Brandy Barnes Email & Phone Number

United States

Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States

• Communicates with school administration regarding scheduling and services for students with disabilities.
• Monitors compliance of IEPs and provides targeted assistance as necessary to teachers.
• Monitors implementation of IEPs and provides targeted assistance as necessary.
• Chairs Manifestation Determination Review (MDR) for discipline infractions
• Consults with School Psychologist, SLP, & Related Services to review documents to conduct an Eligibility Sufficiency Check & determine if evaluations are needed & if a Temporary Eligibility is needed.
• Serves as a member on the school’s leadership, discipline, graduation, testing, and student engagement team.

Stonecrest, Georgia, United States

• Coached and assisted new teachers with IEP writing, analyzed data from formal, district and state assessments, collaborative lesson planning.
• Provided ongoing guidance to the department for positive interactions with other teachers, students, and parents.
• Conducted regular classroom visits using the instruction coaching tool to provide feedback for improvement and encouragement of team teaching practices.
• Lead month department meetings to relay important and relevant information relating to current best practices in special education
• Chaired the discipline committee meetings, member of the testing committee.
• Conducted new teacher induction classes at the school and district as well as the GACE Prep facilitator for Special Education General Curriculum.

Snellville, Georgia, United States

• Taught Economics, Civics and Reading & Writing Strategies in a special resource setting and general education classroom. I am a member of each Curriculum PLC (professional learning community) in which we collaborate to.
• Managed caseload of Students being served by Special Education, by developing individual educational plans (IEP) designed to promote educational, physical and social development.
• Devised lessons, as related to the Georgia Performance Standards.
• Conducted small group and individual classroom instruction with students based on differentiated learning needs.
• Chaired IEP/eligibility/amendment/move-ins meetings throughout the year
• Served as a LEA for IEP meetings daily by supervising, guiding and providing information and assistance when needed. I also provided modifications, accommodations or adaptations as specified on the student’s IEP..

Jonesboro, Georgia, United States

• Served as an Interrelated Resource teacher for students grades sixth through eighth in the social studies and language arts classes.
• Taught Economics, Political Systems, British Literature, Psychology and Sociology in high school classes
• Chaired IEP/eligibility/amendment/move-ins/determination meetings throughout the year
• Collaboratively prepared and delivered instruction to students with and without Disabilities virtually
• Differentiated instruction for student comprehension
• Created and implemented student's Individualized Education Plans (IEP)s, including Behavior Intervention Plans

Master Of Education - Med, Curriculum And Instruction, Special Education

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Sociology

Activities and Societies: Miss Sociology Academic Honors SGA member

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba