LAURA D. JOHNSON RESUME OF QUALIFICATIONS
| OBJECTIVE: | To gain stimulating, new TEACHING PROFESSIONAL position through the use of my talents, successful experiences in public school systems and academic training. |
| BACKGROUND HIGHLIGHTS:
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| Experience: | Noteworthy achievement in all grades and several areas of
exceptionalities of elementary teaching, as well as a mixture of instruction
in a secondary private school, adult education and Business College. As an elementary educator, teaching from 7 to 35 children in a variety of public school settings, I have utilized both co-operative learning and individualization instructional techniques because I believe children learn through different modalities and at different speeds. I believe in and use "hands-on" learning as much as possible in my classroom. Lacking only one graduate course from becoming a certified Reading Specialist, I really focus on reading in my classroom. In a sample test group where my EMH students were the "old " group with "old " materials, we came out as well as the new innovative group. I also keep excellent records and have been used as a "model" to train "out-of-field" ESE teachers. I have been an active faculty member, committee member/chairperson, team leader, and workshop trainee. Currently I am a peer teacher developing a beginning teacher. |
| Strengths | I not only love to teach children, but I really love the children I teach. (Being a foster parent for over 15 years--you learn to love every child.) I guess in many instances I become the parent my student no longer has (for whatever reason). This has included having a clothing closed in my classroom, seeking out and gathering up 10 pairs of tennis shoes donated from local merchants, taking four students to and from a free camp for underprivileged children over 60 miles away, signing some of my students up for "Secret Santa" Christmas presents". In addition to that, over the years , my boys and I have bought jackets, underwear and socks for ONE family with seven children (three were students in my classroom). |
| Employment: | SPMH classroom teacher, Riverview High School, Riverview,
Hillsborough County School District, Tampa, FL 6 mos. EMH classroom teacher, Oak Park Elementary School, Hillsborough County School District, Tampa, FL 1 yr. VE self contained classroom teacher, VE Resource teacher, ESOL Resource teacher, Pahokee Elementary School, Palm Beach County Schools, West Palm Beach, FL 4yrs+ PMH classroom teacher, Gove Elementary School, Belle Glade, Palm Beach County Schools, West Palm Beach, FL 3+ years EMH classroom teacher, Rosenwald Elementary School , South Bay, Palm Beach County Schools, West Palm Beach, FL 4+ years Grades K-6 Elementary Education classroom teacher, East China Township Public School District, St Clair , Michigan 8 yrs + 1 summer school Reading Lab under Central Michigan University I summer school Environmental Education Training under Central Michigan University. |
| Education: | Coursework toward VE certification, Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton, FL (1995-present) Mentally Handicapped Certification, University of South Florida Tampa, Florida (1987-1988) Bachelor of Arts Degree, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, Cedarville College, Cedarville, Ohio (1972) Wm. Henry Harrison High School. Evansville, Indiana, college prep diploma (1967) |
| Certification: | State of Florida Provisional License
Elementary Education (1-6), Mentally Handicapped (K-12), and E.S.O.L. endorsement |
| Acknowledgements: | Dean's List, nominee for Who's Who in American Women, ESE Team Leader, Assertive Discipline Team Chairperson, CORE Team Member, Innovational Instructional Team Member, Child Study Team Member, Special Olympics Coach, Foster Parent / Adoptive Parent, Host parent to Foreign Exchange Student. Recipient of "YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE" Award, as well As co-author to a "WORLD SPORTS READING ROOM" grant |
