South Bend Community School Corporation

▻ Tier 1 and Tier 2 committee at Swanson Primary Center. I helped develop their Tier 2 framework and co-presented the plan to the staff 2012 
▻ assisting with Student Council-2011-2013
▻ Student Council Leader-2014-2015
▻ Hay Primary Leadership Team-2014-present
▻ Textbook Adoption Committees- Science (2017) and Language Arts (2019)
▻ Helped develop corporation-wide science kits for the new science adoption with 4 other staff members (2017)
▻ NEA Faculty Representative-2019- present
▻ Language Arts SBCSC Textbook Committee 2019-2020
▻ Comprehensive Needs Assessment/School Improvement Plan 2020-2021 school year
Mentor Teacher 2021-present

Leadership Roles

▻ Assessed the accomplishments of students on a daily basis and reports progress to the students and their parents.
▻ Implemented instructional methods and materials that are appropriate and aligned with state standards. Maintained accurate records.
▻ Training and collaborating with the staff. Also created assessments & data collection methods for the school records.
▻ Integrating technology in the classroom, keeping current on educational best practices based on scientific research, and creating an
engaging curriculum based on state standards.
▻ Working collaboratively with the principal and team members to work on a common goal for the entire school building.
▻ Mentor for the Grow SB! Mentoring Program. Providing support to new teachers in SBCSC through developing trusting relationships, and collaborative communities, and offering engaging professional growth and reflection opportunities designed to positively impact student learning.

kindergarten Teacher 

My current responsibilities include being a team leader of my kindergarten team, PBIS team, and a NEA Union Representative. I am also a mentor teacher for the IUSB masters program. It is a grant that will last 5 years. Currently, we are the only place in the United States that has a program to support Graduate students entering into the teaching profession.

Kindergarten teacher

▻ Privilege of working in a variety of educational settings to help train and assist the preschool teachers with the students, we were serving, who had special needs.
▻ Worked collaboratively with Occupational Therapists, Physical Assistants, and Speech and Language Therapists with overlapping services. Also conducted Annual Case Conference meetings
▻ Worked closely with the kindergarten and special education support staff to help successfully transition the students into kindergarten.
▻ Collected data on each goal and created addendums, as needed, to reflect their progress and current level of functioning. Had overlapping educational goals therefore I held teams for individual students on my caseload.

Community Preschool teacher in the Special Needs Abilities Preschool Program 

Fort Wayne South Bend Diocese

Lead Preschool and Kindergarten Teacher

I created and implemented a curriculum for the preschool and kindergarten classroom. I worked closely with the other other kindergarten and first grade teachers to ensure continuity between the programs.

Preschool Teacher  (3 and 4 year old) and a Kindergarten teacher  

I was in charge of recruiting, interviewing, and hiring employees for the program. I trained three other staff members and we co-developed the program together.  We had approximately 70 children in the after school program.  The after school consisted of homework help, snack time (we sometimes made it together), games, and special guests, art activities, and computer time. We also had special guests from the  Notre Dame's International programs come into our school. They brought in ethnic food, performed dances, and taught us about their traditions using artifacts.

Director of the After-School Program

𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗 EDUCATION 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 & 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 ➥ on a mission to change our educational system to retain quality teachers| 29+ years of experience

With over 30 years of experience in teaching, mentoring, and leading, I am passionate about revolutionizing education and creating a paradigm shift in our system. I am a South Bend Community School Corporation (SBCSC) teacher. I implement instructional methods and materials aligned with state standards, integrate technology in the classroom, and assess student progress and performance.

I also serve as a team leader, a PBIS team member, and a mentor teacher for the IUSB master's program. I am part of the Grow SB! initiative, a unique and innovative partnership between SBCSC and IUSB that supports graduate students entering the teaching profession. I have been recognized as the Teacher of the Year for Hay Primary Center and a Top 10 Honors Group for the Corporation Teacher of the Year. My mission is to foster social and emotional well-being, inclusivity, and curiosity among my students and colleagues and to empower them to be the solutions we need in our educational system.

Christine Jones (Schwager)

Private Practice

Work directly with a meticulous Optometrist. I assess, provide tests and therapy to patients usually ages four- fourteen. The Optometrist provides a comprehensive eye exam and makes a customize therapy plan specifically for each patient..

Vision Therapy is a highly effective non- surgical treatment for treating individuals with eye problems such as crossed eyed, double visuon and lazy eyes etc.

Vision there also helps reduce ml eye strain and other computer vision syndromes. Ultimately the goal is to increase vision, cure, improve problems and help with behavior problems. Also it helps the patients with their overall quality of health and living.

Vision Therapist

A certified Personal Assistant who has assists disabled individuals in and outside  their homes since 2015. It is a way for Pat to give back to seniors who has given their time, talent and treasures to so many.

Her natually concerned, empathetic, patient and positive demeanor is utilized daily on and off the clock.. Her selfless acts of aide is always ongoing.

Pat feels it is her duty, honor and privilege to care for seniors. Her work is a way to give back to seniors who have helped this world advance in countless ways.

Personal Assistant

Nomo Oasis Wellness Center

Provide a meaningful visit to all customers. Filtered, poured, capped, carried, sold, stored and drank alkaline water. Handled and discussed alkaline water from 8.0-p.h. -11.0 pH. Called and followed up with customers to give thanks for their orders and confirm if they needed their pH adjusted.

Alkaline Water Specialist

Private Company

Wore high end and designer eyeglass frames while perusing Black Women Expo.
Passed out literature and talked to guests about eyewear, vision exams and screenings available at participating booth and brick and mortar location. Caused lucrative sales in eyewear and exams.. Inspired many vision screenings on site that informed guests of current eye acuity, eye disease and treatment.

Frame Model and Vendor Assistant

Provided visual testing for church members and college students on Chicago South side where eye test sites were not present. Informed individuals if they needed further testing and where to go if they needed eyeglasses or further testing on the spot.

Vision Screener

Pearle Vision Center

Served as an Optician. Opened and closed the store. Assisted patients with frame and lens selection. Informed. Called patients and informed if their glasses and other merchandise were at store to be picked up. Also informed patients of any ongoing promotion. Took segment heights and PD measurements. Measured, ordered, tinted and sold lenses. Dispensed, measured, ordered, repaired, selected and sold eyeglass frames. Managed all inventory inbound and outbound.
Successfully completed six-month externship required for graduation.

Optician

National Education Centers Bryman

Assisted Prodessor in Opthalmic instruction. Taught eighteen Optical students Lab. Showed student how to correctly us a keratometer, lensometer and tonometer. Perfectly showed students how to insert and remove contact lenses on others and themselves. Showed how to cut, measure, order, tint and select different types of lenses. Perfectly demonstrated how to dispense, order, repair and select frames. Graded papers, took attendance visited students if necessary. Provided knowledge, encouragement and resources to assist the students up until graduation..

Ophthalmic Student /Lab Manager

Gallery 37

100 high school students including myself collaborated with the late famous pop artist Keith Haring in creating a temporary outside Untitled mural. After completion of the 488 foot mural, it was divided in many pieces some were donated to local high schools and displayed in the hallways and some of the mural was displayed at Chicago's Midway Airport. We used exterior acrylic paint to paint inside characters that Keith pre - painted. It was a successful one day event, I am proud and honored to have been a part of.

Muralist Assistant

South Shore Enterprises

I learned all the aspects of painting a mural. Collaborated an outside public mural with other local artists located on the corner 75th and Crandon Streets. Painted images on wall to beautify community's eyesore. Used exterior acrylic paint to create realistic beautiful images on corner wall. Responsible for writing via hand names on walls of all participants and sponsors of project.Assisted with creation of mural " Bosom of Oshun "

Muralist Apprentice

Work closely with a meticulously skilled Optometrist who diagnose and treats her patients. Certain patients are referred to her by Driving Instructors,  Medical Doctors, Ophthalmologists, Teachers etc. Provide assessments, activities, strategies, tests and therapy for the patients. My patients age ranges usually from four to fourteen but sometimes adults also.

 Assist to improve certain vision problems, improves behaviour, life and visual skills. Vision health is a vital component of mind health..Continued to work even more passionately and relentlessly since the 2019 global pandemic. Daily serve youth and elderly who are in the midst of harm and hazards. Always providing an empatheric, professional, passionate and memorable visit to all of her patients. Honored to have an integral role in helping develop the  health,minds and vision of many youth 
and adults.
 
Vision Therapy is a highly effective non- surgical treatment for common visual problems such as strabismus (cross eyes), diploplia (double vision) and  amblyopia (lazy eyes). The therapy can help patients with reading, learning disabilities, behavior issues and even improve convergence insufficiency.

I has received training as a Technician. Now she can use the Auto Refractor which gives a general reading of one's eyeglass and contact lens prescription.  Also, able to use the Tonometer which measures the IOP intraocular pressure of the eye and determine if a patient has glaucoma.

Tricia has vowed her life to the service of others especially seniors and youth.

Do all the good that can, in all the ways that that you can, for all the people that you can while you can.

God cares and calls us to care for His creation.

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Christine Jones (Schwager)

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