Lauren Fields

Lauren.Fields@my.MaryvilleCollege.edu                 460 Aud Orr Rd. Maryville, TN 37801                                              (865) 661-9193

Elementary Teacher

“Lauren is a team player and always has the best interests of her students and the school at large, at heart.” -Kim Dupuy 

Education:         B.A., May 2010. Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee

                        Major: Child Development and Learning with Licensure

                        Honors: Dean’s List , 3 Semesters

                                       Making A Difference Scholar (2006-2010)

                                       Kappa Delta Pi, International Honors Society in Education (2009-Present)

                                       Psi Chi, Psychology Honors Society (2009-Present)

                        Senior Study: Positive Reinforcement within the Elementary Classroom

                        Grade Point Average: 3.70/4.0

                        Certificates: Tennessee Teaching Certificate, pending graduation 

Student Teaching:

    Foothills Elementary School - Maryville, TN (Feb. 2010-March 2010)

        ~ Oversaw 19 second grade students with varied abilities.

        ~ Organize lesson plans for various contents and learning ability groups.

        ~ Facilitated daily reading and math learning clubs.

    Union Grove Middle School – Friendsville, TN (March 2010-May 2010)

         ~ Oversaw 60 sixth grade students with varied abilities.             

         ~ Organized lesson plans for language arts for three varied ability levels taking into

               consideration IEPs.

         ~ Planned and organized TCAP reward picnic.

Other Experience:

    Assistant Director of Early Elementary Children’s Church (PreK-1) (August 2009-Present)   

            ~ New Hope Baptist Church, Maryville, TN

            ~ Adapted learning centers to fit PreK-1^st curriculum taught.

            ~ Analyzed student curriculum for adoption.

    Coordinator of New Hope Baptist Church Drama Team (October 2009- December 2009)

                 ~ Scheduled weekly team practices.

                 ~ Collected production props from community members.

Technology Skills:

        ~ ActivInspire and ActivVote Software (February 2010 – March 2010)

        ~ Promethean Board Experience        

        ~ MS Word, Publisher, PowerPoint

        ~ Elmo Projector

        ~ Apple IPODS within Classroom Training (March 2010)

Work Experience:

    Pregnancy Resource Center, Maryville, TN (August 2006-Present)

             ~ Counsel with young women and guardians when facing

                  unplanned pregnancy.    

             ~ Organized silent auction during yearly fundraiser.

              ~ Taught Child Development content class for Center’s parenting class.  (April 2009, 2010)                   

Professional Development – Conferences and Memberships:
      Reach Them to Teach Them (Spring 2009)

             Knoxville, TN – Steve Spangler

      Tennessee Geographic Alliance Conference (September 24, 2009)

              Knoxville, TN – University of TN

      TN State Collaborative on Reforming Education w/ Arlene Arnold  (September 2, 2009)

               Maryville, TN – Maryville College

      Tennessee Science Teachers Association (September 2009 – Present)

      Tennessee Council for the Social Studies( September 2009 – Present)

      Tennessee Geographic Alliance (September 2009 – Present)

      Math Their Way Workshop (November 2008)

Campus Activities:

      Teacher Education Advisory Council (February 2008 – Present)

           ~ Council of educators within the community from local school systems, college faculty, education professors, alumni, and two current students.

            ~Discusses Maryville College education curriculum.

       Alpha Lambda Delta, Freshman Honors Society (May 2007 – Present)

       Circle K (August 2006 - Present)

             ~ President of Circle K (August 2007 – May 2009)

             ~Scheduled meetings and events for college students.

             ~ Organized materials for community and school events.