Create and implement language arts instruction aligned with student learning needs and state objectives by incorporating various teaching and learning strategies and techniques while providing scaffolded instruction to address skill and readiness gaps aligned with IEP goals. Collaborate with general education teachers in co-taught classrooms to understand the strengths and focus areas of students and to address accommodation needs so as to target instruction to meet current learning goals while addressing missing skills. Analyze student data using diagnostic assessments, work samples, progress monitoring, and classroom observation to determine progress towards IEP goals, gauge current skills, and determine readiness levels.Write Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance statements (PLAAFPs) as well as IEP goals and objectives to highlight students’ strengths, interests, and current learning needs to create plans of action, including specifically designed instruction, accommodations, and learning goals, helping students strive towards success.Communicate with parents by phone and through meetings to discuss students’ progress, classroom activity, goals, and evaluation needs.

• Create and implement math, language arts, and independent living skills instruction through synchronous and asynchronous education, incorporating a variety of strategies and differentiations tools to address skills gaps and increase learning to achieve IEP goals. • Collaborate with special/general education teachers, parents, and students to understand learning needs and implement effective instructional decisions, adjusting teaching techniques as needed. • Utilize Screencastify and Peardeck to deliver asynchronous lessons to include captions, interactive questions, and interactive slide decks, helping students stay on track. • Provide live lessons through Zoom, incorporating Jamboards, a digital whiteboard that promotes collaboration in real time, Nearpods, which allows for interactive lessons, videos, gamification, and activities, as well as Edulastic, an online assessment tool which measures growth, resulting in a wholistic teaching approach. • Analyze student data using diagnostic assessments, work samples, progress monitoring, and classroom observation to determine progress towards IEP goals, gauge current skills, and determine readiness levels. • Communicate with parents by phone and through meetings to discuss students’ progress, classroom activity, goals, and evaluation needs.

• Facilitated effective and differentiated instruction through a variety of data sources including teacher observations and student reported information to understand individual learning styles and address concepts relevant for grade-level standards. • Monitored academic progression through curriculum-based measures, formative assessment, and MAP data to chart growth. • Wrote Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance statements (PLAAFPs) as well as IEP goals and objectives to highlight students’ strengths, interests, and current learning needs to create plans of action, including specifically designed instruction, accommodations, and learning goals, helping students strive towards success. • Coordinated with general education teachers and inclusion staff to ensure specially designed instruction and accommodations were implemented effectively.

• Implemented MAP testing and utilized data to create more relevant instructions directed towards student learning, allowing teachers to recognize development, areas of improvement, and additional support requirements, as well as determinate where additional rigor should be incorporated. • Provided wrap-around support by collaborating with learning support staff through weekly meetings to discuss successes, challenges, and student concerns and meeting with students monthly to discuss progress and areas of need.• Created a nurturing environment for success in educational development by utilizing different methods of communication including individual conferences, email, and chat to work on coursework, address concerns, and provide timely feedback/progress updates. • Implemented Middle Years Program/International Baccalaureate curriculum (MYP/IB) for middle grades, ensuring that learning aligned with IB goals and outcomes and affiliated with the high school program learning objectives.

• Administered and managed Read 180, a reading intervention program; collected and disseminated student data to teachers, organized classes based on learning needs, and met with teachers and administrators to discuss progress and make student placement decisions.• Oversaw the school athletic program by collaborating with coaches to coordinate season schedules and operating procedures, serving as the administrator for athletic events, managing budget requests, and allocating funds to athletic teams.• Adapted the Middle School Curriculum to teach Basic Skills Reading, Basic Skills Mathematics, and Sciences to students with intellectual disabilities, creating more relevant and accessible instruction and allowing students to have better access and improve overall readiness levels. • Integrated interactive technology into the classroom, utilizing Google Classroom and Google Suite to instruct, distribute information, and interact with student work.