Danielle Weis Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

• Developed and implemented lesson plans and curricula in accord with program guidelines• Managed classroom size of 10-20 participants of varying abilities and ages• Have taught over 300 participants during tenure with program• Established clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicates those objectives to students.• Prepared, administered, and graded tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress. • Adapted teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interest• Observed and evaluated students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health• Engaged in physical education activities and instruction, including but not limited to volleyball, basketball and soccer• Helped program participants to modify their attitudes and patterns of behavior by increasing understanding of self, personal problems, and program participant's part in creating them• Established and enforced rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.• Assisted program participants through program intake and orientation.

Lombard, Il

• Maintained and altered class database/provided support for both sales and executive teams/determined class profitability through cost analysis of instructors, commission rate, and supply overhead• Prepared facility for clients prior to classes beginning/maintained facility cleanliness/addresses customer service issues • Updated and maintained current inventory of supply stock/responsible for placing new orders with supply vendors• Procured relationships with new instructors/maintained existing relationships to ensure overall instructor and customer satisfaction• Responsible for insuring overall quality assurance of electronic/paper student files and records • Created class completion certificates and informed sales associates of customer progress when needed• Worked with executive management to address productivity issues, company direction and growth strategy• Certified Prometric and Pearson VUE test site administrator

Lombard, Il

• Supported second language learners in all areas of curriculum in grades Kindergarten through fifth• Provided intensive instruction in conversational English, phonetics, grammar, reading, listening comprehension, writing, and vocabulary• Implemented a positive discipline plan which promoted student responsibility, problem solving skills, and student accountability• Identifying children's individual and collective learning needs/planning, preparing and delivering instruction that caters for the full ability range within the class• Employed a variety of teaching methods designed to capture students' interest and maximize individual learning• Assessed, recorded, and communicated student progress• Utilized computer resources, including educational software and the Internet, to promote interactive learning• Organized and supervised extracurricular and after-school activities• Provided constructive feedback and guidance to students experiencing educational or personal challenges• Communicated with parents, teachers and other professionals, both formally and informally regarding student progress

Elmhurst, Il

• Supported students with severe behavioral disorders, learning disabilities, and physical/mental disabilities in the classroom• Designed and implemented curriculum and lesson plans for all subject areas/assed student development/participated in State evaluations of individual students with IEP’s• Balanced small-group and individual instruction to accommodate different academic levels, learning styles, and behavioral abilities• Collaborated with classroom teachers and other special needs professionals to share ideas and create solutions for students needs• Participated in the annual reviews of students with IEP’s• Founded after school newspaper club to aid all students in their writing abilities

Type-03 Initial Elementary Teaching Certificate (Number: 2236308), Elementary Education And Teaching

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication With Concentration In Advertising, Psychology Minor