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Resume Alex Jolley
832 Canyon Creek Dr. Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 (970)945-9525 Sought & Received Additional Responsibilities In addition to teaching upper level English students, I volunteered my time and became in charge of the Northridge High School Speech Team. Every other day the team would meet and I would help them help each other to improve. On the weekends I would drive them on a bus to go compete; the team always did exceptionally well and a couple students always brought back a first or second place medal. Improved Students CSAP Scores On average my students’ scores at Northridge improved 15% on the writing CSAP test, and %12 on the reading CSAP test. My students were most improved on the standardized test than any of the Northridge students had been in the last eight years. Introduced all Four Learning Styles to Northridge High School Teachers When I first became a teacher at Northridge I noticed the teachers were not applying the necessary four learning styles in order to ensure all the students could learn efficiently. After understanding the teachers had not heard of these learning styles, I taught a two-hour class explaining how they could best assist the readers, the doers, the listeners, and the whatchers in their classrooms. The next year all students scored higher on standardized tests and informed the teachers they seemed to be learning more quick and efficiently. Was Proactive and Started the Northridge High School Newspaper Many students in my English classes talked about publishing their work and maybe becoming journalists. Since the school did not have a high school paper I thought creating one would be interesting to pursue and start up. After many students and teachers showed interest in the idea, I gave up my free hour to start teaching students how to write articles for a paper. I continued to help the students until the school hired a professional journalist to come and take over the class. Currently, the class has become a big hit and there are about 20 students that publish and create the Brimstone, which is the title of the paper. Alex Jolley will improve your students reading and writing skills. |