Dede Bell, NBCT ☮🌍🕊️

Experience

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  St. John the Baptist School

  Aug 1995 - May 1996

  English Teacher

  English Language Arts Teacher, departmentalized curriculum, 5th grade. Taught two sections of English Language Arts to students in fifth grade. Created a play for peace which my students performed before the school and parents.

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  Calcasieu Parish School Board

  Aug 1998 - May 1999

  English Teacher

  English Language Arts Teacher, grades 6 and 7, at Reynaud Middle School. Nominated by school principal as "Sallie Mae New Teacher of the Year". Elected by a schoolwide vote of students and colleagues to be one of three teachers honored to attend training to become a "Peer Mediator" to assist students in tense situations to find peaceful resolution.

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  ALLEN PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT

  Aug 1999 - May 2003

  English Teacher

  English Teacher, grades 6 through 12, at Allen Parish Alternative Education School. Awarded "Teacher of the Year". I taught English Language Arts in a multi-grade classroom of high risk students. I was also responsible for mentoring 2 new teachers during my tenure there. I earned the "Michael Jordan Excellence in Teaching Award" while there and was also awarded "Teacher of the Year" twice to represent the school for the parish.

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  Calcasieu Parish School Board

  Aug 2005 - May 2006

  English Teacher

  English Teacher, 10th grade. In addition to teaching 7 classes of 10th grade English, I was also responsible for mentoring 3 new teachers that year.

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  Jefferson Davis Parish Library

  Jun 2006 - Jul 2007

  Assistant Branch Manager

  Assistant Branch Manager, responsible for Children's Services. Developed and planned curriculum and materials for Children's Storytime. Performed Storytime weekly, providing theme related stories and crafts while guiding children on theme based topics and discussions. Co-led planning and management of the Summer Reading Program. Responsible for all other library services.

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  Jefferson Davis Parish School District

  Aug 2007 - May 2010

  English Teacher

  English Language Arts Teacher for 6th grade at Lake Arthur Elementary School. In addition to teaching ELA and Social Studies, I brainstormed and worked along with the school counselor to design and implement a very successful schoolwide anti-bullying program utilizing student-led groups and student-led mentoring with older grade level student anti-bullying leaders mentoring younger grade level student anti-bullying leaders. It was very successful with not only reducing bullying incidents, but also in building student confidence and peer mediation skills. Show less

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  Jefferson Davis Parish School District

  Aug 2010 - Jul 2012

  Adult Education Instructor

  Lead Instructor of Adult Education for Jefferson Davis Parish School Board, serving at Sowela - Morgan Smith - Technical Community College in Jennings, Louisiana. I was hired during a transitional time when adult education in the state was transitioning from K12 supervision and management over to community college supervision and management. I was handed a program with fewer than 5 GED graduates a year and successfully transformed it to having from 35 to 38 GED graduates for each of the two years I taught there. I was the sole teacher but did manage to obtain the help of a college student majoring in education to come in for volunteer tutoring and assistance the first year. The second year I was able to get the school board to hire a part-time paraprofessional to assist me. Show less

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  South Louisiana Community College

  Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Lead Instructor Adult Education

  Lead Instructor of Adult Education for SLCC for both the Acadian and Vermillion Parishes of Louisiana. Designed and implemented an additional adult educational campus at the Acadia Parish Federal Prison, resulting in 7 prisoners earning their GED that year. Responsible for supervision and guidance of 3 additional part-time instructors and 1 paraprofessional. Including the two college campuses in Acadia and Vermillion parishes and the prison campus we established, we helped a total of over a hundred students earn their GEDs that year. Show less

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  VIPKid

  Nov 2017 - Mar 2021

  English/ESL Teacher

  Online ESL Instructor. TEFL - Online Certification. TESOL - Foundation & Advanced Certifications. Certified through VIPKid to teach VIPKid Major Course Levels 1 through 8 Plus, Trial classes, Starlight classes, and the following additional supplemental courses: Proper Pronunciation, TOEFL Primary, Voice of VIPKid, VIPKid Free Talk, Super Phonics, Grammar Beginner, Grammar Advanced, Leveled Reading Beginner, Leveled Reading Advanced, From Words to Sentences, VIPKid Story Time, VIPKid STEAM - Health, VIPKid STEAM - Space, Power of the Sun, VIPKid Vocabulary Class, VIPKid STEAM - Dinosaurs, Knowledge Up, New Voice of VIPKid, New Grammar Class, New Grammar Advanced, VIPKid Writing Class, Book Report. Earned 18 Milestone Badges including "5-apple Pro", "VIPKid Specialist", "VIPKid Master", "VIPKid Star". Show less

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  Outschool

  Jun 2020 - now

  Online Teacher

  I create and offer classes online on Outschool. My background: 25+ years teaching experience. Language, Humanities, Education background. National Board Certified Teacher, English Language Arts/Adolescence & Young Adulthood. Colorado State Certified Teacher, English, 7-12. Louisiana State Certified Teacher, English, 6-12. TEFL Online Certification. TESOL - Foundational Certified. TESOL - Advanced Certified. Bachelor of Arts, English/Philosophy, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana. Show less

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  Mesa County Libraries

  Sept 2020 - Apr 2022

  Adult Learning Instructor, English Language Acquisition Teacher

  Adult Education Instructor | English Language Acquisition TeacherI taught Low Beginning, Low Intermediate, and High Intermediate levels of English Language Learners in intensive in-person ELA classes with online accessibility options. My classes were designed to be flexible to provide a variety of ways that education was continued uninterrupted. I helped my students navigate to live online classes and additional resources. Responsible for curriculum and instructional design, teaching, mentoring and training others; coordinating curriculum, lessons, and classes with volunteer tutors, students, and the Adult Learning Center; designing, developing, and implementing an online LMS with additional optional research based curriculum resources available for my students to work seamlessly with both in-person and online classes and not lose valuable learning time; training English language learners not only in language, but also in digital literacy skills in order to access online classrooms and provided resources. Show less

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  Education Influence

  Dec 2021 - now

  Education Specialist

  Education Influence is a company spanning the length and breadth of the globe to link teachers and educators who are influencing change in the way we deliver and monitor our education system. The Influence is designed to acknowledge those who are making innovations in the classroom and beyond in order to provide a network of highly accomplished teachers who can pave the way for others.

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  Empathy 1st Education

  Mar 2022 - now

  Founder

  Driven by empathy first, Empathy 1st Education is a nonprofit organization providing global educational services with high academic standards. We provide remote and hybrid educational solutions for English language learners, adult education learners, youth, and children of all ages.

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  IAPWE | International Association of Professional Writers and Editors

  Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

  Writer

  SEO and SEO Content Writer / Editor