Danielle Harrison
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Education: Key Skills Acquired:
Helping students with a variety of differences to achieve their maximum potential •
Indiana University of
Pennsylvania (IUP), Accommodating individuals who are hard-of-hearing, deaf, and/or have special
needs through differentiated instruction • Utilizing total communication for
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increased comprehension and retention of topic content • Employing constructivist
B.S. in Deaf and Hard
of Hearing Persons teaching practices to create meaning of language and instructional content through
first-hand experiences • Following Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development
Education and
to scaffold instruction to students individual levels • Developing and modifying
Elementary Education
(December 2012) materials to suit students with a varying sensory, cognitive, social, emotional, and
physical needs • Creating worksheets, checklists and spreadsheets to progress
monitor student IEP goals • Utilizing applied behavior analysis to identify
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functions of behavior and address them accordingly • And last but not least, creating
Pennsylvania (IUP),
Indiana, PA a caring and professional rapport with individuals and staff!
B.S. in Disability
Services with a minor
of Deaf Studies
Teaching Experience:
(August 2011)
Baldwin Area School Deaf Education Student Teaching II, Itinerant (2012)
Certification:
District, Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania
Trinity East Elementary Deaf Education Student Teaching I, Pull-Out Classroom
Instructional I Hearing
School, Washington, PA (2012)
Impaired K-12
Certification Concord Elementary Elementary Student Teaching, Regular Education
processing School, Pittsburgh PA Setting (2012)
(As of December Homer Center Pre-Student Teaching II, Pull-Out classroom (2010)
2012) Elementary School,
Homer City, PA
Special
Pre-Student Teaching I, Preschool Program (2009)
Skills/Honors: DePaul School for
Hearing and Speech
Graduation Suma Cum
Laude IUP: Deaf Other Work
Education (12/15/12) Experience:
Dean’s List IUP (Fall Disability Services Intern (May-August 2011)
The Aphasia
2007 through Fall Center of
2012) Innovative
Treatment, Inc.
Graduation Suma Cum
Laude IUP: Disability
Residential Services Staff (August-October 2012)
Arc Advantage
Services (May 2011)
Other
Incorporated
Provost’s Emerging Camp Laughalot; Bachelor’s Level Clinician and
Arc Advantage
Leaders Scholar IUP Therapeutic Camp Counselor (June-August 2012)
Incorporated
(one time lasting honor
Manor Care
as of 2009) Dietary Department; Dietary Aide (August 2006-
Present)
North Hills
Able to Relocate & Travel Available for Full-Time & Contract Assignments
Professional
Pennsylvania State Education Association (2008-Present)
Organizations:
IUP Future Educators of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students Co-Vice Presiden
[Vice President] (Spring 2009-Spring 2010)
IUP Empowering Relationships Mentoring Program
(Fall 2009 through Spring 2010)
Orchard Hill Church Nursery Childcare (Summer 2012)
Activities:
The Student Entertainment Network (Fall 2010-Spring 2011)
IUP “Sign In” Sign Language Club (Fall 2008, Fall 2009)
Able to Relocate & Travel Available for Full-Time & Contract Assignments