Christy Lewis Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, VA, US

Austin, Texas

• Contributed in various capacities to the development of special education monitoring processes and multiple on-going projects that supported monitoring, compliance, and quality outcomes for the state of Texas. Ensured.
• Facilitated access to and provided delivery of consultative services, technical assistance, and professional development to local education agencies (LEAs) and Education Service Centers (ESCs) to address identified.
• Key developer to a Service Quality project that solicits feedback on service delivered during cyclical monitoring, the results of which are used to determine continuous improvement needs in the division.
• Developed, collected, organized, analyzed, and prepared materials for desk reviews and on-site monitoring visits. Prepared monitoring reports related to program and compliance reviews
• Provided strategic direction and supported the design of a research-based best practices rubric on creating Individual Education Programs (IEPs) to guide staff and stakeholders in writing high quality student-specific.
• Liaised with LEAs on the development and implementation of strategic support plans (SSPs) and corrective action plans (CAPs) based on results-driven accountability, State Performance Plan Indicator data, and the.

Greater New Orleans Area

Developed AFS programming in the 2016-2017 school year to meet the needs of students with low incidence disabilities who would not make expected progress in the general education curriculum. Taught all content areas including social and transition skills for students in AFS setting full day Worked with case managers to individualize schedules for students.

Taught 7th and 8th grade ELA resource classes using modified grade level curriculum to meet academic needsCo-taught 8th grade math class that included students with IEPs Inclusion teacher for 8th grade history for students on the 8th grade resource caseloadMember of 8th grade level team. Planned events, discussed students for RTI process, provided.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Taught all subjects including social and transition skills in a self-contained classroom for students with low incidence disabilities, including the use of assistive technology and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)Facilitated weekly coaching meetings for paraprofessionals focused on training in special education and classroom policies and.

Arlington, VA

• Complete project management tasks
• Conduct research and desk studies to support on-going projects and proposals
• Edit and provide comments on reports before submission to clients
• Coordinate and support new business activities across practice areas
• Identify and recruit consultants

• Managed the implementation and monitoring of multiple projects
• Wrote and submitted reports to donors, reviewed finances, and followed procurement procedures
• Liaised with various government ministries, INGOs, UN organizations, and local organizations about VIA’sprograms
• Coordinated, attended, and participated in meetings with donor agencies as well as government ministries on the progress of our projects and ways to move forward
• Traveled to various sub-offices to review project activities and meet beneficiaries as well as personnel in donor and government sub-offices

Masters, Teaching-Special Education

Ba, Sociology