Chelsea Culbertson
Celina,Tx
Summary
My desire is to join a wonderful team with the same goals in mind. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. I have a willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. I am eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent communication skills. Versatile Special Education Teacher with focus on individual student needs across academia and emotional development. Empathetic and accommodating in design and implementation of hands-on lessons, catering to diverse learning abilities.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SPECIAL BEHAVIOR SUPPORT TEACHER AIDE
Elliot Elementary School
10.2018 - 01.2020
- Responsible for assessing students with behavior issues, collecting data on the students, working with teachers, counselors and school psychologists to devise a behavior plan for the student and evaluating the effectiveness of the plan
- Report possible cases of child abuse, neglect or endangerment to the proper authorities
- Determines behavior capabilities of students as they function at home and in school
- Implement behavior support plans
- Measure goals and objectives of behavior support plans to ensure they are being met
- Coordinate between teachers and parents to implement behavioral interventions
- Assists students in identifying inappropriate behaviors and develop better behavior alternatives
- Maintain records of students' special education reports, services provided and behavioral data
- Assist in crisis and/or emergency protocol procedures.
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Provided life skills programming for students with moderate to severe autism.
- Taught reading, language arts and social sciences in self-contained ED and LD classroom.
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
- Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
FRG Leader
Alpha Company, 1st Battalion
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Recruit other volunteers to serve on FRG committees
- Act as liaison for communicating commander's concerns and ideas to the FRG and communicating family members' concerns and ideas to the unit commander
- Seeks commander's guidance concerning all events, activities and fundraisers
- Ensures that all phone tree records are kept up-to-date
- Identifies needs or unique problems of unit families.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Collaborated with U.S. Army Commander to achieve up to date communication to families.
- Collaborated on program operations and relayed participant feedback for improvements.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Darren 8. Crosbie
01.2010 - 07.2011
- Communicated with visitors via phone, email and in person to obtain confidential information
- Maintained detailed administrative and procedural processes to improve accuracy and efficiency
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
- Handled client correspondence and tracked records to foster office efficiency.
- Managed Access databases converting complex data into easy-to-interpret data.
- Processed invoices and expenses using QuickBooks to facilitate on-time payment.
- Executed record filing system to improve document organization and management.
- Restocked supplies and placed purchase orders to maintain adequate stock levels.
- Developed and updated spreadsheets and databases to track, analyze and report on performance and sales data.
- Scheduled office meetings and client appointments for staff teams.
Skills
- Multitasking Abilities
- Child development
- Special education
- Classroom management
- Student counseling
- Group and individual instruction
- Lesson Planning
- Trained in CPI
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Student records management
- IEP Documentation
- Teacher Support
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Social Development
- Student Behavior Management
- Development of Social Skills
- Team Collaboration
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention
- Self-Contained Classrooms
- Job Readiness Training
- Critical Thinking
- Behavior Redirection
Accomplishments
Received 1st Cavalry Division Trooper's Lady Award.
Received 1st Cavalry Division Commander's Award for Excellence.
Certification
Texas Educator Certificate Educational Aide I
Student Mental Health Certificate
Special Education: Safety in the Classroom Certificate
Active Shooter Training Certificate
Campus Core Team Members; Crisis Prevention Institute(CPI) Enhanced Foundation Course
Timeline
SPECIAL BEHAVIOR SUPPORT TEACHER AIDE
Elliot Elementary School
10.2018 - 01.2020
FRG Leader
Alpha Company, 1st Battalion
01.2013 - 01.2016
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Darren 8. Crosbie
01.2010 - 07.2011