Chelsi Martin
Slidell,La.
Summary
To merge my enthusiasm, experience and knowledge for learning and teaching to obtain a position within an organization where I can assist in developing and supporting learning experiences for all students and teachers with instructional best practices and compliance that will support academic and behavioral achievement.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Exceptional Student Services Director
Warren Easton Charter High School
New Orleans, La
06.2023 - 02.2024
- Developed, implemented and monitored comprehensive strategies and policies to improve overall compliance, operational processes and organizational efficiency of the ESS Department in accordance with federal, state and local policies.
- Coordinate, facilitate and lead SAT/SBLC referrals for Special Education evaluation (including talented/gifted and Section 504 to ensure referrals are strong and compliant with Bulletin 1508.
- Maintain all student SPED and 504 files and documentation and facilitate records requests and transfer of IAP to the next grade of school for all students eligible under Section 504.
- Facilitate Section IDEA and 504 evaluations and assisted in developing IEPs and IAPs.
- Ensure parents are invited to eligibility meetings and participate in eligibility decisions and the development of IEPs/ IAPs, and provide notice and rights to parents.
- Determine appropriate Section 504 team composition and ensure team members participate in 504 eligibility decisions.
- Monitored the implementation of IEPs and Section 504 IAPs.
- Lead annual reviews of each 504 plan and schedule triennial re-evaluations of students eligible under Section 504.
- Monitor discipline data for ESS students and advise school administrators regarding discipline issues and procedures for ESS students being considered for suspension or removal.
- Conduct Manifestation Determination Review meetings when needed
- Obtained and used evaluative findings, including student achievement data, to gauge ESS program effectiveness.
- Prepared and submitted required Minimum Foundation Program reports, LAU Plan and Dyslexia report to LDOE.
- Responds to issues involving staff, community concerns, and parental requests beyond the scope of a case manager, recommending and implementing a plan of action that will effectively and efficiently resolve concerns.
- Maintained professional competence by leading, facilitating, and participating in staff/professional development activities, curriculum development meetings, and other professional meetings.
- Confer with administrators, social workers, nurses, teachers, testing administrators and other professionals to design students plans to develop students’ academic, physical, social/emotional development
- Facilitated collaboration between teachers with by developing modifying general education curriculum for students with learning disabilities as needed
- Confer with instructional leaders and administrators to develop a curriculum accessible for students in an inclusive setting that supports common core state standards achievement.
Special Education Coordinator
Algiers Charter Schools Association
New Orleans, La
07.2017 - 07.2023
- Provided guidance and support to teachers, staff, parents, and administrators on best practices in educating students with disabilities in both an inclusive and self-contained setting to improve the development of sensory, cognition and memory.
- Coordinate, facilitate and lead SAT/SBLC referrals for Special Education evaluation (including talented/gifted and Section 504 to ensure referrals are strong and compliant with Bulletin 1508.
- Obtained and used evaluative findings, including student achievement data, to gauge special education program effectiveness
- Oversaw and monitored school-level of knowledge compliance in accordance with federal, state, and local policies.
- Prepared and submitted required reports in a timely fashion to LDOE.
- Responded to issues involving staff, community concerns, and parental requests beyond the scope of the case manager, recommending or implementing a plan of action that will effectively and efficiently resolve the issue.
- Provided crisis interventions as needed, for students and those in inclusive classrooms.
- Assisted in collection of data for providing appropriate classroom interventions
- Facilitated IEP team meetings for students with initial and review IEPS by serving as Official Designated Representative (ODR).
- Facilitated classroom walkthrough observations to follow-up with Cluster new learning and provided teacher feedback/supports both real-time and post lesson.
- Maintained professional competence by leading, facilitating, and participating in staff/professional development activities, curriculum development meetings, and other professional meetings.
- Conferred with administrators, social workers, teachers, testing administrators and other professionals to design students Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) to develop students’ academic, physical, social/emotional development.
- Conferred with instructional leaders and administrators to develop a curriculum accessible for students in an inclusive setting that supports common core state standards achievement.
Special Education Master Teacher/ Compliance Support Manager
Martin Behrman Charter School-Algiers Charter
New Orleans, La
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Lead and join weekly Cluster/PLC and Leadership Team meetings that follows the STEPS for Effecting Learning that is driven by student and teacher data
- Develop and implement data driven yearly cluster goals, long range plans, and Cluster/PLC meeting Agendas
- Facilitate classroom walkthrough observations to follow-up with Cluster new learning and provide teacher feedback/supports both real-time and post lesson
- Support teachers with effective instructional strategies that promotes best practice to for student/teacher academic achievement
- Provide direct and indirect instructional support to students and teachers in a positive resource and inclusive setting
- Support teachers to employ special education strategies and techniques during inclusive and small group instruction to improve the development of sensory, cognition and memory
- Maintain professional competence by leading, facilitating, and participating in staff/professional development activities, curriculum development meetings, and other professional meetings
- Confer administrators, social workers, teachers, testing administrators and other professionals to design students Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) to develop students’ academic, physical, social/emotional development
- Support teachers with modifying general education curriculum for students with learning disabilities as needed
- Confer with grade level teachers to develop a curriculum accessible for students in an inclusive setting that supports common core state standards achievement
- Ensure compliance is maintained by auditing student records monthly, preparing reports as required by laws, district policies and administrative regulations
- Provide crisis interventions as needed, for students and those in inclusive classrooms
- Assist in collection of data for providing appropriate classroom interventions
- Assist in the preparation of data for local, state and federal reports
- Facilitate and schedule IEP team meetings for students with initial and review IEPS by serving as Official Designated Representative (ODR)
- Perform related work as required
- Maintains a professional attitude and collaborative relationship with each team member and parents by informal and formal daily contact.
5th/6th Math SPED Co-Teacher
Samuel J. Green Charter School
New Orleans, La
01.2012 - 01.2017
- Provide direct and indirect instructional support to students in a positive environment and inclusive setting
- Employ special education strategies and techniques during inclusive and small group instruction to improve the development of sensory, cognition and memory
- Confer with parents, administrators, social workers, teachers, testing administrators and other professionals to design students Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) to develop students’ academic, physical, social/emotional development
- Modify general education curriculum for students with learning disabilities as needed
- Confer with grade level Math teachers to develop a curriculum accessible for students in an inclusive setting
- Provide RTI for students in need of Academic and Behavior remediation
- Conduct Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans for students as specified in IEPs and IAPs
- Provide a Positive Behavior Intervention System for students following schoolwide Tier 1 intervention plans
- Maintain compliance and complete student records and prepare reports on students as required by laws, district policies and administrative regulations
- Assist in the preparation of data for local, state and federal reports
- Maintain professional competence by participation in staff/professional development activities, curriculum development meetings, and other professional meetings
- Perform related work as required
- Lead, facilitate and schedule IEP team meetings for students on my caseload
- Maintains a professional attitude and collaborative relationships with each team member and parents by informal and formal daily contact.
Education
Fellowship - Special Education- Emotional Disturbance
Special Education Leadership Fellowship
New Orleans, LA05-2021
High School Diploma -
Xavier University Preparatory High School
New Orleans, LA05-2008
Teaching Certification -
Louisiana Department of Education
Master of Arts in Teaching, Special Education -
Relay Graduate School of Education
Master of Education, Learning & Curriculum in High Incidence Learning Disabilities/ Mild to Moderate, Applied Behavior Analysis -
Nicholls State University
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, Broadcast Concentration, English Minor -
Northwestern university of Louisiana
Skills
- Effectively and efficiently analyze internal issues within a special education program and Section 504, strategizing on best practices to develop teacher and school administration capacity that best supports overall compliance and student achievement as it relates to federal, state and local guidelines This was done successfully within 6 months at Warren Easton Charter High School- removing the ESS program out of Urgent Intervention/Corrective Action with NOLA-PS
- Identified as a leader on an organized taskforce that successfully passed 3 Southern Poverty Law Audits within three schools, William J Fischer Charter, Martin Behrman Charter and Landry-Walker High School removing all three schools out of corrective action with the State of Louisiana
- In my 55 year career as a Special Education Coordinator, I've passed all NOLA-PS and LDOE audits with an 85% or above in schools where previous audit results required urgent interventions and strategizing
- Coordinate, facilitate and lead SAT/SBLC referrals for Special Education evaluation (including talented/gifted and Section 504 to ensure referrals are strong and compliant with Bulletin 1508
- Louisiana State Certified NIET Mentor- Lead and Cluster/PLC and Leadership Team meetings that follows the STEPS for Effecting Learning that is driven by student and teacher data, developing and implementing data driven yearly goals and plans for overall school instructional improvement
Skills Trainings
- Trained and assisted sped teachers in the development of IEP’s, Functional behavior Assessments, and Behavior Plans, effect steps for learning Instructional strategies.
- Provided school-wide professional development for Special and General education teachers.
- Teacher Advancement Program Trained (TAP/NIET)
- Whetstone
- Crisis Prevention Trained (CPI)
- IReady
- LEAP Connect trained
- Achievement Network trained (ANET)
Activities
- Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
- SELF (Special Education Leadership Fellow), 2021
- Good To Great Educators Workshop, TNTP 2015
- Honor Graduate Student
- Delta Eta Pi National Dance Honor Society
- NATPE Student Career Workshop Attendee, WDSU 6
- KNWD “The Demon” Radio Student Employee
- NSU 22 Lead News Anchor
- NSU 22 News Reporter
- National Association for Black Journalist
- Who’s Who Amongst High School and College Students
- Ranked #11 in Graduating Class
- NAACP
- Students in Free Enterprise, (SIFE) Club
- Mademoiselle Dwyn’s School of Dance
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Exceptional Student Services Director
Warren Easton Charter High School
06.2023 - 02.2024
Special Education Master Teacher/ Compliance Support Manager
Martin Behrman Charter School-Algiers Charter
01.2019 - 01.2020
Special Education Coordinator
Algiers Charter Schools Association
07.2017 - 07.2023
5th/6th Math SPED Co-Teacher
Samuel J. Green Charter School
01.2012 - 01.2017
Fellowship - Special Education- Emotional Disturbance
Special Education Leadership Fellowship
High School Diploma -
Xavier University Preparatory High School
Teaching Certification -
Louisiana Department of Education
Master of Arts in Teaching, Special Education -
Relay Graduate School of Education
Master of Education, Learning & Curriculum in High Incidence Learning Disabilities/ Mild to Moderate, Applied Behavior Analysis -
Nicholls State University
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, Broadcast Concentration, English Minor -
Northwestern university of Louisiana
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