Jennifer McMains

Roanoke City Public Schools

08.2004 - Current

Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
Partnered with standard education teachers from across academic departments.
Coordinated special education students and teacher assistant schedules with master schedule.
Organized instruction material, constructed bulletin boards and set up work areas.
Communicated nonverbally with children to provide comfort, encouragement and positive reinforcement.
Taught reading, language arts and social sciences in self-contained ED and LD classroom.