Director Of Outreach

• Jul 2021 - Present

➡️ Strategically develop and expand outreach services at VSDB including providing program oversight, coordination, and implementation of those outreach services. ➡️ Partner with school districts, state agencies, and organizations as a resource for educators working with children ages two through 21 years and other professionals serving children who are deaf or hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired, or deaf-blind and their families. ➡️ Oversee all social media management and web design for VSDB as well as communicating information to the public or employees, organizing outreach campaigns, coordinating events, and budgeting. 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 ➡️ 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑓 $250𝐾 𝑎 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑂𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑖𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑 . ➡️ 𝐶𝑜-𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑓 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. ➡️ 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠. ➡️ 𝐹𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑈𝑆𝐴 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐. Show less

Lead DHH/VI Teacher

• Aug 2017 - Apr 2021

➡️ Served on the advisory council for the state department of education regarding policies governing students with hearing and vision loss.➡️ Maximized efficiency by completing all required state reports related to hearing and/or vision as well as developing and presenting professional development presentations in both webinar and in-person formats. ➡️ Stayed up to date on current trends in curriculum, teaching methods, and strategies including best practices in school improvement, professional development; planning and project management; collaboration, and facilitation of work groups𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀➡️ 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 25 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝐻𝐻/𝑉𝐼 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠.➡️ 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑂𝑉𝐼𝐷-19 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐. Show less

Teacher of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing

• Feb 2013 - Aug 2017

Sign Language Interpreter

• Dec 2008 - Jun 2009

➡️ Accountable for providing sign language interpreting services to middle school students in the Deaf/Hard of Hearing program. ➡️ Consulted with other school team disciplines and speech services through planned educational programs as well as performed evaluations for speech and language disorders.➡️ Evaluated students/clients’ speech and language abilities and administered diagnostic tests to assess speech and language abilities.➡️ Actively participated in conferences and IEP meetings to assist with vocabulary development and other related to student progress in planning for implementation. Show less

Teacher of The Deaf

• Jun 2008 - Jun 2009

➡️ Achieved goals by providing direct instruction to DHH students with a variety of communication modalities in both inclusion and resource settings. ➡️ Analyzed and assessed the educational needs of learners who were deaf or hearing impaired as well as gathered data to determine learner needs, measure learner progress, and guide instruction and intervention. ➡️ Accountable for supervising interpreters and captioners to ensure proficiency in communication needs and language development in signed and/or spoken language as appropriate.➡️ Facilitated all training and teaching to children or staff where appropriate to facilitate the child’s learning, inclusion, and independence. Show less