TEACHER Professional Summary EXCEPTIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SEEKING DIRECTOR POSITION Passionate educator strongly believes students achieve excellence. Goal oriented scholar excellent communication skills proven ability making connections building rapport school personnel, students, parents, interagency teams, community organizations. Strive support enhance lives visually impaired community currently underserved. Areas Excellence: business/human resource management special education laws data analysis interviewing staffing RTI/MSDI school-wide PBS instruction planning employee development IDEA compliance budgeting instructional coaching progress monitoring scheduling PD Facilitator documentation Skills Work History Teacher 08/2017 Current Company Name – City State Collaborate professional staff create comprehensive youth team goals advocate needs students visual impairments. Work team low-vision specialists organizing extracurricular youth activities providing vision rehabilitation services. Adapt teaching methods materials meet students' varying needs interests. Active participant IEP teams set implement goals, monitor progress, set next steps, maintain accurate complete service records. Encourage students special academic extracurricular interests fully pursue passions. Diligently completing coursework add-on certification Teacher Visually Impaired (TVI), pursue professional development continually attending educational conferences teacher training workshops. Instructed Pre-Employment Transition Services classes high school students exceptionalities work based readiness learning, job exploration counseling, self-advocacy, post-secondary educational opportunities. Special Education Coordinator 07/2016 12/2016 Company Name – City State Supported teacher case managers driving compliance guidelines IDEA, guiding case analysis, coaching special education staff promote optimal, specialized instruction planning. Served liaison State Officials related community based organizations. Met parents related personnel resolve conflicts concerns. Facilitated professional development sessions address front-line issues special education general education teachers. Propelled inclusive best practices partnership school leadership teams providing expert knowledge improve overall student programs services. Maintained special education resources schedules target needs students disabilities. Created chaired Special Education/Behavior Intervention Committee collaboratively brainstormed monitored behavior plans, enhanced school-wide positive behavior supports, tracked behavior incidents truancy patterns, conducted Manifestation Determination Review (MDR) procedures. Interviewed staffed fully functioning special education team teachers paraprofessionals. Initiated developed much needed traditional resource classroom provide lowest performing students avenue achieve academic growth, turn decreased behavior incidences across board. Mentor Teacher 08/2004 06/2016 Company Name – City State Observed, evaluated, coached many first year special education teachers best practices effective classroom management, instruction, planning. Taught new teachers many ways differentiate instruction implementing student centers shared learning activities, forming literacy circles, incorporating technology, using assessment guide instruction. Assisted executing effective behavioral model suited particular classroom numerous ways organize physical space. Notable Achievements: Chosen LAE Trainer New Teachers facilitator program Completed Aspiring Leaders Program School Leadership Center Greater New Orleans Coached teachers de-escalation restorative practices thus changing mindsets behavior management. Special Education Teacher 01/2004 01/2016 Company Name – City State Resource Inclusion Teacher Company Name – City State Created rigorous, specialized academic setting students various exceptionalities special education resource room mainstream classroom settings utilizing data driven teaching methods. Improved student's functional needs, knowledge behavior meet goals Individualized Education Plan (IEP) conducted mini-workshops students needed supplementary instruction. Collaboratively taught entire regular special education classes multiple co-teachers. Maintained documentation, data, progress monitoring. NotableAchievements: Prepared students standardized state tests passing rates 95 100% consecutively decade Maintained one revered classroom cultures continuously proven turn-around challenging behaviors. Scored "Highly Effective" yearly Compass Metrics every year teaching Earned solid reputation one highest performing educators parish student growth. Educational Strategist, RTI Coordinator 01/2011 01/2012 Company Name – City State Served Special Education Leadership Team central office supervised school-based interventionist. Coordinated federal/state mandated Response Intervention process entire parish. Conducted district-wide universal screenings tracked student progress. Scheduled facilitated meetings school-based interventionists ensure consistency District RTI procedures. Coached district personnel intervene appropriately at-risk students advised ways integrate data-proven techniques analyze data drive instruction improve student achievement. General Education Teacher 01/2003 01/2004 Company Name – City State Taught isolated, minority, urban community delivered instructional activities encouraged. active learning experiences effectively managing behavior classroom organization. Skills academic, avenue, coaching, documentation, driving, functional, instruction, Leadership, managing, meetings, office, monitors, organizing, personnel, progress, rehabilitation services, teacher, teaching, Trainer, VI, vision, workshops Education Masters Administration Supervision 2008 Our Lady Holy Cross College Florida State University City State Administration Supervision B.S Human Resource Management Human Resource Management