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Hope M. Cranford

Blue Springs,USA

Summary

Highly skilled Early Childhood Educator with extensive experience in coordinating, training, monitoring, and engaging volunteers, and employees at all levels. Keys to my success are in relationship-building and performing tasks with 100% efficiency and productivity. Sustain reputation as a highly-collaborative professional who possesses keen insight in quickly understanding/interpreting diverse organizational needs.

Organized [Job Title] successful at providing classroom and emotional structure for special needs children required to flourish in academic setting. Certified and licensed in [State] and recognized as highly qualified educator. Coordinates well with classroom teachers with supportive strategies for behavior management and lesson accommodations for students.

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Work History

Early Childhood Special Education Teacher

Kansas City Public Schools
  • Serve as a provider of direct services by implementing the Individualized Education Program (IEP) for those children with disabilities in a variety of settings.
  • Implement an appropriate educational program that addresses the following for each student: A safe, nurturing classroom environment.
  • A variety of opportunities to learn through direct and indirect instruction.
  • Learning experiences that allow students to make choices and addresses their individual needs.
  • The utilization of multiple and differentiated instructional strategies.
  • Interprets students’ educational needs and progress to parents; maintains a parent contact log
  • Identifies the specific learning needs of each student properly identified as disabled under IDEA and maintains a clear record of each student’s instructional experience and progress in the permanent special education file.
  • Demonstrates skill in pupil assessment as the basis for instructional programming
  • Evaluates pupil progress and makes appropriate recommendations
  • Participate in transition meetings to insure smooth transitions for children entering and leaving early childhood special education services.
  • Implement district approved curriculum and programs for early childhood.
  • Plan and coordinate the work of paraprofessionals.
  • Keeps abreast of and complies with applicable statutes and regulations, including due process safeguards and the Missouri State Plan.
  • Maintains data to adequately report student progress
  • 4 years

Autism Teacher

Orange County Public Schools
  • Develop and implement programming for students with ASD
  • Maintain programming notebooks
  • Develop and implement IEPs
  • Collect data and use data to drive instructional practices
  • Implement assistive technology and communication devices effectively
  • Utilize visual supports and schedules
  • Engage students in meaningful instructional activities using research based best practices
  • Conduct Functional Behavioral Assessments and develop and implement Behavior Intervention Plans
  • Work cooperatively as a member of a multidisciplinary team to implement programming
  • Attend professional development on effective instructional practices for students with ASD and implement skills effectively within the classroom setting
  • 4.5 years

Substitute Teacher

Kelly Educational Services
  • Provides classroom instruction to students as outlined in lesson plans.
  • Creates a classroom that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students.
  • Maintains a safe and orderly environment.
  • Maintains established routine of the school and classroom procedures in which assigned.
  • Maintains a professional appearance as an example to students.
  • Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
  • Maintains reasonable rules of conduct which encourage self-discipline and responsibility.
  • Communicates effectively with parents when needed.
  • Meets and instructs assigned classes in the locations and times designated.
  • Completes other duties as assigned.
  • .5 years

Head Start/Early Head Start Program Manager

Community Coordinated Care for Children (4C), Head Start
  • Oversees day to day operations at all Head Start/Early Head Start sites to ensure that the federal Performance Regulations, the Head Start Act, all Program Instruction (PIs) and any applicable state and local regulations are met and maintained.
  • Ensures the appropriate and timely provision of VPK, health, nutrition, licensure, program governance, and education support to Head Start/Early Head Start children.
  • Regularly monitors the accurate inputting of program information in the database system to ensure that all generated reports are up to date and reliable.
  • Collaborative role in supporting the goals of the program using school readiness goals, family engagement, self-assessment, community assessment and recognized best practices in the field of early childhood education.
  • Participate in a variety of meetings such as various staff meetings and/or in-service training sessions, community groups, etc.
  • Supervise Health, Nutrition, and Family Partnership Coordinator staff.
  • 1.5 years

Center Supervisor

Orange County Head Start
  • Performs educational and administrative work supervising classroom staff and daily center operations.
  • Develops and coordinates family and community partnerships activities.
  • Completes and submits required reports, forms, and staff performance evaluations.
  • Provides support to the Parent Committee and Policy Council representative.
  • Assumes teaching duties when necessary.
  • Monitors classrooms for compliance
  • Analyses child outcomes and family outcomes data
  • Member of the Self-Assessment, Data Management, Community Assessment, and Health Advisory, and Interview teams.
  • Mentor for fellow Center Supervisors.
  • Efficient user of Child Plus, Galileo G3 Assessment, and Teaching Strategies GOLD.
  • 2 years

Program Director

CDI Head Start
  • Personnel administration and supervision of all employees. Set goals and provided feedback for ongoing development.
  • Directly involved in all screening, scoring, interviewing of all employee applications for employment.
  • Developed, trained and maintained on-going work with the Policy Council and Volunteers.
  • Developed work plans, policies and procedures, monitoring systems, and established quality control to ensure compliance with Head Start Performance Standards and State Child Care Licensing regulations.
  • Presented at community meetings to create awareness of programs in nine local service areas.
  • Established and maintained advisory boards consisting of doctors, nurses, health department staff, mental health professionals, dentists, parents, staff, and community members to advance program goals and objectives.
  • Used data to track and create reports for performance improvement, planning and creating awareness.
  • 1 year

Early Childhood Paraeducator

USD 418 McPherson KS
  • Monitors activities and behavior of pre-kindergarten to 3rd grade age children during and in the absence of classroom teachers to ensure their physical and environmentally safe keeping, as well as adherence to appropriate conduct and disciplinary controls
  • Assisted teachers in checking and objectively evaluating progress; teaches children individually and in small groups reinforcing skills based upon instructional guidelines.
  • Assisted in the preparation of lesson plans and teachers' pre-planning sessions; provides input and assistance in the development of classroom activities and learning tools.
  • Assisted in the diagnosing and apprising teachers of potential learning or communication deficiencies; monitors children’s progressive learning skills; documents record of learning activities and diagnosis.
  • 3 years

Education

Specialist of Educational Leadership -

Northwestern Missouri State
Marysville, MO

Early Childhood Education

Seminole State College
Sanford, FL

Master Certificate - Autism Spectrum Disorders

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
01.2019

Master of Education - Early Childhood Education

Concordia University
Seward, NE
01.2018

MBA - Business Management

University of Phoenix
Wichita, KS
01.2006

BS - Organizational Leadership

Central Christian College
McPherson, KS
01.2004

Skills

  • Engaging Leader
  • Program Monitoring
  • Customer Service
  • Planning and Scheduling
  • Communication and Interpersonal Skills
  • Time Management
  • Training & Development
  • Computer Skills
  • Policy and Procedures
  • Organizational Skills
  • Multi-Tasking
  • Social-emotional learning
  • Child development
  • Play-based learning
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Individualized education plans
  • Teamwork and cooperation
  • Parent-teacher collaboration
  • IEP and BIP implementation
  • Cognitive and behavioral development
  • Collaborative teamwork

Certification

  • State of Missouri Teaching Certificate Missouri 2022-2121
  • Early Child Special Education B-3
  • Early Childhood Education B-3
  • Mild/Mod Cross Categorical K-12

Accomplishments

  • Maintained $2.3 million budget with meeting 20% in-kind match for CDI Head Start of South Central Kansas.
  • Reestablished CDI South Central Kansas Head Start Program to meet and maintain Federal Performance Standards and transition program to two local grantees.
  • Developed partnership with Barnes and Nobles for Holiday Book Drive benefiting Orange County Head Start with $10,000 of brand-new books for the program.
  • As Tangelo Park Head Start Center Supervisor developed partnership with C&S Wholesale Grocers/First Book obtaining a $6500 literacy grant. Planned and Coordinator with Tangelo Park Elementary School for literacy event to benefit 260 students and 30 volunteers.
  • Help coordinate and secure Disney grant for Health initiative for $62,500 for 4C Head Start.

Timeline

Early Childhood Special Education Teacher

Kansas City Public Schools

Autism Teacher

Orange County Public Schools

Substitute Teacher

Kelly Educational Services

Head Start/Early Head Start Program Manager

Community Coordinated Care for Children (4C), Head Start

Center Supervisor

Orange County Head Start

Program Director

CDI Head Start

Early Childhood Paraeducator

USD 418 McPherson KS

Early Childhood Education

Seminole State College

Master Certificate - Autism Spectrum Disorders

University of Central Florida

Master of Education - Early Childhood Education

Concordia University

MBA - Business Management

University of Phoenix

BS - Organizational Leadership

Central Christian College

Specialist of Educational Leadership -

Northwestern Missouri State

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