Heather Mitchell
Los Alamitos
Summary
Experienced educator with strong focus on nurturing young minds and fostering supportive learning environment. Adept at curriculum development, classroom management, and differentiated instruction, ensuring every student thrives. Known for collaborating effectively with colleagues and adapting to evolving educational needs, ensuring consistent, impactful results.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Enrichment Instructor
Beach Tutors
Long Beach, California
09.2025 - Current
- Design and implement a multifaceted enrichment curriculum for groups of up to 15 students, integrating hands-on activities.
- Facilitate interactive learning experiences using multimedia resources and audiovisual aids to improve lesson delivery and student retention.
- Adapt instructional materials and teaching strategies to accommodate diverse learning styles and grade level, ensuring an inclusive environment.
Kindergarten Teacher
Heart Christian Academy
Fullerton, California
08.2023 - Current
- Develop and deliver engaging, hands-on lessons in reading, phonics, mathematics, and science during in-person days.
- Established a nurturing and organized classroom environment, enforcing positive behavior protocols that increased student participation and reduced disruptions.
- Facilitated play-based learning activities that promoted social skills, teamwork, and emotional regulation.
- Cultivated positive partnerships with parents/learning coaches through regular communication, feedback, and shared instructional strategies.
- Monitored student progress through developmental assessments, tailoring instruction to meet diverse learning needs and improve learning outcomes.
2nd Grade Teacher
Cornerstone Christian Academy
Long Beach, California
08.2022 - Current
- Creates comprehensive lesson plans and pacing guides for both in-person instruction and home-based study.
- Provide two days of in-class instruction in a self-contained, well managed classroom environment focusing on the whole child and providing a robust educational experience.
- Mentors, coaches, and partners with classroom families on adopted curricula and best teaching practices, communicating regularly with parents (co-teachers) to provide guidance on implementing assignments and tracking progress.
- Lower Elementary Curriculum Representative: Collaborate with a team of teachers and parents to evaluate current curriculum, analyze classroom needs, and review, select, and implicate new curriculum when needed.
- Science Lead: Develop lesson plans with hands-on activities, multimedia resources and audiovisual aids, adapted to meet the individual needs of each grade level; Partner with grade-level teachers and parents to ensure seamless curriculum implementation; Contribute to monthly newsletter with upcoming topics and learning focus, as well as suggested enrichment activities.
Preschool Coordinator
Seacoast Grace Church
Cypress, California
04.2019 - 08.2022
- Recruit, train, schedule, and support a team of preschool volunteers and staff.
- Craft engaging lesson plans using biblical teaching, storytelling, and interactive crafts.
- Oversee classroom setup, manage weekly curriculum implementation, and ensure age-appropriate activities are prepared.
- Enforce all child protection policies, cleanroom sanitization, and child check-in procedures.
- Welcome new families, build relationships with parents, and communicate effectively about scheduling or curriculum.
Education
Multiple Subject Credential -
California State University Fullerton
06.2006
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies
California State University Fullerton
06.2005
Skills
- Student engagement
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Organizational skills
- Lesson planning
- Parent-teacher collaboration
- Curriculum planning and implementation
Certification
Multiple Subject Teaching Credential | California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Status: Preliminary | Expired: February 2012 (Extension Pending)
Timeline
Enrichment Instructor
Beach Tutors
09.2025 - Current
Kindergarten Teacher
Heart Christian Academy
08.2023 - Current
2nd Grade Teacher
Cornerstone Christian Academy
08.2022 - Current
Preschool Coordinator
Seacoast Grace Church
04.2019 - 08.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies
California State University Fullerton
Multiple Subject Credential -
California State University Fullerton