Behavior Program Specialist Resume Example Present HOUSTON INDPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

BEHAVIOR PROGRAM SPECIALIST

Professional Summary

Dynamic special educator and district administrator with demonstrated capabilities in professional development; classroom management; and crisis intervention. Committed to ensuring that all students are educated to the maximum extent appropriate by building teacher capacity in personalized learning and universally designed learning.

Skills

Managing classroom for diverse populations
Expertise in positive behavior interventions & supports
Student-centered learning
Classroom discipline
Special education

Diverse classroom settings
Strong collaborator
Experience with special-needs students
Positive learning environment
Creative learning strategies

Relevant Work History

Behavior Program Specialist08/2009 to Current
Present HOUSTON INDPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT – Houston, TX

Collaborate with educational consultants and district experts to develop and conduct district-wide training sessions for educators servicing students with challenging behaviors.
Provide support to behavior support classroom teachers via researching and purchasing of classroom materials.
Guide campus administrators on assisting a behavior support classroom teacher in need by providing recommendations for improvement.
Collaborate with central office staff in the development of handbooks, brochures, guidelines, standard practice memorandum and procedures on programs/procedures for students with disabilities.
Monitor teachers' effective usage and student progression in computerized data management level system used in every behavior support classroom.
Collaborated with a team of faculty on planning and producing the district's first and second annual special education conference.

Special Education Deparment Chairperson10/2007 to 09/2009
Fortbend ISD Missouri City Middle School – Missouri City, Texas

Conducted team/department planning sessions for campus and student improvement.
Led in the development of instructional goals and objectives. Developed team/departmental budget requests; ordered equipment and supplies.
Interviewed and recommended prospective staff members for department.
Served as liaison between teachers, administrators and district personnel.
Completed annual review and dismissal paperwork and conduct annual meetings to discuss students' schedules of service.
Developed, implemented and monitored campus action plans to improve student achievement.
Served as the special education testing coordinator.
Observed special education classrooms for collaboration with campus support team.
Modified the general education curriculum for special-needs students based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
Collaborated with a team of faculty to develop an action plan to increase the yearly state-mandated math assessment.

Special Education Teacher09/2001 to 10/2007
Houston ISD / Fortbend ISD Middle School – Houston, TX

Followed curriculum and developed lesson plans for students with disabilities in the resource English classroom.
Created and implemented individualized education plans for students with disabilities.
Identified learning styles of students with disabilities to incorporate differentiated instructional strategies for student achievement.
Successfully improved student participation in the classroom through integration of creative personalized learning strategies.
Modified the general education curriculum for special-needs students based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
Planned, implemented, monitored, and assessed a classroom instructional program which was consistent with the district and Board of Education goals.

Education

Doctoral Candidate: Higher EducationCurrentPLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY- Plymouth, NHPursuing Doctorate of Education Currently Enrolled

Masters of Education: HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY- Houston, TX

Bachelor of Arts: Speech CommunicationTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY- Houston, TXSpeech Communication

Texas Teacher Certificate Special Education K-12, current Texas Teacher Certificate ELA 4-8, current Texas Principal Certificate, current Certified Crisis Prevention Instructor:

Challenges and Results

Increase in student progression, behaviorally, in district wide data monitoring system with the implementation of action plan to increase teacher usage by monitoring system on a monthly basis--exceeded goals at every level by at least five points.
Overpopulation of self-contained emotionally disturbed students in the behavior support classroom--created district-wide inclusion plan to begin, with three schools, in the 2014-2015 school year--will add ten more schools in the 2015-2016 school year. Three to five year plan to include all students, who may exhibit challenging behaviors, into the general education setting.
Support school administration with building teacher capacity for teachers in need of assistance--made recommendations for growth plan--assisted two teachers in completing the plan successfully and becoming a model teacher for the behavior support classroom.
School in AYP during my tenure, in 2007, as special education department chairperson due to special education students not performing well on the state math assessment--created an action plan to improve performance of targeted students which included: collaborating with the math specialist to create a daily math lab for targeted students; used the lab as a math elective; personalized learning by focusing only on the objectives in need of improvement.

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Present HOUSTON INDPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Fortbend ISD Missouri City Middle School
Houston ISD / Fortbend ISD Middle School

School Attended

PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY
HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

Job Titles Held:

Behavior Program Specialist
Special Education Deparment Chairperson
Special Education Teacher

Degrees

Doctoral Candidate : Higher Education Current
Masters of Education :
Bachelor of Arts : Speech Communication
Texas Teacher Certificate Special Education K-12, current Texas Teacher Certificate ELA 4-8, current Texas Principal Certificate, current Certified Crisis Prevention Instructor :

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