Steven A Walker

125 East Walker St Augusta, G A 30901 Website: http://stevensguidetoeducation.weebly.com Summary Home: (706)724-5335 Cell: (706)831-7887 Email: stevenwalker2014@gmail.com

I would like the opportunity to work in your school program. I have experience with teaching and managing middle school students, coaching and training middle school students in basketball, and expanding middle school students learning through curriculum instruction and connecting students learning with real-world situations. Through my prior experiences, I am adaptive; time oriented, determined, and will take on any challenge to help my students and school program succeed. Highlights Lesson planning expertise Teaching, mentoring and tutoring experience Accomplishments Praxis I Math: 172 PASSED Reading: 175 PASSED Writing: 173 PASSED Experience Claflin University Teacher Candidate, 1/2014 Current William J. Clark Middle School Orangeburg, SC Teach 7th grade Mathematics and English Language Arts under the guidance of mentor teachers Instructing and managing four classes with 20-25 students: magnet and resource students Use multiple instructional strategies to teach the students the standards Work with 7th grade department teams in developing weekly lesson plans which include: Standards and purpose for learning them, anticipatory set, direct instruction, guided/independent practice, and assessments Use Power School/ Power Teacher to grade students progress Communicate with parents to help students at home and in the classroom Assistant Coach for the Boys and Girls Basketball Teams, 11/2013 2/2014 William J. Clark Middle School Orangeburg, SC Teach new exercises and basketball drills to players Help prevent injuries/increased recovery time Guide athletes through the plays and strategies behind each play Mentor and tutor players after school Both boys and girls team won the championship and were undefeated all season. Leader and Member of Saturday Academy sponsored by AmeriCorps, 08/2009 04/2013 Claflin University Orangeburg, SC Mentor and tutor middle school students; instruct through lectures, discussions and demonstrations in Reading and Writing Design lessons that challenged and related to the students Facilitate learning in a classroom environment Assess students progress with pre- and post- tests each year in the program and develop a data analysis from students tests results Education 2014 Claflin University- Orangeburg, SC Bachelors of Science in Middle Level Education: English Language Arts and Math 2008 Aquinas High School- Augusta, GA High School Diploma Praxis II Middle School English Language Arts Middle School Mathematics Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) Grade 5-9: 155 PASSED 158 PASSED 161 PASSED Experience with data analysis Basketball assistant coaching and training experience