Katharine A. Braeuner, Ed. M.
Special Education Teacher at Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Public School Teacher Certificate Extension, Students with Disabilities (Grades 7 - 8)
University of the State of New York Education DepartmentMay, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
Public School Teacher Certificate, Students with Disabilities (Birth - Grade 2)
University of the State of New York Education DepartmentFeb, 2009- Oct, 2024 -
Public School Teacher Certificate, Students with Disabilities (Grades 1 - 6)
University of the State of New York Education DepartmentFeb, 2009- Oct, 2024 -
Public School Teacher Certificate, Early Childhood Education (Birth - Grade 2)
University of the State of New York Education DepartmentSep, 2008- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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100 - 200 Employee
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Special Education Teacher
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Oct 2015 - Present
▪ Functioned in the capacity of Itinerant Teacher-Consultant/Resource Room Teacher for all grades▪ Coordinated and collaborated in meetings with teachers, providing resources for students with disabilities, ensuring that students achieved all IEP goals▪ Developed intervention behavior plans for students for Out-Of-School-Suspension incidents, resulting in a decline in suspensions▪ Collaborated with Student Support Services Form, promoting research-based best practices and other successful methodologies, with a focus on NYSED Blueprint for Improved Results for Students with Disabilities, sharing such strategies with teachers which resulted in students meeting their required individual goals for IEP’s Show less
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Administrative Intern
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Oct 2015 - Present
▪ Assists with the development of E2CCB Reopening Plan Checklist following the Covid-19 Lockdown, resulting in a lower risk of outbreaks at the schools, while keeping students, faculty members, and families safe▪ Assists in the development of schedules in coordination with Grades 9-12 students’ academic goals for planned attainability, resulting in improved academic performance▪ Inputs student information/into the Odysseyware program facilitating the tracking of student successes, ensuring access by faculty to verify that students completed and/or passed requisite courses and programs▪ Initiated, developed, and updated P-TECH full-time, hybrid, and remote-learning schedules, maximizing students achievement results by being more engaged, and therefore productive, depending on which modality was more appropriate▪ Maintained digital documentation on all student enrollment and their respective courses (Dunkirk P-TECH), facilitating insight into students’ proficiencies and progress by faculty▪ Assisted in the interviewing process to onboard qualified candidates for the LIFTS Program (Angola), facilitating administrator access information and assess candidates for eligibility, based upon qualifications Show less
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BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Special Education Teacher
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Mar 2010 - Oct 2015
▪ Managed the needs of learning and/or emotionally disabled students, Grades 3rd, 4th, and 6th, collaborating with classroom faculty as a Consultant/Resource Room Teacher to improve student emotional and academic growth ▪ Designed and implemented lesson plans based on student learning capacity/progress ▪ Established firm and fair expectations for all students, setting role modeling behaviors, implementing behavior intervention plans, creating reward/point systems, and using verbal and non-verbal cues ▪ Assisted students with arrivals, dismissals, transitions and maintained structure and discipline within and outside the classroom, including utilizing Crisis Prevention Intervention techniques to de-escalate undesirable behaviors ▪ Performed the function of case load manager for students, including: re-teaching, re-explaining, simplifying concepts/tasks, closely monitoring the guidance of students with disabilities, including autism, etc. Show less
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Substitute Teacher
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May 2007 - Feb 2010
▪ Floated between school districts and assigned as needed throughout all grade levels, designing and implementing lesson plans that supported established curricula in all subject areas and in support of respective faculty, to achieve mutually shared goals and objectives for both teachers and students ▪ Supervised/coordinated lessons and learning activities for students in all grade levels ensuring that student goals were achieved, customized to individual learning capacities ▪ Addressed and resolved egregious student behaviors, establishing role modeling standards, and setting reward systems to reverse unacceptable behaviors ▪ Maintained close collaborations with faculty and parents to foster increased engagement and academic excellence ▪ Trained in and implemented Academic Intervention Service (AIS), AIS Edge and Curriculum Mapping/Implementation with students, to manage and track students’ progress towards goals ▪ Established an open-door policy for faculty, parents, and students, to engender trust, confidence, and non-judgmental discussions to ultimately and effectively resolve issues Show less
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Education
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University at Buffalo
Master of Education (Ed.M.), Educational Administration (LIFTS) -
Canisius College
Master of Science - MS, Childhood Literacy Birth - 6 -
Niagara University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Education, Special Education, Childhood 1 - 6 Social Studies
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