Brittany Dawson

FALL 2018
Special Education Generalist (K - 12)

I am excited to be considered for a teaching position at your school! I appreciate your consideration and
hope to meet with you soon.

I have gained experience throughout my education at Brigham Young University - Idaho via practicums.
I have developed excellent rapport with students, though I only have the opportunity to work with them
for short periods of time. I believe that it is important to get to know your students so that you can better
teach them and and find what it is that drives them to learn, what captures their interests.

Throughout my practicum experiences, I have learned to stick to a very strict schedule. It is important to
use the small allotment of time with the students to best of our abilities. Though each day varies student
to student and what their day is like, it is important to keep on task and to help them learn and grow a
little bit more each day. Some days are frustrating for the student, but it is important to have a positive
attitude and to help them to the best of my abilities.

I have spent a lot of time preparing lessons for each of my students and groups of students that I believed
would best help them to learn and to grow. I believe that preparation is very important and gives us the
opportunity to be more creative with our students to help them learn in a differentiated manner. Through
working with students at Hawthorne Elementary School in Idaho Falls, I was able to see how to integrate
a scripted lesson with activities that built their confidence and their interest in both math and English.
This would not have been possible without thorough preparation.

My past teaching experiences and education have prepared me to work as a special education teacher in
any position from kindergarten through twelfth grade. I am excited to gain more experience to better
prepare myself to become a full-time teacher. Thank you for your consideration.

Brittany Dawson
 BRITTANY DAWSON
137 N 3rd W Apt 4
Rexburg, ID 83440
tarin.britt15@hotmail.com
208-420-1764

Education
Brigham Young University-Idaho Expected Graduation: April 2018
Major: K-12 Special Education
Research and Creative Works Conference
• 1st Place in 2014 Education category

Kimberly High School—Kimberly, Idaho May 2013

GPA: 3.8
Business Professionals of America
• Competition in creating and presenting business proposals
National Honor Society
• Maintain a 3.5+ GPA and 40 hours of volunteer work a school year
all high school

Work Experience
Practicum SPED 400 September 2017- December 2017
Hawthorne Elementary School, Idaho Falls, Idaho
• Lead small group instruction with students between third and fifth grade
• Improved my group management skills, following a scripted curriculum, and
changing a lesson as per the students’ needs
• 8 hours a week across 3 days for a total of 100 hours during the semester

Practicum SPED 392 January 2017-December 2017

Adams Elementary School, Rexburg, Idaho
• Assisted in instruction of second through fourth grade students in math and English
in both group and one on one situations
• Improved skills for catering a lesson to a student in a one on one situation, motivated
students to work towards a goal, and assisted in providing accommodations during
ISATs
• 4 hours a week across two days for a total of 50 hours during the semester

Community Service
Life Skills Group Helper 2013-2015
• Help mentally and physically handicap adults with basic skills
Deseret Industries Volunteer 2009-2010
• Sort donations, janitorial work

Skills and Abilities

• Easily builds rapport with students
• Energetic
• Works well with others
• Open to constructive criticism
• Learns and adapts quickly
• Good communication skills