Processing Specialist Education Paraprofessional

Education:

Eastern Nazarene College:

Bachelors of Arts in Management: Graduated Summa cum Laude 3.9 GPA

Member of the Phi Delta Lambda Society~ Nominee of the Outstanding Senior Award

Masters of Special Education- Moderate Disabilities Pre-k to 8 3.9 GPA

Licensing:

MEPID: 53348737

Original Certification Date: 03/11/2014

FIELD(LEVEL)

CATEGORY

APPLICATION TYPE

ISSUE DATE

EXPIRATION DATE

Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8)

ACADEMIC

Professional

10/30/17

10/29/27 (Relicensure)

Special Education Administrator (All Levels)

ACADEMIC

Initial

06/16/21

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SEI-Teacher (Level depends on prereq license)

ACADEMIC

Endorsement

07/07/15

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Special Licensing and Training:

Orton Gillingham Certificate

300 hours of Administrative field experience

Experience:

Quincy Public Schools: Snug Harbor Community School

September 2022 – Present

Special Education Teacher / Resource Room Teacher

Provide students with English Language Arts and Math services outlined in their IEP plans.

Ensuring the proper implementation of IEPs.

Responsible for ongoing diagnostic assessments and 3-year re-evaluations.

Attend weekly Student support meetings to identify high to discuss students who are high risk or have areas of concern.

Work with related service providers, general education teachers, and administrators to ensure resource room students are receiving services needed

Work as part of the school-based evaluation Team to assess students with suspected areas of disability.

Develop and write an IEP’s for resource room students’

Work with building staff to integrate students into general education classrooms and programs.

Complete daily/weekly/monthly data sheets, evaluation reports, progress reports, IEPs, assessments, and other data required by local, state and federal mandates.

Assist classroom teachers, special subject staff, administrators and other building personnel in the implementation of accommodations and modifications for inclusionary practices.

Quincy Public Schools: Snug Harbor Community School

September 2015 – June 2022

Special Education Teacher / Language Development Classroom

Teach a classroom of third, fourth and fifth grade students with language-based disabilities and other diagnosis (i.e. ADHD, Autism Spectrum disorders, emotional disorders).

Modify for each student and developed individualized lesson plans based on each student’s academic needs in all subject areas

Work with hearing impaired students and ensure that their individual needs are met throughout the school day

Developed and implemented individualized behavior plans for any students’ who may require as per their IEP or on an as need basis

Implement diversity lesson plans and strategies as developed by the diversity team

Implement student accommodations and or modifications per each students’ IEP’s

Promote social interactions throughout the day

Communicate on a regular basis with student families; each is individualized; some are daily progress reports, some are weekly

Provide specialized Language Based Learning instruction that meets the learning needs of each individual student

Meet with team members periodically regarding each student’s educational, social, emotional, and/or behavioral progress

Conduct ongoing assessments of student growth through a variety of different formal and informal testing tools

Use student performance data to tailor and differentiate curriculum to individual students and to determine small groupings and modifications

Implement and write IEP’s according to review and re-evaluation dates

Ensure that all IEP goals are being worked toward and documented quarterly

Quincy Public Schools/Atherton Hough Elementary School

September 2012- August 2015

Special Education Paraprofessional

Assist the special education teacher in all aspects of the school day

Implement academic and social programming and strategies as developed by the team

Implement behavior plans as developed by the team

Assist in data collection

Promote social interactions throughout the day

Communicate on a regular basis with the family or as directed by the school team

South Shore YMCA, Quincy

September 2012-2015

Building Bridges Social Skills Group Facilitator and Coordinator

Develop and design curriculum based on Michelle Garcia Winners Social Thinking.

Develop weekly lesson plans that contain all required components of the program.

Develop individualized behavior plans to meet the needs of each individual student (as needed).

Deliver instruction utilizing appropriate resources, equipment, materials, technology and instructional strategies.

Provide differentiated instruction based on the student’s individual level of functioning and preferred learning modalities.

Provide a positive role model of appropriate social interactions with students, parents, and staff.

Maintain constant and ongoing communication regarding students’ progress with parents

State Street Corporation, Quincy MA

1996-2001

First Line Manager & Trade Processing Specialist I and II

Process, verify and authorize international security transactions for release to sub custodian for 72 countries and currencies.

Research and resolve advisor rep inquires’.

Manage a team of trade processors responsible for the procession of international securities.

Ensuring controls are in place and those procedures are followed to process large volumes of high dollar value security transactions.

Prioritizing time critical trades.

Delegate work to staff members.

Conduct weekly meetings with staff members.

Conduct weekly meetings with individual staff members.

Prepare and conduct quarterly and yearly reviews.

Interviewing/hiring of new staff members.

Coordinating and conducting training classes for staff members.

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