Kelly Stewart

1124 Holland Creek Road Louisa, VA 23093

(540) 223-8042
kls4ue@virginia.edu

OBJECTIVE
To obtain a full-time elementary education teaching position.
EDUCATION
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
M.T. Elementary Education (Pre-K-6 Certified)
B.A. History
Minor in Religious Studies
Overall GPA: 3.30
LISCENSURE
Elementary Education Pre-K-6 Certification

Degrees Expected: May 2016

Expected: May 2016

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Student Teaching Practicum, 2nd Grade / Moss-Nuckols Elementary School, Louisa, VA
Fall 2015
Implemented Responsive Classroom strategies including morning meetings, logical consequences, and interactive modeling.
Planned and implemented daily whole group and small group lessons in social studies, science, reading, writing, and
mathematics.
Collaborated with team members to problem solve and plan during weekly Professional Learning Community meetings.
Executed a variety of fluency and phonemic awareness interventions to help below grade level readers in small groups
reading instruction.
Field Placement Student Teacher, Kindergarten/ Clark Elementary School, Charlottesville, VA
Spring 2015
Co-planned and implemented a 4 lesson read-aloud unit in order to develop concepts of print, prediction skills, and
sequencing events in fictional texts.
Facilitated literacy stations to develop phonological awareness abilities and writing skills for lower-level readers.
Led Morning Meetings to help foster a positive classroom environment and learn about counting, subitizing, and place value
skills daily.
Field Placement Student Teacher, 3rd Grade/ Meriwether Lewis Elementary School, Charlottesville, VA
Fall 2014
Implemented a whole group mathematics read-aloud to help students understand the concept of place value.
Developed and implemented a whole group mathematics lesson on telling time and understanding the concept of elapsed
time using visual diagrams.
Co-planned and taught a whole group mathematics lesson on the characteristics of money and its value.
Field Placement Tutor, 2nd Grade/ Venable Elementary School, Charlottesville, VA
Spring 2014
Implemented lesson plans to support a student struggling with literacy and writing abilities.
Completed running records and lead one-on-one reading and writing activities to increase reading fluency, comprehension
and spelling skills.
Field Placement Tutor, 1st Grade/ Greenbrier Elementary School, Charlottesville, VA
Fall 2013
Collaborated with the Reading Specialist and taught lesson plans to while tutoring an English Language Learner from Burma.
Helped to increase necessary vocabulary and sight words through reading and writing activities and help develop a stronger
concept of word.
EMPLOYMENT
Camp Counselor for Kidzquest Summer Camp/ Louisa County Parks & Recreation, Louisa, VA
Summers 2011-Present
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Planned and led science experiments and arts and crafts activities to children in Kindergarten-6 grade on a daily basis.
Chaperoned small groups of children of various ages to movie theathers, public swimming pools and various field trips on a
weekly basis.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Wesley Foundation Student Coordinating Council Member/ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2012-2015
Co-developed small groups to help incoming freshmen and led a sports-related devotional small group.
Coordinated fundraisers within the community and helped plan Spring Break mission trips to help the homeless and
underprivileged.