Tarsha Veiga Email & Phone Number

Taunton, Ma

Work with teachers and students within the inclusion classroom in order to ensure that students receive their Special Education accommodations, thus allowing greater achievement for their overall high school career. Additionally, I am a case manager for a large population of students whereby annuals and re-evals take place within a timely manner ensuring that students receive a plan tailored to their high school career.

New Bedford, Ma

•Directed 83% of Special Education students to improve by one or more grade levels as measured through school wide standardized data driven assessment.•Plan specialized curriculum to meet individual needs that aligned with the Common Core and IEP benchmarks to meet 75% of the caseload in a small group pull-out.•Supported 33% of the Special Ed population that were mainstreamed to general education with no supports in place due to direct services.•Delivery of WJ IV assessments while assessing data and compiling a conclusive report based on in-classroom findings, psychological testing and date driven assessments.•Skill in interpreting assessments and determining educational interventions in response to a learning profile.•Confer with parents/administrators/testing specialists/social workers, and professionals to develop individual ed plans designed to promote students' educational, physical, and social development.•Participated in a week-long commitment to develop the 7th grade curriculum to align with Common Core in order for students to make gains on the MCAS/PARCC.•Directly collaborated with Special Education director to improve efficiency for 9 teachers.•Successfully produced an 8th grade Math looping class which ranked 1st of all charter schools in the state compared to the sending district and 21st in the state when compared to all districts.•Co-teach in an inclusion classroom where teachers share responsibility with preparation, delivery of lesson to meet Special Education, ELL and General Education student.•Address gaps in learning, develop student paths using Khan Academy, skills worksheets and IEP goals by weekly use of co-teaching models consisting of: station, model, parallel, team teaching.•Collaborate with teachers to complete Math alternative reference sheet approved by DESE•Model and conduct lessons to assist mentee in understanding lesson planning and delivery.•Planned with student teacher, gave routine feedback set forth through DESE.

North Dartmouth Ma

Lesotho - Southern Africa

•Accepted a position as a 3rd year volunteer due to substantial progress made within the program.•Taught class sizes ranging from 25-100 students in the area of English, Math, and Science.•Trained and supervised 20 elementary school teachers on curriculum development for all learners, instructional methodologies, classroom management, independent educational plans and material production use.•Tutored secondary education students in the area of English Language Arts. •Conducted weekly workshops to help teachers improve their classroom skills. •Prepared lectures for 100 students, ages 20-40, regarding the importance of special education.•Co-wrote a government grant for $5,000 to educate 20 facilitators and 80 community members about the impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa with the intention to decrease the rate of HIV/AIDS infection.•Prepared lectures for 100+ college students on the importance of special education in the classroom.•Successfully developed a grant to fund education for underprivileged students.•Elected to serve on a committee as a liaison between program administration and colleagues.

· Managed daily operations of salon while professionally overseeing other stylist.

Inclusion Classroom Teacher Roosevelt Middle School; English and Science in an innercity school; incorporated interactive activities to reach mulitple learning styles · Adapted curriculum to meet individual students' needs and appealed to various learning styles.

· Worked with professors to coordinate classroom lectures with accompanying slides. · Demonstrated attention to detail in digitizing slide collection while accurately tracking data.

· Worked with cognitively delayed young men, ages 1022, who presented a wide spectrum of physical and sexual behavioral problems. · Taught daily lessons and used multiple thematic units while integrating MA Frameworks; wrote Independent Educational Plans, tested students using the PIATR and carried out behavior plans.

M.Ed, M.Ed: Special Education (Prek-8 Moderate), Bs: Elementary Education, Sociology, Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: - International Study in Ireland and China concentrating on sociological aspects of culture (2004 & 2005).

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Elementary Education And Sociology

Master Of Education (M.Ed), Special Education