Angela Phillips

• Member of PBIS and Leadership team, provided staff development session.
• Designed engaging lesson plans aligned with state and district curriculum standards in reading, math, writing, social studies, and social and emotional learning.
• Organized and supervised class projects, field trips, and guest speaker events.
• Led 5th grade teachers in student engagement projects and activities aligned with PBIS to improve student success.
• Facilitated classroom discussions that encouraged critical thinking and collaboration.
• Collaborated with parents to support student academic and social development.

• Planned and Taught all Life Science standards required by the State of Minnesota.
• Partnered with grade level team to design and implement intra-disciplinary distance learning units
• Planned and designed grade level celebrations
• Planned and coordinated grade-level field trips to the Cedar Creek, Minnesota, Science Museum.
• Partnered with North Hennepin Community College to lead students on a week long Civil Rights Tour

District Instructional Leadership Team

• Designed Professional Development Literacy training for teachers
• Literacy Committee
• Communication and Leadership Team
• For the Love of Reading (School-wide pleasure reading campaign)

• Planned and Taught all middle level science standards required by the State of Minnesota.
• Attended International Baccalaureate Conference and completed Middle Years Program Sciences I and II Sciences.
• Designed Middle Years Program Sciences Units.
• Department Academic Field-trip and Experiences Coordinator.
• PBIS Committee Member, Planned PBIS Activities: Picnic at Como Zoo, Student Interest Activities/Make-up work session.
• Partnered with colleagues to plan and Administer Eighth Grade Completion Ceremony.

SPPS District Science Department

• Partnered with University of Minnesota professors to deliver Taking Your Class Outdoors, professional development training for science teachers in St. Paul.

• Planned and Taught all life science units required by the State of Minnesota, additionally developed and taught supplementary high interest units.
• Co-lead AVID Interactive Notebook at back to school workshop conference August 2013
• Taught after school Lovin' the Skin I'm In, a self-esteem and image advancement class for girls
• Supervised Saturday School, decision support class
• Student Council Advisor, anti-bullying club/week, improve school climate, plan dances
• Minnesota Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity I and II, a course offered by St. Catherine's University and EMID
• AVID Site Team Member, Science Department Leader completed Science Strands I, II and Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Facilitator for Family Connection Nights and African American Family Listening Sessions

Science Department's AVID Representative

• Attended AVID Conferences, Completed Science I and Science II.
• Developed lessons and activities using AVID strategies for the department.
• Assisted in the school recertification process.
• Co-Lead Back to School Professional Development.

Staff Development Committee Member

• Seek valuable training opportunities to improve teachers' practices throughout the year.
• Plan professional development training sessions.

• Planned and Taught all grade level subjects.
• 6th Grade Lead Teacher
• Taught Junior Achievement's Biz-Town Curriculum to entire 6th grade and planned field-trip
• GEMS Coach-Girls in Engineering and Math
• Organized Dance Performance
• Developed and taught math recovery program
• Completed and implemented strategies from EnVoy, Charisma, and Healthy Classroom

• Identify students at risk of not completing high school due to failure of multiple classes and poor test scores. Work individually with the students, parents, teachers, administrators and community members to identify and overcome obstacles by providing extra instruction, leadership activities, mentors and goal setting techniques.
• Program highlights: Never had a student drop out of high school
• My students averaged 90% attendance in school
• All of 2010 seniors had cumulative grade point averages at or above 2.0

• Recruit students at risk of not completing high school due to lack of credits and poor test scores. Work individually with them to identify and overcome obstacles by providing extra instruction, leadership activities and goal setting techniques. This is the same program as mentioned before but was closed due to a lack of funding.
• Between quarters two and three nine students increased at least one letter grade in two or more classes 2009
• "Angie motivates the students to want to expect more from themselves, through a variety of methods. I have seen students affected in a positive manner by her relationship with them." Mary Fitzpatrick 2008 review
• Average 11 students making Honor Roll each quarter for the past three years

• Developed and taught two week math unit using Gardner's Multiple Intelligences lessons and state standards
• Taught a reading lesson applying William's Creative Thinking Theory
• Took anecdotal notes on each student and worked with them individually over several weeks to improve writing skills using MCA writing standards
• Volunteered twice a week after-school tutoring students
• Urban Teacher Educational Partnership, provides extra training for urban teachers

• Taught Grade 7 biology; creative writing, and player's ball (gym) for Grades 7 and 8
• Supervised a Field trip, responsible for ten students
• Budgeted, coordinated, and lead in a frog dissection for all Grade 7 students
• Held weekly phone conferences and a traditional conference with the parents of advisees