English teacher with 10 + years of experience

Keitreas O.

I have over 10+ years of experience teaching English Language Arts and Reading which has allowed me the ability to utilize my knowledge and expertise to students from Elementary School through to High School.

My Teaching Responsibilities include the following:
- Teach basic English skills including reading, writing, and speaking.
- Compose lesson plans in order to successfully incorporate the full duration of each lesson.
- Execute lessons efficiently using different styles of teaching depending on the content.
- Engage students to ensure a lively classroom atmosphere.
- Instruct students about the structure and content of the English language.
- Teach students the spelling of words, and their meanings.
- Emphasize the rules of composition, grammar and sentence construction.
- Teach students the correct pronunciation of words.
- Teach students to think critically when studying literature and poetry.
- Teach students to analyze and question media reports, advertisements, and news reports.

I have the following credentials:
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications with a Minor in English
- Master's degree in Education with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction
- Minimum of 8 years' experience in teaching English Language Arts and Reading
- English is my First Language
- Microsoft Office 365 proficient

ESL Certified
4-8 Generalist Certified
4-8 English Certified
STAAR Test Reading and Writing Test Administrator and Teacher
Grammar and Vocabulary Development
Genre Specific Teaching Strategies and Skills
Elementary and Middle School Test Prep
One on One Tutorials

Let's gear up and prepare for the upcoming 2022-2023 Academic School Year and STAAR test!