Education/Training
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Catherine Scott
Potosi, Missouri, 63664
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Richwoods R-VII School District Richwoods, MO
Superintendent Jul 2013 – Apr 2015
• Enforce discipline and attendance rules.
• Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavioral or learning problems.
• Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques, and to determine areas where improvement is needed.
• Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.
• Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff.
• Evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and utilization, and to ensure that school activities comply with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment, and authorize purchases.
• Prepare and submit budget requests and recommendations, or grant proposals to solicit program funding.
• Recommend personnel actions related to programs and services.
• Participate in special education-related activities such as attending meetings and providing support to special educators throughout the district.
• Direct and coordinate school maintenance services and the use of school facilities.
• Plan, coordinate, and oversee school logistics programs such as bus and food services. Lebanon R-III School District Lebanon, MO
Title I Teacher Aug 2011 – May 2013
• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use in learning activities.
• Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
• Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
• Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
• Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of elementary school programs.
• Administer standardized ability and achievement tests and interpret results to determine student strengths and areas of need.
Professional Development and Curriculum Coordinator Aug 2010 – Jun 2011
• Offer specific training programs to help workers maintain or improve job skills.
• Assess training needs through surveys, interviews with employees, or consultation with administrators.
• Design, plan, organize and direct orientation and training for new teachers.
• Monitor training costs to ensure budget is not exceeded, and prepare budget reports to justify expenditures.
• Select and assign instructors to conduct training.
• Keep up with developments in area of expertise by reading current journals, books, or magazine articles. 12164 John Smith Road Potosi, Missouri, 63664 573-***-**** ********.********@*****.*** South Central Professional Development Center Rolla, MO Regional Instructional Facilitator May 2006 – Jun 2010
• Offer specific training programs to help teachers maintain or improve assessment skills.
• Organize and develop, or obtain training guides and workshop materials such as handouts and visual materials.
• Present information using a variety of instructional techniques or formats, such as role-playing, simulations, team exercises, group discussions, videos, or lectures.
• Keep up with developments in area of expertise by reading current journals, books, or magazine articles.
• Attend meetings or seminars to obtain information for use in workshops. Lonedell R-XIV School District Lonedell, MO
Teacher Aug 1997 – May 2006
• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
• Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
• Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
• Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors.
• Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
• Organize and label materials and display students' work.
• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
• Perform administrative duties such as hall and cafeteria monitoring, recess monitoring and bus loading and unloading. EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Columbia, MO
Ed.S. Educational Leadership, May 2012
CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY Union, MO
M.Ed. Education, Aug 2002
INDIANA UNIVERSITY Bloomington, IN
B.A. Criminal Justice, Aug 1986
RELATED EXPERIENCE
• STARR Teacher, 2003-2006
• Board of Trustees, East Central College, 2004-2011
• Volunteer Instructor, Missouri Department of Conservation, 2004-2010
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