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Create and implement individual interventions for students in grades K-4.Collaborate with parents, teachers, administrators and allied professionals on a weekly basis. Analyze and interpret psychological evaluations to create individual learning plans that include evidence based interventions. Active member of Student Support Services team, an organization which meets weekly, to assess student academic, social and emotional development.; Tutor students in grades K-4 with language based learning disabilities August 2005-presentCollaborate with parents, teachers and allied professionals to provide appropriate and individualized learning plans. Evaluate and assess progress through informal assessments.

Lake Bluff, Illinois, Us

Working in partnership with underserved schools, Reading Power provides one to one tutoring for children in pre-kindergarten through second grade. Our mission is to accelerate children's literacy learning and to develop in them a love of reading and writing.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Create and implement individual interventions for students in grades K-4 in a one on one educational therapeutic setting. Collaborate with parents, teachers, administrators and allied professionals on a weekly basis. Analyze and interpret psychological evaluations to create individual learning plans that include evidence based interventions. Active member of Student Support Services team, an organization which meets weekly, to assess student academic, social and emotional development.; Tutor students in grades K-4 with language based learning disabilities August 2005-presentCollaborate with parents, teachers and allied professionals to provide appropriate and individualized learning plans. Evaluate and assess progress through informal assessments.

Created and implemented lesson plans in English and Math for 15 7th/8th grade students.Advocated for students in the Special Education program. Maintained and created individual education plans for diverse learners. Self-contained Special Education Teacher August 2003-January 2005Marina Middle School Planned and modified curriculum for ten students with emotional disturbances.Maintained and created individualized education plans for diverse students.Taught four core subjects to self-contained special day class while collaborating with teaching assistants.Integrated media literacy and technology into curriculum.

Planned and modified standards-based curriculum for 20 students in grades K-5. Identified and made educational recommendations for diverse students eligible for special education.Collaborated and consulted with parents, general education teachers, paraprofessionals, and administrators.

Jakarta, 10000, Id

Instructed class of 28 students, individually and in whole group setting. Assisted in daily organization of preschool classroom; prepared materials and class environment.Planned and instructed students for a three week arts-based summer program.

Team-taught in a collaborative special education inclusion program.Modified the curriculum to fit the needs of five students with special needs, including autism.Prepared and presented lesson plans based on multi-sensory teaching techniques.

M.A, Special Education

Masters Of Arts, Special Education And Teaching

B.A., English Literature

Bachelor Of Arts, English Literature

Education record

Education record