Answering the Call
Carrie Lee
Educator RESUME
Hi! I'm
Carrie Lee
I had dreams of being a teacher when I first went to college. I wanted to make a difference, but my life went a different way. Fast forward 25 years, I was at a career crossroads. During the pandemic, I made the choice to answer that long-ago call and began my journey to teaching certification and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree through CWU’s alternate route program.
I have experience in business as the owner of a retail clothing boutique. I have experience in the legal field as a paralegal & LLT in family law. I also have experience as a volunteer guardian ad litem for Snohomish County dependency court. I also spent 10 years as a stay-at-home mom of five children. These experiences have informed my understanding of the variety of complicated issues surrounding the education of our young people. A legal and business background that provides me with the ability to work with requirements and regulations set by authority in creative ways. Experiences with young people facing difficulties in the wake of legal struggles of their guardians. These are just some of the life experiences that combine with my pedagogy training to make me a unique educator, and an asset to my community. My non-traditional path to becoming an educator has only made me more passionate about the role of teachers in our world.
I am an admitted overachiever. I am passionate about differentiating and personalizing student’s learning experiences. My educational philosophy falls within the constructivist and blended classifications. I use that personal approach with facilitation to scaffold individual growth within the classroom community. I employ a variety of active learning strategies to encourage student’s natural knowledge-seeking behaviors while simultaneously achieving mastery of learning objectives. I am committed to offering an effective, engaging, holistic learning experience for my students. I am honest and a hard worker, but I also value balance in my life and am not afraid to prioritize.
I am endorsed in History, English and Social Studies, and have my initial residency certificate.
Education
9-month long student teaching internship placed at Mountlake Terrace High School
3-month long CTE practicum in journalism
Endorsements in English, History, Social Studies and CTE with 3 V-codes
Bachelor of Arts Degree
Central Washington University
Major: Law & Justice
Degree Awarded: June 2012
Paralegal Certificate
Edmonds College
Advanced LLLT program
Completed: December 2016
Washington State Teaching Certificate
Central Washington University
Certificate Received:
January 2021
Master of Arts in Teaching Degree
Central Washington University
Degree Awarded
March 2022
CTE Teaching
Certificate
NWESD101 Online
V100100, V520100, V521206, V080301, V521401, V600092, V600097
INTASC Portfolio
A variety of samples and statements organized in correlation with the INTASC Standards for teaching.
CTE Portfolio
A variety of samples and elements organized in correlation with the CTE certification standards.
Gallery of
Instructor Badges & Certificates Earned
Digital Collections hosted at Badgr.com and PearDeck.com
9 months at Mountlake Terrace High School
Student Teaching
I was placed at a term transition point in January of 2021, enabling me to spend the full spring semester as a co-teacher. We were strictly remote, and I utilized creative approaches to building rapport with students in a distance learning environment. In April 2021 we unexpectedly had to change our fourth-quarter plans to hybrid in a very short time frame, we rolled with it and helped our students do the same. I found opportunities to reach out and re-engage individual students who were active in class but grades were falling. That outreach resulted in measurable success for the students, and open honest lines of communication.
My final 3 months of my student-teaching experience gave me even more in-class experience, as I took the lead beginning September of 2021 until placement ended in December.
Cooperating Teacher Says...
“I have been impressed with how Carrie has taken her knowledge of our diverse student population and incorporated that information into our plans for upcoming instruction – especially as it relates to differentiated instruction and student choice in demonstrating their knowledge, understanding, and skill.”
-Vince DeMiero
Certificated Teaching experience
After receiving my certificate, I began substituting in the same school I completed my student teaching. After two months, the administration reached out to ask me to fill a long-term leave from mid-February 2022 until the end of the 2022 school year (end is approximately June 27th). This also gave me the unique opportunity to teach many of the sophomores that I had taught in the beginning of my student teaching. It is in this position I was hired as a full-time certificated educator for the first time.
Differentiation, Empowerment, Esteem & Communication
Notable
Skills
- Innovative facilitator and leader
- Skilled in SEL incorporation to standards-based content
- Collaborated to develop unique ELA UDL curriculum
- Created and implemented engaging & interactive lesson plans.
- Compassionate accommodation/differentiation based on student needs.
- Self-starter and calm under pressure.
- Holistic student and classroom approach.
- Personal Growth plan always in action
- Flexible, team player, with the big picture in mind.
- Established systems for organization and management.
- Technologically savvy and resourceful.
- Patient and persistent in achieving priorities and goals.
- Utilized creative teaching techniques and strategies.
- Collaborated in place-based and project-based standards driven curriculum, with measurable improvements in student grown goals.