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• Assist in planning and monitoring special service budgets and expenditures as established for special educationEnsure compliance for the school district in complying with federal and state rules/regulations pertaining to students with disabilitiesAssists in the planning and implementation of staff development and in-service programsConduct meetings and participates in local, state, and regional special education meetings as necessaryConsult with school personnel and parents of children with disabilities regarding appropriate programming and/or follow-up services and assures appropriate reporting to parentsCoordinate building/district-wide Child Study Committee MeetingsEstablish procedures for the placement, evaluation, assignment and reassessment of students with special needsInterpret for the school district issues relating to the following: special education due process procedures; compliance with state and federal laws; educational programming for students with disabilities; identification of students with disabilities, ages birth-21; inclusionMonitor the development and coordination of complete and cumulative individual records of all students receiving special services. Oversee special education and Intermediate Unit operations for the districtOversee staff development for Special Education personnel and district personnel in the area of Special Education by providing leadership, coordination and resources to special education staff and special service programsOversee the management of all Alternative Education Programming.Plans, develops, implements, and administers programs and services to meet identified needs, including development and implementation of new programs and servicesSupervises staff development for district paraprofessionals

• Obtained the National Schools to Watch Award from the National and Pennsylvania Middle School Association• Obtained Middle States Accrediation• Managed and coordinated all operations for the Titusville Middle School grades 6th, 7th, and 8th.• Enforced all polices and procedures as set forth by the Titusville Area School District board.• Coordinated the Titusville Area School District Alternative Education Programs.• Performed all other duties as assigned by the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent.

• Created and maintained behavioral expectations for the 9th through 12 grades.• Enforced all polices and procedures as set forth by the Titusville Area School District board.• Coordinated day to day operations of the summer school high school programs• Coordinated the Titusville Area School District Alternative Education Programs.• Performed all other duties as assigned by the Titusville High School Principal, Director of Student Services, Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent.

• Created a program handbook/polices and presented the program for district board considerations.• Oversee and coordinate day to day operations of both programs.• Provide day to day behavioral interventions.• Created and provide all intake assessment and parental/student interviews.• Provide therapeutic services daily to students and their families involved in the programs.• Created Alternative Education Program Curriculums for both the middle and high school programs.• Coordinate Curriculum mapping and oversee the implementation of the current curriculum alignment with the PA State standards.• Serve as an active member of the PA Department of Education state standards committee for Alternative Education. • Wrote and secured Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth Grants (1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001).• Wrote and secured PA Service Learning Grant Funding (1999, 2000, and 2001).• Selected to present the Alternative Education Program Service Learning Projects to the PA Service Learning Alliance University of Pittsburgh Conference (2002).• Propose, oversee and track all grant statistics, funding allocations and expenditures.• Presented the program to IU#6 guidance counselors, administrators, superintendents and to the PA Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth State level conference. • Student Assistance Program (SAP) trained.• Consulted and provided training in effective Alternative Education Program practices and development to Franklin and Rocky Grove School Districts.• Act as a liaison for the Alternative Education Program to the Academic Support Team and the middle school teams during transition. • Developed and coordinate the After School Assistance and Alternative Saturday School Program. • Coordinate the Alternative Education Summer Middle and High School Programs.

• Campus School Program Coordinator and Administrative Psychologist.• Mobile Therapist• Behavior Specialist Consultant• Educational Specialist and Consultant• Alternative Education Program Staff Supervisor• Elementary Autism Program Supervisor• Behavior Management Staff Trainer• Therapeutic Staff Support Training Facilitator and Presenter• Residential Treatment Facility Clinical Instructor and Counselor• Life Skills Instructor• Therapeutic Staff Support

• Sixth Grade self-contained Classroom Teacher• Violence Prevention Teacher

• General Math Teacher• Life and Physical Science Teacher• Disruptive Youth Program Teacher• County Coordinator and Facilitator of the Easton Community Mentoring Program for At-Risk Teens.• Remedial Summer Program Reading and English Teacher• Maryland’s Tomorrow At-risk Counselor for Mid Shore Council on Children, Youth and Families.• Middle School Saturday School Facilitator and Coordinator.• High School Boys Basketball, Baseball and Soccer Coach.

Taught at-risk inner city youth at the college level. The course was intended to increase student interest in college and to prepare them to attend college in the upcoming semester.