Casey Griffiths
Uniontown,PA
Summary
Equipped and highly motivated special education teacher with professional and truly personal experience. Dedicated to advocating for the best possible education and school environment for students of all ability levels and needs. Eager and passionate about reaching my goal as an administrative member and to contributing new ideas and positive change to students' educational careers and futures. With twelve years of teaching in special education and ten years of being a primary caregiver and advocate for my daughter, I have extensive experience with the special education processes, the implementation of differentiated instruction and IEPs, the effective and supportive communication between IEP team members and the empathetic rapport with parent(s) and students. I am ready to leave an everlasting impact in the educational system, but I can't do that without your trust and guidance.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
K-5 Learning Support Teacher
Laurel Highlands School District
08.2013 - Current
- Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Documented student behaviors, interventions and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
- Maintained inclusive learning environment to enable students to gain maximum benefit from lessons.
- Prepared instructional materials for group and one-on-one use to comply with established curriculum.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Manage special education caseload of 40+ students
Autistic Support Teacher
Intermediate Unit I
01.2012 - 06.2013
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
- Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
- Worked with students with moderate to severe autism to increase life skills.
- Provided life skills programming for students with moderate to severe autism.
Education
Master of Arts - Administration
California University of PA
California, PA06.2018
Bachelor of Arts - Dual Major: Elementary/Special Education
California University of PA
California, PA12.2011
Skills
- Parent/Advocate of child with severe special needs
- Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
- Faculty Coordination
- Classroom Management
- IEPWriter
- Smart Board Technology
- Differentiated Instructional Strategies
- Individual Education Plans IEPs
- Google Applications
- Data Management
- Effective progress monitoring
- Parent-Teacher Communication
Timeline
K-5 Learning Support Teacher
Laurel Highlands School District
08.2013 - Current
Autistic Support Teacher
Intermediate Unit I
01.2012 - 06.2013
Master of Arts - Administration
California University of PA
Bachelor of Arts - Dual Major: Elementary/Special Education
California University of PA
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