Experience

Gateways: Access to Jewish Education

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Educational Specialist

  • Sep 2008 - Present

  • Led weekly classes of 5-10 students with diverse learning needs requiring high levels of support• Created developmentally appropriate lesson plans with student-specific accommodations on the topics of Jewish holidays, prayer, and culture• Developed a new B'nei-Mitzvah curriculum focused on the basic ideas of Judaism (including God, prayer, Torah, mitzvot, Israel, Jewish community, Jewish history), familiarity with the synagogue, and understanding of the meaning of Bar-/Bat-Mitzvah• Created visual supports, worksheets, activities, readings, and digital content and games to support students' understanding of each lesson• Taught individual students how to read Hebrew, recite prayers, and chant Torah using a multisensory approach. • Developed sight-word reading curriculum for transliterated Hebrew words, allowing students to read prayers even if they are unable to decode Hebrew or English words.• Planned and implemented individual academic, social, and behavioral goals for each student• Supervised and supported teenage aides working one-on-one with each student• Communicated weekly with parents and write a comprehensive half-year and year-end report of the child's academic, social, and behavioral progress• Assisted the Program Director in the ongoing administration and overall support of the Gateways Jewish Education Programs.• Created and ran professional development workshops for synagogues and Jewish educators



Schechter Boston

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Classroom Assistant

  • Sep 2008 - Jun 2011

  • Provided in-class academic, behavioral, and emotional support for an individual student• Provided necessary accommodations including extra time, reading materials aloud, taking dictation, graphic organizers, and use of a word processor• Modified classroom activities and assignments or created alternate assignments • Facilitated social interactions • Provided in-class academic, behavioral, and emotional support for an individual student• Provided necessary accommodations including extra time, reading materials aloud, taking dictation, graphic organizers, and use of a word processor• Modified classroom activities and assignments or created alternate assignments • Facilitated social interactions



Kennedy Day School

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2007

  • Implemented the IEP's of students with complex disabilities and health needs from the ages of three to twenty-one• Provided students with academic, physical, and emotional support during lessons, vocational training, and leisure activities.• Used assistive technology and adaptive equipment to support the participation of students with physical disabilities in classroom activities• Used augmentative and alternative communication devices to allow non-verbal students to communicate their thoughts and needs• Attended to the personal care needs of students including toileting, feeding, g-tube feeding, and positioning.