Special Education Teacher

LISA RAYE

**** ********** *******, ******, ***** 78748

Cell: 512-***-****

****.*******@*****.***

SUMMARY

Former HS Regular English and Special Education Teacher and Department Chair. Worked as Intern with Texas Legal

Aide and enjoy researching and learning about the law and it's application. Excellent legal writing skills.

Beginning UT Austin Paralegal Certification Program mid June, 2015 and will complete 4 month coursework byOctober, 2015 to become certified Paralegal.

HIGHLIGHTS

Legal research EthicalTranscribing/finalizing pleadings Decisive

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Legal Administration Tasks

Generated, typed, formatted and edited letters, documents, motions, briefs and client forms.

EXPERIENCE

TEXAS LEGAL AIDE

Austin, TX

Paralegal Intern 02/2012 to 07/2012

Investigated facts and law of cases using pertinent sources to determine causes of action and to prepare cases.

I worked under one Paralegal to research court documents, interview clients, prepared settlement agreements, andpresented cases before housing authority as well as housing unit managers.

AISD

Austin, TX

Regular English and Special Education Teacher 9th Grade Team Leader and SPED Department Chair

08/1997 to 06/2009

Responsible for teaching Resource, Inclusion, co-taught Special Education classes. All had mixed grade levels as well asdifferent disabilities and behaviors to be worked through while providing a stimulating and strategy for learningenvironment.

I carried a caseload of 45 students per year. I was responsible for coordinating and facilitating each student's AnnualARD meeting on my caseload as well as any disciplinary ARD's needing to be held. I was responsible for each student'sstandardized testing at appropriate grade level and all transitional coordination after graduation. I was also responsible fortransitioning SPED students from the feeder middle schools to HS. All my caseload student schedules went through me,the Case Manager, in order to ensure graduation requirements were being met.

As Department Chair, I was responsible for all the Annual ARD's facilitated by the staff to be done in a timely mannerand that all educational needs were being met by the district by law. I was the only Teacher "Administrative Designee"able to sign any and all ARD paperwork if and Administer was unavailable.

As 9th Grade Team leader - while continuing to teach classes - I was responsible for weekly 9th grade teacher meetingsregarding discipline and directives from the Principal and District. I was in charge of coordinating and facilitating allParent/Teacher meetings after school and helping to implement any/all modifications to any behavioral issues, failinggrades, attendance, or student/teacher disagreements.

I was also responsible for coordinating all 9th grade events including Freshman Camp and Parent/Teacher dinners. I

worked directly under the 9th grade Asst. Principal.

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF ARTS: ENGLISH AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONUniversity of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

Member of PHI THETA KAPPA

1997

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