Jannette Desselle

Highly experienced educator well-versed in working with students with exceptionalities, urban settings, low socio-economic status and ESL students. Regularly taught daily living skills and employment skills to young adult transition students from urban and suburban areas in Kansas at the Kansas State School for the Blind in the Transition Program to prepare them for independent living. Served in the capacity of Family and Consumer Science teacher for middle school and high school students for one year. Conducted IEPs for students on caseload and wrote instructional and expanded core curriculum goals for each. Held a long-term substitute teaching position as an ED teacher supporting high school students with emotional disabilities in an urban classroom as a collaborative teacher. Former pre-school teacher for children affected by trauma in a mental health agency dedicated to serving children in the greater Kansas City area. Currently employed as a Professional School Counselor well-versed in working with students with various learning styles, disabilities, multicultural and ESL students in an urban low SES setting. Teaches weekly lessons for kindergarten through fifth grade and conducts small groups and individual sessions daily at Caruthers Elementary. Creates lessons based on the monthly character traits recommended by Kansas City Kansas District 500 public school. Determined School Counselor with success in helping students achieve educational goals and personal well-being. Talented in meeting the objectives of the counseling program by providing preventive education, advocacy, mediation and counseling to students. Sensitive to socioeconomic and cultural difference of students.

• Program Creation: Developed and implemented residential programming for visually impaired youth ages 13-21 focused on the expanded core curriculum
• Plan Development: Planned and conducted activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provided transition students with opportunities to observe, question, and try new skills related to the expanded core curriculum and independent living
• Presenter: Assisted Ann Thomas, CEO of The Children's Place in sharing our story with other early childhood educators at a Sesame Street in Communities workshop. Assisted in the presentation of trauma informed practices for teachers in a professional development workshop. Assisted in presenting success stories of blind and visually impaired students to board members of the State of Kansas Educational Board while employed at the Kansas State School for the Blind.
• Certification: Professional School Counselor
• Center Director/Group Day Care Home Provider for facility that has a licensed capacity of up
• First Aid/CPR