A professional, state-certified educator seeks to secure a position as a secondary school language arts teacher. Follow state curriculum and common core strands to prepare students for state testing as well as college and career readiness. Ensure the mastery of grade-level skills in grammar, literature, vocabulary, test-taking skills, study skills, and composition. Maintain discipline and order to create an atmosphere for learning.
A professional, state-certified educator seeks to secure a position as a secondary school language arts teacher. Follow state curriculum and common core strands to prepare students for state testing as well as college and career readiness. Ensure the mastery of grade-level skills in grammar, literature, vocabulary, test-taking skills, study skills, and composition. Maintain discipline and order to create an atmosphere for learning.
A professional, state-certified educator seeks to secure a position as a secondary school language arts teacher. Follow state curriculum and common core strands to prepare students for state testing as well as college and career readiness. Ensure the mastery of grade-level skills in grammar, literature, vocabulary, test-taking skills, study skills, and composition. Maintain discipline and order to create an atmosphere for learning.
Little Rock, AR 72209 Home (501) 562-4215 Cell (501) 960-8614 E-mail: theodora54is@gmail.com or tjohnson@pcssd.org
OBJECTIVE: A professional, state-certified educator with twenty plus years of teaching and training experience seeks to secure a position as a secondary school language arts teacher. EXPERIENCE : March 1992- Present Pulaski County Special School District, 925 East Dixon Road, Little Rock, AR 72206
Classroom Teacher, Mills University Studies High School, 2014-Present Duties: Teach ninth grade regular English. Follow state curriculum and common core strands to prepare students for state testing as well as college and career readiness. Ensure the mastery of grade-level skills in grammar, literature, vocabulary, test-taking skills, study skills, and composition. Maintain discipline and order to create an atmosphere for learning. Instructional Facilitator, Mills University Studies High School, 2007-2014 Duties: Study end-of-course test data to designate non-proficient students and design academic improvement plans (AIPS) to bring those students to a proficient level while they are in remediation classes. I modeled lessons that encourage the use of best practices for teachers to use in mainstream and remediation classes to heighten literacy levels. Accomplishments and extra duties: Subpopulations 2011 Benchmark test scores increased from 18.8% (2008) to 52%. Began an ACT tutorial class to raise ACT Reading test scores. Conducted the Professional Learning Community (PLC) meetings with the staff. Coached students in test-taking skills to prepare them for the state benchmark exam (ACTAAP). Taught reading and vocabulary skills to low-level readers to upgrade their reading ability. Conducted reading tests to determine reading levels of all ninth graders and remediation students. Worked alongside the building principal to plan incentives and staff development.
Regular and Pre-AP Classroom Teacher, Oak Grove High School, 1992-2007 Duties: I taught 9-11 regular and Pre-AP English. I followed state guidelines and strands to prepare students for state testing. Ensure the mastery of grade-level skills in grammar, literature, vocabulary, test-taking skills, study skills, and composition. I maintained discipline and order to create learning atmosphere. Accomplishments and extra duties: Worked with a team that produced a 20 percent increase in literacy test scores in 2002. Served on the Curriculum Guide Revision committee to revise ninth grade strands, 1995. Served on the Curriculum Guide Revision committee to revise state journalism education strands.
Journalism Teacher/Publications Adviser, Oak Grove High School, 1993-2007; Mills University High School, 2010; 2014 Accomplishments and extra duties: Staffs consistently won Superior, Excellent, and Honorable Mention awards in state-level competitions. Member, Journalism Education Association, 1997-present; Ad Hoc Board member, 2001-2007; Member, Arkansas Scholastic Press Association (ASPA),1993-present. Certified Journalism Educator (CJE), 2003-2007. Taught classes, critique and judge contest entries at the national level during the JEA/NSPA conventions.
Theodora Yvonne Johnson Page 2
EDUCATION University of Arkansas at Little Rock, M.A., Professional and Technical Writing (expected December 2014) University of Phoenix, Continuing Education classes, Reading, (completed 6 hours). Southern State College, Magnolia, AR B.S.E. 1976, Secondary Education Major: English Minor: Journalism
TECHNIAL SKILLS Word, Photoshop, Publisher, Excel, PowerPoint, Prezi, WordPress
CERTIFICATIONS Arkansas Department of Education certification in Secondary Education: Journalism 7-12; English Language Arts 7-12; Arkansas History 5-8; American History 5-8; Geography 7-12 Little Rock Writing Project Teacher Consultant, 2011 Arkansas Leadership Academy (Forum 19) graduate, 2011 Pathwise Teacher Mentoring program, Summer 2010 ADE Instructional Facilitator Training, Spring 2010 TESS training, Spring 2014
AWARDS, MEMBERSHIPS, AND NOMINATIONS Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Inducted 1976 Whos Who Among Americas High School Teachers, 1997-2007 National Honor Society of Distinguished Teachers, 2006. Little Rock Writing Project Fellowship Awardee, 2011 Member, Golden Key, Inducted 2011 Member, Phi Kappa Phi, Inducted 2011 National Association of University Women, Inducted 2014
OTHER EXPERIENCE 1992-2008 College Preparatory Education Program (CPEP) Test Tutor 1998-1999 Motivational Presenter, Summer Institute at Henderson State University 1986-1990 Tutor, UALR Talent Search Tutoring Program 1986-1990 Humanities Instructor, Jordan College, Flint, MI 2006-2007 ACT Test Supervisor, Oak Grove High School