Dedicated Special Education Teacher focused on building each student's strength and confidence, as well as giving students firm guidelines, regularity and dependability to foster their social and academic growth.
Highlights
Certified in the state of Maryland in Special Education and Reading
Member of the International Reading Association
In-depth knowledge of secondary-Adult literacy
Member of the P-20 Executive Council
Member of the Maryland Consortium of Early Childhood Faculty and Administrators
Experience
Field Placement Coordinator, 07/2004 to Current Youth Villages – Boston, MA,
Place Teacher Education students in public school classrooms throughout the local and surrounding communities.
Advise students in course selections, career development and provide additional support as they prepare for transfer to a four-year school.
Organize and monitor background checks of all Teacher Education students prior to their classroom visits.
Communicate regularly with classroom teachers and principals to successfully place and support students as they work in real classrooms.
Participate with local and state level organizations that provide support, regulations and structure for teacher education programs.
Instruct several teacher education courses including, Career Analysis, Foundations of Education, Philosophy and Practice, Early Childhood Learning Environments, and Education Assistantship.
Developmental Reading Instructor, 07/2004 to Current New Story Schools – Prince George, VA,
Instruct reading comprehension courses to low achieving college students.
Assess student progress and diagnose needs with various formal and informal testing measures, including the Accuplacer Test.
Provide in depth lessons/practice to assist students in transferring reading skills to college courses and textbooks.
Provide reading support to students in the Academic Reading Center.
Provide instruction, assessment and monitoring with My Reading Lab tools.
Collaborate with other developmental reading teachers to provide best practices to struggling readers.
Implement various strategies to motivate reluctant readers.
Incorporate diversity awareness and acceptance in the classroom through the use of multicultural and diverse readings, stories, and articles.
Special Education Teacher, 07/1994 to 05/2004 Homesafe – West Palm Beach, FL,
Taught special education in a variety of settings from elementary to high school, as the student population moved and changed.
Taught in a self contained classroom, a resource room, and in a an inclusive model.
Developed individual educational plans (IEP) designed to promote educational, physical and social development.
Established and communicated clear objectives for all lessons, units and projects to both students and parents.
Wrote and presented documents for Individual Education Plan conferences.
Collaborated and co-taught with general education teachers K-12 in order to fully include and accommodate students with special needs.
Created inventive ways to include students with non-disabled peers in order to promote healthy friendships and improved social development.
Collaborated with other specialists such as speech language pathologists and occupational/physical therapists.
Participated in advanced training of alternative forms of communication such as voice output devices, facilitated communication and picture symbols.
Created detailed lplans for students with behavioral and emotional issues.
Conducted educational evaluations and standardized testing of students with diagnosed or possible disabilities.
Special Education Teacher, 1991 to 05/1994 Champaign County Schools – City, STATE,
Developed individual educational plans (IEP) designed to promote educational, physical and social development for students K-5.
Wrote and presented documents for Individual Education Plan conferences.
Conducted small group and individual classroom activities with students based on differentiated learning needs.
Supervised and trained 5 teaching assistants.
Both participated with training in the inclusion model and also provided training to other teachers in inclusion.
Conducted educational evaluations and standardized testing of students with diagnosed, or suspected disabilities.
Child Development Specialist, 1990 to 1991 Developmental Services Center – City, STATE,
Developed Infant Family Service Plans (IFSP) designed to promote healthy physical, social-emotional and language-cognitive development in infants and toddlers with developmental delays.
Provided case management for families of children with disabilities, linking them with local, state and federal agencies as needed.
Participated in multidisciplinary evaluations of infants and toddlers referred to our program due to possible developmental delays.
Worked closely with other specialists such as speech language pathologists, occupational/physical therapists, nurses and physicians to provided optimal services to infants, toddlers and their families.
Provided transitional services to families as their children moved from the Infant and Toddler Program to the public school system.
Education
Graduate level courses in reading education: Reading, Expected in 2012 Walden University - Minneapolis, MN GPA:
Graduate level courses in reading education: Reading Education, Expected in 2012 University of Central Michigan - Mount Pleasant, MI GPA:
Master of Science: Interdisciplinary Special Education/Reading, Expected in 2000 Frostburg State University - Frostburg, MD GPA:
Graduate levels courses in special education: Special Education, Expected in 1994 University of Illinois - Champaign, IL GPA:
Two graduate level special education courses on Learning Disabilities: Special Education, Expected in 1992 Illinois State University - Normal, IL GPA:
Bachelor of Science: Special Education, Expected in 1989 Slippery Rock University - Slippery Rock, PA GPA:
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Walden University
University of Central Michigan
Frostburg State University
University of Illinois
Illinois State University
Slippery Rock University
Job Titles Held:
Field Placement Coordinator
Developmental Reading Instructor
Special Education Teacher
Special Education Teacher
Child Development Specialist
Degrees
Graduate level courses in reading education
Graduate level courses in reading education
Master of Science
Graduate levels courses in special education
Two graduate level special education courses on Learning Disabilities
