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Alyssa Bloomberg

Special Education Teacher
Ridgecrest,CA

Summary

Forward-thinking professional ready to apply experience with independent and collaborative content creation, data analysis and decision making, formal writing, editing and publishing of legal documents, and project management from the education sector to the technology industry. Used data-driven decision making to reduce student suspensions by 70%, raise student reading and math levels by two grade levels per year, improve student test scores by 20% following intervention, and wrote, edited and published over 50 legal contracts. Served on the Diversity and Equity Committee for the district, the Positive Behavior Intervention Team, and led and facilitated the Special Education Professional Learning Community for the high school. Created and delivered content for 16 academic courses, and designed 2 new social/emotional learning courses approved by the school board. Wrote and edited over 100 US Navy award certificates, and created and published content to publicize accomplishments.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Special Education Teacher

Sierra Sands Unified School District
Ridgecrest, CA
08.2018 - Current
  • Research and analyze numerical and categorical data, such as reliable, valid summative and formative test scores, antecedents, background and demographics to make data-driven decisions implement strategies to improve student behavior and academic outcomes, leading to a decrease in student discipline by 40%, and 70% for students with more than two suspensions a year, and raised student reading and math grade levels by an average of two grades per year
  • Create collaborative data collection tools using Google and Microsoft Suites, to gather baseline and frequently update data to monitor student progress in social/emotional and academic areas weekly, monthly, and quarterly
  • Design digital data visualization tables, graphs, charts and write and edit narratives to communicate findings to stakeholders in individual student and program success in simple, meaningful and accessible jargon-free language
  • Publish findings in over 50 federally mandated Individualized Education Plans, after carefully reviewing, editing, and ensuring accuracy of each legally binding document
  • Create and implement high-quality engaging instruction in a comprehensive academic self-contained high school classroom in all core subject content areas in 16 courses, including English, mathematics, history and Science by designing and developing digital and print material to manage and deliver content in fast-paced behavioral needs classroom
  • Apply multi-tiered systems of support and intervention as a response to low scores, using accommodations such as small group or 1-1 reteaching, graphic organizers or modifications to instruction, improving scores on average by 30% after intervention
  • Foster and maintain collaborative community with families, service providers, teachers and administrators, earning professional reputation of being easy to work with, and navigating and repairing previously contentious relationships between the district and families through consistent communication

Awards Clerk

Island Creek Associates
Ridgecrest, CA
07.2017 - 08.2018
  • Prepared and processed over 100 award recommendations for individuals and units in the Naval Service in accordance with written naval procedures, creating, editing and publishing award citations and certificates
  • Created and edited digital content to publicize awards and accomplishments for squadron

Front Desk Receptionist

University Of Nevada Disability Resource Center
Reno, NV
02.2016 - 05.2017

• Fostered welcoming environment for students with disabilities, by using Person First Language, focusing on the needs of each individual client, and establishing rapport with clients and visitors.
• Provided customer service in fast-paced, student service environment for students, parents, and faculty, including answering questions and providing general information about Center and university resources, and specific information about university and legal policies, such as Americans with Disabilities Act and Title IX of United States Code.
• Proctored exams for students needing alternative testing arrangements such as quiet and private testing rooms.
• Provided administrative support such as answering phones, scheduling and coordinating staff meetings and appointments, and managing calendars using Appointments Plus and Microsoft Outlook, and clerical work such as filing, creating and proof-reading documents, and maintaining organizational systems.

Resident Assistant

University Of Nevada Residential Life
Reno, NV
08.2014 - 05.2015

• Directly oversaw 48 first-year college students living in the residence halls, providing peer counseling, mediation for suite and roommate conflicts, and referrals and knowledge about different student services on campus.
• Created educational programs to fit the needs of individuals in the community to create events on topics like academic success and healthy living.
• Participated in and implemented into practice extensive diversity training on ability, race, gender, and sexual orientation.
• Responsible for overnight duty coverage of halls, confronting policy violations and crisis situations, providing security, and managing guest admissions.
• Performed administrative services such as front desk coverage, equipment rentals, customer service for residents and guests, and answering phones and completed documentation such as logs, weekly reports, incident reports, facility requests.

Head Lifeguard/Water Safety Instructor

City Of Ridgecrest
Ridgecrest, CA
05.2010 - 09.2013

• Created lesson plans for staff, and taught swimming lessons, including “non-traditional” adult and special needs classes.
• Oversaw and supervised staff of twenty lifeguards and swim instructors, scheduled and assigned swimming lessons, tasks and duties, and trained and provided critique and feedback for staff.
• Planned and implemented community events Planned and implemented community events such as pool parties, engagement activities like treasure hunts, relay races, karaoke days, and free or reduced admission or concessions days.
• Ran daily operations of facility, including operating cash register, provided customer service and providing daily cleaning and maintenance of pool and locker room.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Speech Language Pathology And Audiology

University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, NV
08.2013 - 05.2017

Skills

    Project Management

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Accomplishments

    Social Emotional Learning Course Design

  • Researched and collected data on social/emotional needs of students with disabilities and created two social/emotional learning courses to teach self-regulation, establishing healthy relationships, self-advocacy, organization, time management, and essential life skills such as responsible technology use, community participation and independent daily living
  • Independently researched and selected evidence based curriculum, practices and class activities, designed scope and sequence, wrote course outline and proposal to school board which was approved

  • Peer Mentor Program Designer and Coordinator

  • Created a peer-mentor program which paired students with disabilities with students with an average of six assertive discipline records (suspension) per semester. Assertive discipline rates for students enrolled in the mentorship program fell by an average of 70% for the Fall 2021 semester.
  • Diversity and Equity Task Force Committee Member

  • Selected to serve on the district wide Equity Task Force to create an action plan to ensure more equity among schools and students in the district. Task force discussed evidence based equitable grading systems and communicated findings to school sites and departments

  • Professional Learning Collaboration Coordinator

  • Led weekly collaboration meetings for the high school special education department. Utilized Google Forms to collect collaboration topics from a team of seven educators, created weekly agendas, researched and presented evidence-based topics and information.
  • Solved presented problems such as creating collaborative department discipline logs on Google Sheets to allow the team to see which students have received lunch detentions in real time.
  • Created common formative assessments to monitor student learning and provide ongoing feedback for students and staff, and common summative assessments to evaluate effectiveness of instruction compared to state standards and benchmarks.
  • Created data visualization tools to review different sections of the same subject to identify areas for improvement within the department.

  • Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) Committee Member

  • Appointed to serve on a collaborative team of students, family, and staff to create and implement brand new school-wide PBIS system to improve student behavior through restorative practices and strengthen and enrich school and community culture.
  • Created standard operating procedures for multi-tiered systems of support for whole school, small group, and individual interventions.
  • Regularly reviewed data to determine which interventions were most successful and which would benefit from strengthening.

Timeline

Special Education Teacher

Sierra Sands Unified School District
08.2018 - Current

Awards Clerk

Island Creek Associates
07.2017 - 08.2018

Front Desk Receptionist

University Of Nevada Disability Resource Center
02.2016 - 05.2017

Resident Assistant

University Of Nevada Residential Life
08.2014 - 05.2015

Bachelor of Science - Speech Language Pathology And Audiology

University of Nevada - Reno
08.2013 - 05.2017

Head Lifeguard/Water Safety Instructor

City Of Ridgecrest
05.2010 - 09.2013
Alyssa BloombergSpecial Education Teacher