Eric McLaughlin
Coral Springs,FL
Summary
Compassionate Special Education Specialist motivated to positively impact program operations and participant success with diligent support. Well-trained in special education with dedication to continuously enhancing strategies and optimizing assistance. Highly organized and hardworking with strong attention to detail.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Compliance Program Specialist
Broward, County Public Schools
, FL
07.2019 - Current
- Specialized in the compliance with Federal, State, and Local laws, policies, and procedures pertaining to special education
- Analyze and complete Department of Education annual audit of ESE records and self-assessments
- Deliver professional development, coaching, and mentoring the high school ESE specialists
- Provide guidance and resources to schools and parents regarding special education
- Monitor electronic student files for assigned schools
- Respond to parent complaints
- Organize and implement open labs for ESE specialists and assigning surrogate parents.
Exceptional Student Education Specialist
Stranahan High School/Deerfield Beach High School, Broward County Public Schools
, FL
06.2010 - 06.2019
- Supervise ESE Department, including teachers, paraprofessionals, and a speech and language pathologist
- Create and facilitate students Individual Education Plans, Re-evaluation Plans, Functional Behavior
- Assessments, and Positive Behavior Intervention Plans
- Utilize 504 Plans and Hospital Homebound Plans
- Counseling students with disabilities and their parents in the areas of self advocacy and school and home issues
- Structured all ESE students’ schedules for implementation of assigned accommodations.
ESOL/ELL Coordinator
Stranahan High School
08.2009 - 06.2010
- Assisted students and parents with accessing appropriate resources for ELL students
- Administered IPT and CELLA exams to ELL students
- Supervised ELL Department, including ELL teachers and students
- Other Supplemental Positions Held:
- ESE Department Chair
- Textbook Coordinator
- SAC/SAF Chair
Behavior Specialist
Stranahan High School, Broward County Public Schools
, FL
08.2006 - 06.2010
- Certified by the State of Florida in Exceptional Student Education (K through 12th grade), Serve as Ninth Grade Administrator
- Acting Dean of Students
- Assist Administration with discipline of school
- Handle internal and external suspensions
- Counsel students regularly to discuss issues and behaviors
- Head of Child Study Team
- Head of Discipline Committee
- Member of the School Leadership Team.
Assistant Athletic Director
Positive School
- Wide Behavior Plan Leader
- 504 Liaison
- TRAININGS
- Served as Stranahan High School Child Abuse Designee
- Practitioner 2 certification in Professional Crisis Management (PCM)
- Category III ESOL certification
- First Aid and Safety Certified (Current certification)
- Evidence of Experiences
- Instructional Leadership - Produced a school wide professional learning community training in behavioral and classroom management system for special needs learners (IE: ESE, ESOL, Lower Quartile students)
- Developed the “Be Right Back” program for ESE and ESOL students in which they are provided assistance and career counseling throughout their four years high school
- Designed and implemented the “Dragon of the Week” student recognition program encouraging a positive learning community
- Planned and facilitated an intensive reading pull-out program designed to encourage intensive instruction for lower quartile students in the ninth and tenth grade
- Facilitated a Saturday FCAT Camp centering on lower quartile students making learning gains during “Crunch Time”
- Created a mentor program that incorporated the assistance of staff members enhancing student achievement
- Communicated with parents regarding academic progress and behavioral needs of the lower quartile
- Managing the Learning Environment - Served as the Administrative Designee, handling referrals monitored and entered data on
- Discipline Management System and met with parents to discuss student issues
- Participated as the ESOL/ELL Coordinator, holding yearly academic progress meetings and reevaluations, and tracking student progress
- Disaggregated school wide data to develop college and career readiness goals for new school improvement plan format
- Serve as the ESE Specialist/504 Contact
- Served as the Co-Administrator for the 9th
- Grade Crest Academy implementing smaller learning communities within the ninth grade class
- Served as the ESE Department Chair
- Currently serving as the SAC Chair
- Serve as a member of the CPST/RTI Team and the school leadership team
- Administrative supervision duty during lunch, bell changes, dismissal, and bus loops
- Learning, Accountability, and Assessment - Served as the Testing Coordinator for the FAA and CELLA testing administration
- Administered the IPT test to ESOL students
- Designed and implemented curriculum and effective intervention strategies for an internal suspension program
- Schedule and facilitate student’s individualized education plans
- Create and implement Functional Behavior Analysis’ and Positive Behavior Intervention
- Plans
- Generate and monitor ESE student schedules
- Supervise ESE student’s academic progress with compliance of each student’s IEP
- Create and monitor accommodations for student’s with 504 Plans
- Decision Making Strategies - As the administrative designee, handling administration referrals corresponding with the district’s discipline matrix policies
- Created and implemented a school wide Behavioral Intervention Plan school year
- Monitoring and career counseling students with that are over-age under credit, excessive absences, and numerous internal and external suspensions
- Technology - Utilize the Destiny Book Program to monitor and track textbooks
- Use TERMS to create and update ESE student’s schedules and add interventions on the
- L27 Panels
- Implement the EASY IEP system
- Use word processing, spreadsheet, and graphing software to track RTI and ESE data to graph interventions
- Utilized the Discipline Management System as the Assistant Principal Designee
- Transitioned current school setting to new online school improvement plan format
- Human Resource Development - Trained and certified as a Professional Crisis Management Practitioner Two
- Participated in the production of the district’s teacher training anti-bullying video
- Recruited, interviewed, and selected teachers for FCAT Camp
- Ethical Leadership - Established and maintained positive relationships with students, parents, and colleagues fostering an environment open to communication and support
- Coordinated the fair and equal selection of the students within the student of the week program
- Community and Stakeholders Partnerships - Organized a partnership with Vocational Rehabilitation and the Office of Disabilities to further the success of the school wide ESE population
- Coordinated with Hispanic Unity of Florida to develop a 21st
- Century Learning Community for the success and development of students within the learning environment
- Collaborate and facilitated a school-wide recycling project in conjunction with city representatives
- Facilitating and collaborating with the community representatives that assists with the 9th grade CREST academy.
Education
Masters of Education - Educational Leadership
Capella University
12.2012
Bachelor of Science - Rehabilitative Sciences
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
05.2006
Doctorate of Education - Special Education Leadership
Capella University
Certification
- State of Florida Professional Teacher License - Special Education
Timeline
Compliance Program Specialist
Broward, County Public Schools
07.2019 - Current
Exceptional Student Education Specialist
Stranahan High School/Deerfield Beach High School, Broward County Public Schools
06.2010 - 06.2019
ESOL/ELL Coordinator
Stranahan High School
08.2009 - 06.2010
Behavior Specialist
Stranahan High School, Broward County Public Schools
08.2006 - 06.2010
Assistant Athletic Director
Positive School
Masters of Education - Educational Leadership
Capella University
Bachelor of Science - Rehabilitative Sciences
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Doctorate of Education - Special Education Leadership
Capella University
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