Dr. Kathleen M. Fox
White Marsh
Summary
Seasoned IEP facilitator with extensive experience in Baltimore County Public Schools, excelling in teacher development and collaborative planning. Proven track record in training educators and implementing effective teaching strategies, ensuring compliance with special education law. Skilled in data analysis, cultivating collaborative relationships with families, and elevating student engagement through the latest teaching strategies.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Full-time IEP Facilitator
Battle Grove Elementary
Baltimore
07.2024 - Current
- Facilitate IEP teams
- Provide leadership to teachers
- Work with the school leadership team to create professional learning communities with a focus on data collect and interpretation
- Facilitate partnerships with families
- Create yearly IEP team schedules
- Create IEP documentation following special education laws and guidelines.
- Provide guidance and leadership in overseeing the development and implementation of IEPs
- Collaborate with the administration, teachers, parents, and students to maintain a rigorous and engaging academic program for all students
Full-time IEP Chair
Pikesville Middle School
Pikesville
07.2023 - Current
- Facilitate IEP teams
- Create yearly IEP team schedules
- Create IEP documentation following special education laws and guidelines
- Provide guidance and leadership in overseeing the development and implementation of IEPs
- Mentor special educators to meet student needs and follow state compliance rules
- Collaborate with the administration, teachers, parents, and students to maintain a rigorous and engaging academic program for students with disabilities
Full-time Special Education Inclusion Teacher
Victory Villa Elementary
Middle River
08.2018 - 07.2023
- Train and mentor special education teachers
- Provide professional development to Paraeducators and Additional Adult Assistants
- Administer and interpret the Woodcock Johnson IV, The Phonological Awareness Test, Diagnostic Decoding Surveys, Fountas & Pinnell Running Records, and DIBELS
- Trained in Orton Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, Fundations, Project Read, Framing your Thoughts and Touch Math
- Develop, implement, and monitor IEPs and 504 plans
- Develop and maintain good rapport with teachers, parents, and students
- Administer, proctor, and accommodate school and state testing
- Effectively manage special education cases assigned to me
- Member of the School Leadership Team
- Yearbook advisor for the 5th grade Yearbook Club
- Experience with kindergarten through Grade 5
Full-time Special Education Inclusion Teacher
Joppa View Elementary School
Nottingham
08.2003 - 06.2018
- Mentor special education interns
- Administer and interpret the Woodcock Johnson IV, Gray Oral Reading Test, Test of Written Language, The Phonological Awareness Test, Diagnostic Decoding Surveys, Fountas & Pinnell Running Records
- Develop, implement, and monitor IEPs and 504 plans
- Manage and train Additional Adult Assistants
- Trained in DIBELS, Wilson Reading System, Fundations, Project Read, Framing your Thoughts and Touch Math
- Provide staff development on inclusion
- Participate in collaborative teaching
- Modify and differentiate instruction using multi-sensory approach
- Model lessons
- Develop and maintain good rapport with teachers, parents, and students
- Administer and proctor PARCC and MAP testing
- Effectively manage special education cases assigned to me
- Member of the Art Night Committee
- Yearbook advisor for the 5th grade Yearbook Club
- Develop and implement behavior plans based on Functional Behavior Assessments
- Experience with Kindergarten through 5th grade
Special Education Inclusion/Resource Teacher
Dundalk Elementary School
Dundalk
08.1998 - 06.2003
- Modified and differentiated instruction
- Planned and delivered lessons that utilized before, during and after reading strategies
- Team taught
- Mentored and modeled lessons for new teachers and area office personnel
- Wrote and implemented IEPs
- Provided professional development
- Member of the School Improvement Team
- Developed and used effective behavior manage programs
- Provided on-going assessments of student learning
- Hosted a student teacher
- Experience with Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade
Regular Education First Grade Teacher
Maree Garnett Farring Elementary School
Baltimore City
08.1994 - 06.1998
- Facilitated a successful inclusion program
- Developed curriculum through a partnership with the Baltimore Symphony
- Planned and delivered effective instruction using the whole to part model
- Implemented an after-school tutorial
- Taught lessons using thinking skills
- Hosted a student teacher part time
- Experience with regular and special education 1st graders
Education
PhD - P-20 Education
Walden University
Minneapolis, MN05.2024
MPhil - Education
Walden University
Minneapolis, MN08.2022
M.A. - Leadership in Teaching
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Baltimore, MD05.1999
B.A. - Elementary Education, Special Education Minor
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Baltimore, MD05.1994
Skills
- Special education law
- Leadership development
- Data interpretation
- Collaborative planning
- Effective communication
- Training and mentorship
- Organization
- Time management
- UDL
- Teaching strategies
Certification
- Certified in Early Childhood, Elementary Education & Special Education in the State of Maryland
- Admin I Certification in the State of Maryland
Volunteer Experience
- Religious Education Teacher, 2024-2025
- PTA First Vice President, 2006-2007
- PTA President, 2004-2006
- Religious Education Teacher, 1991, 1994-1997, 2004-2006
Professional Development
- Phonological Awareness, Winter 21
- Multi-sensory Reading Strategies, Fall 19
- Wilson Reading System, Fall 17, 18
- Diagnostic Decoding Survey, Fall 17, 18
- Co-teaching Model, Fall 06
- Touch Math, Spring 01
Affiliations
- traveling
- puzzles
- scrapbooking
- spending time with family
- volunteering
Timeline
Full-time IEP Facilitator
Battle Grove Elementary
07.2024 - Current
Full-time IEP Chair
Pikesville Middle School
07.2023 - Current
Full-time Special Education Inclusion Teacher
Victory Villa Elementary
08.2018 - 07.2023
Full-time Special Education Inclusion Teacher
Joppa View Elementary School
08.2003 - 06.2018
Special Education Inclusion/Resource Teacher
Dundalk Elementary School
08.1998 - 06.2003
Regular Education First Grade Teacher
Maree Garnett Farring Elementary School
08.1994 - 06.1998
PhD - P-20 Education
Walden University
MPhil - Education
Walden University
M.A. - Leadership in Teaching
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
B.A. - Elementary Education, Special Education Minor
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
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