Dedicated education professional with more than 14 years of experience, including 6+ years as an elementary school teacher, 5+ years as a special education teacher, one year as a paraprofessional, and one year as an Early Intervention practitioner.
Credentialed as a Certified Autism Specialist through the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards.
Completed 1,500 supervised fieldwork hours in applied behavior analysis.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Child Development Specialist
Independent Contractor - Self Employed
06.2024 - Current
Providing Developmental Intervention and Family Training services to eligible children (0-36 months old) and families through the New Jersey Early Intervention system, in accordance with the New Jersey Department of Health.
Servicing a caseload of up to 30 children/families through Big Apple Therapy Associates, LLC and Sunny Days Early Childhood Developmental Services, Inc.
Elementary Special Education Teacher
Montgomery Township School District
09.2022 - 06.2024
Self-Contained K-2 Autism teacher
Autism Acceptance Month Committee
Paraprofessional Evaluation Committee
Special Education Teacher
Bound Brook School District
09.2019 - 06.2022
Self-Contained 3rd Grade ABA teacher (1 year)
Self-Contained Middle School ABA teacher (2 years)
Cooperating teacher to an undergraduate student teacher
District Autism Acceptance Month co-coordinator
School Improvement Panel (ScIP)
Faculty Climate Committee - building representative
QSAC Committee - teacher representative
Elementary School Teacher
Paterson Charter School For Science & Technology
09.2014 - 06.2019
4th grade teacher (3 years)
5th/6th grade teacher (2 years)
4th Grade Chairperson
Professional Development Presenter
Teacher Mentor
I&RS Committee
Staff Climate Committee
School Climate and Safety Committee
Sunshine Committee
Awarded tenure status in May 2019, effective for the 2019-2020 school year.
Responsibilities included but were not limited to hiring, training, employee motivation and leadership, special events planning, visual merchandising, customer service, account management, supervision, direct sales, inventory, goal-setting, and progress monitoring.