PROFILE
** ***** ** *********** ****** experience in the classroom and
administration. Kindhearted and empathetic professional, skilled in
addressing student needs, ensuring children will thrive and develop in an
educational atmosphere. Firm behavioral management techniques, possessing
excellent interpersonal and communication skills with both families and
members of the school community. Experience adapting and modifying general
education curriculum to enable student success. Advocate for students with
disabilities.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Behavioral Assessment Relationship
Development Collaboration
Supervisory Skills Office
Administration Creating IEP's
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Administrative Assistant - Tower Hill School, Wilmington, DE 2006 -
2013
Reception: welcome/greet visitors, telephone, athletic calendar, game
programs, athletic certificates, parent interaction, web calendar
maintenance, teacher interaction and student/parent/teacher coordination.
Teacher - Ducklings Early Learning Center, Kennett Square, PA
2004 - 2005
Lead teacher for a classroom of 2 - 3 year old students. Responsible for
weekly themes/daily lesson plans, and the well-being of each child.
Teacher - Linden Hill Elementary School, Hockessin, DE
2001-04; '06
Special Education teacher, Resource room grades 1 - 5. Created and
implemented IEP's and daily lessons.
Academic subjects included Reading, Language Arts, and Math. Interim
Assistant Principal.
Tutor - 1999 -
2001
Private practice: reading, math, organizational skills
Instructional Assistant - Rising Sun Middle School, Rising Sun, MD
1998 - 1999
Instructional assistant for students with special needs, including one high
needs student with autism.
Teacher - Emmorton Elementary School, Bel Air, MD
1997 - 1998
Grades K - 2 Resource Room teacher. Case Manager/teacher for individuals
with disabilities ranging from
mild to profound. Responsibilities included program development,
implementation and oversight.
Teacher - West Windsor-Plainsboro Middle School, Plainsboro, NJ
1990 - 1996
Grades 6 - 8, Self-Contained/Inclusion:
Program development, implementation and oversight of an initial Inclusion
program. Created and implemented IEP's, daily lessons, special activities,
and field trips for students functioning at academic levels ranging from
pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Academic subjects included Readiness
skills, Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies. Other
areas concentrated on independent living, pre-vocational, socialization
skills and individual behavioral plans. Inclusion focused on the adaptation
and implementation of sixth, seventh and eighth grade Math, Science, Social
Studies & Reading curriculum for students with special needs through a team
teaching approach.
Group Home Manager, Eden Institute, West Windsor, NJ
1989 - 1990
Full time care of six adolescent clients with autism, including scheduling
routines and daily activities.
Designing and implementing independent living and vocational skills.
Supervised and evaluated performance of staff.
EDUCATION:
BA in Special Education, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA
1989
Certifications: Teacher of the Handicapped/Disabled, Elementary School
Teacher, Therapeutic Riding
Instructor - NARHA, Autism and Behavioral Technology, Magic of Computers.
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Child Care, Teacher YMCA, Kennett Square, PA
2004 - 2006
Nursing Mothers Regional Representative/Counselor, NMI, Southern Chester
County, PA 1999 - 2004
Summer School Teacher, WW-P School District, Plainsboro, NJ
1991 - 1996
Therapeutic Riding Instructor, Hasty Acres Stables, Kingston, NJ
1991 - 1994
Lifeguard/ Head Counselor, Community Park Pool, Princeton, NJ
1986 - 1988
COMPUTER & SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:
Windows, Macintosh environments. Experienced in MS Word, Excel, Works,
Google Drive
References available upon request