Charisse Carter
Murfreesboro
Summary
Experienced, compassionate and successful educator who thrives on communication and collaboration with others. Lifelong learner who seeks new methods for instructing ESL students and empowering them to achieve their highest potential.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
ESL Teacher- K-5
Wilson County Schools
08.2020 - Current
- Awarded 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year by my peers
- Member of Springdale Elementary Leadership Team and Literacy Team
- Present ESL professional development training at the annual Wilson County PD conference as well as ESL PLCs
- Presented annual required ESL training to home school and other schools within the Wilson County district
- Exited 1/3 of total students with 77% of students meeting their English proficiency goals in March '23 ACCESS/WIDA testing (second highest in the district)
- Mentored ESL Teacher for Western Governors University; Performed TEAM like observations and provided feedback
- Provide literacy and language intervention support for ESL students across multiple grade levels and academic proficiencies
- Communicate and collaborate with classroom teachers to establish learning goals appropriate for individual students
- WIDA/ACCESS Coordinator for more than50 ESL students; Scheduled more than150 testing sessions across fifteen classrooms; Secured all testing materials and followed appropriate protocols
ESL Teacher- K-5
Rutherford County Schools
08.2019 - 05.2020
- Provided professional development to all classroom teachers in effective reading instruction
- Provided literacy and language intervention support for ESL students across multiple grade levels and academic proficiencies
First grade teacher and ESL Support
MNPS- Glenview Elementary
01.2014 - 05.2019
- Reading Recovery Teacher
- Member of Glenview Elementary Leadership team
- Mentored Vanderbilt student teacher (Fall '16)
- Mentored new teachers in lesson planning, behavior management, guided reading, and center rotations
- Achieved eight levels of reading growth for level1 and level2 EL students
- Provided ESL intervention support for six classrooms
- Served as active member of Glenview's ESL task force and District PLC
- Provided intensive, research-based reading recovery intervention to the lowest20% of first grade readers
Director, IT Capital, Allocations and Analytical Tools
HCA Healthcare Company
02.1996 - 12.2013
- Co-Administrator of the IT budget process
- Consolidated the operational budget for over ninety managers and provided reports to executive leadership
- Trained users in budget software and overall budget concepts
- Managed financial analysts and reviewed their ongoing work (variance analyses, specific project requests, invoice processing)
Senior Internal Auditor
HCA Healthcare Company
- Performed financial audits on HCA hospitals throughout the US
Director, Financial & Employee Reporting
HCA Healthcare Company
- Managed analytical team of reporting analysts providing financial, HR and payroll information for160 hospitals and200,000 company employees
- Used various tools to accomplish the reporting efforts: SQL, Hyperion Essbase (multi-dimensional database), and Business Objects
- Created HR Analytics to provide online analytical information measuring headcount, FTEs, turnover, vacancy, and salary information
- Trained hospital, division and corporate CEOs, CFOs, COOs, HR, and Payroll personnel using webinars and in-person instruction
- Created stoplight benchmarking reports for performance improvement efforts driving costs down and identifying areas of opportunity for hospital, Division and Corporate executives
Adjunct Instructor, Introduction to Accounting
Fugazzi College of Nashville
01.1994 - 01.1995
Education
Master of Science - Curriculum and Instruction, K-6 with ESL
Lipscomb University
Nashville05-2014
Master of Science - Accounting with emphasis in Information Systems
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro05-1995
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN05-1992
Skills
- Relationship Builder
- Collaboration Skills
- Student Motivation
- Language Instruction
- Learning Strategies
- Lesson Planning
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Student Engagement
Teacher of the Year 2024-2025
Awarded Teacher of the Year by Springdale Elementary Faculty and Staff
Timeline
ESL Teacher- K-5
Wilson County Schools
08.2020 - Current
ESL Teacher- K-5
Rutherford County Schools
08.2019 - 05.2020
First grade teacher and ESL Support
MNPS- Glenview Elementary
01.2014 - 05.2019
Director, IT Capital, Allocations and Analytical Tools
HCA Healthcare Company
02.1996 - 12.2013
Adjunct Instructor, Introduction to Accounting
Fugazzi College of Nashville
01.1994 - 01.1995
Senior Internal Auditor
HCA Healthcare Company
Director, Financial & Employee Reporting
HCA Healthcare Company
Master of Science - Curriculum and Instruction, K-6 with ESL
Lipscomb University
Master of Science - Accounting with emphasis in Information Systems
Middle Tennessee State University
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Middle Tennessee State University
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