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SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER
Professional Experience
Houston Independent School District.Houston, TXSpecial Education Teacher |08/2020 - Current

Pat Neff Elementary School

  • Educated students in a self-contained, multi-grade level SLL (Skills for Living and Learning) Life Skills classroom with a focus on academic content, vocational skills, functional development, and behavioral interventions.
  • Modified curricula to instruct second through fifth grade students with significantly varying abilities based on their individualized needs, IEP goals and objectives, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards, and district guidelines.
  • Developed organizational strategies that allowed for the differentiation of academic needs of both in-person and virtual students while maintaining the use of best-practices for teaching and learning in special education.
  • Created and used assessments based on student's IEP goals to determine student needs at the beginning of the year and effectively gathered and analyzed individual student progress data throughout the year to inform instructional practices.
  • Led and facilitated comprehensive ARD/IEP team meetings that included related service providers, administrators, nurses, general education teachers, district representatives, and families.
  • Collaborated with Autism Specialists to establish meaningful behavior interventions including visual supports, schedules of reinforcement, multi-sensory tools, and task analyses for students who require behavioral supports.
  • Utilized N2Y.com's Unique Learning Systems software, Microsoft TEAMS, Reading A-Z, Brainpop, Google Slides, SmartBoard, Clever Board, and other adaptive resources to provide tiered instruction.
  • Established positive relationships with students' families based on open and ongoing communication.
  • Fostered positive working relationships with multiple teaching assistants in order to nurture a positive classroom environment that values the ideas and input of every individual and prioritizes best outcomes for students.
Columbus City Schools.Columbus, OHIntervention Specialist |08/2016 - 06/2019

Colerain Elementary

  • Served as the teacher of fifth grade OI/MD students with intensive physical, cognitive, and medical needs.
  • Collaborated daily with occupational, speech, and physical therapists and other related service providers to create individualized education plans that include adaptive equipment, sensory tools, and multimedia resources.
  • Developed a robust and thorough understanding of the use and implementation of assistive technology across school environments for students with complex physical, cognitive, and communication needs.
  • Led a twice-weekly inclusion period for special education and general education students to participate in Ohio social studies content through a project-based learning curriculum.
  • Served as a building leader to help teachers write appropriate Student Learning Objectives for the state teacher evaluation plans.
  • Facilitated weekly grade level Teacher Based Team meetings.
  • Served on a team to organize a yearly, inclusive “Poetry Jam” for third through fifth grade students.
Columbus City Schools.Columbus, OhioHospital School Teacher |08/2014 - 06/2016

Nationwide Children's Hospital

  • Designed and implemented a highly individualized curriculum to meet the various levels of need for sixteen students in kindergarten through twelfth grades.
  • Cultivated a deep understanding of the intricate and intensive social and emotional needs of children hospitalized for acute inpatient treatment.
  • Participated as the primary educational liaison between the hospital and the students' home school district to provide continuing care as a student transitions from the hospital back to the school environment.
  • Built rapport and various means of communication between the Hospital School Program and behavioral health staff.
  • Served an integral part in the development of all initial educational scheduling, procedures, and protocols for the opening of the Psychiatric Inpatient Unit in December 2014.
  • Actively participated in the establishment and continuation of a professional learning community of hospital-based school teachers.
Education
The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio05/2014Bachelor of Science: Moderate/Intensive Special Education

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3.73 GPA

Magna cum Laude

Dean's List

Certifications

Texas Standard Certificate

Special Education EC-12

Core Subjects EC-6

TEA ID #2238217

Ohio 5 Year Educator License

K-12 Moderate/Intensive

Special Education

License #21514218

Professional Trainings

Texas Reading Academy (Science of Teaching Reading)

The Continuum of Literacy Learning (Fountas and Pinnell)

Social Emotional Learning

Words Their Way (Bear)

Applied Behavior Analysis

Response to Intervention

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Houston Independent School District
  • Columbus City Schools

School Attended

  • The Ohio State University

Job Titles Held:

  • Special Education Teacher
  • Intervention Specialist
  • Hospital School Teacher

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Science : Moderate/Intensive Special Education

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