Manager Staff
Resume:
Carolyn Elizabeth Watson
Dallas, Texas ***** **************@*****.***
Professional Summary: A highly experienced secondary educator, state grant manager and curriculum coordinator, seeking to utilize my education and work background towards a career in, product and curriculum development, coordination and training.
Summary of Qualifications
• Experienced “Title 1” Secondary Science educator: Lewisville Independent School District
• Sound knowledge of adolescent development and content expertise
• Exceptional knowledge of instructional and behavioral management strategies
•Amazing ability to expedite mastery of and enthusiasm for science subjects
• Outstanding ability to self-reflect on instructional practices
• Excellent oral and written communication and human relations skills
• Strong organizational and classroom management skills
Educational Grant Manager and Curriculum Coordinator
Lewisville ISD: www.lisd.org Lewisville, Texas 7/2010 – 01/2016
• Planned and implemented with grant supervisor, mentor and partnership coordinator.
• Supervised campus-based staff, temporary and part-time instructional specialists, enrichment specialists and assisted case managers with mentors and tutors.
• Provided on-site management of learning center programs and activities to ensure adequate staff, facility space and needed supplies were available.
• Communicated program needs, goals, and accomplishments with grant supervisor, administration, staff, community agencies and volunteer networks, as appropriate.
• Proactively advocated for constructive relationships between grant and district staff, students, parents and the community.
• Communicated effectively with administrators, staff, students, parents and the community in ways that conveyed mutual respect.
• Assumed responsibility for and demonstrated skill in conflict resolution with administrators, students, parents and the community.
• Attended continuing professional education classes in order to improve job performance, including current research on best-practice instruction, state and federal mandates and grant requirements.
• Instructional management, including coordination and assistance in curriculum development and deployment of student instruction, enrichment activities and parent involvement programs.
• Empowered learning center staff to work productively and effectively with campus-based staff and appraising learning center staff effectiveness.
• Collaborated with Lewisville ISD central office administrators, Communities in Schools of North Texas personnel, campus administration and Learning Center staff to develop, implement and evaluate program deployment, long term goals and plans for growth and expanded services.
Secondary Educator, Secondary Sciences Lewisville ISD: www.lisd.org Lewisville, Texas 8/2003 – 6/2010
• Effectively developed and implemented lesson plans and classroom instruction in accordance to the guidelines established by Texas Education Agency, district board policies and administrative regulations.
• Established clear objectives for lessons and communicated objectives to students providing opportunities for students to participate actively and successfully.
• Incorporated and assessed a variety of instructional techniques and media conducive to the needs of students.
• Implemented the use of technology in the teaching and learning process, including implementation of reading, science and math strategies for TAKS improvement along with tutoring students one on one.
• Cooperated and effectively communicated with other members of staff in planning and implementing instructional and behavioral goals, objectives and methods in accordance with administrative and district guidelines.
• Prepared lessons plans, objectives and outlines for physical, earth, chemical and life sciences.
• Consulted with students when academic problems arose and met with parents when appropriate.
• Established clear objectives for all lessons and communicated objectives to students providing opportunities for students to participate actively and successfully.
• Evaluated and provided feedback on student’s progress during instruction, including the implementation of Cooperative Learning strategies for TAKS improvement.
Education
• Texas Woman's University •Bachelor of Science Biology • Minor: Chemistry, 2001 • GPA 3.8
Certifications and Training
• Texas Educator State Board for Educator Certification Science 4-8
• Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching
• Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
• Cooperative Learning Training
• Love and Logic training and conference
• Ruby Payne: A Framework for Understanding Poverty: A Cognitive Approach Keynote
Technology and Software Knowledge
• Data Entry Terminal (PDT, Mainframe Terminal)
• Internet Browser (Internet Explorer 7.1, Firefox 4.0, Chrome 4, Safari 5.1)
• Personal Computers (Macintosh, Linux and PC, Windows: 7 and 8)
• Presentation Software (PowerPoint, Flash, Outlook, Access: 2010 and Webinar)
• Spreadsheet Software: Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, OneNote, and Publisher: 2010)
• Template Art: Animation and Sound. Microsoft design software
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