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MRS. LATISHA (TISH) SHELTON 403 Yeend Ave. Chickasaw, AL 36611 251-786-4448 251-554-0529 Email:teachertishshelton@gmail.com http://teachertishshelton.wikispaces.com/ http://librariantish.wikispaces.com/
Career Objective
A library media and/or technology teaching position in a K-12 school OR a teaching position in a K-6 classroom for the 2012-2013 school year.
Education
Summer 2012Receive Master’s in Library Media
University of South Alabama
2005 Teachers College New Teacher Academy
Teachers College, Columbia University
2004 Bachelor of Science/Elementary Education
University of South Alabama GPA 3.47

Certifications:

• Receive Library Media Certification Summer 2012
• Certified Participant Teacher Intel Essentials Course
• Teacher's College New Teacher Academy
• Highly Qualified K-12 Reading
• Alabama Teaching Certificate, K-6
• Certified Substitute Teacher

Experience

• First Grade, Lee Primary, 2009 - 2012, Present
• Second Grade, Maryvale Elementary 2006 - 2009
• Second Grade, Eight Mile Elementary 2005-2006
• Second Grade, Summer Reading Intervention, Eight Mile Elementary 2005
• Third Grade, Eight Mile Elementary 2004-2005
• Fifth Grade/Student teaching, John Will Elementary 2003-2004
• No Child Left Behind Student Intern 2003-2004

Professional Development - Technology

• Going the Distance (Distance Learning), Summer 2012
• Edmodo, Summer 2012
• Video Content, Summer 2012
• Discovery Education (United Streaming) Summer, 2012
• What's New in Technology Summer, 2012
• Moodle 1 and 2, Summer 2012
• Get SMART Board (NOT Bored) Level 3 Content Creation Summer 2010
• Get SMART Board (NOT Bored) Level 2 Summer 2010
• Get SMART Board (NOT Bored) Level 1 Summer 2010
• SARIC TIM: Smartboard Plus Smart Teachers Equal Smart Students (Gr. K-12), 2009
• TIM: Technology Tips for Teachers, 2009
• Math Lead Teachers:Active Listening and the Adult Learner, Leadership, 2008
• Math Lead Teachers:Roles and Responsibilities, Leadership, 2008
• TIM: Technology Tips for Reading, 2008 (2 hours)
• Intel Corporation Teach to the Future Essentials Course, 2008 (32 hours)
• TIM: Microsoft Movie Maker, 2008 (3.5 hours)
• TIM: Stories N' More (Photo Story), 2008 (3.5 hours)
• School InSites Website Training, 2007 (1 hour)
• LCD Projector Workshop, 2005 (1 hour)
• WebQuest Training, 2003 (12 hours)

Professional Development - Math

• Articulation of Fractions Across the Grade, 2008 (1 hour)

• Math Lead Teachers: Aligning Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, 2008 (6.5 hours)

• Math Lead Teachers: Roles and Responsibilities, 2008 (6.5 hours)

• Math Summer Conference 2008 (19.5 hours)

• MMI Differentiated Instruction for Grades K-2, 2008 (6.75 hours)

• Teaching Math for Meaning and Mastery in First Grade: Advanced Institute (Gr.1), 2008 (19.5 hours)

• MMI - Teaching Math for Meaning and Mastery - Advanced, 2007

• Pearson SuccessNet - Scott Foresman Online Intervention & Quiz/TestTrax, 2006 (1 hour)

Professional Development - Reading

• Reading: Scott Foresman Training for 2nd Grade Teachers, 2008 (3 hours)

• D Day National WWII Museum: A Day of Exploring! (Gr. K-12), 2008 (9 hours)

• Reading: Fluency K-2, 2007 (7 hours)

• Reading Assessment K-3, 2007 (7 hours)

• Open Court Training: Grades 2-3, 2005 (18 hours)

• Alabama Reading Initiative Institute: Grades 2-3, 2005 (32.5 hours)

• Reading Intervention Strategies: Grades 3-5, 2004 (7 hours)

Professional Development - Other

• Teacher’s College New Teacher Academy, Partnership Mobile County Public Schools/Columbia University, 2005

• COMP (Classroom Organization & Management), 2006 (18 hours)

• Dynamic Keys to Writing: Grades 1-3, 2006

• Sink or Swim on the First Day of School: Grades K-5, 2005 (10 hours)

• Lee v. Macon, 2005 (2 hours)

• Talents, 2004 (12 hours)

• Writing to the Modes: Grades 4 & 5, 2003 (6 hours)

Technology Team 2009-2012

Meet The Teach Video Interview 2008 on www.mcpss.com website

Math Lead Teacher 2008 - 2009

2nd Grade, Chair 2008 - 2009

Math Night Committee, Chair 2008 - 2009

Math Night Committee, Chair 2007 - 2008

Writing Committee Member 2006 - 2007

School Volunteer Committee, Chair 2005-2006

Haunted House Committee Member 2005-2006

Christmas Read-a-thon Committee Member 2005-2006

Spelling Bee Committee, Chair 2004-2005

Black History Committee Member 2004-2005

Book Studies

"Whatever It Takes" by Richard Dufour 2008 - 2009

"Classroom Management that Works" by Robert J. Marzono 2007 - 2008

"Choice Words" by Peter H. Johnston 2007 - 2008

“The Dreamkeepers” by Gloria Ladson-Billings 2005-2006

"Boys and Girls Learn Differently" by Michael Gurian 2004-2005