Margaret Tesone
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New Castle, PA 16101
EXPERIENCE
School at McGuire Memorial, New Brighton, PA — Behavior Technician
January 2020 - Present
Providing in-classroom behavior support for students with mental and physical diagnosis; collecting data for, and running IEP and behavior goals; collaborating with staff to ensure engagement and activities to align with IEP and behavior goals; creating shoebox tasks and activities for students; creating and/or finding and facilitating online lessons; adapting data collecting processes to virtual platform
Head Start/Early Head Start of Beaver County, Monaca, PA — Special Services Coordinator
June 2019 - December 2019
Liaison for families and educators through the referral process; provide information to teachers and families about early interventions, and services for children, guiding families and teachers through referral process; providing intervention and accommodation ideas for teachers and aides; support in classrooms with behaviors; track and document results of ASQs and ASQSEs; trained as a Safety-Care Trainer
Wesley K-8, Upper St. Clair, PA — Resource Teacher November 2018 - June 2019
Creating lesson plans for pull-out and push-in English and math lessons for a classroom of 5-12 students in grades K-8; serving a building wide substitute; monitoring progress towards annual and ESY IEP goals; collaborating with fellow classroom educators in making decisions about interventions, classroom activities, and lessons; using data to differentiate instruction within the classroom; writing and revising IEPs; worked through Welsey as Therapeutic Specialist for Wonder Kids Program Pittsburgh Public Schools Early Head Start, Pittsburgh, PA — Educational Assistant
April 2018 - November 2018
Providing classroom management, engagement, and general aid in a classroom of 12 pre-K students; collaborating with fellow classroom educators in making decisions about interventions, classroom activities, and lessons; facilitating cooperative play with students, while focusing on their individual goals PLEA, Pittsburgh, PA — ISA
August 2016 - April 2018
Lesson planning, running fluency programming, and classroom management for classroom of 6-8 special needs students; use of ABA, and precision teaching in daily lessons; writing daily behavioral and therapy notes in Credible.com; through company, served as group leader for Summer Camp Program, and served as substitute mental health therapist for Extended School Year Program
I Can Schools, Cleveland, OH — Teacher
July 2014 - June 2016
Managing classroom of 31 - 40 students, taught grades Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 6-8th Science, observing and assessing student performance and progress; creating lesson plans in accordance with state curriculum and school-wide curriculum standards, and using classroom data to inform and differentiate instruction; Ohio ETPS Rated: Skilled
Education
Slippery Rock University, 2017
MEd, Special Education
GPA: 4.0
University of Pittsburgh, 2013
BA, English
GPA: 3.04
Skills
● K-8 Education
● Special Education
● Applied Behavior Analysis
and Precision Teaching
● IEP Writing
● Data Informed Decision
Making
● Early Childhood Education
● Ukeru, TCI, and Safety Care
Trained
References
Monet Wade
Co-worker at Head Start
Angela Loelinger
Co-worker at Head Start
Josie Grignon
Principal at Wesley K-8