Pandora A. Walker
4333 Asbury Street, Port Arthur Texas, 77642  (409) 409-960-75687  pawalker@gt.rr.com
Education
M. Ed. Lamar University (in progress)
BS Mathematics, Prairie View A& M University
Leadership Experience
A dedicated and eager lead teacher fully trained to assume all the responsibility of a high school lead mathematics
teacher or chairperson 9-12 grades. Offer a proven track record of commended performance teaching grades 9-12,
with a passion for education and a commitment to optimizing student and school success. Advanced Place AP, Pre
Advanced Placed Pre AP and Gifted & Talented certified through Rice University and Texas Lutheran College.
Core Competencies
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Classroom Management
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Creative Lesson Planning
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Curriculum Development
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Standardized Testing/Scoring
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Learner Assessment
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Experiential Learning
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Instructional Best-Practices
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Special Needs Students/IEPs
Career Achievements
 Curriculum Writer – 1998, 2000 to 2007 Beaumont independent school district
 Lead Teacher – 2004 to 2010 Beaumont independent school district
 Mentor Teacher – 2008 to 2010 Beaumont independent school district
 TAKS Mastery Teacher – 2005 to 2010 at Central Medical Magnet High School
 District writer, presenter of curriculum, and facilitator 1998, 2000 to 2007 Beaumont independent
school district
 District Spoke person for Beaumont independent school district at TSU 2003 Beaumont Area Alliance of
Black School Educators BAABSE convention on the campus of Texas Southern University. Presented best
practices on positive motivation in the class room for African American Learners.
Professional Experience
Mathematics Teacher
2010–Present
 New teacher- Port Arthur Independent School District
Mathematics Teacher
1997 – 2010
 Lead teacher and mentor Beaumont Independent School District
 Curriculum and test writer for mathematics .
 Partnered with William Littles math chair at Central High School to organize a group of students to
participate in the Golden Triangle-Texas Alliance for Minority Engineering (GT-TAME) program at Lamar
University during the spring and summer.
 Organized students at Central High School to participate in the Channel Six Challenge where students
compete against other area high schools in a trivia and subject area contest (mathematics, sciences, history,
English, and popular culture trivia).
Mathematics Teacher
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08/85 - 05/97
Taught mathematics at Thomas Jefferson High which is now the consolidated Memorial High in Port
Arthur ISD.
Honors mathematics teacher for the summit program ( gifted students) at Abraham Lincoln High School
which is now consolidated Memorial High School.
Pandora A. Walker
Vita
Key Contributions
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Model teacher earned exceeds for the quality of classroom teaching, lesson plans and instructional
materials used in teaching diverse subjects (mathematics & student TAKS mathematics). Classroom used to
model and showcase to new teacher, parents, and district supervisors a “classroom learning environment that
promotes student interest and learning.” Developed innovative approaches that were held as the model standard
for meeting district goals in areas including technology integration across the curriculum, experiential learning,
literacy and diversity.
Mentor teacher Shared expertise as a mentor teacher under Region 5 with Mrs. Melissa Davis new teacher
2009-2010.
Text Book, TAKS, and curriculum advisor where I served on campus committees and district taskforces focused
on curriculum development, TAKS intervention plans, and textbook review.
Texas Education Agency Exit level TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and skills question Reviewer for
the Beaumont independent school district while at Central High School.
Resource person quickly became a “first-to-call” resource person in current role, for TAKS, curriculum, assessment
resources.”
Academic Decathlon Head Coach for Math, Science, English, Social Studies, Economics, Art and Music.
Memberships
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Texas State Teacher Association TSTA
National Education Agency NEA
Port Arthur Teachers Association PATA
Beaumont Area Alliance of Black School Educators BAABSE
Reference
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Submitted upon request