Special Educator and social worker
Resume:
Melanee L. Harwell-Taylor ?HT?
EDUCATIO
** ******* **** (PO BOX 469), Marble NC 28905 864-***-**** Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina
B.S., Special Education ? May 1997
Certified Teacher/Special Education Generle (K-12) since 1997 Certified Elementary Education (K-8) since 2005
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Masters of Social Work (MSW) ? May 2002
Licensed Master of Social Work (LMSW) ? since August 2002 Licensed Independent of Social Work - AP (LISW-AP) ?supervision complete & exam scheduled for October 2017
National Board Certification (SPED for birth-21 yrs.) ? 2008-2018 Certified Instructor for Non-Violent Crisis Intervention & Instructor (CPI) July 2012-July 2022 Self-Contained and Resource Teacher for the Anderson 5 Elementary Virtual Academy Program (LD, ED, OHI, Autism) (K-5th grade) Special Educator, Anderson 5 School District, Anderson 5 Elementary Virtual Academy located at C.F. Reames Education Center, Anderson, SC, August 2020-June 2021
Behavioral Focused Multi-Categorical Self-Contained Program (LD, ED, OHI, Autism) (5-8 grade) Special Educator, Anderson 5 School District, The Bridge Academy located at the AS Career Center, Anderson, SC, December 2018 ? Present Medical Social Worker/Case Manager in Hospital Case Management in the ER at Oconee Memorial Hospital (GHS) & Interim HomeHealth Care, Seneca, SC, June 2018 ? November
Special Educator & Special Education Department Chair, School District of Oconee County, Various Sites within district: Oconee Academy (Alternative School 7-12"), Special Educator only for Cherokee Creek Boys School & Oconee Christian Academy, Walhalla, Westminster & Seneca support services for Medically Fragile Home Based Students & other special cases as assigned, SC, August 2016 ? June 2017
Special Educator, SST/504 Coordinator & Special Education Department Chair, School District of Oconee County, Oconee Academy (Alternative School 7'-12"), Special Educator only for Cherokee Creek Boys School & Whetstone Academy (6"-12"), Walhalla, Westminster & Mountain Rest, SC,
August 2015 ? 2017
Rehabilitative Behavioral Health Services (RBHS): Multi-Categorical Disabled Intensive Behavioral/Social/Vocational Special Education Class (9"-12" grade) as a Special Educator/LMSW, School District of Oconee County, Located at Seneca High School, Seneca, SC, August 2014 - 2015
Rehabilitative Behavioral Health Services (RBHS): Multi-Categorical Disabled Intensive Behavioral/Social/Vocational Special Education Class (6"-8" grade) as a Special Educator/LMSW, School District of Oconee County, West-Oak Middle School, Westminster, SC, August 2013 ? August 2014
Multi-Categorical Self-Contained (LD, ED, OHI, Autism) (K - 5" grade) Special Educator, Kershaw County School District, Wateree Elementary School, Lugoff, SC, August 2012 - 2013 Autism Self-Contained (1* -? 5" grade) Special Educator, Kershaw County School District, Camden Elementary School for the Creative Arts, Camden, SC, August 2009 - 2012 Resource/Inclusion Special Educator (K-5), Kershaw County School District, Mt. Pisgah & Bethune Elementary School, Kershaw & Bethune, SC, August 2008 - 2009 Resource/Inclusion Special Educator & SPED Dept. Chair for Arts Infused MiddleSchool, Lexington School District Two, Cyril 8. Busbee Creative Arts Academy, West Columbia, SC, August 2006 - 2008
Quality Improvement Coordinator, BlueCross BlueShield of SC, Companion Benefit Alternatives (Mental Health & Substance Abuse Division), Columbia, SC, May 2005 ? July 2006
Multi-Categorical Self-Contained Middle School Special Educator (6-8" grade), District Alternative School, Lexington School District Two, Lakeview Education Center, West Columbia, SC, July 2004 ? May 2005 Program Coordinator (SDE Partnership Grant), School-Based Programs &Grants, SCDMH Special Education Liaison, SC Department of Mental Health-Division of Children Adolescents
& Families-School-Based Services Admin., Columbia, SC, September 2003 ? July 2004 Program Coordinator Assistant (SC Partners for Prevention Grant), SCDMH Division of Children Adolescents & Families-School-Based Services Admin., Columbia, SC, July 2002 ? September 2003
MSW Grad Internship Il (School-Based Programs), SCDMH Division of Children Adolescents
& Families-School-Based Services Admin., Columbia, SC, August 2001 - May 2002 MSW Grad Internship (Medical Case Management & Neuropsychology/Counseling Depts.), HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, Columbia, SC, September 2000 - May 2001 Multi-Categorical & ADA 504 Inclusion/Resource Special Educator (K-5), & SPED Site Chair for Bluffton Elementary School, Beaufort County School District ? Hilton Head Cluster, Bluffton Elementary School, Bluffton, SC, August 1999 ? June 2000 Multi-Categorical & ADA 504 Inclusion/Resource Special Educator (K-5), Beaufort County School District ?- Hilton Head Cluster, Michael C. Riley Elementary, Bluffton, SC, August 1998 ? June 1999 Multi-Categorical Self-Contained Special Education Teacher (K-5), Richland District One, Crane Creek Elementary, Columbia, SC, October 1997 ? June 1998 Elementary Special Education Internship II - Resource/Inclusion Teacher in Grades 3, 4 & 6, White Knoll Elementary, Lexington, SC, January ? April 1997 Secondary Special Education Internship - Seventh Grade Resource/Inclusion, Rawlinson Road Middle School, Rock Hill, SC, August-December 1996 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
*National Association of Social Workers 2000 ? 2013
*USC Social Work Student Assoc. Foundation Yr. VP 2000
*Council for Exceptional Children 1994 ? Present
*Palmetto State Teachers Association 1994 ? Present
*School Improvement Comm. (SIC) 2006 ? 2008
*Busbee Yearbook Dev. /Sch. Photographer 2006 ? 2008
*Superintendent?s Teacher Cabinet 2008 ? 2012
*District Calendar Committee 2009 ? 2010
*School PBIS Team 2006 - 2014
*Parent/Teacher Organizations:
Crane Creek Elementary School 1997 ? 1998 Michael C. Riley Elementary School 1998 ? 1999 Bluffton Elementary School 1999 ? 2000 Busbee Creative Arts Academy 2006 ? 2008 Bethune & Mt. Pisgah Elem. Schools 2008 ? 2009 Camden Elementary School 2009 - 2012 RELATED SKILLS& ACHIEVEMENTS
*Certified Senior Level Instructor in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Instructor - Nat'l Crisis Prevention Institute
Computer skills include but not limited to Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access)
*Basic knowledge of Medicaid billing related to crisis, behavioral modification, and RBHS with children and adolescents
Technology proficient in use of Smart Board, Writing with Symbols and iPads
Knowledge of IDEIA law, ADA law, and the writing of IEP's (Enrich & PowerSchool) and documentation as related to schools, children, and their parents including AIMSWEB curriculum-based measures
*Skills in developing and implementing training to co-workers, families, educators and community members/stake-holders
Basic knowledge of grant writing and fund raising
Certified CPR and First Aid for Infants, Children and Adults
Knowledge of medical case management and discharge planning in a rehabilitation hospital setting (Orthopedic, Stroke, Brain and Spinal Injury)
nner of the 2012 Mary Rochester Master Garden Award for our ?Puzzles in Bloom? sensory garden at Camden lementary
*Google applications related to online/virtual services
Webex, Zoom, and Google Meet proficient
REFERENCES
Dr. Denise Savidge, Dean of Education,
Cherokee Creek Therapeutic Boys School, Westminster, SC Private School in Oconee County,
Josh Bacchus, Principal,
Anderson 5 School District, Anderson, SC
Anderson 5 Alternative Programs,
Josie Tharp, Special Educator,
Anderson 5 School District, Anderson, SC
Glenview Middle School Behavior Self-Contained,
Carla Clardy, Special Educator,
Anderson 5 School District, Anderson, SC
AS Virtual Academy,
Glenn Singer, Dean of Students & Instruction,
Private Therapeutic Boys School, Mountain Rest, SC Private Wilderness School in Oconee County,
Christopher Hulsey, Choral Director for WOMS,
School District of Oconee County, Westminster, SC
Former Co-Teacher at West Oak Middle School,
Cynthia Carlisle, Social Studies Core Educator,
School District of Oconee County, Walhalla, SC
Oconee Academy & Seneca High School,
Stacy Frick, Mental Health Counselor, Oconee Academy, Schoo! District of Oconee County, Walhalla, SC
Clinical Mental Health Counselor at the district's Alternative School,
Mickey Cox, Special Education Coordinator,
Oconee Christian Academy, Seneca, SC
Private School in Oconee County,
*Parent references available upon request.
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