Dominique N. McKee
Ft. Washington,MD
Summary
Professional educator skilled in creating dynamic, inclusive classroom experiences that drive student success. Adept at leveraging diverse instructional strategies to meet varied learning needs, ensuring comprehensive understanding of material. Known for collaborative approach and adaptability in ever-evolving educational settings, with focus on critical thinking and communication.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher
Miner Elementary
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Collaborate in the implementation of the daily lesson plans by performing tasks that reinforce learning
- Support inclusive opportunities for students who require an Individual Education Plan (IEP)
- Maintain accurate student records for 20+ students
- Managed communications via calls, emails, * Class Dojo for 20+ families
- Provide personalized attention, patience, and assistance to students to develop or improve skills in all academic, functional, technical and/or specialized areas of instruction
- Invest parents and families in their children's academic success through regular communication
- Set and reinforce clear expectations and routines that are aligned with the school's overall vision
- Develop and implement curricula and activities to meet academic standards
- Thoughtfully plan daily lessons and implement specific strategies to meet the needs of all students, providing extra support, enrichment, or variation of work when necessary
- Demonstrate strong content knowledge
- Design and implement assessments that measure progress towards academic standards and diagnose areas of student misunderstanding
- Use assessment data to refine the curriculum and inform instructional practices
- Be accountable for students' academic growth and increase each student's achievement
- Create a positive, achievement-oriented learning environment
- Reflect on successes and areas of growth as a teacher, seek to improve performance, and respond to feedback
- Use knowledge of FUNdations to better steer the course of instruction with visuals and scaffold
- Pivot to UFLI using FUNdations knowledge to better guide implementation
Teacher
Lafayette Elementary
01.2020 - 01.2024
- Collaborate in the implementation of the daily lesson plans by performing tasks that reinforce learning
- Support inclusive opportunities for students who require an Individual Education Plan (IEP)
- Maintain accurate student records of 25+ students
- Provide personalized attention, patience, and assistance to students to develop or improve skills in all academic, functional, technical and/or specialized areas of instruction
- Managed communications of 25+ families via email and calls weekly/monthly
- Invest parents and families in their children's academic success through regular communication
- Set and reinforce clear expectations and routines that are aligned with the school's overall vision
- Develop and implement curricula and activities to meet academic standards
- Thoughtfully plan daily lessons and implement specific strategies to meet the needs of all students, providing extra support, enrichment, or variation of work when necessary
- Demonstrate strong content knowledge
- Design and implement assessments that measure progress towards academic standards and diagnose areas of student misunderstanding
- Use assessment data to refine the curriculum and inform instructional practices
- Be accountable for students' academic growth and increase each student's achievement
- Create a positive, achievement-oriented learning environment
- Reflect on successes and areas of growth as a teacher, seek to improve performance, and respond to feedback
- Participate in collaborative curriculum development, grade-level activities, and school-wide functions
- Provided consistent weekly updates for families on a weekly basis that consisted of important dates, instruction updates, incentives, etc.
Group Leader, Administrative Assistant, Interim After Care Coordinator
Friendship Public Charter Schools-Friendship CARES
06.2013 - 01.2020
- Provided guidance and assistance to a class of approximately 30 students participating in after-care activities, focusing on math and reading, i.e
- Met required student outcomes and monthly goals
- Communicated with parents, both verbal and written
- Collaborated, prepared and implemented activities in accordance with the teaching curriculum
- Handled parental inquiries and issues raised via phone and in-person meetings, capturing subject matter and resolutions within an incident reporting log while conforming to data privacy regulations
- Escalated guardian calls or sensitive requests to the After-care Coordinator for resolution
- Participated in recommended training programs, conferences and courses
- Processed payments
- Managed enrollment process and filed student records
Educational Aide, Special Education Assistant
Lafayette Elementary
01.2015 - 01.2019
- Collaborate in the implementation of the daily lesson plans by performing tasks that reinforce learning
- Support inclusive opportunities for students who require an Individual Education Plan (IEP)
- Maintain accurate student records of 150+ students
- Managed approximately 150+ student and family interactions daily
- Managed 30+ calls and emails daily from stakeholders
- Provide personalized attention, patience, and assistance to students to develop or improve skills in all academic, functional, technical and/or specialized areas of instruction
- Invest parents and families in their children's academic success through regular communication
- Set and reinforce clear expectations and routines that are aligned with the school's overall vision
- Develop and implement curricula and activities to meet academic standards
- Thoughtfully plan daily lessons and implement specific strategies to meet the needs of all students, providing extra support, enrichment, or variation of work when necessary
- Demonstrate strong content knowledge
- Design and implement assessments that measure progress towards academic standards and diagnose areas of student misunderstanding
- Use assessment data to refine the curriculum and inform instructional practices
- Be accountable for students' academic growth and increase each student's achievement
- Create a positive, achievement-oriented learning environment
- Reflect on successes and areas of growth as a teacher, seek to improve performance, and respond to feedback
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Mass Communication, Languages and Literature
Virginia State University
Petersburg, VA12.2012
Skills
- MS Office Products
- Customer Relationship Management
- Teamwork
- Data Analysis
- Assessment Development
- Flexibility
- Progress Monitoring
- Feedback Implementation
Certification
- Completion of Praxis I and Praxis II- Early Childhood Content Knowledge
- Principles of Learning & Teaching- K-6
Business Applications And Skills
- Proficient in MS Office Products
- Aspen
- Marketing Research & Analysis
- Communications Development
- Customer Relationship Management
- Training
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Initiative
- Problem Solving
- Commitment
- Flexibility
- Commercial Awareness
- Numeracy
- Action Planning
Timeline
Teacher
Miner Elementary
01.2024 - 01.2025
Teacher
Lafayette Elementary
01.2020 - 01.2024
Educational Aide, Special Education Assistant
Lafayette Elementary
01.2015 - 01.2019
Group Leader, Administrative Assistant, Interim After Care Coordinator
Friendship Public Charter Schools-Friendship CARES
06.2013 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Mass Communication, Languages and Literature
Virginia State University
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