Elizabeth Snyder
Peoria,AZ
Summary
Versatile and dedicated Special Education Teacher with focus on individual needs of special education students. Empathetic and accommodating in design and implementation of hands-on lessons. Exceptional skills working with leadership, parents and specialists to meet educational needs of students. Dedicated advocate for students, staff, and families to a meet variety of needs. Maintains hard working ethics. Eager to learn and grow in variety of areas. Loves to learn, explore, and play with new assessments, curriculum, strategies, new technologies, and data collection formats.
Special education professional with proven track record of fostering inclusive learning environments and implementing effective instructional strategies. Strong emphasis on team collaboration and achieving positive educational outcomes, adaptable to changing classroom dynamics. Skilled in behavior management, curriculum development, and student advocacy, bringing reliability and flexibility to role.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Special Education Teacher
SESI Schools
07.2018 - Current
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Modified education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- Worked with students with moderate to severe autism to increase life skills.
- Collaborate with Related Services, Leadership, Parents/Guardians, and Support Staff.
- Prepared and implemented new program.
- Worked with Leadership to provided training on BEST Model Curriculum, Unique Learning System.
- Oversees to classrooms that contain k-12th grades students with Autism, who are limited to non-verbal.
RBT
Positive Behavior Support Corporation
09.2022 - 03.2024
- Learned specialized behavior approaches to implement behavioral strategies.
- Kept accurate records by documenting progress and adhering to prescribed behavior plan.
- Supported client using principles of applied behavior analysis.
- Collaborated with client's support system and other allied specialists to implement positive interventions.
- Completed 20 out fo 40 hours in RBT training.
Rest Bit Care
A Caring Heart Of Arizona
05.2018 - 07.2018
- Collaborated with Parents/Guardians to ensure child safety.
- Provided care to children within their homes.
- Work with families to maintain schedule to ensure rest bit hours where met.
- Worked on life skills, academics, and related services that families provided/shared.
Paraprofessional
Cape May Special Services School District
10.2012 - 12.2015
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules and support lead teacher.
- Prepared instruction materials, constructed bulletin boards and set up work areas.
- Kept classrooms clean, neat and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
- Set up visual aids, equipment and classroom displays to support teacher's lesson delivery.
- Reported on student progress, behavior and social skills to parents.
- Supervised students and staff when certified teacher was out of the room.
- Maintained classroom routine.
- Assisted certified teacher in developing and applying technology for educational support.
- Worked with certified staff to develop simple accommodations to assist in students needs.
- Worked with Related Services and Certified Teacher to add in recommend activities to daily schedule.
- Trained in Crisis Intervention Prevention.
- Trained in assisting students with severe Other Health Impairments in preschool setting with supportive equipment such as; gate trainer, walker, stander, and foot/leg braces.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Elementary And Special Education
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ04.2018
Associate of Science - General
Atlantic Cape Community College
Mays Landing, NJ05.2014
Skills
- Classroom Management
- Crisis Prevention and Intervention
- Autism and Spectrum Disorders
- Other Help Impairments
- Mild to Severe Disabilities
- Preschool-High School Age Students
- Limited to Non-Verbal Disabilities
- AAC Devices
- Positive Behavior Reinforcement
- Paraprofessional Oversight
- BEST Classroom Practices
- Unique Learning System
- Classroom management
- Differentiated instruction
- Individual education plans IEPs
- Small group instruction
Certification
- Certified Substitute Teacher, State Of New Jersey - October 15, 2013- January 2, 2019
- Standard Professional Mild/Moderate Special Education K-12, Arizona Department of Education(Structured Immersion PreK-12)- 06/22/2018-11/21/2030
- Standard Professional Elementary K-8, Arizona Department of Education (Structured Immersion PreK-12)- 06/22/2018-11/21/2030
Timeline
RBT
Positive Behavior Support Corporation
09.2022 - 03.2024
Special Education Teacher
SESI Schools
07.2018 - Current
Rest Bit Care
A Caring Heart Of Arizona
05.2018 - 07.2018
Paraprofessional
Cape May Special Services School District
10.2012 - 12.2015
Associate of Science - General
Atlantic Cape Community College
- Certified Substitute Teacher, State Of New Jersey - October 15, 2013- January 2, 2019
- Standard Professional Mild/Moderate Special Education K-12, Arizona Department of Education(Structured Immersion PreK-12)- 06/22/2018-11/21/2030
- Standard Professional Elementary K-8, Arizona Department of Education (Structured Immersion PreK-12)- 06/22/2018-11/21/2030
Bachelor of Science - Elementary And Special Education
Grand Canyon University
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