Homework Center Teacher

Jane Broughton

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PROFILE

For 21 years I have worked at Devers Middle School & Teen Center at Fort Knox Base. Primarily I ran the Homework Center and Power Hour Program. Power Hour is a Boys & Girls Club of America program of homework help (reteaching what they are learning in school), tutoring, and extra activities to support their school education. This was for 6th - 12th grades and covered all subjects except ROTC and PE. I also wrote lesson plans and Program plans for Power Hour, Money Matters, Bully Prevention, Career launch, Diploma to Degrees, Brain Gain, and Dungeons & Dragons. I also helped cover other staffs' clubs (SMART Moves, R2, arts 'n' crafts, Rainbow, STEAM, and Tech Tuesday) and rooms whenever needed (gym, game room, and the computer lab) SKILLS

● Classroom Management

● Skilled in creating instructional Planning (Lesson and Program plans of 4-H and BGCA curriculum)

● Power Hour Program: 1. Homework Help (reteaching what they were learning in school), 2. tutoring (reading, math skills, languages, etc), and 3. extra activities to support school curriculum.

● Skilled in running BGCA clubs of Money Matters, Diploma to Degrees, Bully Prevention, Career Launch, Science, Dungeons & Dragons. Expertly ran SMART Moves by myself for 2 years, middle and high school levels. Competent in running SMART Moves, arts

'n' crafts, STEAM, lab activity, Tech Tuesday, etc. for when staff was absent.

● Experienced in coordinating and executing special events (end–of-year ceremonies, movie events, etc.), educational contests, and facilitating Brain Gain during breaks.

● Supported Trainer Melita Evans with new employees by administering module tests and retyping assessments.

● Proficient in maintaining statistics on weekly/monthly/yearly Power Hour points earned and awarded top three earners.

● Meticulously maintained statistics of youth attendance in center, in clubs, and at events monthly for two years.

● Experienced in facilitating Brain Gain (BGCA curriculum) during summer and other breaks from school for the past 3 years. Before that I ran a variety of summer camps. I usually did 9 summer camps to everyone else's 1. WORK EXPERIENCE

Devers Middle School & Teen Center, Fort Knox, KY 40121 May 2004 - March 2025 Homework Center Teacher

● Manage Homework Center/Library

● Create engaging lesson/program plans for Power Hour, Money Matters, Career Launch, Diploma to Degrees, Bully prevention, Dungeons and Dragons, and Science Clubs

● Developed and ran Power Hour Program (homework help or reteaching what they learned in school, tutoring, extra activities to support their school education. Also kept meticulous weekly/monthly/yearly statistics of Power Hour points they earned and what they spent it on as well as top 3 earners for a reward at end of school year.

● Worked with computer lab tech (Kathy Embry) to run contests using vocabulary games like Chictionary and math games from Cool Math to enhance what they were learning in school.

● Helped Trainer Melita Evans by grading module tests, going over them with new employees, getting modules to new employees, etc

● During the summer and breaks ran Brain Gain activities from Boys & Girls Clubs of America curriculum

● Managed the classroom and covered other areas when employees were out. Maintained anti-bullying and discipline policies.

● Helped 6th - 12th grade youth with reading, English, language arts, social studies, science, geography, world history, AP (advanced placement), math, and Kahn Academy courses as assigned by their teacher. EDUCATION

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475 May 1998 Master's of Education

● Graduated with a 4.0

● Advisor told me I achieved an Excellent on my Teacher Board Exam.

● Among my classes, the more interesting ones were Death & Grief (how to handle loss of any kind) and Human Sexuality (Class project was a pro/con class discussion that the class got into deeply enough the instructor wished we had had more time.

● Different theories of learning and education.

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475 May 1984 Health Information Management (ART) degree

● Introduction to diseases, medical terminology, transcription, coding, formulae for hospitals (birth rate, death rate, bed occupancy, etc.) to mention a few.

● Tested out of Medical Terminology II.

● Different jobs in Medical Records: Information Release, Birth Certificates, Tumor Registrar, Rules & Regulations that a Director deals with.

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475 May 1980 K-12 Education, LBD Special Education

● Earned a 4 year Bachelor's Degree making mostly B's.

● Special Education was just getting started. We learned about different types of Special Education. I went with Learning and Behavior Disorders. This has since been subdivided into topics such as ADD, ADHD, Asperger's, Autism, and more.

● How To Teach reading/language arts, math, art, music, social studies, science, writing (cursive), and other fundamental courses.

● Astronomy, Pre-Industrial World Civilizations, Post-Industrial American History, Child Development CERTIFICATIONS

Teaching Certificate, EKU, Richmond, KY 40475 May 1984 I went back to get my Master's in Education because I wanted to have a diverse choice when it came to getting employment. I didn't realize that by getting my Master's it virtually made me nonhirable by school systems because of the difference in pay between Bachelor's and Master''s ($5,000). I am willing to negotiate any salary even if it is below the stated Master’s pay for the school system. VOLUNTEERING

Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 August 1976 - December 1976 Volunteered in Pharmacy helping employee stamp patient cards to indicate their taking a controlled substance during their stay. Also helped batch cough syrups and pills into smaller bottles and attach pre-printed labels for pharmacist to have on hand when ordered by the doctor

Silvercreek Elementary School, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 January 1976 - May 1976 Worked as a volunteer Teacher's Aide in the Special Education Room at Silvercreek Elementary School for the last half of senior year to see if it was what I wanted to do in college. I helped grades 3-6 youth with reading, writing, English, language arts, and math. I also planned an Easter Egg Hunt for them.

Fund Raising, Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 During these years I worked on the youths' communication and people skills by having them volunteer at book fairs (with projects for younger youth to do) and Christmas gift wrapping (for donations) where they handed out flyers and greeted customers at the door and wrapped gifts for donations. The most we brought in for the Homework Center was $3,000 (three thousand dollars). The youth enjoyed interacting with the non-military public and military that came to buy books and get gifts wrapped.

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