development and monitored progress toward

appropriate goals.

* Planned, compiled and executed schemes of work and lesson plans.

* Maintained high curriculum standards based on national and local

standards.

* Communicated frequently with families to strengthen and increase

parental involvement.

* Used relevant technology to support instruction.

* Encouraged and monitored the progress of individual students.

* Maintained and updated required records accurately and completely as

required by law, district policies and school regulations.

* Maintained discipline in accordance with the rules and disciplinary

systems of the school.

* Participated in extracurricular activities such as social activities,

sporting activities, clubs and student organizations.

* Kept abreast with new trends in teaching resources and methods and

made relevant changes to instructional plans and activities

* Performed all other duties assigned by administrators to a classroom

teacher.

Additional Responsibilities Include:

* Assisted and accepted responsibility for duties that were of a

temporary nature to assist other team members when they were not

available.

* Recorded and kept daily attendance records for Grades Three to Six.

* Supervised other teachers and classroom assistants in Grades Two -

Five.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Basic Promethean ACTIV Board

Reading Club Coordinator

School Violence Prevention and Intervention

Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Maltreatment

Dignity for all Students Act Workshop

OAS training in Microsoft Word, Power point and Excel

Reference Available Upon Request

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