Anne Towey

Summary: Dual licensure in Special Education and English Language Arts enabled versatility to experience a wide variety of grade levels, systems, instructional models and curriculums including Colorado Department of Education Turnaround (Fort Logan Elementary School (2006-2008)

• Developed Transition plans with students through skill and interest inventories, career exploration and goal setting.
• Intensive focus on research-based reading interventions such as Wilson, Language! and Orton-Gillingham.
• Expert at IEP case management with a high degree of accuracy and compliance and mentors new special education teachers.
• Exceptional relationship skills with students, parents and colleagues

• Supports students with IEPs in the general education classroom while designing specialized instruction for students with language-based learning disabilities through assessments, progress monitoring, data analysis and peer collaboration.
• Guides Transition planning by supporting assessments, research, and community resource outreach.
• Demonstrates strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple priorities including co-teaching, small group instruction and IEP caseload management
• Provides instruction and supports to all levels of English/Language Arts and math classes for students with IEPs.
• Cultivates strong relationships through skilled communications, both written and verbal.

• Collaborated with general education teachers to help students with special needs integrate into general classroom environments by focusing on data, differentiating instruction and relationship building.
• Case managed IEPs including testing, teacher and parent communications, and progress monitoring.
• Provided data driven, research based instruction in small intervention groups to address reading skill deficits.

• Delivered research based intervention targeting reading skill deficits and taught a modified Language Arts class for students on IEPs
• Managed a caseload of students on IEPs with a variety of disability labels and needs.
• Developed Transition plans with students through skill and interest inventories, career exploration and goal setting.

• Delivered effective research-based reading instruction to small groups of students with Specific Learning Disability labels.
• Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
• Trained new special education teachers on IEPs and school processes.

• Provided research-based and data driven instruction remediating reading skill deficits including assessing and progress monitoring.
• Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques.
• Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.