Brandin S. Davis

OBJECTIVE

I am seeking a full-time position as a professional early childhood educator.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Highly motivated, reliable, confident and committed to professional standards
• Interpersonal skills to interface with students of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds
• Team oriented with the ability to work well with others and skilled at working independently and multi-tasking
• Communication skills to accurately convey information both orally and written
• Excellent organizational skills to maintain accurate and complete records and files
• Able to deal patiently with difficult students
• Able to follow detailed instructions
• Problem solving skills with the ability to prioritize duties while working under pressure
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite, Windows, Photoshop and WWW)


EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE: (Interdisciplinary Studies: Specialization area PreK-4th grade), University of Houston, Central Campus, Houston, TX.

TEXAS TEACHER CERTIFICATIONS: TEXES Generalist EC-4
TEXES Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities EC-4
TEXES ESL Certification EC-12
Gifted and Talented Certification

WORK EXPERIENCE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Kids Play Daycare.. Houston, TX August 2000-August 2005.

As assistant director I conducted center tours with potential parents and explained the daycare’s policies, procedures and curriculum. I handled all parent questions/concerns and facilitated parent teacher conferences. In addition, I supervised daycare teachers and monitored staff performance. Moreover, I coordinated staff meetings and trained teachers in daycare curriculum and expectations.

CLASSROOM TEACHER/KINDERGARTEN-FOURTH GRADE (ESL): Herod Elementary School. (HISD) Houston, TX. August 2005-Present.
My duties and responsibilities as a classroom teacher includes but are not limited to: teaching Kindergarten students in all subject areas; implementing classroom routines, literacy and math work stations; enhancing learning for LEP/ESL students through the use of Total Physical Response (TPR) techniques; using visual cues (labels, pictures, dictionaries, charts) to assist students with limited knowledge of spoken English; working with students in small group settings to enhance literacy skills such as phonics, phonetic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, rhyming, blending, and concepts of print; utilizing visuals and read alouds (charts, graphs, diagrams, lists) to model and implement rigorous or higher level thinking





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skills to help reading students make connections to the world around them; collaborating with other teachers in Title I, Title III and other at-risk programs to empower struggling students to reach their appropriate grade levels; using Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) to monitor reading progress
and to group students based on reading levels; and partnering with other members of professional learning communities to serve on pre-referral and intervention teams for ESL, at-risk and special needs students that include severe ADHD, Dyslexia, Bipolar Disorder, Turrets Syndrome, Schizophrenia, Oppositional Defiance Disorder and Cerebral Palsy.

KINDERGARTEN GRADE CHAIR: As Kindergarten Grade Chair, my duties and responsibilities include: leading a team of teachers in planning and implementing instructional curriculum; administering formative and summative evaluations for grade level data assessments; implementing school based initiatives; serving on PACT Council and working with parents, community leaders, administrative staff and other business leaders to implement community and school based initiatives.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

HISD ABRAZO TRAINER/PRESENTER: Trained new teachers in classroom arrangement, classroom management, and transition activities. I also provided new teachers with strategies for implementing calendar math and word walls; setting up theme based literacy workstations that included buddy reading, write around the room, sand and water, library, discovery pocket charts, and writing word walls; using whole group instructions to create literacy blocks (phonics, phonetic awareness, concepts of print, News of the Day, Morning Message, Big Book Instruction, Read Aloud, Interactive Reading/Writing) using a balanced approach. I was also featured on an HISD ABRAZO video for new teachers demonstrating “the lesson cycle.”

ADDITIONAL TRAININGS, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Worked with members of Professional Learning Committees for the enhancement of literacy and improvement of best practice standards for reading and writing
• Trained extensively in Guided Reading, Development Reading Assessment and Small Group Instruction
• Trained Parents to help students at home with reading and math skills
• Specialization in Early Childhood Development
• Served on Committees for School Literacy, Math, Social Studies and Science Nights
• Honored as Exemplary Teacher
• Texas Master Teacher
• KAGAN
• TRIBES
• Teaching with Love and Logic
• Handwriting Without the Tears
• Debbie Diller Reading Institute


REFERENCES

References furnished upon request.