PROFILE

** ***** ** *********** ****** experience in the classroom and

administration. Kindhearted and empathetic professional, skilled in

addressing student needs, ensuring children will thrive and develop in an

educational atmosphere. Firm behavioral management techniques, possessing

excellent interpersonal and communication skills with both families and

members of the school community. Experience adapting and modifying general

education curriculum to enable student success. Advocate for students with

disabilities.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Behavioral Assessment Relationship

Development Collaboration

Supervisory Skills Office

Administration Creating IEP's

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Administrative Assistant - Tower Hill School, Wilmington, DE 2006 -

2013

Reception: welcome/greet visitors, telephone, athletic calendar, game

programs, athletic certificates, parent interaction, web calendar

maintenance, teacher interaction and student/parent/teacher coordination.

Teacher - Ducklings Early Learning Center, Kennett Square, PA

2004 - 2005

Lead teacher for a classroom of 2 - 3 year old students. Responsible for

weekly themes/daily lesson plans, and the well-being of each child.

Teacher - Linden Hill Elementary School, Hockessin, DE

2001-04; '06

Special Education teacher, Resource room grades 1 - 5. Created and

implemented IEP's and daily lessons.

Academic subjects included Reading, Language Arts, and Math. Interim

Assistant Principal.

Tutor - 1999 -

2001

Private practice: reading, math, organizational skills

Instructional Assistant - Rising Sun Middle School, Rising Sun, MD

1998 - 1999

Instructional assistant for students with special needs, including one high

needs student with autism.

Teacher - Emmorton Elementary School, Bel Air, MD

1997 - 1998

Grades K - 2 Resource Room teacher. Case Manager/teacher for individuals

with disabilities ranging from

mild to profound. Responsibilities included program development,

implementation and oversight.

Teacher - West Windsor-Plainsboro Middle School, Plainsboro, NJ

1990 - 1996

Grades 6 - 8, Self-Contained/Inclusion:

Program development, implementation and oversight of an initial Inclusion

program. Created and implemented IEP's, daily lessons, special activities,

and field trips for students functioning at academic levels ranging from

pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Academic subjects included Readiness

skills, Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies. Other

areas concentrated on independent living, pre-vocational, socialization

skills and individual behavioral plans. Inclusion focused on the adaptation

and implementation of sixth, seventh and eighth grade Math, Science, Social

Studies & Reading curriculum for students with special needs through a team

teaching approach.

Group Home Manager, Eden Institute, West Windsor, NJ

1989 - 1990

Full time care of six adolescent clients with autism, including scheduling

routines and daily activities.

Designing and implementing independent living and vocational skills.

Supervised and evaluated performance of staff.

EDUCATION:

BA in Special Education, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA

1989

Certifications: Teacher of the Handicapped/Disabled, Elementary School

Teacher, Therapeutic Riding

Instructor - NARHA, Autism and Behavioral Technology, Magic of Computers.

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

Child Care, Teacher YMCA, Kennett Square, PA

2004 - 2006

Nursing Mothers Regional Representative/Counselor, NMI, Southern Chester

County, PA 1999 - 2004

Summer School Teacher, WW-P School District, Plainsboro, NJ

1991 - 1996

Therapeutic Riding Instructor, Hasty Acres Stables, Kingston, NJ

1991 - 1994

Lifeguard/ Head Counselor, Community Park Pool, Princeton, NJ

1986 - 1988

COMPUTER & SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:

Windows, Macintosh environments. Experienced in MS Word, Excel, Works,

Google Drive

References available upon request

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