Anna Clanin

Support special education programs across the District. Provide and support teachers with curriculum and instruction. Attend Leadership meetings and staffings. Participate in IEP and program development. Manage SDC referrals, SDC transitions, and interim placements. Review parent requests for assessments. Consult and support with IEP development for Private Schools. Support and review development and submission of SCA packets. Collaborate, support, and case manage for District students attending a Non-Public School. Plan and present ongoing professional development for teachers and paraprofessionals. California Autism Professional Training and Information Network (CAPTAIN) cadre member.

Oversaw a team of 1 behavior specialist, 39 teachers, and 11 special education assistants for the Pre-K Itinerant Teacher (PKIT) program with over 1,300 unenrolled and enrolled preschool and Transitional-Kindergarten (TK) aged students, evaluating teacher performance, and ensuring compliance with District and Special Education policy & procedures and understanding of Preschool Learning Foundations. Supervised the PKIT teachers in supporting these over 1,300 preschooler students with providing case management, behavior support, direct service, and home/hospital instruction. Planned and supervised Extended School Year (ESY) program for the PKIT students. Led monthly staff meetings with a focus on special education policies and procedures, developmentally appropriate practice, using data to drive instruction, and District mandated trainings. Worked closely with the Division of Special Education to ensure compliance. Collaboratively implemented final settlement agreements and writing Prior Written Notice (PWN) letters as appropriate. Worked closely with related services and nursing to ensure all unenrolled preschoolers are able to access services. Provided collaborative support to administrators across the 600 elementary schools in LAUSD. Supervised IEP compliance with use of data pulls from Welligent for service tracking and IEP due dates. Attended IEP meetings as the role of administrator.

CAPTAIN cadre member.

Co-leader for the social committee team that provides activities and celebrations for the ECSE district office staff (36 employees).

Worked collaboratively with the administrators and teachers at my assigned special education preschool programs, often over 100 programs per school year at over 50 school sites. IEP case managed for the Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Department. Collaboratively planned and implemented Professional Learning Community meetings for ECSE teachers. Worked collaboratively to assist teachers with curriculum & instruction, IEP writing, Positive Behavior Practices, use of Desired Results Developmental Profile 2015, data collection, room arrangement, scheduling, and other topics related to preschool special education programs. Collaboratively redesigned and was a lead presenter of the "New Teacher Creative Curriculum Training" for the Zoom platform. Created Distance Learning Packets (Sept. 2020-November 2022), worked collaboratively with coaches to create and maintain a Google classroom for our assigned teachers and supported the creation of a Google site for ECSE teachers and parents. Helped to onboard new program specialists under the supervision of my ECSE administrator. Collaboratively supported the ESY preschool programs. Visited "Zoom" ESY classes to observe and provide assistance as needed to teachers. IEP case management. Assisted with “cleaning” the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) data each Fall and Spring before State submission. Organized and lead a social committee team that provided activities and celebrations for Instruction and Operations teams.

Worked with and supported the school principal, all special education teachers & general education teachers, related service providers, and special education paraprofessionals at my three assigned sites. Maintained the yearly schedule of IEPs and invited all necessary educational providers and guardians to each IEP meeting. Maintained IEP compliance with use of data pulls for timelines and service tracking, tracking of meeting notifications, tracking of IEP consent pages, creating and documenting assessment plans as appropriate, and writing Prior Written Notice (PWN) letters as appropriate. Train and support special education paraprofessionals with service tracking in Welligent, IEP software system. Conference with parents and teachers regarding any educational concerns for their students.

Instructional Program Specialist (August 2015 – November 1018)

Worked collaboratively with the administrators and teachers at my assigned programs, over 110 preschool programs at 56 different school sites in the “Valley North East” area. Collaborated with administrators and teachers with implementation of the Creative Curriculum (including classroom layout), use of the DRDP, data collection, positive behavior practices, and preparation for upcoming IEP meetings. IEP case management and an expert in using Welligent for writing IEP documents. Supported parents with questions, concerns about their students IEP programs/services, scheduled and met parents at school sites for program observations, and held IEP meetings as appropriate. Collaboratively planned to implement monthly Professional Learning Community meetings for ECSE teachers. Collaboratively prepared and presented the Fall “DRDP Training” and Spring “Transition to Kinder” professional development trainings for teachers. Supported the ESY programs with campus support, enrollment, provided assistance with busing and preschool program schedules, provided technical and curricular support to preschool teachers, and assisted with IEP meetings as appropriate.

Operations Program Specialist (December 2019 – July 2019)

Maintained preschool placement records for all preschool special education programs in the “Valley North East and North West” areas (over 200 day programs and over a dozen after-school language programs). Provided requested preschool programs to assistant principals and program specialist when requested via our Google form. Worked with families new to Los Angeles Unified with an out of district IEP and then handed off the case for the a 30-day IEP to be held by a case manager. Rolled students over in the Welligent system from preschool placement to their Kindergarten placement at the end of the school year. Assisted with “cleaning” the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) data before state submission. Supported ESY by attending the teacher prep day, answering phone calls from parents, providing phone support to administrators and teachers that reached out to the ECSE department. Continued to process preschool program placements as requested.

Over an eight-year period, worked as an early childhood special education teacher in various special-day preschool classroom models including preschool self-contained classrooms (for 3 years) and collaborative classroom models (for 5 years) with both general education and special education teachers, staff and students. Lead teacher, planned and executed Creative Curriculum, used Positive Behavior Practices, managed IEP caseload, collected student data, assessed students every Fall and Spring using the DRDP, worked collaboratively with related service providers, co-taught when applicable, collaborated with classroom assistants and parents. Familiar with ECERS and ASQ. Grade level chair and Instruction Leadership Team member. Co-taught monthly parent meetings as required. Prepared IEP documents (including present levels, goals, informational pages) and helped run IEP meetings according to District policy. Conferenced with parents as needed and used daily communication tools (ie. home/school journal, notes, phone calls, texts).

Over a nine-year period, taught the School Readiness Language Development Preschool Program (2 years), Kindergarten (5 years), First grade (1 year), and Second grade (1 year). Taught prescribed curriculum and collaborated both vertically and horizontally with grade level teams. Grade level chair and participated as an Instructional Leadership Team member.