April Maule

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Downingtown, PA 19335

610-***-****

Email: adqrb9@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

I am an engaging, outgoing, flexible leader with over 20 years of experience within the special educational field. I am skilled at leading teams, collecting data, analyzing data, and developing creative strategies to enhance and maximize the learning experience for my students. I deal well with difficult people, can navigate ambiguous situations, and am dedicated to establishing trusting relationships. I am a detailed oriented person with high integrity and enjoy overseeing teacher teams, creating schedules, and assisting them with technology. I have a M.S. in Education from Bloomsburg University and have a passion for continuous learning.

Experience:

August 2002 – Present Kennett Consolidated School District Kennett Square, PA

Elementary Special Education Teacher

Lead and develop legal pending documents for 28-students per school year to target student’s learning needs and work on strategically improving academic, functional, and behavioral deficits through an annual process in which monthly assessments of data is analyzed to determine if an intervention is needed in order to stay on track with learning goals

Collaborate with 9 department heads within the areas of psychology, speech and language pathology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, vision therapy, hearing therapy, behavior therapy, regular education, and gifted education department heads to ensure the students success within the general education classroom

Oversee staff of 4 in developing schedules and ensuring daily productivity is effective in the delivery of instruction

Use, at an expert level, educational software tools such as ALEKS, Skyward, Schoology, IEPWriter, Acadience, DIBELS, MAP Growth Reports, Planbook Edu, Clever, LinkIt, Read Naturally Live, and Google, Microsoft and Apple applications

Integrate technology into the classroom to keep students engaged in a fun and interactive way through tools such as Wordwall, Peardeck, Kahoot, and Google Docs with voice to dictation

Partner with general education teachers to co-teach general and special education students in the same environment to reduce negative feelings that special education students may have due to their learning deficits

Create an environment of inclusion, love and acceptance for all students, parents and teachers

Develop unique math, reading fluency and comprehension, as well as environmental tools for students based on specific needs

Skills:

Adobe Reader/Writer

Google applications

Apple applications

Microsoft Office applications – Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Teams

Skyward

ALEKS

Schoology

IEPWriter

MAP Growth Reports

Clever

LinkIt

Zoom

Planbook

Wordwall

Kahoot

Read Naturally Live

Acadience Data Management

Wordwall

Pear deck

Kahoot

Math In Focus -Virtual Manipulatives

Teachers Pay Teachers

Education:

M.S. Education Bloomsburg University 2001

B.S. in Speech Language Pathology Bloomsburg University 1999

References available upon request

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