Special Education Teacher
Resume:
April Maule
Downingtown, PA 19335
Email: ********@*****.***
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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