I teach students in our supplemental autistic support setting to be ready for their life after high school with a curriculum of functional academics, vocational skills, life skills, and community readiness. I compassionately weave firm expectations with respectful rapport to help students learn behavior that meets their needs for communication, security, and connection.

I provided inclusion support for students with diverse special needs in general education English classes. I modified assignments, accommodated assessments, and consulted frequently with my co-teachers to develop instructional strategies that work for all students.As a member of the RCS NextGen Cadre, I developed my skills as an education technology leader by consulting with colleagues around the building, leading local professional development sessions, and offering regional conference sessions.

Teach math and reading with students in grades 5-6 who have mild or moderate special needs in both separate and general education settings.Develop and implement individual education programs for students that reflect their current skills and target appropriate annual goals.Communicate with parents and guardians in writing and in person to receive feedback on their student, to ensure their understanding of their student’s IEPs, and to share progress toward goals.Collaborate with teachers to modify and adapt the general education curriculum to foster students' academic and behavioral growth.Coordinate weekly Green Team after school student meetings to collect school-wide paper recycling and learn about conservation.Serve on the district Energy Management Project and Twenty-First-Century Skills Committee.

Provided inclusion support for sixth grade students with academic and behavioral special needs.Maintained detailed communication logs with general education and special education teachers.Developed rapport with students whose interests often lay far from the classroom.

Analyzed internal research documents and wrote software requirements for The Benefit Bank, an online service that helps low- and middle- income users maximize their public benefits. The software requirements specification encompassed detailed data gathering and calculations, as well as policy decisions about implementing the many tax and benefit programs The Benefit Bank supports.Trained co-workers in non-technical jobs to understand technical details of The Benefit Bank software.Established best practices in specification and documentation for the new Business Analysis team.

Developed internet services that assist low- and moderate- income individuals apply for and receive all the public benefits to which they are entitled.Translated research documents into computer program-readable files in xml format which generated the pages, questions, flow of questions, calculations, and completed applications.Trained co-workers in non-technical jobs to understand technical details of The Benefit Bank software.Managed inter-disciplinary development teams to deliver useful and accurate software.Gained proficiency with development tools including Adobe Acrobat Pro, SmartDraw, GoTo Meeting, GNU/Linux command line, Microsoft Office, Google Sites, vim, svn, XML, and Bugzilla.

Prepared several flavors of ice cream and sorbet from scratch each day.Turned out salads and desserts for the busy lunch service.

Quickly learned several computer systems for tracking clients' cases, court proceedings and prison records. Ensured prompt follow-through on all the steps of each client's petition for alternative sentencing.Developed rapport with judges' staff to facilitate the petition process.

Prepared meals as a member of the kitchen team for 120 winter staff at an ecumenical retreat center in the Cascade Mountains in exchange for room, board, and perfect powdery snow.

Shared workers’ stories with people of faith and involved them in campaigns for workers’ rights.Organized 100 speakers to participate in the annual "Labor in the Pulpits" program on Labor Day weekend.