Deanna Froelich is an experienced special education teacher seeking a new teaching position. She has a Bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Memphis and a Master's degree from Arkansas State University with endorsements in special education and gifted education. Her experience includes teaching 4th grade, pre-K special education, and self-contained special education classes. She is dedicated to catering to students' educational needs through differentiated instruction, collaboration, and utilizing her special education expertise.

1. Deanna Froelich
dmfrlich049@gmail.com
8260 Clinton Way Lane Cordova, TN 38018 901-
619-9746
OBJECTIVE Dedicated, passionate, and enthusiastic teacher seeking a position where I can
commit and persevere toward directly catering toward the educational needs of children while
utilizing my Special Education credentials and teacher residency experiences.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
• Bachelor of Science in Education, University of Memphis; August 2009-May 2013.
Endorsements in Special Education K-12 and Elementary Education K-6
Honors: Dean’s List, Cum Laude.
• Masters of Science in Education, Arkansas State University; April 2014- May 2015.
Endorsements in Special Education P-4, 3.9 GPA.
• Gifted Education K-12.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• 4th Grade General Education Teacher, July 2014-July 2015.
Jackson Elementary School, Shelby County Schools, Memphis, Tennessee
Responsibilities include:
Weekly lesson planning and differentiated instruction for a class of 20.
After school tutor for Reading and Language Arts.
Collaboration and communication with administration, parents, and colleagues.
Daily instruction in Math, Reading, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies.
Weekly PLC meetings and constant collaboration.
Classroom management, individualized instruction, and small and whole group
instruction.
Professional Development sessions: Common Core RLA, MACATOM mini conference,
TEM 4.0.
• Pre-K Special Education Summer Lead Teacher, May 2014-July 2014
The Harwood Center, Memphis, Tennessee
Responsibilities include:
Developing and implementing lesson plans for students ages 18 months-4 years in a
weekly basis.
Managing two teacher’s assistants and incorporating IFSP’s into daily instruction.
Parent and administration communication on a daily basis.
Daily and monthly notes and records.
Distribution and feeding of snack and lunch time.
Music therapy, ABA, play therapy, and early literacy.
• Self-Contained Special Education Teacher, September 2013-May 2014
L.R. Jackson Elementary School, West Memphis, Arkansas
Responsibilities include:
Developing and implementing lesson plans for students grades K-4 on a weekly basis.
Differentiating instruction for students with multiple disabilities.
Parent communication on a daily basis.
Weekly grade level meeting participant and contributor.
Extended School Year data collection and recording.
IEP planning, meeting, writing, and implementing.
Annual review, Adaptive Behavior Plan, and other SPED procedures.
Professional development participant, including Common Core and iPads in the
classroom.

2. STAR Autism training and implementation daily.
Classroom management, individualized teaching, and small group instruction.
• Student Teacher, Dexter Elementary School, Cordova, Tennessee, August 2012-May
2013
Responsibilities include:
Complete 700+ hours of planning, teaching, assessing, record keeping, classroom
management, supervision, and other teacher related duties.
Develop and implement lesson plans for second grade students on a daily basis.
Assume full responsibility of all teaching duties for six weeks.
Meet with parents, teachers, and administrators.
Attend all meetings, trainings, and school events.
Analyze data using Discovery Education Scores to create individualized and group
tutoring plans.
Assist mentor teacher, Valerie Harris, with the implementation of all subjects.
Complete all Pre-Residency requirements.
Implement Ready2Teach (R2T) lesson plans and training into daily instruction. R2T is a
clinically- rich teacher preparation program. R2T programs incorporate problem-based
learning modules, immersion in the P-12 setting, co-teaching, strong partnerships
with schools, intensive mentoring by master teachers, a strong content knowledge
demonstration, and the use of performance-based assessment for planning purpose
during the full-year residency.
Complete Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA). This rigorous assessment
consists of planning, instruction, and assessment commentaries along with a video-clip
taken during a 3-5 lesson sequence. Academic language and analysis of student
learning are also woven through this nationally scored assessment. Post-secondary
institutions in 24 states use the edTPA for assessment.
• Pre-Residency clinical experiences at Sherwood Elementary, Highland Oaks Middle
School, and Lowrance Elementary. This involved teaching, tutoring, assessing,
recording data, and other teacher related duties.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Exceptional Foundation of West Tennessee program assistant, June 2013-September 2013
• District Learning Day participant, 2012-2013
• Reading/Language Arts Night participant, Dexter Elementary School 2013
• Employee of the Month, Hard Rock Café Memphis, July 2012
• Volunteer Math tutor, Memphis City Schools, 2011-2012
• Nanny, babysitter, house sitter, pet sitter, various families
• Shift Lead, Palm Beach Tan 2011-2012
• Shift Lead, Justice Tween Brands Collierville, 2010-2011
• MVP Dual Enrollment English student 2008-2009, Collierville High School
• Youth Leadership Collierville graduate, 2007-2008