English Teacher High School

L A U R A S T E V E N S

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strong interpersonal communication skills, innovative

and collaborative, highly creative

accurate in reporting details professional, courteous, efficient, timely, coachable; prudent and resourceful dependable and forward thinking; spearheaded

analysis of reading scores and testing

accomplishments; Excel and Google proficient

focused on student growth and positive school

served as a steady and ready resource for students and teachers (whether it's computer support or

content-related, instructional support)

reliable and accustomed to confidentiality; integrity is central to my core values

culture; dedicated to a cause; empathetic and sensitive I am an experienced English teacher with 13 years of expertise in teaching literature and writing. I excel at content creation and adapting to new software. My strengths also lie in maintaining accurate records, managing project schedules, editing and proofreading documents, while effectively communicating and collaborating with others. With my outgoing and engaging personality, I would be an ideal fit for a marketing or administrative role in your company; I am comfortable with Adobe Express and Canva and other software and office programs; I have 13 years of managing people (up to 180 students a year), presenting in front of colleagues and the community, and am comfortable planning events and balancing many projects and deadlines at a time. S K I L L S

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E D U C A T I O N

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, IL –

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN

ENGLISH

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY

AT BLOOMINGTON, IL –

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN

ENGLISH TEACHING

E X P E R I E N C E

South Madison School Corporation, Pendleton, Indiana 2011 - Present

ENGLISH TEACHER

Maintained a friendly, focused, and disciplined classroom; focused on multiple intelligence instruction and student engagement

Generated marketing materials for high school students based on the school’s, curriculum’s and community’s needs

Modeled “soft” professional skills (teamwork, problem solving, critical thinking) Honored twice in the top ten banquet (teacher of the year); Class sponsor from 2011-2015: fundraised, planned prom and facilitated graduation, as well as helped build four floats in collaboration with students and community members

Sponsored and led 100 students in the SADD organization; partnered closely with the community, including organizations like Outfitters, the Lions Club, South Madison Kiwanis club to sponsor students at Nationals Mentored two new teachers in the English department (2022-23) Provided 21st century instruction using technology; often the "go to" teacher in the department when computer issues arise; teamwrote a grant in order to obtain podcasting equipment for the English department (2023) adz0ml@r.postjobfree.com

@mrs.lastevens8530 on YouTube

(110 educational videos and 60

subscribers)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-

stevens-7b3155268/

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