Educator

**** ******* *****

Harvey, Louisiana *****

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

Cell 225-***-****

ROLAND J. DARBY, JR.

Overview: Actively participate in a leadership role with emphasis on delivery of supportive services to ensure

progress, advancement and efficiency of program services and objectives. Utilize appropriate supportive

services and/or strategies to cultivate student growth & development, advocate literacy and Habilitative services

for students with disabilities, from disadvantaged backgrounds, or at-risk of learning as beneficiaries in the

educational process. Anticipate, explore, and initiate intervention strategies to promote students’ readiness and

academic excellence. Remain loyal and committed to personal core values – service, excellence, and lifelong

learning – as a vision to achieve program success and conscientiously connect and elevate students to believe and

achieve at their highest potential.

EDUCATION

Education Specialist, Special Education, 08/24/2014, University of West Georgia – 24 Credit Hours

Master of Education, SP ED & Habilitative Services, 08/04/2001, University of New Orleans

Master of Public Administration, 05/16/1996, University of New Orleans

Thesis: Organizational Culture & Leadership

Bachelor of Arts, Drama & Communications, 05/21/1992, University of New Orleans

Minors: Psychology and Business Communication & Office Systems

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Special Education Teacher, Teaching Fellow, Lead Teacher

•Facilitate instructional delivery in middle and elementary schools for more than 13 years as a teacher

practitioner serving students with disabilities.

•Connect evidence-based research and best practices to teaching and learning strategies and remove

barriers to the learning process.

•Utilize formative student data, benchmark assessments, and diagnostic tests to establish both long-term

and short-term goals, establish baselines, and project student growth in deficit areas.

•Perform data analysis to determine students’ growth, scaffold new learning, and make informed decisions

to remediate cognitive/behavioral deficits.

•Implement and advocate services for students with disabilities in multiple grades through participation in

family meetings, collaborative team meetings, and supportive services.

•Provide direct instructions and deliver strategic intervention strategies in small groups.

•Identify and implement appropriate CBA/CBM tools and/or instruments to progress monitor and ensure

academic and/or behavioral success.

•Participate in general education setting as a collaborative co-teacher to assist students with disabilities

instructional supports and accommodations to ensure applicable modifications are in place to meet

each student's educational needs.

•Collaborate, support, and guide IEP team in developing individualized programs for students with

disabilities.

•Collaborate with a team of educators in an effort to develop appropriate student goals as well as provide

consultation based on evidence-based research and best practices for students with disabilities.

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Consultative Teacher

• Manage, mentor, and support special education teachers’ program development, in-service, and

training at school level.

• Support, participate, and mentor special education teachers in IEP meetings to ensure compliance and

procedural safeguards.

• Monitor, track, and generate monthly & quarterly reports (i.e., IEPs, eligibility determinations, re-

evaluations, Full-Time-Enrollment (FTE) or student count) to ensure school and state level

compliance.

• Monitor, track, and coordinate testing accommodations.

• Support and assist school leaders (principal, assistant principal, compliance specialist, special

education coordinator) with extenuating circumstances and ensure appropriate substantive and

procedural issues are adhered to.

• Manage and collaborate with school leaders and related service providers – School Psychologist,

Speech/Language Pathologist, School Social Worker, School Counselor, and others – to ensure all

students receive appropriate supports and related services based on student needs.

• Act as Local Education Agency and Division of Exceptional Students liaison representative to

support parent and community relations.

• Participate in educational research and subscribes to educational and professional organizations’

membership, periodicals and journals for current issues in special education.

• Engage in professional development and learning communities to build leadership capacity through

new learning and shared information.

• Recapitulate core values – service, excellence, lifelong learning – as guiding principles for

professionalism, enthusiasm, and commitment to improve student academic achievement, cognitive

skills, and social and/or emotional development as a noble privilege.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

Louisiana Teacher Certification, Mild/Moderate (1-12), Level 3 – 445103, 8/31/10 to 8/31/2015

Pi Lambda Theta – International Honor Society and Professional Association in Education – Member

Council for Exceptional Children – Member

University of West Georgia Graduate Studies – Department of Collaborative Support & Intervention

Research Project – Leadership and Effective Implementation of Inclusive Practices, Educational

Disproportionality in Urban Schools, and Culturally Responsive Teaching of African American Students

WORK HISTORY

Crocker College Preparatory Special Education Teacher 09/2014-05/2015

Success Preparatory Academy Special Education Teacher 07/2013-08/2014

Jefferson Parish Public School SPED Teacher, 504 Coordinator,

ABIT Member 10/2011 – 05/2012

Advance Baton Rouge CMO Special Education Lead Teacher 07/2010 – 07/2011

Clayton County Public Schools Consultative Teacher/

Special Education Teacher 11/2006 – 06/2010

Orleans Parish Public Schools Teaching Fellow/

Special Education Teacher 08/2004 – 06/2005

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