Kara Cagle

• Designed strategic lesson plans, implementing school curriculum, pacing guides, student data, and differentiated instructional strategies to meet the needs of all students and foster their individual success.
• Created and implemented focused lessons for reading readiness highlighting phonics, language comprehension and writing skills within small group settings and guided reading centers.
• Developed second-tier intervention groups for students, while tracking their progress through performance and data.
• Improved student engagement by implementing student-centered classroom management techniques to foster academic curiosity.
• Built positive relationships with students and families for safe, trusted learning support.
• Enhanced classroom management by establishing clear expectations, rules, and routines.
• Collaborated with colleagues to share resources, brainstorm ideas, and problem-solve challenges faced in the classroom environment.
• Fostered social-emotional growth in students through daily morning meetings, conflict resolution strategies, and character education lessons.
• Participated in observations of special needs students and worked with skilled teams to create a plan of success for students.

BLACK EDUCATOR TEACHER RESIDENCY

• Provided opportunities for the Resident teacher to observe and participate in professional behavior, classroom management, and instruction.
• Provided day-to-day evaluation, guidance, and training necessary to become a successful teacher.
• Monitored the progress of the Resident teacher and assisted her to develop solutions to problems.

• Participated in leadership team meetings once a month to discuss school issues including, academic, social/emotional, PBIS, site-wide and grade-level goals, and current topics of interest.
• Met with grade-level teachers three times a month to discuss student data, create CFA's, set goals, create lesson plans, and discuss and perform differentiated teaching techniques.

• Instructed district elementary school teachers on the techniques of Guided Reading at the Kindergarten level.
• Co-created the slide presentation with visual images and links to content.

• ELA, Math, and ED TECH team members
• Collaborate, plan, and create learning objectives, proposals, and syllabi.
• Develop curriculum for courses.

• Worked with co-facilitator to monitor and evaluate 35 district teachers' answers.
• Emailed district teachers updates on course information and schedule.
• Reviewed and offered constructive support on teacher's answers.
• Determined completion of course.

• Instructed district teachers, Kindergarten - 1st grade, on the professional development course.
• Instructed district teachers in Math: differentiated instructional grouping, mathematical discourse, number sense, Concrete - Representational - Abstract CRA Instructional sequence.
• Instructed district teachers in ELA: balanced literacy, data and assessment, and differentiated instructional grouping.

• Worked with a development team to create online digital learning content (Canvas) for district kindergarten teachers throughout the 2020-2021 school year.
• Created math content for digital learning, utilizing district curriculum and pacing guides, videos and interactive lessons.
• Assisted in creation of ELA digital learning content.