Kerri Moran
Methuen
Summary
Kind Kindergarten Teacher with 15 years of experience. Detail-oriented planner with talent for developing individualized lesson plans and cultivating classroom atmospheres of positivity and progress. Committed to comprehensive student growth.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Kindergarten Teacher
Malden Public Schools
11.2012 - Current
- Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor and establish personalized learning plan for each student.
- Identified characteristics, needs, abilities and problems of each child through personal interaction and progress reports to optimize approaches.
- Exercised good classroom management focused on positive behavior support by clearly articulating fair and consistent expectations along with appropriate natural consequences.
- Reported to parents and administration about student progress.
- Collaborated with other faculty and staff to promote rigorous learning opportunities, general well-being of school and collective interest of staff and student body.
- Delivered structured lessons on readiness skills by emphasizing phonics, language skills, literature and handwriting.
- Delegated tasks to teacher assistants and school volunteers.
- Arranged parent-teacher conferences to address student progress and collaboratively set goals for areas of improvement.
- Instructed 25 + students of multi diverse backgrounds.
Paraprofessional
Chelsea Public Schools
09.2010 - 10.2012
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules and support lead teacher.
- Prepared instruction materials, constructed bulletin boards and set up work areas.
- Kept classrooms clean, neat and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
- Set up visual aids, equipment and classroom displays to support teacher's lesson delivery.
- Relieved classroom teacher during breaks and maintained order and structure in classroom.
- Worked in substantially separate ASD classroom where I helped manage 5 + students.
- Assisted teacher in meeting IEP goals for all students.
Education
Master of Education - Early Childhood Education
Gordon College
Wenham, MA05.2011
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education
Salem State College
Salem, MA05.2010
High School Diploma -
Malden High School
Malden, MA06.2005
Skills
- Classroom Maintenance and Inventory
- Student Needs Assessments
- Collaborative and Team-Oriented
- Communicating with Parents and Teachers
- Experience with Diverse Student Populations
- School Policy and Rules Enforcement
- Early Childhood Development
- Enthusiasm for Students and Teaching
- Lesson Planning and Preparation
Additional Information
I served as Kindergarten Team Leader for six years. In this position I was required to attend monthly meetings and report Kindergarten happenings, questions, and concerns. I was tasked with organizing field trips and fundraisers, ordering supplies, planning weekly meetings with my team, and sharing notes with school administration.
Timeline
Kindergarten Teacher
Malden Public Schools
11.2012 - Current
Paraprofessional
Chelsea Public Schools
09.2010 - 10.2012
Master of Education - Early Childhood Education
Gordon College
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education
Salem State College
High School Diploma -
Malden High School
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