Special Education Teacher

Linda M. Kemski

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Jacksonville,NC 28540

Cell: 978-***-****

Professional Summary

Dedicated special needs preschool/elementary classroom teacher with the ability to teach children with intellectual,behavioral, and physical challenges. Committed to educational development of young children and positive parent-teacher communication.

Qualifications

- Managing classroom for diverse populations

- Differentiated instruction

- Behavior Modification

- Age appropriate lesson planning

- Working as part of an interdisciplinary team

- Supervision of paraprofessionals

- Parent-teacher conferencing

- MA in Education

Experience

Special Education classroom teacher January 1974- December 2009

Town of Billerica Special Education Dept.

River Street

Billerica, MA 01821

Planned, implemented, monitored and assessed classroom instruction consistent with the student’s needs as stated on their Individualized Educational Plan. Communicated often with parents to promote a positive home-school partnership. The classroom consisted of children ages 3-5 years old with up to 9 special needs students and up to 10 typically developing students.

Also held the position of Resource Room Teacher in the John F. Kennedy Elementary School. My responsibilities included assessing students needs, planning, implementing,and monitoring instruction. In addition, I also worked closely with classroom teachers and other teaching specialists.

Education

Michigan State University- Bachelor of Arts (1972)

East Lansing, Michigan

Certifications: Elementary Education (K-8) and Special Eduction (K-8)

Regis College- Master of Arts-Special Education (1978)

High Scope Training Session I (1993)

Melmark New England- Teaching Children with Autism Using Applied Behavior Analysis (2008)

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