BreeAna Maya-Villegas

• Provide strategic leadership for district-wide ancillary services programs, overseeing over 50 staff members. These include Speech-Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Social Work services to ensure equitable, high-quality support for students with disabilities.
• Lead personnel management, program operations, and service delivery systems, including staffing, recruitment, mentoring, caseload management, and performance evaluation across multiple campuses.
• Ensure compliance with IDEA, state regulations, Medicaid requirements, and district procedures through comprehensive monitoring, auditing, quality assurance, corrective action planning, and state review processes.
• Oversee the district Assistive Technology Team and the Gadsden Autism Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN) Team, coordinating specialized supports, staff training, parent outreach, consultation, and interdisciplinary collaboration to improve services for students with autism and other complex learning needs.
• Partner with district leadership, campus administrators, state agencies, and community stakeholders to develop policies, implement initiatives, and improve student achievement and program effectiveness.
• Utilize data-driven decision-making to enhance program performance, oversee evaluation and IEP compliance, and coordinate ESY, compensatory education, and summer assessment programs.
• Budget control to include projection and management.

• Delivered family-centered early intervention services for infants and toddlers (birth–three), utilizing evidence-based coaching models to support communication, developmental growth, and caregiver capacity-building in natural environments.
• Conducted comprehensive developmental and speech-language evaluations, interpreted assessment data, and developed individualized intervention plans and recommendations to guide service delivery and eligibility determination.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate services, monitor developmental progress, and implement data-driven interventions that supported functional outcomes for children and families.

• Served as Lead Speech-Language Pathologist for twelve years, providing district-wide leadership, mentorship, and clinical oversight to speech-language pathology staff while supporting departmental operations, policy implementation, and special education initiatives.

• Led onboarding, training, professional development, and quality assurance efforts to promote clinical excellence, documentation integrity, regulatory compliance, and consistent service delivery across providers.

• Collaborated with district leadership to support staffing, caseload management, service delivery planning, and interdisciplinary problem-solving to maximize student access to speech-language services.

• Served as a district subject matter expert in speech-language pathology, special education compliance, evaluation procedures, and IEP development, providing guidance to administrators, staff, and multidisciplinary teams.

• Delivered comprehensive speech-language services, conducted multidisciplinary evaluations, developed evidence-based interventions, monitored student progress, and collaborated with families and educators to improve communication and educational outcomes while ensuring compliance with IDEA, state regulations, and Medicaid requirements.

• Designed and delivered undergraduate and graduate-level coursework in communication disorders and speech-language pathology, developing curricula, instructional materials, and assessments aligned with university standards, accreditation requirements, and evidence-based practices.

• Utilized data-driven instructional methods and diverse teaching strategies to promote student engagement, evaluate learning outcomes, and support continuous program improvement.

• Provided academic advising, mentorship, and individualized support to foster student success, professional growth, and career readiness.

• Collaborated with faculty and departmental leadership on curriculum development, accreditation activities, and program enhancement initiatives.

• Supervised and mentored graduate speech-language pathology students during clinical practicum experiences, providing guidance in assessment, intervention planning, clinical decision-making, documentation, ethical practice, and evidence-based service delivery across pediatric and adult populations.