Shanon Tollman
Lead/Co Teacher
About
Provides Exceptional Care in monitoring children's Safety/Health and Educational Development. Partnered with the leadership and families to enhance learning experiences for each child.
Experience
Lead/Co Teacher - Ann & Nate Levine Academy - Dallas, TX
(2025-03 - 2026-05)
Provides Exceptional Care in monitoring children's Safety/Health and Educational Development. Partnered with the leadership and families to enhance learning experiences for each child.
- Proactive and prompt in communicating with parents; uses the school's learning management system or communication apps according to supervisor's expectations
- Maintains a positive, professional, and mission-supportive tone with parents and community. Communicates positive student tidbits and successes to parents periodically
- Maintains detailed records of student progress through the year. In conferences, backs up assertions with student examples and understands each student's interests and academic needs
- Promotes values of respect, caring, and kindness. Fosters an environment of exceptional love, acceptance, patience, and genuine care for all children
- Establishes and supports proper professional boundaries with students, ensuring interactions are respectful
- Supports a focus on the educational environment, Jewish identity-based curriculums
- Curriculums created are based off teacher observations; students in my care enhance their learning experiences of the world around them through play
- Contributes positively to a culture of support, accountability, and improvement. Understands and supports the school's mission
Lead Resource Teacher - The Goddard School - Frisco, TX
(2023-10 - 2024-06)
Provides Exceptional Care in monitoring children's Safety/Health and Educational Development.
- Partnered with the leadership team to execute and manage daily operations and pre-planned curriculum
- Facilitated child engagement with new learning experiences in various settings including playgrounds, classrooms, and circle time
- Communicated daily teacher observations with family members, guardians, and the curriculum director
- Maintained detailed records of student progress and daily child development
- Developed fine and gross motor skills through age-appropriate activities
- Fostered an environment of exceptional love, acceptance, patience, and genuine care for all children
Lead Toddler 2's Teacher and Toddler Program Team Leader - Early Risers Preschool - Brookline, MA
(2020-08 - 2023-07)
Provides Exceptional Care in monitoring children's Safety.
- Developed and executed a detailed curriculum plan in alignment with educational standards
- Curriculums created are based off of teacher observations; students in my care enhance their learning experiences of the world around them through play
- Facilitated engagement in various settings including circle time rug, parks and classrooms
- Acted as the primary liaison between parents/guardians, and the leadership team
- Enhanced social, emotional, cognitive, and language development, as well as fine and gross motor skills
- Acted as a helpful, informative, and trusted Team leader with all fellow employees
- Fostered an environment of exceptional love, acceptance, patience, and genuine care for all children
Primary Toddler Teacher - Bright Horizons - Watertown, MA
(2015-02 - 2020-03)
Provides Exceptional Care in monitoring children's Safety.
- Monitored and recorded developmental milestones within internal systems
- Curriculums created are based off of teacher observations; students in my care enhance their learning experiences of the world around them through play
- Facilitated engagement activities in various settings
- Acted as the primary liaison between parents/guardians, and the leadership team
- Enhanced social, emotional, cognitive, and language development, as well as fine and gross motor skills
- Fostered an environment of exceptional love, acceptance, patience, and genuine care for all children
- Implemented individualized strategies to meet each child's unique needs by collaborating with education coordinator
Healthcare Customer Service Representative - Total Clerical Services - Boston, MA
(2014-03 - 2014-07)
Aided members with healthcare coverage. Consultant for MassHealth.
- Provided members with prominent level of customer service
- Aided and advised Massachusetts-health members on a wide variety of questions: concerning issues such as eligibility status, verification/authorization, application process and procedure, resolution of requirements in notices, covered services and the varieties of coverages available
- Experienced with procedures regarding services such as proper documentation, answering high-level of phone calls, answering transportation questions & premium billing questions
- Facilitates problem solving skills for delicate issues concerning health insurance
- Maintaining client confidentially and a calm professional composure in inconvenient situations
- Strong understanding of HIPPA & therein all the obligations associated
Education
Associate's degree - Massachusetts Bay Community College (2019 - 2022)
Bachelor of Arts Degree - University of Minnesota (2009 - 2012)
Psychology - St. Catherine University (2008 - 2009)
