Texas Certified Master Reading Teacher with 21 years' experience, passionate about literacy

Vicki's resume

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

 Twenty-one years’ teaching experience in various roles: as a Literacy Specialist and dyslexia remediation teacher, as well as in elementary self-contained, departmentalized, ESL, college, and virtual classrooms, with strong emphasis on research-supported instructional methods
 Eleven years’ teacher training and coaching experience at campus, district and state levels, including as a professional development writer and presenter and curriculum writer

RELEVANT STRENGTHS AND EXPERIENCE

 Strong emphasis on research-supported pedagogy and instructional methods, committed to continual self-improvement and ongoing professional development, and personally dedicated to literacy as a means to lifelong learning and critical thinking
 Highly proficient in delivering differentiated and small group instruction to students and working with adult learners
 Creative and flexible, with innovative approaches to problem-solving
 Willingness to accept feedback and be reflective
 Excellent written and verbal communication, visual literacy, teambuilding, and collaboration skills
 Regular incorporation of technology, learner choice, responsiveness, formative assessment, and current, quality resources to lesson planning and instruction

HONORS, AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES

 Texas Education Agency: Proclamation Review and Texas Resource Review Panels, 2018-Present
 International Literacy Association Member, 2017-Present
 Campus Teacher of the Year for 2011, 2008
 Pi Lambda Theta National Educators' Honor Society, 2008-Present

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Master of Arts in Education, December 2008; GPA 4.0
Bachelor of Arts in Literary Studies, December 1997

Certifications: Master Reading Teacher, Elementary Self Contained, English as a Second Language, Secondary English, Gifted and Talented Supplemental, Art, Early Childhood, Generic Special Education