Judy Lans

***** – *** Street Surrey, British Columbia, V4N 4H9

604-***-**** (H) 604-***-**** (C) email: adx20g@r.postjobfree.com

Highlights of Qualifications:

Fourteen years teaching experience (7 years classroom and LST, and 7 years as IST/LST).

Team player approach to supporting student’s educational progress by collaborating with parents, administrators, colleagues, support staff, and outside agencies.

Passionate about inclusive education for students with unique needs to maintain dignity and privacy.

Scheduling EAs. Hosting and evaluating Student-EAs. Designed and presented professional development: friendship groups, SEL, selective mutism, data collection, how to use Touch Chat, Challenger Baseball, Dino Island, and how to teach time management.

Developing IEPs and supporting EAs and Classroom Teachers in following IEPs.

I think outside the box, am solutions oriented, and try not to repeat my mistakes.

Lived and worked in four countries: Canada, United States, Switzerland, and Israel

Education:

2023 Queen’s University – ‘Foundations in Leadership’, ‘ELL’, ‘First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples’

2023 Edmonton Regional Learning Ctr. – “Level B Assessment” – qualifies me to administer Level B

2017-present Participated in all IST training sessions within Surrey School District

2020 Queen’s University – “Special Ed for Learning Support Teachers”

1995-97 University of British Columbia – ‘computers’ and ‘French’

1992-93 Ecole Reymond – Geneva, Switzerland – classes in French while working as a nanny

1991-92 California State University – classes for California Teaching Credential

1989-91 University of Calgary – Bachelor of Education (Secondary English major, ESL minor)

1984-88 University of Alberta – Bachelor of Arts (English major, Psychology minor)

Teaching Experience:

2017-present Surrey School District – Integration Support Teacher and Learning Support Teacher

2016-17 Khalsa School, Old Yale Road – Teaching grade 5 and Learning Support Teacher

2001-16 Took 15 years off to raise my two children. Meanwhile, I was a TTOC at Pacific Academy, completed 2.5 years Bible school from Bethel Supernatural School of Ministry, 1 year of Samuel’s Mantle, taught “the Wave” class to bus kids at CLA for two years, and volunteered in public school helping children learn to read.

1998-01 North Vancouver School District – LST, Integrated Studies, Resource Math, Resource Science, Typing 10.

1994-98 North Vancouver Christian Academy – Multi-grade classes for grades 4-10

1991-92Chaffey Joint Union School District, (California) – Grades 9 and 12 English

Other Experience:

-Twelve years admin support from Jr. Filing Clerk to Admin. Assist. for Assistant Chief Judge 1980-1998

-Entertainment Writer for “The Gauntlet” University of Calgary newspaper. 1989-1990

-Judge for the University of Calgary Debate Club. 1990-1991

-Dinos Sports TV News Reporter for University of Calgary Media Centre. 1990-1991

-Published a poem at University of Calgary Writers Symposium. 1991

-Volunteer with Surrey Parks and with Surrey Emergency Response. 2000-present

-Homestay host for international students from Japan, China, Korea, Spain (2003-2015)

-Worked in glass factory on Kibbutz Tzuba, Israel and taught English to Russian immigrants. 1993

Workshops and Professional Development taken: (* = I’ve then turned into Pro-D for staff)

-Safety Plan - keeping staff safe

-Positive Behaviour Plan – keeping students safe

-How to communicate with difficult people

-How to complete IEPs using MyEd

-How to chair an integrated case management meeting (ICM)

-Medical forms protocols for students taking medicine at home and/or at school.

-Level B Assessments

-* Toilet training – by Dr. Pat Mirenda

-Autism in girls (by Michelle Garcia Winner – hosted by Surrey School District)

-Investing in girls and women with ASD

-* Indigenous practices towards Truth and Reconciliation

-Making an Indigenous drum

-Making an Indigenous painting

-* Supporting diverse learners

-Identifying and supporting traumatized students

-* Challenger baseball – put on by the Toronto Blue Jays

-“My Way” program

-Power of play by Pamela Wolfberg

-Early detection of ASD

-How to do an official observation

-What the School Psychologist wants you to know

-Youth in Autism – celebration

-Autism Conference

-Mentorship 36 program – I was a mentee and then became a mentor.

-Complex health conditions in those with ASD

-Chronic absenteeism and student engagement – I created a committee to address poor attendance.

-Changing developmental trajectories in young children with ASD for success in Pre-K to grade 2

-Supporting diverse learners transition to grade 8

-Supporting transitions to kindergarten

-Theories of Attachment, Parent Connect, and International Conference on Attachment

-Read and Write toolbar as a learning and teaching aid

-* Non-violent crisis intervention

-Low arousal training

-Critical incident group debriefing

-Orbit Note PDF Reader to access classroom resources.

-POPARD FASD Outreach

-Summer Institute on SEL and support dogs

-* How to incorporate SEL – I created SEL announcements for the school

oMovement Monday

oTalk about Talents Tuesday

oWelcoming Words of Kindness Wednesday

oThankful Thursday

oForgiving Friday

-Tools for supporting reading and writing – by Nedra Post

-POPARD Complex Learning series

-Trauma informed care: building a culture of strength.

-* Selective Mutism

-Self-injury behaviour in youth

-Executive Functioning Skills – by Sarah Ward

-Self-regulation strategies (Zones of Regulation)

-KTEA-3 Brief Refresher

-Surrey mental health and wellness 40

-Fostering accessible learning for deaf and hard of hearing individuals – by Nigel Howard

-Toolbox of strategies for low incidence students in a blended learning model

-Basic and Advanced Health and Safety training

-LST competency-based IEP sessions

-Pre-school visits and gradual entry plans

-Board maker – visual schedules, social stories

-Fountas and Pinnell benchmark assessment system

-* SLP/AAC and Touch Chat

-Nurturing a sense of agency: Promoting SEL in our learning communities

-Challenging behaviours Conference

-Down Syndrome conference

-Screenagers

-* Dino Island – as a pull-out, then I created a class-wide inclusive application.

-Addictions, monitoring, and the new marijuana laws

-Canucks Autism Network

-Needs assessment and the DATA team presentation.

-Applied Behaviour Technician Training for Teachers (ABA for Teachers)

-Neuro Tribes: Legacy of ASD and the future of neurodiversity by Steve Silberman

-File support during an audit

-Stages of friendship in students with ASD/Asperger’s

-* Making Friends: Strategies to improve social understanding and friendship skills

-* How to legally and financially get support for students

-Detecting autism in toddlers and pre-schoolers

-How to create an Indigenous garden space – created a garden committee

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