Sarah Adams
Lithia Springs
Summary
Caring and passionate teacher with strong communication skills and a strong drive to get middle school students excited about learning. A teacher that can relate to each and every student and works hard to make them grow as a student and as a person.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher
Bay Springs Middle School
07.2020 - Current
- Current: 7th Grade ELA Teacher (On-level) and Social Studies Teacher (Support Instruction, On-level and Gifted)
- Yearbook Adviser (2023 - present)
- Teacher House Leader (2022 - present)
- PBIS Committee Member (2023 - present)
- November 4, 2022: 7th Grade ELA speaker at county wide PD
- Manages daily classroom functions to promote positive learning outcomes
- Provides timely feedback on individual actions, behaviors and verbal responses
- Uses technology to enhance learning
- Keeps the classroom safe, organized, and clean
- Earns positive feedback from parents and administrators regarding classroom instruction and student learning success
- Creates lesson plans in accordance with state curriculum and school-wide curriculum standards
- Instills confidence in students through positive feedback
- Tests students’ knowledge with quizzes, essays, projects and exams to gauge learning effectiveness
- Plans and implements lessons utilizing a variety of teaching strategies to meet diverse student needs
Teacher
Factory Shoals Middle School
07.2013 - 07.2020
- 6th Grade Social Studies (Gifted and On-level), Reading (On-level and Co-taught) and Language Arts (Gifted)
- Co-Coach of the Reading Bowl Team (2013 - 2016)
- March 5, 2018: Received a level 4 rating on TKES evaluation for standard 7 (Positive Learning Environment)
- Taught in after-school program one day a week (2015-2019)
Education
Master of Arts - Teaching- Social Science Education
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA01.2012
Bachelor of Arts - History, Minor in Geography
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA01.2010
Skills
- Parent and student communication
- Team Player/Collaboration
- Interactive teaching/learning
- Classroom management
- Differentiated learning techniques
- Student rapport
- Active listening
- Tutoring and after school help
Certification
- T-5 Certification
- Gifted In-Field Endorsement
- Middle Grades Reading (4-8)
- Middle Grades Social Science (4-8)
- Middle Grades Language Arts (4-8)
- History (6-12)
- Political Science (6-12)
Technology Skills
- Microsoft Word
- PowerPoint
- Publisher
- Excel
- Promethean SMARTBoard/ActivInspire Software
- Infinite Campus grading system
- Illuminate
- Google Classroom
- Kahoot!
- Gimkit
- Blooket
- Quizziz
- Remind
- Quizlet
- ClassDojo
- MobyMax
- IXL
- AIMSweb
- Renaissance Star/AR/Accelerated Reader
- Commonlit
- Quill
Timeline
Teacher
Bay Springs Middle School
07.2020 - Current
Teacher
Factory Shoals Middle School
07.2013 - 07.2020
Master of Arts - Teaching- Social Science Education
Georgia Southern University
Bachelor of Arts - History, Minor in Geography
Georgia Southern University
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