Julie Edwards
Peachtree City
Summary
Highly motivated and compassionate educator with extensive experience supporting students in both general education and adapted curriculum classrooms. Skilled in fostering social-emotional growth, behavioral support, differentiated instruction, and student engagement for learners with diverse academic and developmental needs. Strong communicator with a collaborative approach to working alongside teachers, specialists, families, and support staff to create positive and inclusive learning environments. Dedicated to helping every student build confidence, independence, and academic success.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Elementary Resource Teacher
Coweta Charter Academy
Senoia, GA
12.2024 - 08.2025
- Designed and implemented individualized education plans for diverse learning needs.
- Collaborated with classroom teachers to integrate support strategies into daily lessons.
- Monitored student progress and adjusted instructional methods based on ongoing assessments.
- Facilitated small group interventions to enhance literacy and numeracy skills.
ECS Paraprofessional
Spring Hill Elementary School
Fayetteville, GA
11.2017 - 12.2023
- From 2017 – 2020, worked alongside ECS students in general education classrooms.
- From 2020 – 2023, work in adapted curriculum, developing social-emotional and academic abilities in students.
- Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules, and support lead teacher.
- Improved classroom management by assisting teachers with behavioral interventions and monitoring student progress.
- Assist in implementing lesson plans coordinating with appropriate standards
- Fostered a positive learning environment by establishing strong rapport with students, parents, and faculty members.
- Supported special education teachers in implementing accommodations and modifications for students with diverse learning needs.
- Utilize basic ASL to provide students with alternate method of communication
Long-Term Substitute Parpro
Stratford High School
Goose Creek, SC
02.2017 - 05.2017
- Worked independently with students to build reading fluency
- Assisted students in development of assignments
- Worked in small groups with students to identify computation errors in mathematics
Preschool Teacher
Mary Ford Elementary School
Charleston, SC
01.2016 - 07.2016
- Developed and implemented lesson plans to engage students with the goal to build students’ fluency, comprehension, and mathematical understanding
- Worked in small group to introduce new concepts and develop repeating concepts
- Administered assessments to gauge student’s understanding of information
Education
Bachelor's - Early Childhood Education
University of West Georgia
05-2009
Skills
- Mindset trained
- Cross-curriculum lesson plan development
- Student engagement and relationship building
- Growing proficiency in ASL
- Emotional support
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Team collaboration
- Classroom management
- Differentiated instruction
- De-escalation techniques
- Collaborative teaching
Certification
- GA Teaching License - current
- Mindset training - 2023
Timeline
Elementary Resource Teacher
Coweta Charter Academy
12.2024 - 08.2025
ECS Paraprofessional
Spring Hill Elementary School
11.2017 - 12.2023
Long-Term Substitute Parpro
Stratford High School
02.2017 - 05.2017
Preschool Teacher
Mary Ford Elementary School
01.2016 - 07.2016
Bachelor's - Early Childhood Education
University of West Georgia