career objective                              

 

driven, student-focused teacher eager to contribute expertise toward facilitating a quality academic environment and optimizing both individual and group/class performance

 

profile                                                

 

ø  state board certified, k-8; 2000-present

ø  dynamic leader who creates motivating classroom environments conductive to learning

ø  exceptional communication, presentation and problem solving abilities

ø  excellent classroom management skills and adept in applying positive, diplomatic disciplinary strategies to achieve results

ø  effectively define and address individual student needs to maximize potential

ø  strong relationship building skills vital to productively interfacing with students, parents, staff, and administrators

~ key achievements ~

ø  achieved exemplary taks reading scores, 2004, as well as recognition, 2003-2005

ø  uil coach, maps graphs & charts, spelling, dictionary skills, and science; 2000-2007

ø  co-facilitator, at-risk students mentoring program; 2000-2008

 

professional experience                

 

la feria isd                                                                                                                2000-2008

 

dominguez elementary - la feria, xxxxxx c 2005-2008
6^th grade teacher; 2005-2008

  effectively delivered world social studies curriculum

  actively collaborated with reading department in integrating reading taks skills to boost student performance

 

c.e. vail elementary - la feria xxxxxx c 2000-2003
4^th grade teacher; 2003-2005

  implemented sharon wells math program

  contributed to student development as a participant in before-school tutoring program classroom

4^th grade teacher; 2000-2003

  facilitated quality classroom instruction in both reading and social studies; worked with before-school tutoring program

 

education                                           

bachelor of arts, english, university of xxxxxx permian basin - odessa xxxxxx; 1999

associate of arts, howard college - big spring, xxxxxx; 1994

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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dear__________________:

 

i am currently seeking a challenging new teaching opportunity, and am submitting my resume for your review.  in advance, thank you for your time and consideration.

 

as demonstrated in the accompanying resume, i have worked with the la feria school district for the past 8 years, teaching multiple subjects at the grade 4 and 6 levels.  contributing my expertise in boosting taks reading scores, i have received recognition for my success in working with students to improve their reading skills.  i also actively collaborated in implementing taks reading skills with my most recent employer. in addition to providing quality education, i have actively participated in facilitating before-school tutoring programs as well as at-risk student mentoring programs and have served as a uil coach throughout my career with the district.  i possess dynamic classroom management, communication and relationship building skills vital to optimizing student performance and am clearly focused on assisting students in achieving their potential.  in addition to state certification, k-8, credentials, i offer a bachelor of arts in english.

 

as an employee, you will find me to be a self-motivated team player committed to excellence and dedicated to supporting you in achieving your objectives through superior performance.  i am confident that i could be a valuable asset to your academic community, and look forward to interviewing with you in the near future.

 

sincerely,

 

 

 

 

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