Nashua Public Schools - School Counselor Internship Resume Example

      Student and Family Support

• Coordinated and administered all on-site IEP, 504 plan, Teacher Assistance Team, and student intake meetings.  
• Provided individual student support, including FBA data analysis, progressive behavior planning, direct student intervention and reinforcement.  
• Fostered strong family-school partnerships, including proactive communication, family support, and referrals to outside agencies.
• Met with parents to resolve conflicting educational priorities.
• Planned and provided student programming for social skills and violence-prevention.  
• Collaborated with faculty to develop after-school tutorial program. Provided direct student tutoring as needed.
• Engaged students through field-trip retreats and team-based community service projects.

      Faculty Support & Development  

• Supported teachers implementing student support interventions and 504 plans in the classroom.  
• Provided crisis intervention planning and faculty training. Organized in-service gang violence prevention professional development.  
• Developed and implemented the year one role out of Positive Behavioral Intervention Support Program. 

     School Administration  

• Acted as school administrator in the coordinator's absence.  
• Conducted informal walk-through observations and provided supervisory teaching evaluations for faculty.  
• Coordinated MCAS administration for the Cardinal O'Connell.
• Authored school-wide action plans for creating a professional learning community, educating staff on effort-based learning, creating school data analysis plans, improving faculty collaboration, and instituting social-emotional learning programs.  

• Provided district-wide case management of students, including coordination school and community support services, home visits and other family outreach.
• Observed and assessed the behavior and adjustment of preschool through elementary age students within the classroom, district-wide. 
• Contributed to team discussions to evaluate and plan for referred students, furbishing oral and written reports.
• Consulted with classroom teachers to support students with challenging behaviors within an integrated instruction model to ensure a safe, productive learning environment for all students.
• Consulted for Social Skill Classrooms, including implementation, modeling effective positive behavior interventions and coaching new staff. 
• Empowered faculty by routinely designing and delivering in-service trainings on topics including behavior management, mental health, trauma, and NAEYC standards.
• Presented at Annual DOE Kindergarten Conference 2002-2003.

• Taught a K-1 Adjustment class for behaviorally or emotionally disabled students
• Created, implemented, and monitored behavior modification programs, psychotherapeutic techniques and social skills training.
• Differentiated academic instruction based on students' cognitive and emotional profiles.  
• Engaged students through integrated cross-discipline curriculum, cooperative learning, manipulatives and multi-modal instruction. 
• Member of the School Site Council