RHONDA L SMITH
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214-***-**** email: *******@*****.***
Summary
To obtain a fulfilling and productive position where I am able to utilize my strengths and strong educational background while acquiring teaching skills as a Special Education Inclusion Teacher Highlights
Six years of Substitute teaching experience
Developed interpersonal skills, having dealt with a diversity of professionals, students, and staff
members. Excelled in customer service.
Self-motivated; able to set effective priorities to achieve immediate and long-term goals and meet
operation deadlines.
Adapt easily to new concepts and responsibilities.
Diverse background in business,
customer support, and education
Established communication skills,
both oral and written
Extremely productive in a high
volume and/or high stress
environment.
Function well both independently
and as a team member.
Accomplishments
Managed classes of up to 26 students.
Designed several weekly lesson plans focused on age and level-appropriate material while on long- term assignment for High School Theater Arts teacher. Helped students improve school work and reiterating work plans.
Skills
Classroom Discipline, Classroom Instruction, Classroom Management, Creative Lesson Planning, Critical Thinking, Goal Setting and Implementation, Group Instruction, Instructing, Instructional Methods, Learning Strategies, Multicultural populations, Problem Solving, Research, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Specialized Testing, Special-Needs Students, Teaching, Team Building, Time Management, Writing, Active Learning, Math, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word. Medical experience with donors included taking vitals, finger-stick, venipunctures, and payout to donors, new charts, medical questionnaire, appointments, training new employees, handled donor reactions.
Work Experience
Substitute Teacher Aug 2012–current
Irving ISD
Phlebotomist/Donor Processor/Trainer
Grifols Biomat
July 2008–June 2011
Novo 1 Inc
Dispatcher/Escalation
Mar 2006–Mar 2008
Education
University of Texas-Arlington May 2016
Bachelor of Science in University Studies
Texas Teacher's Alternative Certification April 2017 Statement of Eligibility-Special Education/ESL EC-12