James Hanahan
Special Education Teacher
Morrisville,PA
Summary
To the point - I have retired from teaching, but have no desire to stop working with people. My experience of over three decades of working in a formal educational environment encourages me to look for new and rewarding experiences.
Additionally, I have found driving positions equally rewarding and satisfying.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Emotional Support Teacher
Century 21
Bristol Township, PA
09.2019 - 08.2021
- Within a, after-school program
- This teaching/leadership position involved planning for and instructing students in Social Emotional Learning (SEL) skills and strategies
- Students within the program were identified as low-income or were currently struggling within the school setting
- Additionally, I assisted students with their homework and provided support during all planned activities within the program., Over a period of about twelve years, I worked as a camp counselor, and program director and for three years acting as a camp director.
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
Special Education Teacher
PENNSBURY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Fallsington, PA
09.1985 - 09.2017
- Thirty-two years teaching Special Education to middle and high school students
- Experience includes co-teaching, self-contained classes as well as vocational counseling and vocational evaluator positions
- Classroom duties consisted of planning and implementing various curriculums as well as utilizing numerous behavioral strategies
- Responsibilities included writing over six hundred IEPs and reading hundreds of evaluation reports
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
- Partnered with standard education teachers from across academic departments.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Communicated nonverbally with children to provide comfort, encouragement and positive reinforcement.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
School Bus Driver and Limo Driver
Centennial School District
Warminster, PA
09.1981 - 05.1983
- Two years experience driving seventy-two passenger school buses as well as vans and fifteen-passenger buses in addition to handicapped vehicles
- Also worked as a limo driver doing airport runs to Newark and JFK as well as weddings and trips to New York City
- Various Direct Support
Psychiatric Hospital, Sheltered Workshop, Teens
, PA
09.1979 - 05.1981
- Experience working in a psychiatric hospital (Huntington Hospital) as a psychiatric aide
- Also worked as work production manager at the largest sheltered workshop in Philadelphia (SES Services) - worked with numerous handicapped adults including hemiplegia, cognitive challenges, blind, seizure disorders, etc
- Additionally, experience as a live-in counselor for teens attending Wordsworth academy - responsible for overnight supervision and the needs of six teenagers.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Special Education and Elementary Education
LaSalle University
Philadelphia, PA 05.1982 - 05.1985
Skills
Organizational skillsundefined
Timeline
Emotional Support Teacher
Century 21
09.2019 - 08.2021
Special Education Teacher
PENNSBURY SCHOOL DISTRICT
09.1985 - 09.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Special Education and Elementary Education
LaSalle University
05.1982 - 05.1985
School Bus Driver and Limo Driver
Centennial School District
09.1981 - 05.1983
Psychiatric Hospital, Sheltered Workshop, Teens
09.1979 - 05.1981
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