Special Education Teacher

• Aug 2020 - Present

Instructional Coach

• Jul 2015 - Jul 2020

Special Education Teacher

• Aug 2013 - Jul 2015

Head Teacher at Rebecca School, utilizing the Developmental Individual Differences Relationship-based (DIR®) model developed by Dr. Stanley Greenspan. The program is designed to promote the education and development of children with neurodevelopmental delays of relating and communicating, including autism spectrum disorders. Head Teacher at Rebecca School, utilizing the Developmental Individual Differences Relationship-based (DIR®) model developed by Dr. Stanley Greenspan. The program is designed to promote the education and development of children with neurodevelopmental delays of relating and communicating, including autism spectrum disorders.

Tenured Special Education teacher

• Sep 2008 - Aug 2013

Collaborative Team Teacher for a class containing 40% special education students with needs including but not limited to emotional disturbance, learning disabilities, Autism and ADHD *1st grade (3 years) 2nd grade (1 year) * Prepare all IEPs for annual review and execute student programs in a heterogeneous environment * Differentiate instruction and design varying group sizes to accommodate a range of learning needs and styles *Lead a Fundations (c) program for in-need students Lead workshops for colleagues to provide professional development and to parents to provide additional information on educational practices in school *Initiated a workshop for general education colleagues to support Fundations (c) practices in their classrooms *Evaluate PS 40's math curriculum compared to the new Common Core Standards as a member of in-school math team, in order to find and supplement the curricular holes *Co-presented a workshop to parents about PS 40's math curriculum and how it is taught in school in order to better support math practices at home Show less

Student Teacher

• Jan 2007 - May 2008

* Supported the center's child-driven philosophy and initiated many art or music projects with students * Produced an in-depth developmental report of a student that I presented to her parents and program director * Supported the center's child-driven philosophy and initiated many art or music projects with students * Produced an in-depth developmental report of a student that I presented to her parents and program director

Student Teacher

• Jan 2007 - Apr 2007

* Worked with children with severe autism, obsessive compulsive disorder, and emotional behavioral disorder * Executed programs designed to increase self-awareness and encourage appropriate social and language development and behavioral regulation in a self-contained early childhood classroom, ages 6 and 7 years * Worked with children with severe autism, obsessive compulsive disorder, and emotional behavioral disorder * Executed programs designed to increase self-awareness and encourage appropriate social and language development and behavioral regulation in a self-contained early childhood classroom, ages 6 and 7 years

Student Teacher

• Sep 2006 - Dec 2006

* Provided assistance for children with severe physical and mental disabilities, employed behavior modification tools, communication adaptations, and Pictures Exchange Communication Systems for nonverbal students * Promoted body awareness using brushing, joint compression, and sensory-integration therapy * Provided assistance for children with severe physical and mental disabilities, employed behavior modification tools, communication adaptations, and Pictures Exchange Communication Systems for nonverbal students * Promoted body awareness using brushing, joint compression, and sensory-integration therapy

Student Teacher

• 2005 - 2006

2005, Fall 2005 * Implemented curriculum plans to help achieve inclusion-based classroom goals for 20 kindergarten students * Provided individual attention to students with IEPs or intervention plans at this Reggio Emilia school 2005, Fall 2005 * Implemented curriculum plans to help achieve inclusion-based classroom goals for 20 kindergarten students * Provided individual attention to students with IEPs or intervention plans at this Reggio Emilia school