Angela Weldon
Mont Belvieu,TX
Summary
I have been an educator for 21 years teaching third and fourth grade as well as special education. I have taught all subjects and have a genuine love for teaching. In my years as an educator, my goal each year is to see growth and student success. I am constantly seeking out new ways to help students achieve success. I have multiple certifications including EC-4, EC-6 ESL, K-12 Special Education, and I am a certified dyslexia teacher through Region 4 with the Reading By Design program.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Special Education K-5
LaPorte ISD
08.2006 - Current
- Responsible for creating schedule for in class support for instructional aides
- Responsible for creating schedule for resource/ direct service small groups
- Ensuring all minutes are met for special education students
- Managed a caseload of forty six students in grades first through fifth
- Planning targeted small group lessons for student success
- Collaborating with colleagues for IEP goals and accommodations
- Ensuring that accommodations are being provided
- Providing modified/accommodated work for students
- Attending ARD meetings, taking deliberations, and entering documentation
- Maintaining documentation for special education program
- Collaborating and communicating with parents
- Serving on the campus leadership team
- Collaborate with teachers to provide support for special education students
- Collaborating with counselor, assistant principal, and teachers to compile accommodations for all special education, 504, RTI, and EB students for state testing.
Third Grade Self Contained/Third and Fourth Grade Reading
LaPorte Independent School District
08.2006 - 05.2017
- Serving as Grade Level Chair and Member of the Leadership Committee
- Implemented Small Group Instruction Stations in Fourth Grade
- Modified Curriculum for Special Needs Students
- Encouraged a Love of Reading Through Read Aloud Instruction
- Served as a mentor teacher for University of Houston Clear Lake students in the 2011-2012 school year and in the 2014-2015 school year.
Third Grade Self Contained
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District
08.2004 - 01.2006
- Responsible for planning all subject areas/providing at risk tutoring and collaborating with the special education co teacher.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies
University of Houston Clear Lake
Clear Lake City, TX01.2003
Skills
- Capturing Kids Hearts Character Education/ Character Strong Education
- Emotional Backpack Mental Health Training through Mental Health America Greater Houston
- Differentiated Instruction
- Navigating the ELPS/Telpas Rating and Collaboration
- Lesson Planning/Curriculum
- Effective RTI Tracking and Progress Monitoring
- Texas Performance Standards Projects (GT)
- Data Analysis with Aware and MAP/Data Driven Teaching
- Gifted and Talented Education (initial 30 hours completed/6-hour update completed annually)
- Parent Teacher Communication
- Collaboration for IEP Goals and accommodations/ARD Paperwork/Behavior Intervention Plans
- Ruby Payne Strategies for Working with Students in Poverty
- Computer Programs including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Effective Co Teach
- Writing Across the Curriculum/ Writing Academy
- Behavior Intervention Strategies/Working with Students with Autism
- Reading By Design Dyslexia Certification through Region 4
- Reading Academy/ Science of Teaching Reading completion date June 2023
- Texas Education Agency Math Academy completion date July 2023
- Lead4ward Staar 20 strategies
- Stop the bleed/defibfrilator usage
- Texas School Safety Center Threat Assessment Training 2023
Accomplishments
2018-2019 Teacher of the Year
Regularly assess student growth and achievement towards IEP goals
Experience and knowledge in special education, 504 program, response to intervention (RTI), emergent bilingual/Telpas rating, and gifted and talented
Certification
- EC-4 Generalist
- EC-6 ESL Generalist
- EC- 12 Special Education
- TELPAS Rater/GT Education
- Reading By Design Dyslexia Certification
Timeline
Special Education K-5
LaPorte ISD
08.2006 - Current
Third Grade Self Contained/Third and Fourth Grade Reading
LaPorte Independent School District
08.2006 - 05.2017
Third Grade Self Contained
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District
08.2004 - 01.2006
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies
University of Houston Clear Lake
- EC-4 Generalist
- EC-6 ESL Generalist
- EC- 12 Special Education
- TELPAS Rater/GT Education
- Reading By Design Dyslexia Certification
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