Developed the entire special education department from the ground up; developed policies and procedures; work with local school district to develop student service plans; work with counterparts at other Christian high schools to gather and analyze data and create policies and best practicesRecruit, hire, train and support special education teachers and admin support staff; developed comprehensive training and special education teacher handbook; provide ongoing staff development related to… Show more Developed the entire special education department from the ground up; developed policies and procedures; work with local school district to develop student service plans; work with counterparts at other Christian high schools to gather and analyze data and create policies and best practicesRecruit, hire, train and support special education teachers and admin support staff; developed comprehensive training and special education teacher handbook; provide ongoing staff development related to special education to regular and special education staffManage student case load of 30-40 special education students; Administrative representative at all IEP/MET meetings; special education representative at pre-referral meetings (child find Show less

Developed the entire special education department from the ground up; developed policies and procedures; participated in and passed level III monitoring by ADE/ESS; work with corporate counterparts at other state virtual schools to gather and analyze data and create policies and best practices; manage and report data from many levels, school, state and corporateRecruit, hire, train and support special education teachers and admin support staff; developed comprehensive training and special… Show more Developed the entire special education department from the ground up; developed policies and procedures; participated in and passed level III monitoring by ADE/ESS; work with corporate counterparts at other state virtual schools to gather and analyze data and create policies and best practices; manage and report data from many levels, school, state and corporateRecruit, hire, train and support special education teachers and admin support staff; developed comprehensive training and special education teacher handbook; provide ongoing staff development related to special education to regular and special education staff; developed a weekly parent training component conducted by special education teachersManage student case load (grades K-9) of 200+ special education students statewide; developed related service provider network statewide; PEA representative at all IEP/MET meetings; special education representative at pre-referral meetings (child find Show less

Three years as K-6 pull out ESL program teacher; worked with teachers to help the facilitate good teaching and inclusion with their English language learners; developed unique lunch program for half-day Kindergarten students One year self contained sixth grade classroom; served as building level Math Liaison to the district and provided training to school staff on best practices and new information; held first annual Math Olympics at Holdeman School; conducted research study on the use of… Show more Three years as K-6 pull out ESL program teacher; worked with teachers to help the facilitate good teaching and inclusion with their English language learners; developed unique lunch program for half-day Kindergarten students One year self contained sixth grade classroom; served as building level Math Liaison to the district and provided training to school staff on best practices and new information; held first annual Math Olympics at Holdeman School; conducted research study on the use of daily writing in Math journals using the entire sixth grade (subject of Masters thesis)Four years middle school sixth grade Math and Science block teacher; Complex Instruction building coordinator; designed and implemented first true inclusion Math class in the district; chosen by district to serve on the Content Area Curriculum Committee at ADE to help write the performance objectives for the AIMS (Math committee Show less

Fifth grade self contained classroom; designed unique writers workshop program; many students were published in tribal newspaper during the school year; wrote a grant and received five computers for classroom;Encouraged development of self-esteem and workplace skills by implementing a ceramics program; students exhibited at the Arizona State Ceramic Show and won awards; students also acted as docents at the show for students from other schools desiring to learn ceramicsDeveloped… Show more Fifth grade self contained classroom; designed unique writers workshop program; many students were published in tribal newspaper during the school year; wrote a grant and received five computers for classroom;Encouraged development of self-esteem and workplace skills by implementing a ceramics program; students exhibited at the Arizona State Ceramic Show and won awards; students also acted as docents at the show for students from other schools desiring to learn ceramicsDeveloped multi-faceted reading program; Most students made more than two years growth according to standardized test scores Show less

Sixth grade self contained classroom; unique team teaching situation with double classroom model; designed individualized literature study program for advanced readers; won district award for successful team teaching methods; obtained ESL endorsement and provided language arts instruction to all sixth grade English language learnersWith several colleagues started the first ever Summer Enrichment School for the district; solicited donations and support from local community