Jason McNeal
Providence
Summary
Versatile Special Education Teacher with focus on individual student needs across academia and emotional development. Empathetic and accommodating in design and implementation of hands-on lessons, catering to diverse learning abilities. Proficient in employing constant communication, patience and positive reinforcement in team efforts to deliver exceptional educational tools, fostering academic achievement.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Education Teacher
Achievement First Promesa Elementary
08.2023 - Current
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Instructed students with physical and cognitive disabilities.
- Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
3rd Grade Teacher
Achievement First Promesa Elementary
07.2022 - Current
- Motivated students using feedback and encouragement.
- Prepared handouts, study materials and other teaching aids.
- Guided students, teaching methods for working assignments and determining correct solutions.
- Reviewed class materials and discussed reading assignments, boosting comprehension.
Academic Coach
Kaimuki High School
12.2021 - 07.2022
- Organize and lead regular academic team meetings and effectively communicate management decisions and company updates to teachers
- This includes leading the Instructional Leadership Team and delivering weekly Professional Development at Consultancy meetings
- Conduct and organize walk through observations for teachers throughout the year
- Coaches teachers on instructional practices being performed in their classes
- Identify the school teaching and learning needs, barriers and weaknesses by analyzing student data, and organizing and implementing problem-solving actions with teachers (in teams and individually) to refine their knowledge and skills
- Establish and maintain confidential relationships with teachers
- The conversations and interactions that the coach has with teachers must always remain confidential so that a high level of trust is created and maintained between the teacher and the coach.
SENIOR DIRECTOR
OF KIDS AND TEENS SCHOOL
03.2015 - 07.2021
- Organize and lead regular academic team meetings and effectively communicate management decisions and company updates to teachers
- Maintain effective communication between co-teachers
- Deal with staff concerns promptly and effectively, communicating needs to other managers/departments as necessary
- Understand how group size and utility affect the performance of a center and assist the CD in scheduling teachers and classes in the best interest of the center
- Attend monthly DOS meetings
- Attend and lead weekly staff meeting in order to liaise with the sales, service team in case of student level change, complaints, student disciplinary matters, academic queries and course management duties
- Increase cultural appreciation for the different nationalities working within the team and awareness of the needs of different departments operating within
- Share center initiatives and best practices with other DOSs in the region
Teacher/Senior Teacher
EF Education First
02.2012 - 03.2015
- EF Education First is the world's largest private foreign language education company, with a group of ten subsidiaries and non-profit organizations centered on language learning, educational travel and degree programs all over the world.
- Helped plan new class curriculum and select related materials.
- Coached new teachers on ways to improve instruction and student discipline.
- Kept current credentials and stayed up to date on changes in education.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
- Differentiated instruction according to student skill level.
Head Foreign Teacher
Jeongnam Elementary School
10.2008 - 09.2011
- In which I taught levels from Kindergarten to sixth grade
- Planned, developed and organized short and long-term goals, objectives, lesson plans and daily class activities for students
- Conducted classroom instructions by using modern professional teaching practices and principles suitable to the level of each class
- Provided exciting classroom activities to effectively teach and apply a variety of English skills as well as helped students to solve any learning difficulties they encountered
- Organized tests for students on a weekly basis as well as assessed the students’ progress and provided feedback to parents, students and other staff members as requested
- Maintained student records, documented lesson plans and performed other tasks that supported student work and progress.
Education
Master of Arts - Education
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI05-2025
Master of Arts - Education
Rhode Island College
Providence, RI05-2023
Diploma in English Language Teaching Management - English
Trinity College
04.2019
Diploma of TESOL - TESOL
Trinity College
08.2018
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE - Anthropology, History
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA2003
Skills
- Differentiated instruction
- Tutoring and after school help
- Teaching, tutoring and counseling
- Student assessment and achievement
- Parent and student communication
- Student rapport
- Instructional best practices
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Team Collaboration
- Technology Integration
- Classroom Management
- Relationship Building
Additional Information
- I currently have my teaching license for the State of Hawaii.
Education and Training
other,other
Timeline
Special Education Teacher
Achievement First Promesa Elementary
08.2023 - Current
3rd Grade Teacher
Achievement First Promesa Elementary
07.2022 - Current
Academic Coach
Kaimuki High School
12.2021 - 07.2022
SENIOR DIRECTOR
OF KIDS AND TEENS SCHOOL
03.2015 - 07.2021
Teacher/Senior Teacher
EF Education First
02.2012 - 03.2015
Head Foreign Teacher
Jeongnam Elementary School
10.2008 - 09.2011
Diploma of TESOL - TESOL
Trinity College
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE - Anthropology, History
Temple University
Master of Arts - Education
Roger Williams University
Master of Arts - Education
Rhode Island College
Diploma in English Language Teaching Management - English
Trinity College
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