Carolyn Silberman

• Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
• Implemented behavior modification strategies, resulting in improved self-regulation and classroom participation among students.
• Differentiated instruction to accommodate diverse learning needs, ensuring each student had an equal opportunity for success.
• Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
• Planned and implemented integrated and diverse lessons.
• Supported student mental and social development.
• Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
• Mentored new teachers, sharing best practices and providing guidance to help them adapt to their new roles successfully.
• Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
• Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs.
• Developed and administered tests for students to measure academic proficiency and understanding.
• Conducted evaluations to measure performance and progress of students, providing guidance for areas requiring improvement.

Administrative Leadership intern at MacArthur High School during the 2021-22 school year.

Worked at MacArthur High School as a Special Education ALE teacher.

Primary duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lead, advise, implement, and monitor effective educational and behavioral programs for students with disabilities.
• General knowledge of curriculum and instruction and use of data to increase student achievement.
• Create and manage IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
• Creates a positive classroom environment conducive to learning.
• Establishes and maintains open lines of communication with parents, students, teachers, and administration.

Served as an interim Special Education Campus Coordinator.

Primary duties include, but are not limited to:

• Understanding of federal, state, and local requirements associated with special education.
• Knowledge of Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) committee process and Individual Education Plan(IEP) goal setting process and monitoring of implementation.
• General knowledge of curriculum and instruction and use of data to increase student achievement.
• Strong organizational, communication, public relations and interpersonal skills.
• Able to maintain comprehensive documentation and records.
• Able to lead, advise, implement, and monitor effective educational and behavioral programs for students with disabilities.
• Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Performs additional duties and accepts other responsibilities as assigned.
  

• Worked as 7th grade Language Arts Teacher in general education classroom.
• Primary duties include, but were not limited to:
• Implemented and taught a challenging curriculum that addressed the needs of students with various learning styles.
• Planned and used appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials and equipment that reflected an understanding of learning styles and needs of assigned students.
• Created a classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social and emotional development of students.
• Established and maintained openness of communication by conducting conferences with parents, students, principals and teachers to discuss the progress of students.
• Worked collaboratively with staff members and participated in staff development activities.