COURTNEY WISNIEWSKI
Warminster,PA
Summary
Committed Educational Leader offering 15 years of experience building programs and resources to promote student success. Fostering teacher collaborations through workshops and professional development with a proven history of developing, implementing and managing initiatives to meet learning objectives. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with sound knowledge of school systems, learning styles and student development. Dedicated to improving school curriculum and assisting students with unique learning needs with experience interpreting results of psycho-educational testing.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Learning Specialist
Episcopal Academy
Newtown Square, PA
08.2021 - Current
- Individual academic coaching using study skills strategies
- Managed 80 students accommodations for in class, assessment and standardized testing.
- Served as liaison between academic coaches, academic support staff, school psychologist, form deans, advisors and administrators
- Developed and implemented programs and services designed to meet needs of students including writing academic support plans
- Discussed implementation of plans with students, teachers, administration and parents
- 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.
- Created, collected and recorded data on student progress to determine next steps for student success.
- Prepared instructional materials for group and one-on-one use to comply with established curriculum.
- SSD coordinator for College Board and Test Coordinator for ACT, submitting accommodations requests and appeals on behalf of all eligible students
- Assessed student needs to determine appropriate level of required support.
- Assisted in teaching Study Skills program for ninth graders.
Special Education Teacher
Philadelphia School District
Philadelphia, PA
10.2009 - 08.2021
- Created and managed IEPs, with case load of 30-35 students, to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Completed intensive leadership training and provided training to colleagues on applied behavior analysis, while redirecting students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- Delivered effective and differentiated instruction to range of neurodiverse learners from third to twelfth grade.
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
- Created learning and content strategies to meet needs of mentally and physically disabled students.
- Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Partnered with standard education teachers from across academic departments.
Education
Master of Science - Educational Leadership and Special Education Supervision
05.2019
- Awarded Educational Leadership: recognizing excellence in consistent ethical leadership
Bachelor of Science - Special/Elementary Education
05.2009
Skills
- Tutoring
- SpeakUp! Facilitator
- Site Selection for hiring Team
- Instructional Coaching and Mentoring Program
- Curriculum - 6th Grade Content Creator - Math/English
- Special Olympics, Project Unify, R-Word Campaign
- Implementing Effective Emotional Supports, Steps to Success Program with FBAs and BIPs
- Leaders of Change and Summer Bridge, Program for rising seniors and incoming freshman
- Imagine 2014: Inclusion Institution
- Co-Teaching Professional Development, Turn around training for staff
- Peers Making Peace Program/ Peer Mentoring Program
- University City High School Boys and Girls Varsity Soccer Coach - Highly Qualified
Accomplishments
- AIM Reading Comprehension Institute
- SAIS Academic Support Conference
- Actively supported teaching professionals on effective work strategies with Special Needs students, maintaining a strong focus on learners with Emotional Disturbance and Intellectual Disability
- Effective classroom management, for building positive social behaviors and improving self-esteem in students
- Employed diverse techniques to promote active learning including individualized instruction, co-teaching, team and station teaching that increase student performance and love of learning by bridging lessons to real-life situations
- Skilled in selecting and adapting best teaching practices for classroom use, with a unique mix of experience and knowledge to help students be engaged, attentive and active life-long learners.
Certification
Instructional II:
Elementary K-6
Instructional II:
Special Education PK-12
Supervisor of Special Education
Work Availability
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Timeline
Learning Specialist - Episcopal Academy
08.2021 - Current
Special Education Teacher - Philadelphia School District
10.2009 - 08.2021
Saint Joseph’s University - Master of Science, Educational Leadership and Special Education Supervision
Saint Joseph’s University - Bachelor of Science, Special/Elementary Education