Results-oriented achiever with a proven ability to exceed targets and drive success in fast-paced environments. Combines strategic thinking with hands-on experience to deliver impactful solutions and enhance organizational performance. Demonstrated track record of consistently meeting and surpassing goals, while adapting quickly to changing priorities and challenges. Strong communicator and collaborator, adept at building relationships and fostering teamwork to achieve shared objectives.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Behavior Support Teacher - The Front Porch
Savannah Chatham County Public Schools
08.2024 - Current
Serve as the school district liaison with the Front Porch which is a collaboration of community agencies that work to assist youth and families who are at risk of becoming involved with the Court for delinquency, dependency and children in need of services (CHINS) to access available community resources that lead to better outcomes for both the youth and their families and improved community safety
Work with district administrators, guidance counselors, and school staff to refer students and their families for services that may include: counseling, mentorship programs, tutoring, pro-social groups, family counseling, educational and/or medical evaluations, medication management, etc.
Collaborate with Front Porch case managers to provide background educational and behavioral information to assist in establishing comprehensive services for students and their families.
Provide intensive interventions (social emotional learning/academic assistance) to students as an alternative to suspension.
Behavior Interventionist
Savannah Chatham County Public Schools
08.2016 - 08.2024
Provided crisis intervention services via Mindset Curriculum training ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all individuals involved.
Collaborated with teachers to promote positive behavior change through consistent reinforcement and appropriate consequences, as well as developed and implemented intervention plans tailored to individual needs.
Provided on-going trainings to assist teachers with the development of Functional Behavioral Assessments, Behavior Intervention Plans, and behavioral SMART goals.
Evaluated progress regularly, adjusting intervention plans as needed to ensure continuous improvement in student behavior.
Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to create comprehensive support strategies for students in need.
Completed observations of students in classroom and social situations.
Teacher, Inclusion
Windsor Forest Elementary School
08.2006 - 08.2016
Design and implement individual education plans that consist of detailed and specific academic skills/instructional goals, as well as behavior management plans for eight to twelve 3rd - 5th grade students identified as Emotionally and Behaviorally Disordered (EBD), Severely Learning Disabled (SLD), Autistic, Mildly Intellectually Disabled (MID), or Other Health Impaired (OHI). Work closely with grade level teams to assess, modify, and monitor academic progress of special needs students, as well as regular education students, within the grade level curriculum. Identify and implement intensive academic skill instruction to meet needs of individual students. Assess, prepare, and implement daily individual, small group, and grade level instructional plans. Collect and record behavior and academic observations for both identified and referred students. Administer, assist, and score achievement/skills, personality, and projective tests of both existing and referred special needs students. Design and implement both individual and group behavior management/modification programs for special needs students, as well as regular education students.
Middle/High School English & Science Educator at Savannah Chatham County Public Schools SystemMiddle/High School English & Science Educator at Savannah Chatham County Public Schools System