Special Education School District

JAMES M. SMITH

**** ****** ***** **. *******, TX 77488 281-***-**** ad5en5@r.postjobfree.com

I am an educagtor, teacher and administrator with 32 successful years of experience managing student behaviors, facilities, curriculum and staff; while creating safe environments, maintaining the utmost confidentiality, monitoring and assessing programs and staff while maintaining a student- centered approach. I possess a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Masters in Science in Education and I am looking to leverage my knowledge, leadership and experiences into a new role and field as I have retired

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bay City Independent School District

Special Education

Teacher

Gr 9-12 All

Subjects

2017-present

• Maintain confidentiality

• Create relevant lessons in History, English, Science and English

• Provide practice so that students can solve complex interpersonal issues

• Instruct students and current staff in conflict resolution

• Evaluate student behavior and begin to teach them how to control, modify and accept responsibility for their behaviors

• Create opportunities for my students to be job and or college ready when they graduate

Wharton Independent School District, Wharton, TX

Assistant Principal, August 2010 – Present

Pk-2, 2-5, 6-8, DAEP

Implemented a Reading Buddies Program with community support to increase student literacy and support school reading programs.

Formed a community based program called Positive Adults Working With Students (PAWWS) in an effort to mentor our most challenging students. Obtained grant funding to support the program.

Collaborated with a team of faculty to develop after-school tutorial program and a summer school for students in need of extra help.

Planned, implemented, monitored, and assessed classroom instructional programs and worked with teachers to improve instruction.

Fostered meaningful relationships among staff, students, parents, and the community in efforts to improve the school climate, culture and the public image.

Met with parents and stakeholders to resolve conflicting educational priorities and issues.

Created an award winning Positive Behavior Intervention Support System (PBIS) that reduced discipline by 60 percent

Implemented CHAMPS, Capturing Kids Hearts and Conscious Discipline

Worked closely with Campus and District Special Education personnel to ensure the equity in the education of our students with disabilities.

Palacios Independent School District, Palacios, TX 7th Grade Texas History 11/2007-6/2008

Modified the general education curriculum for special-needs students based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.

Planned, implemented and assessed my classroom instruction.

Organized grades and attendance records.

Fostered meaningful relationships among students and parents.

Developed and taught lessons on relevant books, poems, movies and themes to promote student interest. Consistently received positive teacher evaluations from students. ALTA Academy an HISD Charter School

Dean of Instruction, June2005 – June 2007

Worked to improve dropout rates in HISD.

Introduced special outreach programs to the community in an effort to increase the institution's interest in community service and jobs.

Developed programs to work with students and increase interest in higher learning. Improved student's analytical skills by introducing state-of-the-art computer program technologies.

Modified the curriculum, scope and sequence, and teacher instruction to increase the student classroom performance and standardized test results.

Planned, implemented, monitored, and assessed classroom instructional programs to increase scores on standardized tests.

Fostered meaningful relationships among students, staff, community and parents. Improved student test scores on state math test by 33% and ELA scores by 66% in a two year period.

Lamar Consolidated Independent School District

6th Grade Social Studies/High School AP Government and Economics August 1993-June 2005

Developed program to work with students and increase interest in higher learning. Department Chair

Led vertical and horizontal curriculum alignment teams district wide

Modified the general education curriculum for special-needs students based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.

Planned, implemented, monitored, and assessed my classroom instruction and that of my department. Organized grades and attendance records

Fostered meaningful relationships among students, parents and staff.

Developed and taught lessons on relevant books, poems, movies and themes to promote student interest. -JSConsistently received positive teacher evaluations from students.

Met with parents to resolve student problems

EDUCATION

University of Houston Clear Lake May 2005-Master of Science in Education

Sam Houston State University May 1993 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

ADDITIONAL SKILLS/CERIFICATIONS

Principal/Social Studies/Special Education Certifications

T-TESS and PDAS

Professional Learning Communities

Capturing Kids Hearts

Conscious Discipline

Positive Behavior Intervention Support

FEMA-Emergency Management

-Behavior Coach certifed

CDL Bus TDL

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