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BRUCE WILSON

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER

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Brucewilson1103@gmail.com

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE
Teaching & Inspiring Students

Classroom Management
Counseling & Advising

Enthusiastic & Energetic


Personable & Positive Attitude

Empowering Children to Learn

Enthusiastic, committed educator with innate ability to


motivate children. Focus on creating age-appropriate curriculum to
challenge and academically prepare students to develop into
independent learners.
Create a cooperative community in the classroom. Model for
students the importance of mutual respect and cooperation among all
community members.
Recognize opportunities for outreach. Develop and implement
programs to meet the individual needs of students, employing the
services of appropriate external resources as needed.
Finely honed communication skills. Equally effective with
students, parents, colleagues, and administrators.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Fairfax, VA
Aug. 2011Present
5th Grade Teacher, Aug. 2014-Present
6th Grade Teacher, Aug. 2011-June 2014
Planned and implemented math, reading, writing, science, health, and social studies lessons to 5 th and
6th grade students in a Title 1 elementary school.
Selected by the school administration to join a team of specialists and teachers that met afterschool
and served to develop resources and a curriculum for the schools writing program.
Participate in the schools mentoring program for minority and special needs students. Helped lead
many afterschool events such as bowling with other mentors and mentees.
Organize activities that empower children such as field trips to art museums around the Washington
DC area.
Lead science activities such as kite making, airplane building, and pumpkin launches in addition to
activities during field trips. In these STEM activities, students have planned prototypes, designed
projects, tested out their creations, and ultimately reflected on their successes and areas for growth.
Provide differentiated instruction tailored to the individual learning of students.
Implement interventions and behavior plans to fit the diverse needs of students.
Participate in Collaborative Learning Team meetings on unpacking curriculum, creating common
assessments, and sharing resources and strategies for remediating and enriching students.
Collaborate with special education, ESOL specialists, mathematics and reading support
specialists.
Act as Science Lead (from 2012 to present) for upper grades where responsibilities included
implementing the science curriculum for 4th-6th graders, ordering science materials for
students, and attending trainings regarding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).
Act as Team Lead (2013-2014) where responsibilities included coordination of grade level field
trips, liaison between administration and grade level teachers, and facilitate grade level
collaborative learning teams.
Taught 4th grade summer school (2012) to provide students the opportunity to close learning
gaps.
Selected as a member of the Board of Admissions for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science
and Technology (2014), a prestigious school in the nation.
Voted by colleagues onto the Faculty Advisory Council serving as liaison between the staff and
administration.

EDUCATION
University of Maryland, University College, Adelphi, MD
Master of Education in Instructional Technology, Jan. 2014-Present
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA,
Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, May 2010

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

BRUCE WILSON

New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia Teacher Certification K-6


Responsive Classroom, 2014
Eric Jensen Teaching with Poverty in Mind, 2014
Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) 2 for Grades 3-6, 2012
Guided Reading and Balanced Literacy, 2012
Language! Reading Program, 2012

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