Thomas Beal
Highlands Ranch,CO
Summary
Leader, coach, and mentor with a passion for enabling and inspiring collaboration, engagement, and transformation to achieve continuous scientific improvement
Professional educator with extensive knowledge in scientific disciplines and strong commitment to fostering collaborative learning environment. Adept at designing engaging curriculum, utilizing innovative teaching methods, and adapting to diverse student needs. Known for driving academic success and building positive relationships with both students and colleagues. Ability to inspire curiosity and critical thinking in students while ensuring alignment with educational standards.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
Work History
Science Teacher
Sky Ranch Academy
08.2023 - 07.2025
- Planned, prepared, and taught lesson plans, giving students individual support.
- Incorporated project-based learning into the curriculum, challenging students to apply scientific principles in real-world situations while developing teamwork skills.
- Incorporated Moral Focus lessons part of every school day.
- Enhanced classroom environment for effective learning by incorporating hands-on activities and real-world applications of scientific concepts.
- Implemented inquiry-based learning techniques in the classroom, promoting curiosity and active engagement among students.
- Encouraged student participation in laboratory experiments to enhance scientific knowledge.
- Collaborated with colleagues to develop interdisciplinary lessons that connected science with other subjects, fostering a well-rounded education.
- Cultivated positive relationships with students, parents and staff to optimize instruction and support learning outcomes.
- Championed a positive classroom culture where questions were encouraged and mistakes viewed as learning opportunities, boosting overall student confidence in their abilities as scientists.
- Served as a mentor and advisor for students interested in pursuing careers in science-related fields, guiding them through college applications and scholarship opportunities.
Science Teacher
Douglas County School District
08.2004 - 07.2022
- Responsible for 150 students. Creating, development planning, and implementing scientific experiments through innovative curriculum development each school year. Enhancing community engagement, student performance, and revise strategic direction through inclusion and innovative teaching practices.
- Improved student performance and enhanced proposals for academic excellence by creating a new learning team to empower students, which increased motivation and engagement.
- Delivered expectations for teacher expertise, which was recognized with the Apple Award for improving student performance, by creating a new teacher team. This award was given to the top 1% of district teachers, who are evaluated via performance appraisals.
- Recruited by the science administrator to take a key role in a district education and assessment team that drove local scientific improvements and provided training to educators across the district.
- Selected to transfer successful science learning techniques from my classroom to broaden cross-functional teams, science departments, and school accountability committees through proposal developments. Experienced in monitoring expenditures of various departments and committees.
- Consistently evaluated as ‘exceeding expectations’ in school district annual district educator performance standards and assessments.
Science Teacher
Englewood School District
08.1995 - 08.2004
- Responsible for the comprehensive teaching of middle school students. Provided and committed to maintain small classes and more individual attention and personalized learning.
Science Teacher
Denver School District
08.1992 - 08.1995
- Responsible for teaching science bilingually to 75 middle school students. This helped the students transition from their native language to English while supporting cultural inclusion and diversity.
- Improved community relationships by creating and implementing student clubs and teams at various school functions: Los Amigos Club, Soccer Team, and Cinco de Mayo assemblies.
- Enriched best practices in culture and climate of school community by coaching 7th/8th boys basketball team to 3rd place in a Denver regional tournament with 14 teams.
Science Teacher
Killeen Independent School District
08.1988 - 08.1992
- Responsible for teaching biology, chemistry, and physics to 150 middle school students in a school with 900 students. Coordinated instruction for all students and coached students during extra-curricular activities.
- Developed and managed the district professional requirement to improve the Talented and Gifted program for Smith Middle School. Trained educators and scheduled their training.
- Selected to help facilitate and increase resource allocation of newly created middle school science district science fair, which aimed to improve the students’ science achievements and problem-solving skills.
- Trained and coached 7th and 8th grade boys and girls to 2nd place in the district tennis tournament.
Education
MAEd - Administration, Diverse Learning
University of Phoenix
Denver, CO05.2000
BS - Science
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND05.1988
Colorado Professional Teacher License -
Colorado Department of Education
Denver, CO03.2026
Skills
- Teacher Experience and Leadership
- Science Content and Assessment Development
- Culturally Responsive Instruction
- Supportive Team Member
- Use Data to Refine Curriculum
- Informed Instructional Practices
- Inquiry-based teaching
- Moral Focus Leadership
- Faculty collaboration and support
- STEM programs
- Project-based learning
Accomplishments
- Delivered teacher excellence that won the Apple Award for improving student performance by creating and leading a strong teacher team that drove positive change. This award was given to the top 1% of district teachers in Douglas County School District (2017).
- Selected to provide leadership and mentoring skills and to bring successful content development from my classroom to broaden application teams, science departments, and school accountability committees.
- Generated and implemented science curriculum and assessments at the district and state levels in order to increase student achievement.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Science Teacher
Sky Ranch Academy
08.2023 - 07.2025
Science Teacher
Douglas County School District
08.2004 - 07.2022
Science Teacher
Englewood School District
08.1995 - 08.2004
Science Teacher
Denver School District
08.1992 - 08.1995
Science Teacher
Killeen Independent School District
08.1988 - 08.1992
MAEd - Administration, Diverse Learning
University of Phoenix
BS - Science
University of North Dakota
Colorado Professional Teacher License -
Colorado Department of Education
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