Lavenah Pola
Southfield, Michigan
E-mail: ************@*****.***/ ***********@*****.***
Direct Line: 248-***-****
Lavenah Pola is a candidate who strives to learn and accept challenges, she is also creative, motivated, has good communication skills, is honest, critical thinker, and has a positive attitude.
CAREER PROFILE
An educational Specialist in Leadership and Innovation Honor Graduate in commitment to the highest standards of professional conduct and responsibility. A Recent School Administrator Certificate from the State of Michigan with Central Office (CO) to ensure trust in the educational system that includes one and others the same ethical standards.
A Master’s Degree Honor Graduate and Dedicated Professional with Teaching and Instructional Experience.
Able to handle documentation and records management, along with understanding and following organizational policies and procedures. International training with ability to speak, read, and write in several languages. Always utilizes time management skills to maintain a strict daily schedule. Balanced whole groups, small groups, and individual instruction to accommodate different academic levels and learning styles. Design and implement behavior modification systems. Processed and conducted individual teacher conferences with excellent management of classroom skills. Work well within groups and with minimal supervision. AREAS OF STRENGTH AND EXPERTISE
● Fluent in several languages
● Deadline driven, able to organize and prioritize critical thinking
● Resolution skills
● People and services focus
● Details to policies, procedures, and school law
● Training and mentoring
● Relationship building
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
National Heritage Academy English Art Teacher
Westfield Preparatory High School High School (9th-12th grades) 2370 Elmira St. Reading Skills Workshop
Redford Charter Township, MI 48239 November 8th- Present time Job Duties:
● Planning, assigning, teaching, and appraising student’s progress
● Develop and maintain a safe and engaging culture aligned with the self-curriculum designed.
● Routinely analyzing student growth, classroom materials, data driven instruction within professional development guidelines.
● evaluating, observing, and organizing student’s work and success.
● Holding student’s accountable in measuring their progress as well as, the main career focus is to scaffold, empower, and educate students to the next level of education.
● Theme for this school program year was to build up more of Home-School Connection, there is no school without families and their children.
● Utilizing National Heritage Academy free resources, access, instructional team, and credentialing team support which aligns with the technical support systems to ensure best quality education and teaching methods. Matrix Human Services Lead Preschool Teacher
120 Parsons St. Ages(3-5)
Detroit, MI 48201 2015 through Nov. 2021
Job Duties:
● Entered case notes daily by utilizing Cor- Advantage High Scope Curriculum
● Wrote and typed out all lesson plans
● Trained new employees/assistant teachers/Teamwork Player
● Networked with local businesses and engaged with general public for recruiting purposes
● Balanced whole group, small group, and individual instruction to accommodate different academic levels and learning styles; design and implement behavior modification system
● Made a difference by directly impacting the life of students and their families
● Office assistant/ filing students information, and medical records Madonna University Contract Tutor
36600 Schoolcraft University level
Livonia, MI 48150 Winter semester of 2017
Job Duties:
● Researched subject and designed curriculum; presented curriculum to 35 students
● Tutored college students on APA/MLA citation
● Edited student writing assignments
New Saint Paul Head Start Agency Lead Preschool Teacher 15362 Southfield Drive Ages( 3-5)
Detroit, MI 482**-****-****
Job Duties:
● Performed data entry; demographics, records, and teachers’ notes
● Worked one on one to encourage parents to become engaged in appropriate participation.
● Created, managed, and participated in a variety of professional development and orientation activities.
● Provided families with additional resources; housing, transportation, employment opportunities, medical (or referred to family advocate) St. Kieran Catholic Preschool Preschool Teacher
1347 Camillo Way Ages(3-5)
ElCajon, CA 920**-****-****
Job Duties:
● Followed and carried out set curriculum
● Supervised building and up to 12 children
● Performed data entry; demographics, records, teacher notes, and case notes. Kohls Rancho San Diego Customer Service Representative 2398 Jamacha Rd, Customer Service/Cashier
ElCajon, CA 920**-****-****
Job Duties:
● Four years’ customer service in retail; opening credit card accounts, answering customer service inquiries, cashing out purchases
St. Michael the Archangel Elementary Teacher/Librarian 502 West Front Street Third Grade Teacher
Monroe, MI 481**-****-****
Job Duties:
● Acted as an office assistant/ receptionist and librarian
● Taught up to 20 students at the third grade
● Coached library for all school ages (Kindergarten through 8th Grade)
● Managed, taught, observed, and coached library
● Entered library data into the new library system in 2008-2009
● Dedicated elementary teacher’s duties.
● An unwavering commitment to optimizing student and school success
● Assisted with teaching-partners.
● Designed and develop curriculum for third grade
● Learned student’s assessment at this school level Norway Aid Organization ESL Teacher
International/IRAQ Taught Middle school
International/IRAQ ESL Expert
Job Duties:
● ESL expertise/International/Middle and High School
● ESL Adults Education
● Teaching English for foriegn
● Teaching English for those whose English is not their first language Internship in Organizational Leadership and Innovation Central Office Administrative/CO
Detroit Public Schools Jan.13- April/30/2020
Community District(DPSCD) Graduate Student
Naomi Khalil/Mentor Internship Leadership
Office of Equity/Civil Rights Internship Proposal
3011 West Grand Blvd, 200 Hours Completed
Detroit, MI 48202 Core Values
Internship Educational Part
● Focusing on Equity, Understanding Policies and Procedures of K-12
● Understanding processes to adhere to leadership position
● Conducting multiple interviews with professional candidates to be capable of measuring the concept behind the leadership
● Realizing the scope of responsibilities and tasks to be performed
● Preparing students to a summative assessment which measures what students know and able to do at specific grade level and within a specific subject
● Understanding Central Office District Level Standards/DPSCD
● Collecting and utilizing appropriate data with continually identifying district goals, assessing organizational effectiveness, and implementing plans using technology based to achieve school goals.
● Understanding Leadership Standards
● Understanding Title IX/ Criminal Sexual/Sexual Explicit
● Understanding Families Compliance and its procedure
● MTSS instructional cycle/literacy, WIDA, and professional development
● Understanding SEx Education Advisory Board (SEAB) Internship Hands-On Work and Focus
● Evaluating district progress and revising it under mentor supervision
● Applying general school policies and procedures into my mentor work
● Applying methods and strategies of leadership, equity, racial equity, and the office of equity and addressing it during Equity meeting
● Applying my philosophy and school vision, integrity into three dimensions-acquiring concepts, information, definitions, and procedures during in-person meetings
● Measuring fidelity and level of implementation into hands on internship work
● Understanding and applying Section 504/IDEA/Federal Law
● Becoming knowledgeable of and applying Tier 1,2,3 into continuing quality core instruction
● Understanding the importance of family-engagement plans/ collaborating and implementing plans to achieve family-goals and home-school connection that was conducted within work-study
● Understanding the importance of teaching improvement instructional practices to teaching staff by promoting the use of research based and student validated in teaching strategies.
● Understanding Academic Performance Standards
● Collaborative District Visioning
● Providing demonstrating skills that are required to develop and use evidence-centered and identifying and identifying strategies and/or practices to build organizational capacity that promote continuous and sustained district improvement level in a professional development
Highlights
● Focusing on students and applying the COR theme into the learning educational; all the learning and managing process, aligning my educational professionals with student’s growth in socially, academically, and culturally metrics.
● Building up some characteristics of a good evaluation when addressing criteria and characteristics of good evaluation tools, validity, reliability, reading, vocabulary, and sentence structure.
● Conducting and supervising different responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable law.
● Participating collaboratively and professionally with fellow teachers and support staff to meet the goals and individual needs of each student.
● Creating, managing, and participating in a variety of professional development and orientation activities.
● Encouraging bilingual families and their children to cope while teaching and learning in their second home country the United States EDUCATION and TRAINING
● An Educational Specialist-Honor Graduate (3.7 GPA), Madonna University, Livonia, MI in the 2020 specializes in the Leadership and Innovation Certificates: A Recent School Administrator Certificate Honored from the State of Michigan with Central Office (CO) in the January of 2021
● Master Degree- Honor Graduate( 3.8 GPA), Madonna University, Livonia, MI in the 2017
Certificates: Master of Arts- Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages
(MATESOL)
Highlighted in the Madonna University’s Graduate School, Graduate and Professional Studies in the 2017-2018 Program Booklet
● Bachelor of Arts-English Major, College of Education, University of Mosul/Iraq/International
Certificates: Licensed to teach English Subject in the High School grades
● Associate of Arts-Early Childhood Education, Cuyamaca College, ElCajon, CA Certificates: Certified to teach and observe Early ages from (3-5) in December of the 2012
Additional Training and Certificates
Certificates:
● Grant Writing USA/ Detroit/MI
● Project Management Certificate from Macomb Community College in the December of 2017
66 Credit hours of training
● Challenging Behavior Development Conference
● Oakland University, in the October of 2017
● CPR/First Aid/Certified from the State of Michigan
● Norway Church Aid- ESL Teacher/ Mosul/IRAQ
● St. George Church School- Volunteer Teacher- IRAQ/International Some Memberships/Affiliations
● Member of MATESOL/Michigan
● Member of Honor Society/Washington,D.C.