Addie Griffin, M. Ed., BS
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GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
Licensed Professional School Counselor and Certificate in and Family Counseling
EDUCATION
Long term special education substitute
Morgan State University, Baltimore Maryland 1988 Bachelors Degree of Science in Psychology
Memberships: American Counseling Association *Member of the Parent encourage Program (PEP)
COUNSELING COMPETENCIES
P*Individual counseling * Group counseling
*Elementary school counseling * Secondary school counseling
* Conducts meeting with school administrators * Meeting with parents
*Team player * Problem solver
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Two Rivers Charter school September 5th - currently
Long term special education substitute
* I get small groups of first graders and work on their IEP goals in ELA and math
* I observe students in class and to see if they are working and able do and complete their work
* Often help student with work within classroom
* I attend IEP meeting with parents and school administrators
Campagna Center, Alexandria Virginia June 17th – August 11t 2023
Summer teacher
* I provided recreational activities for students from 3 to 6 year old such as catch and kick ball as well as other games
* I serve students breakfast, lunch, and a snacks
* I accompanied students on fried trips twice a week
* I read stories to students on weekly basis
* I showed students movement videos where they often participated dance routines if it was too hot to go outside
Southern Maryland Tri – Community Action Community, Waldorf Maryland November 15th – April 7, 2023
Head start teacher
* I taught 4 and 5 year old students about weather patterns and seasons such as Summer and Fall ….
* I provided students with dotted alphas to trace to practice whiting letters
* Taught students the sound of letters for both vowels and consonants
* I taught students colors and had them practice memorized the names
* I taught students to count numbers repeatedly
High Road Academy, Laham Maryland June 1, 2021 – November 2, 2022
Assistant teacher
* I assist a teacher at a primarily autistics population special education school.
* I assist a teacher in teaching English/RLA classes to 9th graders
* I taught reading and vocabulary to students in rotations during the class period.
reading and vocabulary are taught on alternate days during the week.
* I co-teach writing to students one day in the week
* I also teach a Practical Law class to 12th graders.
Delta T Group, Columbia Maryland September 2019 – February 2020
Temporary substitute
* I taught kindergarten students at a character elementary school.
* I assisted in serving breakfast to students in the morning and snacks in the evenings.
* I taught students letter sounds and how to make simple three and four-letter words
* I taught and reinforced students’ knowledge of basic colors
* I taught lessons where students counted to a certain number
Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore Maryland April 2019 – September 2019
Long term substitute
* I taught math to juveniles in a correctional facility.
* I taught pre-algebra and algebra to students in the facility classroom
* I provided gave students math worksheets of pre-algebra and algebra as well let students work
on math problems on the board as needed
* Provided students with recreational activities such as movies or music at the end of the
week after work was completed and good behavior displayed under permission of the principal.
Align Staffing, Washington DC December 2019– April 2019
Substitute teacher
* I taught a variety of classes to middle students in charter school
* I taught American history were students worked in chrome books as well as participated
in class discussion about the topic being taught
* I taught English were students read from textbooks as well as worked in chrome books
for the subject being taught. Students also participated in classroom discussions.
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Mary Kraft Staffing, Hunt Valley Maryland January 16, 2018 – June 2018
Long term Substitute Teacher
* Taught elementary life skill classes from 1st through 4th grade.
* Taught students addition substation and how make arrays and do simple multiplication problems
* Provided students with handwriting worksheets to assist and improve needed writing skills.
* Read stories to students and created and used worksheets asking questions about the story which
they were to write down answer s.
* Taught students science which included doing experiments and watching films about the subject.
Contemporary Family Services, Washington DC December 2014 – January 2018
Community Support worker
* Provided outreach services by way of working on treatment plans for both children and adults
with mental health issues, helped them with obtaining housing and with occupational or job needs,
* Took clients to appointments when needed.
* Provided counseling or support to clients as needed.
Kelly Services, Alexandria Virginia August 2013 – October 2014
Substitute/ Long Term Assistant Teacher
* Substituted for Friendship Charter elementary and middle schools.
* Provided classroom assignments as outlined by regular classroom teacher.
* Long term assistant Teacher at Martha’s Table after school enrichment program.
* Assisted students with homework assignments, taught class, and assisted students with research.
* Assisted and taught reading assignments
Counselor Related
Buck Lodge Middle School, Adelphi Maryland August 2010 – June 2012
Guidance Counselor
* Taught guidance lessons to 8th and 7th graders. developed and created schedules for students.
* Set up and scheduled conferences, discussed with parents, teachers and students’ strategies for
making improvements in school and established future counseling sessions.
* Assisted with high school registrations.
* 15%, spent working alongside mediation teacher and counseling students to resolve the problems.
* 100% contacting social services when suspected child abuse or neglect was suspected