Special Education Teacher

STEPHANIE J. PIRES

Massena, NY ***** 315-***-**** adouhf@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Kind and patient Early Childhood Special Education teacher who has worked extensively with families. I can provide early intervention services or work in a special day class. Compassionate and caring in delivery of personalized, hands-on support and lessons targeted to specific learning needs and strengths. Leverages strong communication skills and patient nature to provide positive reinforcement in team-based, structured environments. SKILLS

Motivating students and

excellent classroom

management skills.

Excellent professional writing

skills.

Behavioral/cognitive/language

skills development

Used TESOL strategies for working

with a variety of languages,

including Spanish. I speak

Spanish.

EXPERIENCE

08/2013 to 07/2014 Preschool Special Education Teacher Merced County Office of Education Merced, CA

Conducted small group and individual classroom activities with students based on differentiated learning needs for 4-6 year olds with autism/severely handicapped. Also worked with 4 Headstart classrooms with fully included slots for 10 students, 4-5 year olds. Provided materials and activities to classrooms at age appropriate and classroom appropriate levels.

Conducted IEP meetings with joint staffs and parents. Kept records for goals and progress to write IEP's and classroom lesson plans.

Merged Special Education and Preschool goals to benefit all children and provide fully included slots for children across all areas of disability, 08/2007 to 06/2013 Preschool Specialist

Merced County Office of Education

Worked with an aide with 35 students in 6 districts and 14 preschools, 6 student study teams.

Coordinated goals and instruction with classroom teacher or parents. Facilitated entrance to full day schedules.

Conducted IEP meetings and completed appropriate assessments. Inserviced classroom teachers on a variety of disability and strategies for teaching including second language acquisition.

Programs used: PECS, PBS, and Ages and Stages.

02/2005 to 08/2007 CPIN

Merced County Office of Education Merced, CA

Special Education CA Preschool Instruction Network was a collaborative effort by the Early Childhood agencies serving districts in the state. We provided inservices on a variety of topics to preschool teachers, exemplifying best practices and state mandated practices. We had a team of teachers: administrator, special education, and bilingual education.

We worked on several projects including producing a new second language acquisition book for preschool teachers. Provided workshops for handbook.

02/2001 to 06/2004 Special Education Teacher and Lead Home Visitor United Cerebral Palsy Hanford, CA

The Infant Program in Kings County put together a home visit component and extended their services into other natural environments, including parent/child preschools in a collaborative project with Kings County and First 5.

Trained and supported classroom teachers as they branched out into providing home visits while working on a multidisciplinary team. Students were served regardless of their disability in fully included situations: blind, deaf/blind, hard of hearing, CP, Down Syndrome, and various other congenital disabilities.

Besides providing ongoing assessment, IFSP writing, and other report writing, made referrals to other county agencies.

08/1995 to 01/2001 Special Education Vendor

Central Valley Regional Center Visalia, CA

Was vendorized to provide Early Intervention Services to families in their homes who didn't speak English well and were rural. This was to fill a gap in services by larger infant programs.

Worked in a team with an OT/PT and two aides to cover two counties. Completed IFSP's and implemented goals with a variety of activities for the 0-3 population.

08/1990 to 01/1995 Infant Teacher

Tulare County Office of Education Visalia, CA

Worked from 1982 to 1991 in a variety of special education preschool and infants settings in Tulare and Merced Counties. Available upon request.

Provided services described above. Taught on mulitidisciplary teams. Also worked one year as a Resource Specialist in general education. EDUCATION AND TRAINING

01/1981 Lifetime Special Education Credential LH Special Education San Diego State University San Diego, CA

01/1980 Lifetime Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential Education Fresno State University Fresno, CA

01/1976 Bachelor of Arts: Liberal Studies/English

Stanislaus State University Turlock, CA

03/2014 TESOL Certificate: English Language Teaching Merced County Office of Education Merced, CA

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