Celita B.

Aspiring Leader in Education

Memphis Metropolitan Area

About

Teacher Extraordinaire! I’m a change agent for little people who aspire to be great in life! I teach all things reading and my ultimate goal is to perfect the craft of other teachers through coaching.

Experience

  • Clinical Supervisor at Western Governors University
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

    -Coach pre-service teachers through 6 coaching cycles during their student teaching.

  • Capstone Education Group (United States · On-site)
    • Reading Enrichment Teacher
      Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

      • Successfully grew student’s love for reading with a 90% success rate • Tracked AR reading data for the school • Created schoolwide reading incentives to help promote literacy • Partnered with reading teachers to give them assistance with standards students were struggling with. • Created projects for students in grades K-5 that pushed for critical thinking skills. • Surpassed last year’s reading goal of 26 million words read. (33 million) • Increased the pass/fail rate on AR assessments by 80%

    • Elementary Teacher
      Jul 2020 - Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      • Used the curriculum to create questions that mirrored the state assessment • Used data to create small groups and tailor make lesson plans that would allow all students to be successful • Used the state rubric for writing to alter lesson plans that would allow students to be successful • 70% of students met map goals in ELA. 65% met map goals in reading • 98% of students in the “tracking group” were proficient or advanced on state testing • 90% of students made growth on the state assessment (taught 65 students)

  • Ambassador at Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance
    Aug 2025 - May 2026 · 10 mos

    Creating a space for educators to socialize and planning professional development opportunities for teachers in TN.

  • Advisory Board Member at Shelby Literacy Center
    Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Resident Principal at New Leaders
    Jan 2025 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr

    Fellow in the Aspiring Principal Fellowship