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OBJECTIVE: To secure a challenging position working to help students to control their behaviors in order to gain an excellent education helping them achieve their dreams.

EXPERIENCE:

Special Education Teacher, Sacaton Middle School District #18, Sacaton Middle School – 6/22-8/2023

Principal(s) – Bright Benson 2022 1st quarter, Debbie Ybarra 2022-2023

Level – Middle School self-contained grades 5-8 for Autistic, SLD, MMID, and MID students

Created schedule and curriculum for classes taught which produced consistency for students and enabled them to progress in their academics

Created a behavioral program that helped students in my class to learn to control their own behaviors

Wrote and implemented IEP’s which effectively helped students to make progress

Excellent parent/Guardian contacts and relationships which helped the students to show more progress in their academics

Led ESS PLC committee

Special Education Teacher, Benjamin Franklin High School, 7/21-5/22

Principal – David Farnsworth

Level – High School ESS Math

Created curriculum and a curriculum map for Consumer Math I & Consumer Math II

Taught ESS Pre-Algebra (Saxon Course 3), ESS Algebra I and ESS Consumer Math

Served on the Traffic Committee and Prom Committee

oEnsuring the safety of students arriving to school in the morning.

oHelping to plan/decorate and chaperone the Prom.

Before and after school tutoring for students including a cursive writing group for all interested in learning (a high school expectation for all students to be able to read and write in cursive)

Special Education Teacher, Sacaton Middle School District #18, Sacaton Middle School – 6/19-5/21

Principal(s) – Andre Gillespie 2019, Cindy Lewis 2020-2021

Level – Middle School self-contained grades 5-8 for Autistic and MID students

Successfully helped small groups of general education students after school to learn concepts they struggled to learn in their classes

Gave constructive ways for teachers to teach their students to improve their writing skills after scoring writing benchmark papers.

Instrumental in creating a better school environment in the self-contained classrooms by organizing materials for both classrooms into a more usable storage system where both classrooms have access to the materials and can find what is needed easily

Created new curriculum and on-line programs which showed gains in student’s progress toward IEP goals that were previously not showing progress

Special Education Teacher, Casa Grande Elementary School District #4, Villago Middle School – 7/09- 5/19

Principal(s) – Jeff Lavender 2009-2018, 2019-present ; Tracy Robbins 2018-2019

Level – Middle School (6th & 8th grades resource, 1 year ED self-contained) Elementary (1 year- day - 1st– 4th concurrently with day at middle school)

Special Education State Audit team partner for the district self audit

Social Studies curriculum adoption team member to assure special needs were included in the adopted curriculum for the district

Editor/Advisor for the school yearbook - 6 years

oSaved money for the club through negotiating contracts for quality publishing of the yearbooks

oProcured cameras through club fundraising and paid off previous year’s debt while helping students to learn photography and layout of yearbook pages, creating a yearbook that was praised by the principal as “the best yearbook ever” and improving the yearbook each year.

Advisor/coach for the Chess club – 8 years

oCreated a chess program that took the team from last place in the district tournament to second place by teaching students how to strategize and play “legal” games of chess.

Created the Curriculum map for a new social skills curriculum for the school which allowed the special education team to better plan instruction while using the curriculum

Special Education Teacher, Robert F. Kennedy, Children Action Corps, Lancaster – 8/06-6/09

Principal – Valerie Paen 978-***-****, ext. 400

Level – Middle School (7th & 8th grades self-contained)

Created Curriculum maps for 6th, 7th, & 8th grade Science, Math, and Social Studies which helped the teachers to more easily plan their lessons using the school’s curriculum

Initiated Student Council and served as advisor, helping the students to realize and enhance their leadership skills and abilities.

Creator/Editor/Writer of the school ‘s first newsletter, “The Lion’s Roar” which showcased student’s work and achievements and was praised as an outstanding product that recognizes the great work and accomplishments the students have done and a true picture of what is accomplished at the RFK Lancaster School.

Chair of the School Morale committee working to keep staff members unified as a working “family” group.

Learning Disabilities Teacher, Essex County Public Schools - 8/04-6/06

Principal- Wanda Wallace Durham 804-***-****

Level - Middle School (7th grade resource)

Co-taught Science, Social Studies, and Math

Taught special education language arts

Coordinated and taught after school gifted science program

Special Education Teacher, Delta School - 8/01-6/04

Principal-Dr. Marlene Moore 215-***-****

Level - elementary self contained (2 years) middle school self-contained (1 year)

Wrote and implemented curriculum for early elementary class

Originated classroom management system

SLD Teacher, Bedford City Schools – 8/99- 6/01

Principal- Dr. Tom Diringer 440-***-****

Level - High School

Instructed History, English, Careers classes

Jointly coordinated instruction in History, English, Health, Science

Interactive TV Teacher, Ashtabula County Educational Service. Center – 10/97 to 5/99

Gifted coordinator - Marti Dragelovich 440-***-****

Level - Fourth Grade

Redesigned and implemented Science curriculum for enrichment program

Designed and coordinated final classroom projects

SLD Tutor, Ashtabula County Educational Service Center – 8/97 to 8/99

Superintendent - Dr. Jerome Brockway 440-***-****

Level - High School

Spearheaded projects with students in vocational programs

Administered standardized testing protocols.

SLD Tutor, Jefferson Area Local Schools – 8/95 to 6/97

Principal - DeWayne Nichols, 440-***-****

Level - Elementary

Coordinated scheduling of tutoring services for 30+ students in 2 elementary schools daily

Developed in-class modifications for students

STUDENT TEACHING

Springfield Elementary School, Springfield, Pa

Level - Fifth grade self-contained classroom

Northwestern Elementary School, Albion, Pa

Level - Fourth/Fifth grade resource room

EDUCATION

MS – Curriculum & Instruction with Louisa Moats Literacy Instruction concentration

BS - Mentally and/or Physically Handicapped and Elementary Education

AA – Pre-education

INTERESTS

Ham Radio, Writing, Reading, History, Science, Music, reading, machine embroidery, sewing, beading, needlework, painting

Patricia A. Rugg

10692 North Arapaho Drive Casa Grande, Arizona 85122 520-***-****

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