Special Education High School

Curriculum-Vitae for Charles Robert Neufeld, Ph.D.

Tel: 778-***-****

E-mail: *******.*******@*****.***

Address: Suite 105/707 7th Avenue New Westminster, BC Canada V3M2J2

Education:

**** **.D. Special Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1990 M.Ed. Special Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1984 B.A. English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Work Experience

2005-2011 Special Education Teacher

1997-1999 East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill–Carrboro City Schools

Chapel Hill, NC

• Case-managed students with wide range of high-incidence disabilities

Responsibilities:

• ongoing parent communication, wrote and updated student IEP’s

• generated content-level progress reports, advocated for - and coached faculty on the use of appropriate modifications, accommodations and interventions for classroom instruction and alternative assessment approaches

• Developed comprehensive individualized education and transition plans for students grades nine through twelve

• Worked in collaborative capacity with classroom teachers in core curriculum courses including Mathematics (Algebra I and Geometry), English (Grades 9, 10 and 11), World History and Earth Science

• Offered alternative instructional support to many students receiving ELL (English Language Learners) and exceptional-children’s services via school’s after-school program

• Special Services departmental representative for East Chapel Hill’s Academic Integrity Committee

2002-2005 Assistant Professor of Special Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education, East Carolina University Greenville, NC

• Online and Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Responsibilities

o SPED 2103 – Introduction to Learning Disabilities

o SPED 4010 – Special Education Topics In Special Education (mandatory for all General Education candidates at ECU)

o Taught Graduate level course SPED 5103 – Special Topics and Policy Issues in Special Education

• Collaborated with Sat on multiple thesis committees for Masters candidates in the School of Education

• Served as School of Education Representative on university-wide Provost

• Committee

• Served as Lead Administrator for ECU School of Education sponsored Summer School for elementary and middle-school students with cognitive and behavioral challenges

1999-2002 Program Director - High Schools Attuned, All Kinds of Minds; a non-profit institute for the understanding of differences in learning, Chapel Hill, NC

• Developed and directed High Schools Attuned program in six private and public schools located throughout the United States

• Served as principal trainer and facilitator for pilot sites in Atherton/Palo Alto, CA; Litchfield, CT; Ashburnam and Malden, MA; Barrington, RI and Lubbock, TX.

• Coordinated and participated in numerous summer institutes promoting High Schools Attuned neurodevelopmental framework of teaching and learning

1991-1993 Behavioral-Emotional Handicapped Outreach and Self-Contained Teacher

Northern High School, Chewning Middle School, Durham Public Schools

Durham, NC

• Year 1: B-EH Outreach Teacher

o Assisted students with behavioral-emotional disabilities in a case-management capacity

o Advised and worked intensively with families

o Composed IEP’s and chaired multidisciplinary team meetings

o Coached regular education teachers with developing behavioral intervention plans and providing accommodations and interventions for students with behavioral-emotional disabilities

• Year 2: Self-Contained B-EH Teacher

o Served as a full-time self-contained B-EH teacher

o Composed and revised IEP’s

o Chaired multidisciplinary team meetings

o Developed comprehensive behavioral intervention plans

o Authored comprehensive re-integration plans for students returning to regular education programs

o Assisted regular education instructors with providing appropriate accommodations and interventions for students with behavioral-emotional disabilities

Research Associate, Developmental Disabilities Training Institute (DDTI)

Department of Continuing Education and Extension, UNC-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

• Collected and analyzed data associated with state-wide survey of residential services for persons with developmental disabilities

• Authored major revisions of Wake County Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services Policy and Procedure Manual

• Facilitated workshops promoting the concept of “normalization”

• Participated in formative program evaluation of multiple area-based MH, MR, and DD programs

• Related Vocational Experiences

• Job Coach Residential Services Incorporated Carrboro, NC

• Job Supervisor NCAET (North Carolina Association for the Emotionally Troubled) Chapel Hill, NC

Related Skills

• Substantial experience in evaluating reliability and validity of psychoneurological tests and measures and self-reporting tools

• Test design and measurement

• Data management and statistical analysis using UNIX, PC and MAC-based SAS, SPSS and SYSTAT software

• Multiple operating system experience (UNIX/LINUX, PC, MAC)

• Familiarity with MS Windows Office Software (Word, Excel, Outlook)

• Excellent Procedural, Analytical and Interpretive Technical Writing Skill

• Music composition, digital recording and performance (acoustic and electric guitar)

• Art and Graphic Design Training and Experience

• PHP, MSQL and Apache programming and web-design experience with limited additional experience in general UNIX shell, Perl and Python script writing

Other Interests/Hobbies

• Boat building repair and sailing

• Fishing

• Camping

• General Fitness and Conditioning

References

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