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Cassie Miller

Rushville,IN

Summary

Resilient Special Education Teacher familiar with challenges associated with teaching special needs children. Remains positive under times of stress or conflict. Works well with classroom teachers to develop accommodations and special techniques for mainstream classroom inclusion.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Special Education Teacher

Benjamin Rush Middle School
Rushville, IN
11.2024 - Current
  • Assess students skills and determine their educational needs
  • Adapt general lessons to meet students needs
  • Develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for each student.
  • Plan activities that are specific to each student's abilities.
  • Teach and mentor students as a class, in small groups, and one-on-one.
  • Behavior Management
  • Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
  • Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional, and social growth.
  • Instructed students with physical and cognitive disabilities.
  • Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
  • Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
  • Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
  • Encouraged students to take ownership of learning by providing choices.
  • Implemented behavior modification techniques to improve student social and academic performance.
  • Worked closely with parents and guardians to address students' issues on multiple fronts.
  • Facilitated small group instruction to address individual learning needs.
  • Monitored student performance to evaluate effectiveness of instructional strategies.
  • Designed individual education plans to encourage student growth according to different learning abilities and needs.

Behavioral Tech

ACE(Autism Center For Enrichment)
Rushville, IN
06.2024 - 11.2024
  • Provide early intervention to students/patients to increase skills
  • Keep accurate records by documenting progress and adhering to behavioral plans
  • Performed behavior interventions to teach communication, social and daily living skills and reduce problematic behaviors at home, community and
  • Direct care to children/adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.

Special Ed. Assistant

Shelbyville Central Schools
Shelbyville, IN
08.2020 - 08.2022
  • Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical
  • Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene and more.
  • Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
  • My instructional duties are to support positive behavior intervention by pre-teaching, re-teaching or monitoring student behavior.
  • I also do lesson planning for individual students or small groups of students to reinforce and improve literacy and math skills.
  • I also administer and score basic diagnostic tests.
  • I also pull students for one on one and help them with areas they are struggling in as well.
  • Offered student support through special accommodations, extra assistance, and assessments.
  • Interacted physically and verbally with students throughout each day.
  • Documented student behaviors, interventions, and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
  • Provided individualized reading, writing and math instruction to support student development.
  • Overseen class of students with 20 or more students in absence of instructor.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Special Education

Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, IN
06.2026

Bachelor of Science - Applied Behavior Analysis

Ball State University
Muncie, IN
06.2026

Associate of Science - Associates of Applied Science

Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
Richmond, IN
06.2009

Skills

  • Motivating students
  • Student support
  • Conflict resolution techniques
  • Group and individual instruction
  • Behavior modification
  • Parent communication
  • Behavior intervention plans
  • Life skills instruction
  • Parent-teacher collaboration
  • Classroom management
  • Data management
  • Behavior modifications
  • Crisis prevention and intervention
  • Individual education plans ieps

Timeline

Special Education Teacher

Benjamin Rush Middle School
11.2024 - Current

Behavioral Tech

ACE(Autism Center For Enrichment)
06.2024 - 11.2024

Special Ed. Assistant

Shelbyville Central Schools
08.2020 - 08.2022

Bachelor of Science - Special Education

Indiana Wesleyan University

Bachelor of Science - Applied Behavior Analysis

Ball State University

Associate of Science - Associates of Applied Science

Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana

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