Connie Frye
Address: 32 County Road 3013
City: Oxford
State: Mississippi
Zip: 38655
Country: United States
objective
To obtain a position as an Administrative Assistant at the State Veteran's Home to implement planning and organizing in the community among civic organizations, schools, and the general public for the benefit of the United States Veterans in promotion of the services in which they rendered to our country. In addition, the participation in developing a broader education to receive an opportunity to become a state board licensed service provider to the State Veteran's Home through strategic training and testing requirements provides an opportunity for me to fulfill my obligation to service with educational benefits for myself and certainty in the success of being an effective assistant in administration.
Work Experience
Academic Teacher (07/31/2008 – 05/26/2009)
8th Grade Computer Discovery Teacher
Last Employer: North Panola School District
Contact Person: (662) 578-1888
Responsibilities: The responsibilities of the position as a Computer Discovery Teacher required the following: curriculum pacing, developing effective lesson plans, computer basic programming languages, function, and terminology of use, use of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, etc...defragmenting and maintenance of all equipment with regularity including supervision of the lab and students, and reporting grades and credits accurately.
Accomplishments: My accomplishments include: 100% pass rate in Computer Discovery, development of lesson planning that uses differentiation instruction on a point scale weekly as each student receives the entire weekly plan on Monday for their own record, and obtaining quality training from Mississippi College Continuing Education Group an affiliate of Mississippi Department of Education.
Special Education Teacher (08/04/2007 – 05/23/2008)
Kindergarten-4th grade Special Education Teacher/Inclusion/Learning Strategies
Last Employer: Vardaman Elementary School
Contact Person: (662) 682-7799
Responsibilities: The responsibilities as a special education teacher for kindergarten through 4th grade included: supervision, special lesson planning and collaboration with other staff members that was child specific, testing and remediation, the writing of the IEP with staff and parents in the decision making process to benefit the student, duties and responsibilities to professional development with automated software for the IEP, and preparation for testing of the curriculum.
Accomplishments: My accomplishments include: students performing with progress on state testing producing AYP criteria met, strateies through having a mentor to watch my instructional support and one on one activities with children, creating children who desire to read through art creation and door arts that support reading passages or books, science fair and reading fair participation with honorable mention, and quality staff development.
Special Education Teacher (08/08/1999 – 05/23/2006)
Special Education Teacher 5th grade-8th grade/Inclusion/Learning Strategies/Self Contained
Last Employer: Lafayette County School District
Contact Person: (662) 234.3271
Responsibilities: The responsibilities of the position as Special Education Teacher for grades 5-8 required the following: assessment and evaluation of multi level students, collaboration withparents ad teachers for the development of appropriate IEP's, differentiated instruction in english, math, reading, science, social studies and history, and writing with an emphasis on social and behavioral skills development.
Accomplishments: My accomplishments include: quality training in Alternate Assessments, student progress in all areas of instruction by inclusion, resource, or self contained placement options, and creating child interest to desire to read and become readers.
Teacher Assistant (08/05/1991 – 05/27/1997)
Elementary Teacher Assistant 1st-3rd grade/Physical Education Assistant Teacher (Grades K-6), Computer Facilitator ( Grades 2-8)
Last Employer: Lafayette County School District
Contact Person: (662) 234-3721
Responsibilities: The responsibilities as a Teacher Assistant for 1st-3rd grades included support and collaboration with teachers, working with groups of students in math, reading, science, and social studies. In physical education, collaborating and working with students and my lead teacher in carrying out safe instruction and supervision o students including Drug Awareness Resistance Education with group endeavors in and out of school for K.A.D.A. (Kids Against Drug Abuse). As a Computer Facilitator, the collaboration with Title I coordinators, students, and teachers to complete assignments using technology to develop skill sets that were tested as below average to improve specific skills, maintenance and defragmenting computers, and generating assessment reports that monitor progression designed for each individual students need base to follow up with rewards for accomplishments.
Accomplishments: My accomplishments include: quality training with decision making to pursue my Bachelor Degree in Education for a successful career as a teacher, generating good standing through participation in service to the community, and choosing the students small and large successes to evaluate myself.
Education
Establishment: Northwest Mississippi Community College
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Education
Education Period: 01/15/1994 - 05/15/1997
Speciality: Transfer Credits
Average Grade: 4.00 GPA
Details: The Undergrauate Transfer Summary: ATM 36.0 ERN 36.0 GRD 36.0 GPA 4.00
Establishment: University of Mississippi
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Educatin
Education Period: 06/02/1997 - 05/08/1999
Speciality: Special Education
Average Grade: 4.00 GPA
Details: The details of the coursework met the criteria with totals of transfer credit equivalent to more than 129 semester hours to receive a Bachelor of Arts in Education majoring in Special Educaton. Praxis I, II, PLT, and Specialty Area Testing completed bfore graduation. Licensure received in Class A 221
Establishment: University of Mississippi
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Education
Education Period: 07/01/2002 - 08/01/2002
Speciality: Graduate Study (Non-degree)
Average Grade: 4.00 GPA
Details: The post graduate study was an endeavor to continuing education in mainteance of license requirements in the state of Mississippi for renewal of the 5 year licensure requirements.
Establishment: Mississippi College
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Education
Education Period: 09/06/2003 - 12/06/2003
Speciality: Middle School Language Arts (7-8) SP
Average Grade: Pass
Details: This course was a semester to earn more continuing education credit of 30 contact hours each Saturday all day for 3.0 CEUs. It was a pass/fail course of awarded credits or non awarded credits. A valuable experience to highly qualify educators in Mississippi allowing me to add an endorsement in Language Arts for 7th and 8th grade students with (SPED) determination.
Establishment: Mississippi College
Degree: MDE: Master Teacher
Education Period: 07/31/2008 - 09/17/2009
Speciality: Continuing Education Units
Average Grade: Pass
Details: This was an official continuing education opportunity by JBHM Education Group for Mississippi College on Raising the Level of Rigor in Each Classroom Everyday. Credits earned were 0.500 toward license renewal for the next cycle. This was the completion of credits and practices for the award of Master Teacher equivalence on 9/17/2009.
Skills
Computer Basic Skills and IC3 Training Windows Vista, XP, and 7 Adobe Acrobat Reader with electronic signature, pdf. and html. text files Microsoft Excel, Office,Word, Works, and Power Point
Computer Skills: Fluency in Automation Software (Seas), Grade Book Software, Microsoft Office, Word, Works, Excel, Perfect, and Power Point
Additional Information
In challenging myself to continuing education for diverse experiences in education, I attended a school in Miami, Florida graduating with excellence from the Pan Am International Flight Academy as a Flight Attendant Trainee.
Honors: Chancellor's Honor Roll Summa Cum Laude Gamma Beta Phi Golden Key National Honor Society Kappa Delta Pi (service) Phi Kappa Phi Taylor Medalist
Research Projects: Vardaman: Progression scaling of students in Special Education with autonomy in score evaluation concepts that are appropriate for deficit gapping in comparison to general population progression on a continuum reflecting proof of Annual Yearly Progress. North Panola Curriculum allowing students pace and accuracy to control grading each week through lesson plan construction individualized to 118 sudents incorporating rubricpoint designs an choice activitiy interchanges to develop basic computer terminology through online quizzes, word search, and other interesting game type formats with active use of strength learning models and weakness detection that supported building skills and methods of retaining information using Microsoft Power Point, Newsletters, and graph dynamics of their learning. Each studentrceives a lesson plan on Monday with outlined dynamics and point expectation with opportunities to fill in their own choices to meet the grading scale pass marks to ascertain the highest possible score. 100% pass rate for 8th grade Computer Discovery class of 2009. Community involvement in generating support for school needs through participation in organizing field days, ballgame, and other funding sources for th school district.
Conferences or Courses: Mississippi Department of Education Office of Special Education Division of technical Assistance Regional Interagency Employment Transition Model 1.2 CEU Mississippi Public Broadcasting Currently Enrolled Online March 9, 2011-April 26, 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Registered Coursework April 27-28, 2011
Professional Membership: Israel Online Ambassadors Ambassador USA: Israel
Certifications or Licensures: Praxis I, II, PLT, Subject Area (SPED) Educator License: # 166935 Bachelor of Arts Class A 221 Mildly/Moderate Disabilities(K-12) Class A 222 Severe Disablity (K-12) Class A 906 Middle School Language Arts (7-8) Master Teacher Class AA
Interests
My interests, hobbies, and activities include: reading, writing, martial arts, photography, and socal networking. I enjoy keeping my two grandchildren and attending sporting events occcasionally.