Mr. Charles Kirkland

HS Business Teacher

Education

Teaching Experience

• Teach Accounting I, Accounting II, Personal Finance, Introduction to Business, Career, and Marketing courses
• Enhance student collaboration and presentation skills through Google Apps, Microsoft Office, and an online learning management system
• Develop curriculum using the Collins Writing Program
• Employ assessment tools and proactive strategies to improve instruction methods
• Serve as Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Club Adviser

• Fostered a positive classroom environment in order to maximize the education and learning of students
• Assisted the teacher in their absence, including distributing and collecting learning materials, keeping attendance, and carrying out other duties

• Drove an interactive classroom using 21st-century teaching technologies, such as Google Chromebooks and a Promethean Board
• Taught using teacher-directed, inquiry-based, and small group instruction methods
• Provided real-life examples and situations during class for students to better associate the curriculum with the business and working worlds

• Used small group instruction to teach a lesson on the impact of oil spills
• Taught a Jellybean Genetics lesson using one-on-one teaching
• Assisted and tutored students with homework

• Constructed cyberbullying and Microsoft Excel lessons
• Modified lessons to fit the needs of learning support and gifted education students
• Monitored student behavior

• Designed interactive activities to illustrate the concepts of different types of taxes and withholdings
• Participated in a co-teaching and independent teaching environment

• Created a lesson on how to tie a necktie in order for students to gain functional skills to use in the workplace
• Broadened students’ knowledge of art history by having them interpret paintings by Mary Cassatt

Work Experience

• Welcome visitors
• Perform data entry of residents’ information
• Answer a five-line telephone system
• Maintain confidentiality
• Ensure residents’ safety at all times

• Process applications for antlerless deer and dog licenses
• Keep records and handle monies with absolute accuracy
• Attend to customers’ needs