VIDIA PHILLIP

**** ***** ***● Brooklyn, NY *****

646-***-**** ● acsy9d@r.postjobfree.com

Educational Facilitator

A compassionate and committed professional with seven years of experience providing educational and supportive services to students with behavioral and development challenges. Focused on improving retention and increasing parent involvement in student success. Strong emphasis on leveraging technological resources to support student learning and engagement.

KEY STRENGTHS

Behavior Management ● Special Education Services ● Classroom Technology ● Positive Reinforcement ● IEP Goals

Common Core Standards ● Community Resources ● Learning Strategies ● Educational Collaboration ● Workshop Presentation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ASSOCIATION FOR METROAREA AUTISTIC CHILDREN, NEW YORK, NY, 2015-2015

Special Educational Teacher

Provide socially and culturally appropriate instruction. Specialize in working with students diagnosed with developmental, learning, and emotional disabilities. Partner with parents, guardians, and school staff to measure progress, develop instructional priorities, and identify additional areas of need. Reinforce student learning by employing various strategies including phonetics, multisensory learning, and repetition. Implement the use of ABA, discrete trials and rigorous data collection.

Key Achievements:

Modify general curriculum to better serve special needs students and utilize various instructional techniques and strategies both individually and in a group setting.

Apply behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies to encourage socially acceptable behavior.

Plan and execute activities and assignments to promote a balanced program of instruction to meet the needs of a diverse student population.

BeachBrook Therapeutic Nursery SCHOOL, Brooklyn, NY, 2015-2015

Head Teacher

Utilized developed methods that met the individual needs of each child in the 9:1:1 setting. Supervised small group setting to ensure children were responding to therapeutic and sensorial play methods for children with autism. Collaborated with assistants on a daily basis to define the appropriate activities for the students in relation to the curriculum.

Key Achievements:

Involved parents to increase knowledge of students’ progress and of methods/ strategies to employ at home.

Communicated with school personnel on weekly basis regarding the progresses and achievements of students.

STARTING POINT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, Brooklyn, NY, 2010-2015

Special Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT)

Maintained caseload of students with development and behavioral challenges for agency providing educational and therapeutic programs for preschool children in the NYC school system. Developed Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals aligned with Common Core standards. Assisted families of students to access special education service within school department and connect caregivers to outside resources to ensure continued educational success. Cultivated and sustained positive relationships with school representatives to further individual student goals.

Key Achievements:

Collaborated with parents to increase engagement, communicate critical information, and support student success.

Met 80% of set student objectives and recognized by supervisor for superlative productivity.

Developed and implemented creative technology strategies to increase student engagement and information retention.

Designed and facilitated interactive instructional technology workshop for colleagues and allied professionals focused on math and Common Core standards.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Brooklyn, NY, 2006-2010

Substitute Teacher/Paraprofessional

Served multiple schools as a short and long-term substitute teacher with an emphasis on children with cognitive, behavioral, social, emotional, and physical disabilities. Implemented existing lesson plans and created ad-hoc activities to present subject matter through lectures, discussions, and interactive learning strategies. Provided supervision and discipline in classrooms and shared spaces.

Key Achievements:

Partnered with established assistant teachers to coordinate instructional efforts.

Adapted lessons and instructional methods to grade levels, individual student needs, and contextual learning opportunities.

EDUCATION

Touro College, New York, NY

M.S. Instructional Technology (2014)

Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY

B.A. Early Childhood Special Education, Psychology Concentration (2009)

Certification, Special Education, Birth-2nd Grade (2009)

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