Special Education Teacher Resume Example

• Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
• Created learning and content strategies to meet needs of mentally and physically disabled students.
• Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
• Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to diverse range of developmentally challenged students.
• Organized instruction material, including constructing bulletin boards and setting up work areas.
• Coordinated special education students and teacher assistant schedules with master schedule.
• Communicated nonverbally with children to provide comfort, encouragement and positive reinforcement.
• Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
• Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
• Worked in self-contained and resource environments to teach students variety of skills.
• Physically and verbally interacted with students throughout day.
• Worked with students with moderate to severe autism to increase life skills.
• Gave one-on-one attention to students, while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
• Designed and implemented point system to encourage positive behavior.
• Developed and managed instructional materials and reports.
• Instructed students with physical and intellectual disabilities.
• Collaborated with numerous departments and general education teachers.
• Worked with students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.

• Partnered with work activity centers, Developmental Disabilities Case Managers, Group Home Coordinators, nutritionists, families and behavioral therapists to develop and implement individualized program plans and documented all client interactions and interventions in manual charting systems.
• Managed case load of 24 adults in residential living environment, providing assistance with financial benefits, program planning to work on independent daily living skills.
• Developed positive relationships with parents to foster communication and encourage involvement for growth.

-Provide individualized support to individuals with intellectual disabilities to increase their ability to live independently or with greater self sufficiency in keeping with the overall goals and objectives

-Prepare meals and provide hands-on training to people in accordance with established menus

-Supervise medication and provide hands on training in accordance with medication procedures

-Monitor health needs daily

-Support people with personal hygiene

-Review and record in daily log notebook, record observations or concerns