MARINDA A.

McDONALD
1548 West 4300 South
Taylorsville, Utah 84123
(801) 261-1284 (home) | (801) 879-0883 (cell)

jmjmcd@comcast.com (home)

EDUCATION
DIPLOMA, EAST HIGH SCHOOL
SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE

JUNE 1987
SEPT 2011-MAY 2014
JAN 2014-MAY 2014
AUG 2014-CURRENT

EXPERIENCE
Hillcrest Jr. High School

2016-2016

Student teacher Mild/Moderate 7th grade

West Jordan High School

2016-2016

Student teacher Severe 10th-12th

Horizon Elementary: Para-Educator

2006-2014

Assist approximately 64 students annually to become better readers.

Assist teachers in class with students.
Assist with DIBELS testing.
Progress Monitoring.
Assist with RLA/ERSI testing.
Assist with 5th grade Math

John C Fremont Elementary: Substitute Teacher, Recess Duty, Teaching Assistant

2002-2006
Taught as a substitute teacher for grades 1-6.
Assisted with students to becoming better readers.
Tested for reading levels.
Worked with various special education students with severe intellectual and behavior challenges.
Assisted in the Special Education program and working one on one with 8 students in classrooms that
require IEPs.
Health Benefits of America: Customer Service Representative
Helped on large accounts for employee benefits information.
Enrolled employees for work benefits
Explained work benefits to the employees.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES
Next Steps and Higher
Para-Educator 2005
Steps Certificates
2006/2011
COMPUTER SKILLS, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, MEMBERSHIPS, AND ANCILLIARY SKILLS
Office Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook)
TASH, NCTM, Exceptional Griffins (Westminster College), NASET, CEC

1997-2000