High School Special Education
Resume:
Mary Shores
Email: *********@********.***
Address: **** ********** *****
City: Salt Lake City
State: UT
Zip: 84116
Country: USA
Phone: 801-***-****
Skill Level: Director
Salary Range: $68,000
Willing to Relocate
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MARY SHORES
1300 Capistrano Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
EDUCATION
University of Southern Utah, through Salt Lake City School District Cohort, 5/11
Endorsement: Reading
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 5/07
English as a Second Language Endorsement
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 5/05
Master of Arts, Education-Special Education Option
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 8/04
Endorsement, Special Education
Regis University, Denver, Colorado, 5/00
B.A., Liberal Arts
Elementary Education Certification
Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyoming, 5/88
Associates of Arts, Business Administration
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Exceptional Children Specialist/Resource Teacher 7-8 grades at Clayton Middle School in Salt Lake City, Utah 08/05 to present
Responsibilities included:
* Diagnose and evaluate specific student`s needs as needed or requested
* Plan and implement a program of study that meets individual needs, interest,
and abilities within the school district curriculum as well as the designed
Individualized Education Plan for students
* Implement curriculum objectives and goals using effective teaching
techniques and materials
* Develop, in a cooperative manner with the principal and Director of Special
programs, a plan for the improvement and enrichment of instruction in special
education
* Write lesson plans describing daily learning experiences correlated to
curriculum objectives and the stated IEP of the student
Elementary Teacher: 5th grade at Meadowlark Elementary in
Salt Lake City, Utah, 12/04 to 08/05
Responsibilities included:
* Teach 5th grade level core curriculum
* Establish classroom management and positive behavioral interventions
for multicultural student body
* Develop daily lesson plans
Exceptional Children Specialist/Resource Room: 9-12 grades at Independence High School in Rock Springs, Wyoming, 8/01 to 12/04
Responsibilities included:
* Diagnose and evaluate specific student`s needs as needed or requested
* Plan and implement a program of study that meets individual needs, interest,
and abilities within the school district curriculum as well as the designed
Individualized Education Plan for the student
* Implement curriculum objectives and goals using effective teaching
techniques and materials
* Develop, in a cooperative manner with the principal and Director of Special
programs, a plan for the improvement and enrichment of instruction in special
education
Exceptional Children Specialist/Alternative Directions in Adaptive Personal Skills (ADAPS): K-6 grades at Northpark Elementary School in Rock Springs, Wyoming, 8/00 to 5/01
Responsibilities included:
* All those essential functions listed in the job description for Exceptional Children Specialist/Resource Room to facilitate this program designed to serve elementary students with disabilities whose primary reason for lack of success in inclusive settings (including resource room) is behavior. The program focuses on proactive teaching of social skills, problem solving and anger management
Student Teacher: Fourth grade at Jackson elementary in Green River,
Wyoming, 1/00 to 5/00
Responsibilities included:
* Planned developmentally appropriate activities following weekly themes and organizing materials for thematic units in a variety of areas
* Used systematic lesson planning emphasizing long and short-term goals and assessment
* Implemented positive classroom management strategies
* Motivated students through an active learning environment
* Communicated with parents through daily progress reports, newsletters, and parent-teacher conferences
Substitute Teacher: K-12 at elementary and secondary schools in Sweetwater
School District Number One in Rock Springs, Wyoming, 8/96 to 5/97 and 8/90
to 5/91
Responsibilities included:
* Function as professional substitute of regular elementary or secondary teacher
* Provide continuity of regular classroom schedule in the absence of regular elementary or secondary teacher
* Maintain established classroom behavior management in the absence of regular elementary or secondary teacher
Special Education Deaf Interpreter/Tutor at Northpark Elementary in Rock Springs, Wyoming, 8/91 to 5/96
Responsibilities included:
* Facilitate communication between regular elementary classroom teacher and students with hearing-impairment
* Interpret, via coded English, spoken words in all educational settings to students with hearing-impairment
* Assist students with hearing-impairment and those communicating with them in the maintenance and proper care of hearing aids, frequency modulation systems and all other equipment used to facilitate communication
RELATED EXPERIENCE
* AVID, Advancement Via Individual Determination member, 2009 to present
* Attended all Job Alike trainings with Salt Lake City School District from 2005 to present.
* Attended all Strategies that Work trainings with Clayton Middle School from 2005 to present.
* Served on the Special Education Department Improvement Committee from 2008-2010.
* Served on the Student Services Committee at Clayton Middle School from 2009 to present.
* Attended two week-long Signing Exact English workshops presented by Gallaudet University in Omaha, Nebraska and Cypress, California, 7/93 and 8/94
* Taught signing Exact English classes to students at Northpark elementary in Rock Springs, Wyoming in an after-school program, 4/92 to 5/96
* Attended Renaissance Learning Advanced Reading Renaissance in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 5/02
* Attended Read Naturally workshop, 5/02
* Attended Council for Exceptional Children in Seattle, Washington, 04/03
* Student At Risk Program (StAR) chairperson at Independence High School in Rock Springs, Wyoming 03-04
* Special Education Case Manager at Independence High School in Rock Springs, Wyoming 01-02 to present
SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS
* Eleanor R. -Rusty- Rowland Scholarship, 2005
* Phi Kappa Phi Grant recipient, 2005
* Eleanor R. -Rusty- Rowland Scholarship, 2004
* Magna Cum Laude Regis University, 2000
* Phi Theta Kappa, 1998
* Dean`s Honor Roll, 1997
* Divisional Scholarship, 1988
* Dean`s Honor Roll, 1988
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