Summary: A consummate, passionate education professional with nineteen years teaching experience in special education, behavior management, and inclusion and specialized reading programs. Seeking a teaching, liaison or supervisory role in special education, early childhood behavioral management and or inclusion program teacher training and/or mentoring.

Entrepreneur (2015- Present) Imagine Nation Academy

Owner/Director of out of school time program.

Obtained funding to launch business.

Developed and initiated business plan.

Licensed (Department of Early Education and Care) /insured/ and operated three separate locations.

Responsible for writing and updating Staff and Parent/Guardian Handbooks to meet state regulations.

Responsible for the hiring of staff including required information for the EEC, conducting CORI/SORI checks on staff

Responsible for the development and implementation of program curriculum.

Organized required professional development for staff

Responsible for organizing and conducting monthly team and coordinator meetings

Teaching Experience:

ESL Teacher North River Collaborative

Differentiated instruction for English Second Language students grades Kindergarten to 5th grade.

Coordinated activities with regular education classroom teachers.

Designed lesson plans to meet the needs of individual students.

Completed progress monitoring reports for each student.

Administered appropriate ESL placement tests.

Special Education Teacher (2007-2014) Boston Public Schools

K0-K1 Inclusion Teacher (2012-2014) Haynes EEC

Climate Control Committee Member- Committee responsible for the development and implementation of school wide behavior plan.

Faculty Senate Member

Presented power point presentations to parents concerning goals and expectations of students and families.

Responsible for coordinating activities for high level of parent involvement in classroom and other settings.

Mentored first year K0 teacher in practicum through the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Oversaw and collaborated with two classroom paraprofessionals.

Wrote Individual Education Plans/report cards/progress notes.

Implemented OWL Curriculum making modification/accommodations for Special Needs and ELL students.

Developed OWL and Building Blocks Kits

Wrote and implemented Functional Behavioral Analysis plans for individual students.

K-8 grade Special Education Teacher (2010-2012) Thomas Edison K-8

Lead teacher 6th grade math/ELA inclusion lab classroom, including pull-out programs in math and reading.

Trained new teachers in behavior management techniques.

Set up individual and classroom behavioral programs.

Used Engrade online grading system for tracking student progress and lesson planning.

Serviced K-2nd grade students in Resource Room setting.

Implemented Project Read strategies as well as supplemental reading program, Sidewalks.

Serviced 5th and 8th graders using Orton-Gillingham Reading Program.

Serviced students in 1st and 2nd grade Lab with intensive emotional and behavioral needs.

Health Teacher (Summer 2010) Dominican Republic

Designed and implemented health education program for girls 11 to 17 years of age attending an academic camp.

Responsible for designing lessons to meet needs of ESL learners.

Organized system for identifying students to encourage and increase school attendance.

Participated in home visits and parent trainings.

Attended Spanish classes to improve personal language skills.

Early Childhood Special Education (2007-2010) Blackstone Elementary

Lead Teacher/Team Leader in an early childhood special needs classroom.

Responsible for implementing the OWL and Building Blocks Curriculums; developing goals and objectives for IEPs; and administering the Battelle Developmental Inventory.

Wrote and received a grant for a whole-school garden project.

Early Childhood Special Education (2002-2007) Arlington Public Schools

Coordinator of Services

Responsible for screening, referrals, and placement of students in available programs.

Provided inclusion services for students in this private pre-school program; providing home consultation.

Coordinated services including occupational therapy, speech therapy, and behavioral services.

Implemented a wide range of language, motor, and sensory integration techniques to meet the

needs of individual students.

Pre-School Special Education Teacher (2000-2002) Belmont Public Schools

Taught and planned for inclusion-based preschool classroom using Total Communication.

Responsibilities included administering the Brigance Diagnostic comprehensive inventory of

Basic Skills-Revised and the Woodcock Johnson and providing specialized reading and writing

instruction to grades K-2.

Resource Room Teacher (1999-2000) Woburn Public Schools

Coordinated a 4th grade inclusion classroom.

Responsibilities included implementing the Orton-Gillingham Reading Program and administering the WIAT.

Provided reading and math programs for K-5th grade students in Resource Room.

Licensure:

Supervisor/Director – Initial

Special Needs (Prek-9) – Academic Professional

Special Needs (5-12) – Initial

ESL Licensure (Prek-6) (5-12) – Initial

Early Childhood (Prek-2) – Initial

Vocational Certification – Pending

SEI Endorsement

Additional Special Skills:

Behavioral management teacher training

CPI

Total Communication

Battelle Developmental Inventory

LAP-D

Orton-Gillingham Reading Program

Woodcock Johnson

Brigance Diagnostic

A-Net

Project Read

Sidewalks, early reading intervention

OWL/ Building Blocks

Second Steps/Talk About Touching/Visual Thinking Strategies

Education:

American International College Springfield, MA

Master of Administration Program January 2007-2010

University of Nevada Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV

Master of Education 1995

St. Bonaventure University St. Bonaventure, NY

Bachelor of Science 1993

Salem State University Salem, MA

Continuing Education 2003-2006

Educational/ Special Educational Law

Learner’s Edge LearnersEdgeInc.com

Continuing Education 2013

Excelling in the Early Childhood Classroom

Strategies for the Challenging Child

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