Elementary Special Education Teacher Resume Example

• Over the course of four years teaching with JP schools, I taught a multitude of different Special Education courses to students with different exceptionalities of different ages and grades, including students with diagnosed ADHD, bipolar disorder, traumatic head injuries, defiance issues stemming from other disorders, and a multitude of learning disabilities. I also taught older students on the spectrum, and spent the last two years teaching pre-kindergarten students on the spectrum. During my tenure, on-the-job responsibilities included, but were not limited to:

Developing lesson plans for all Pre-Kindergarten teachers and overseeing those written by all other Special Education teachers

Creating IEPs and running team meetings. Also assisting other teachers with writing their IEPs (Individualized Education Plans)

Promoted to ABIT chair (discussing and creating plans for students, school-wide, who were in need of intervention) and PBIS team member (implementing positive-behavior strategies) in August 2018

Creating strategies to meet the needs of mentally- and physically-disabled students

Teaching reading, ELA, science, technology, math, and social sciences in primarily self-contained classrooms, while implementing blending and inclusion as much as possible

Redirecting inappropriate behavior using positive-reinforcement method
Collaborating with students, parents, fellow special education teachers and para-educators, and administrators to help students succeed
Meeting and scheduling phone calls with parents and advocates on a regular basis, inside and outside of school hours, to resolve conflicting educational priorities and issues

• Welcomed patients and visitors by greeting patients and visitors, in person or on the telephone; answering or referring inquiries
• Checked in patients for their appointments, and prepared charts
• Comforted patients by anticipating their anxieties and answering questions
• Maintained patient accounts by obtaining, recording, and updating personal and insurance information
• Obtained revenue by collecting patient co-pays and balances
• Protected patients' rights by maintaining confidentiality of personal information
• Maintained operations by following policies and procedures; reporting needed changes
• Contributed to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Carried out front office duties utilizing data entry skills in framework of medical database

• Taught college freshmen and sophomores how to produce both finished writing and preparatory writing: e.g., multiple drafts of formal writing, journal writing, written responses to other texts, etc
• Taught Introduction to Writing, in addition to English Composition, to students during summer semesters: e.g., poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
• Created course syllabi, all paper prompts, and class assignments
• Maintained 3x weekly office hours to help students with questions and educational support
• Graded and gave feedback on all papers/assignments and submitted midterm and final grades to the registrar's office