Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Affiliations
Coaching
Timeline
Teacher

Tracy L. Landschoot

Asheville

Summary


Knowledgeable educator with robust background in teaching middle school science. Demonstrated ability to engage students with innovative lesson plans and hands-on experiments. Proven skills in curriculum development and classroom management.

Work History

Middle School Science Teacher Grades 5th-8th

Asheville Catholic School
08.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for the following:
  • Fostering and nurturing the spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, and intellectual well-being through the implementation of creative lessons that are developed via best practices in aligning with the National Middle School Physical Science standards (NextGen) that recognizes each student’s dignity within our unique Catholic environment.
  • Evaluating and assessing student mastery and developing individual intervention plans for those students that require additional enrichment for mastery.
  • Modifying lessons to implement Individual Education Plans (504) and MAP (modified academic plan) students.
  • Science Fair: Mentoring students through their science fair experiments and papers, organizing our school's science fair, preparing students for NC region 8 science fair competition at Western Carolina University, and preparing students for the state competition (NCSEF) at NC State University.
  • Collaborating daily with team teachers to coordinate student concerns, schedules, assessments, lunch, field trips, remind, and Google Classroom.
  • Daily communication with all constituents via phone, email, Remind, Blackbaud, and Google Classroom related to assignments, assessments, and concerns.
  • Collaborating weekly with core teachers, counselors, learning support, and administrators.
  • Communicate/collaborate bi-monthly at the all-school level to evaluate current methods/practices/systems and contemplate ways to improve constituent experience.
  • Collaborating bimonthly for fundraising events.
  • Integrating assorted technology into lessons via ChromeBooks, and iPads through the Google Education platform, Windows, and IOS systems.
  • Continuing education credits to maintain requirements for diocesan certification.
  • Investigating various publishers and communicating comparison conclusions for textbook adoption (2024-2025).
  • Diocese of Charlotte Teaching Certificate Form A- Science

8th Grade Science Teacher

Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School
08.2005 - 08.2021
  • Responsible for the following:
  • Fostering and nurturing the spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, and intellectual well-being through the implementation of creative lessons that are developed via best practices in aligning with the National Middle School Physical Science standards (NextGen) that recognizes each student’s dignity within our unique Catholic environment.
  • Evaluating and assessing student mastery and developing individual intervention plans for those students that require additional enrichment for mastery.
  • Modifying lessons to implement Individual Education Plans (504) and MAP (modified academic plan) students.
  • Collaborating daily with team teachers to coordinate student concerns, schedules, assessments, lunch, field trips, remind, and Google Classroom.
  • Daily communication with all constituents via phone, email, Remind, Plus Portals, Google Hangouts, and Google Classroom related to assignments, assessments, and concerns.
  • Collaborating weekly with core teachers, counselors, learning support, MAP teachers, and grade administrators.
  • Communicate/collaborate bi-monthly at the all-school level to evaluate current methods/practices/systems and contemplate ways to improve constituent experience.
  • Integrating assorted technology into lessons via ChromeBooks, and iPads through the Google Education platform, Windows, and IOS systems.
  • Continuing education credits to maintain requirements for diocesan certification.
  • Investigating various publishers and communicating comparison conclusions for textbook adoption.
  • Diocese of Charlotte Teaching Certificate Form A- Science

8th Grade Science Teacher

Upland Junior High School
08.2001 - 06.2003
  • Title 1 School
  • California State Emergency Credential - Middle School Science

Industrial and Environmental Health Intern

Focus Hope
06.1996 - 08.1996
  • Responsible for the following:
  • Creating and implementing an aerial lift safety training program.
  • Investigating fraud within workmen compensation claims.
  • Identifying safety issues and assisting in compliance within the electrical power generation department.
  • Assisting the Industrial and Environmental Health Director to identify chemical waste and proper disposal for waste materials.
  • Summer 1996

Education

B.S. - Industrial and Environmental Health Management, Hazardous Waste Management

Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI

Skills

  • Inquiry-based teaching
  • Laboratory oversight
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Classroom management
  • Growth mindset
  • Student engagement
  • Specimen handling
  • Scientific inquiry
  • Group leadership
  • Lesson planning

Certification

Diocese of Charlotte Teaching Certificate Form A- Science

Affiliations

  • National Science Teachers Association 2010-2025
  • American Heart Association CPR and First Aid Certified 2006-2025
  • Asheville Catholic Science Department Leader 2021-2025
  • HTCMS Journey Team Leader 2020-2021
  • Member of the Holy Trinity Covid Task Force 2020
  • American Volleyball Coaches Association 2014-present
  • North Carolina Volleyball Coaches Association 2018-present
  • Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School Recycling Club Chairman 2007-2018
  • Holy Trinity Science Department Leader 2012-2014

Coaching

Middle School Boys Volleyball Coach                    Asheville Catholic School      Asheville, NC

2022- present     Coaching Record: 23-2    

  • Helped create boys volleyball as a middle school sport in our conference.
  • Undefeated Mountain West Conference Champions 2024
Varsity Girls Volleyball Head Coach                             Asheville High School       Asheville, NC

2023- present     Coaching Record: 16-15    

  • Qualified for playoffs for the first time this past season.
  • Responsible for the following: ensuring players and teams have goals, guiding them through steps to meet and/or reassess those goals, scheduling matches/scrimmages/practices for the program, creation and implementation of practice plans, implementation of fundamentals, implementation of defense systems, creation and implementation of offense, scouting, taking stats, maintaining digital platforms for both Max Preps and Hudl, and communicating with parents/administration/officials.
Volleyball Head Coach                                           Biltmore Volleyball Academy          Asheville, NC

2022- present

Varsity Girls Volleyball Head Coach                   Charlotte Catholic High School          Charlotte, NC

2013-2021   Coaching Record: 136-57-2

  • NCHSAA 1st Team All-State (Hattie Rodriguez, Emma Ellis, Oreva Evivie)
  • SoMeck8 Coach of the Year 2013 & 2015.
  • Players on Scholarship: Bridget Wilkinson (Belmont Abbey), Emma Mitchell (University of Alabama-Birmingham), Mollie Ray (Washington and Lee), Hattie Rodriguez (Davidson College), Catherine Anderson (Denison), Emma Ellis (Purdue University) and Oreva Evivie (Virginia Tech).
  • Responsible for the following: ensuring players and teams have goals, guiding them through steps to meet and/or reassess those goals, scheduling matches/scrimmages/practices for the program, creation and implementation of practice plans, implementation of fundamentals, implementation of defense systems, creation and implementation of offense, scouting, taking stats (istats), maintaining digital platforms for both Max Preps and Hudl, and communicating with parents/administration/officials.
Volleyball Head Coach                              Carolina Union Volleyball Club          Charlotte, NC

2014-2021

Volleyball Head Coach                       Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School          Charlotte, NC

2006-2012

  • Conference Champions 2008, 2012
Head Coach   Lake Norman Volleyball Club  Huntersville, NC

2013-present

  • Coached 18U-14U elite Teams.
  • College Scholarship: Carly Iannario (Mercer), Katie Beecher (Liberty), Chanel Nelson (UNC Chapel Hill)
Ferris State University   Varsity Letter, Volleyball   Big Rapids, MI

1993-1996

Timeline

Middle School Science Teacher Grades 5th-8th

Asheville Catholic School
08.2021 - Current

8th Grade Science Teacher

Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School
08.2005 - 08.2021

8th Grade Science Teacher

Upland Junior High School
08.2001 - 06.2003

Industrial and Environmental Health Intern

Focus Hope
06.1996 - 08.1996

B.S. - Industrial and Environmental Health Management, Hazardous Waste Management

Ferris State University
Tracy L. Landschoot