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Social Studies Teacher

Education & Training

I'm the middle school social studies teacher at Platte River Academy in Highlands Ranch, CO. It's my goal to cultivate a healthy and inviting learning environment for students of every ability and background through the collaboration of teachers, students, and families - introduce content in new and exciting ways and foster mastery.

My background in education and work in sales has equipped me to hear what a client wants, understand what they need based on what they want, and discern how to properly fill their void with relevant product/service available while implementing the best strategy is to accomplish their goal. This process is proven to be successful in many different industry fields.

-Middle School Social Studies Teacher (grades 7 and 8)
-Responsible for 100 students at a K-8 charter school in Douglas County
-Able to effectively communicate between students, parents, colleagues, and superiors
-Collect data to measure success rates in order to implement strategies that promote favorable returns
-Provide leadership for the school Student Council organization
-Head coach for boys soccer
-Trip leader/Primary organizer 8th grade Washington DC Enrichment Program
-Trip Leader/Primary organizer 7th grade Outdoor Education Trip to Buena Vista, CO


Sales Associate

Sales Associate: Responsible for clearly communicating technical products and their uses to customers while determining the need of each individual and matching them with the proper equipment that will best suit the demand.
Learned to study and analyze each potential customer to determine their needs and communication style

Jeffco is an extremely large, diverse school district along the western edge of Denver, CO covering everything from wealthy and affluent areas to predominantly minority lower SES areas

Substitute Teacher

Grounds Crew

Responsible for maintaining pristine conditions of country club.

Littleton Prep is a well organized and structured charter school in North Littleton serving grades K-8

Adams County 14 is a very small, very diverse school district just Northeast of Denver

Substitute teacher

Planned and executed daily lesson plans for an 8th grade social studies classroom
Worked collaboratively in an inclusive education environment with the Intervention Specialist
Learned how to differentiate lessons, methods, instruction, assessments, and evaluations in order to best accommodate a diverse academic range
Acquired skills and knowledge of co-teaching and how to best implement it in the classroom
Used data as a method of evaluation of instruction and response to intervention

Student Teacher

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John Allen: Social Studies Teacher in Denver, CO

John Allen

University of Dayton

University of Dayton