Deloris Covington
Hamlet,North Carolina (USA)
Summary
Working as a versatile Special Education Teacher with focus on individual student progress, needs across academia, and emotional development. Empathetic and accommodating in design and implementation of hands-on lessons, catering to diverse learning abilities. Proficient in employing constant communication, patience and positive reinforcement in team efforts to deliver exceptional educational tools, fostering academic achievement.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Elementary Special Education Teacher
Anson County Schools
Morven, NC
08.2019 - Current
- Collaborates with administrators on classroom policies, management strategies, and discipline.
- Approx. 100% of MES's EC students made some progress in I-ready this past year.
- Redirect students while using Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS)
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth
- Create and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals
- Communicates nonverbally with children to provide comfort, encouragement and positive reinforcement
- Create learning and content strategies to meet needs of mentally and physically disabled students
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to diverse population.
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Experience with Autism.
High School Exceptional Education Teacher
Anson County Schools
Wadesboro, NC
08.2005 - 06.2019
- Create learning and content strategies to meet needs of mentally and physically disabled students
- Create and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Approx. 65% of MES EC students made yearly progress in I-Ready.
- Coordinate special education students and teacher assistant schedules with master schedule
- Cultivate connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration
- Works with other's to maintain classroom management
- Assess student learning progress and comprehension with routine tests and standardized examinations
- Teach students subject-specific material, learning strategies and social skills
- Prepared lesson plans and executed different modalities to accelerate individual success.
- Identified children's collective and individual learning needs to plan, prepare and deliver instruction designed to maximize individual learning and capture interest.
Qualified Professional Behavior/Substance Abuse/Part-time
New Leaf Adolesccent
Charlotte, NC
09.2013 - 03.2018
- Displayed sensitivity to cultural and linguistic needs of clients and families served
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to diverse range of developmentally challenged students
- Organized instruction material, including constructing bulletin boards and setting up work areas
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth
- Communicated non-verbally with children to provide comfort, encouragement and positive reinforcement
- Directed family-centered, strengths-based, culturally competent and individualized intakes and assessments
- Provided comprehensive case management services, including creating treatment plans and connecting clients and families to appropriate resources
- Managed from 5-8 clients between substance abuse and behavior
- Administered personality assessments, behavioral assessments and assessments of intellectual functioning.
- Facilitated and conducted group and individual therapy sessions to address PTSD, anger management, substance abuse and grief.
Education
School Administration - School Administration
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Greensboro, NC2018
Master of Arts - M.E.D. /Master's in Special Education
Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, NC05.2008
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice/Sociology
University of North Carolina At Pembroke
Pembroke, NC05.2002
Skills
- Student counseling
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Lesson planning
- Differentiated instruction
- Classroom management
- Student records management
- Child development
- Student progress reporting
- Individualized Lesson Plans
- Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
- Positive Reinforcement Methods
Certification
School Administration Certified
CDL Certified
CPI Certified
First Aid and CPR Certified
Mentor Certified
Letrs (first year)
TEAACH Autism Training
Additional Information
I have also coached basketball for Anson for approx. 14 years. JV girls along with the Varsity girls for approx. 9 years.
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
The opposite of a true statement is a false statement, but the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
Niels Bohr
Timeline
Elementary Special Education Teacher
Anson County Schools
08.2019 - Current
Qualified Professional Behavior/Substance Abuse/Part-time
New Leaf Adolesccent
09.2013 - 03.2018
High School Exceptional Education Teacher
Anson County Schools
08.2005 - 06.2019
School Administration - School Administration
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Master of Arts - M.E.D. /Master's in Special Education
Fayetteville State University
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice/Sociology
University of North Carolina At Pembroke
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