HS Theology Teacher

• Oct 2023 - Present

Educational Consultant

• Jul 2023 - Present

Special Education Teacher

• Aug 2007 - Jul 2023

Special education teacher in a therapeutic day school, assumed all responsibilities of a high school teacher such as planning curriculum, delivering instruction, and collaborating on a multi-disciplinary team in service delivery. Responsibilities include: writing IEPs, assessing students, communicating with parents, maintaining client confidentiality according to HIPAA regulatory standards. Experienced with differentiated instruction, experiential and problem-based learning in content areas of English/Language Arts, Social Science, US history, Anthropology, Sociology, Civics, and Entrepreneurship. Delivered and tutored ACT prep strategies. Developed, designed and engaged students in school-yard garden initiatives. Show less

Education Specialist

• Aug 2000 - Jun 2006

Designed, implemented, coordinated and augmented service learning outreach initiatives, school retreats and intergenerational programming. Experienced with differentiated instruction, experiential and problem-based learning in content areas of systematic theology, spirituality, social justice, entrepreneurship and economics; Integrated technology into curriculum supplementing class lectures and developing students’ skills in word processing, and math computation. Utilized internet resources to complement students’ projects in finance and money management. Implemented a digital curriculum in economics; class using Thinking Economics curriculum featured as a case study on the National Council for Economic Education web-site, Teacher’s Success Story www.thinkingeconomics.com Designed innovative instructional approaches to enhance learning through the use of the Stock Market Game, an interactive on-line learning tool. Show less