Special Education Training

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ANGELA M. MCGAW MSE MSW

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

I have worked with diverse populations of children and youth for over fifteen years. My teaching experience has been with struggling learners from many diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, including teaching kids with behavioral and emotional challenges. I have trained teachers and administrators as a nationally certified trainer for the National Education Association (NEA) in anti-bullying workshops. I developed and co-facilitated an anti-bullying group for youth at Crittenton Children’s Center. At Crittenton Children’s Center I developed the Supplemental Education Classroom that utilized computerized curriculums.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Fifteen years experience teaching and supporting at risk infants, children and adolescents

• Excellent understanding of developmentally appropriate milestones, skills and at risk behaviors; expansive repertoire of strategies and interventions to help students succeed and achieve academic and behavioral goals

• Highly flexible & ability to multi-task

• Experience with developing and supervising computerized curriculums in a classroom lab for residential adolescents

• Enjoy working with others and building relationships

• Extremely motivated learner and always interested in growing professionally

• Experience with issues regarding bullying such as prevention and empowering bystanders

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools

August 2011-present

Special Education Teacher 3rd & 4th grade Resource Room

Responsibilities:

• Utilize technology in classroom lessons to create interactive and engaging lessons (Elmo, Document Camera, Smart Board, iPads, iPods, Mimio Software)

• Knowledge and understanding of curriculum and content

• Collaboration with teachers

• Lesson planning and instructional strategies

• Gather and analyze academic and behavioral data-assessments

• Reports progress on goals/Grades

• Communication with families, school facilitators and team members

• Manage classroom behavior, develop and implement behavioral intervention plans

• Assess and re-assess students for special education

• Write Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs)

• Implement and record keeping as part of IEP

• Facilitate social skill instruction as part of everyday classroom experience, and in home and community settings

Crittenton Children’s Center

June 2006 – August 2011

Supplemental Education Teacher - 7th grade - 12th grade Middle & High School

Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and coordinate the Supplemental Education Program with Clinical Director

• Manage classroom routine and schedules

• Knowledge, understanding and supervision of computerized curriculum

• Collaboration with therapists and staff members

• Implement instructional strategies

• Gather and analyze academic and behavioral data-assessments grades and treatment plans

• Reports progress on goals/Grades at treatment reviews

• Communicates with therapist, case managers, staff members about progress

Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools

January 2001 - June 2006

Special Education Teacher-Kindergarten-5th grade

Responsibilities:

• Manages classrooms routines, schedules and supervises classroom aids and volunteers

• Knowledge and understanding of curriculum and content

• Collaboration with teachers

• Lesson planning and instructional strategies

• Gather and analyze academic and behavioral data-assessments

• Reports progress on goals/Grades

• Communication with families, school facilitators and team members

• Manage classroom behavior, develop and implement behavioral intervention plans

• Assess and re-assess students for special education

• Write Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs)

• Implement and record keeping as part of IEP

• Facilitate social skill instruction as part of everyday classroom experience, and in home and community settings

Missouri First Steps-Early Intervention

July 2004 - December 2008

Developmental Therapist

Responsibilities:

• Screening, Evaluation & Assessment of infants ages, birth to three in the areas of cognition, communication, social-emotional, physical development and adaptive behavior

• Reporting evaluation results

• Informed clinical opinion

• Determine eligibility

• Work with Service Coordinator, team members and family during Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) to determine services to be provided

• Schedule and deliver therapeutic services to infants and toddlers

• Keep notes on services delivered and progress made

• Re-assessment every six months

• Attend IFSP with all team members until transition out of program at age three into preschool

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Kansas National Education Association member August-present

The Equal Youth Center, LGBT youth activist center

Member of the advisory board 2009-2011

National Education Association – Nationwide trainer 2006-2010

Trains educators and school administrators on a series of anti-bullying workshops that address LGBT youth called “Safety, Bias & LGBT issues”

Partners in Education Trainer, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Advocating for Foster and Adoptive Children in Schools

Missouri National Education Association member

INTERNSHIPS

Immacolata Manor

Fall 2006 - 2007

Learning Activities:

• Obtained training and certification in Abuse/Neglect, CPR, First Aid, Level I Medication Administration, Positive Behavior Supports and Policies and Procedures

• Facilitated staff development training in gender and sexual identity issues and safety for residents which includes harassment and bullying among residents and staff

• Psychotherapy groups for residents regarding safety for residents when in the community, social skills, personal care & assistance, community integration and socialization, and development of personal interests, skills and talents

• Worked closely with support staff to design, implement, coordinate, supervise and evaluate intervention and rehabilitation programs to ensure quality of support services

• Worked with QMRP (Qualified Mental Retardation Professional) to develop, implement, and evaluate treatment plans

• Attended meetings that involved issues regarding clients, families and treatment

• Attended meetings at vocational placement facilities

Crittenton Children’s Center-Acute Psychiatric Treatment Facility

Fall 2007; Spring 2009

Learning Activities:

• MANDT training, Diversity training

• Facilitated and co-facilitated individual and family therapy including Psychotherapy groups

• Hospital intakes

• Presented LGBTQ issues of depression, anxiety and prevalence of suicide to the ethics committee along with a LGBT resource guide for staff, therapists and foster care case managers to reference when working with clients and families

• Developed training program model that supports staff to develop competency in working with LGBTQ youth; paying close attention to coinciding issues of diversity and discrimination

EDUCATION

University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

2005 - 2009

Master of Social Work

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

1994-1998; 2001 - 2003

Master of Science in Education-Special Education with an emphasis in Learning Disabilities

Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO

1998 - 2000

Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education

REFERENCES

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