JENNIFER NELSON
Painesville,OH
Summary
Dynamic professional with a background in special education, adept at schedule management, and fostering collaboration among team members. I excel in planning, developing, organizing, and providing services to the target audience, and driving successful outcomes. Passionate about empowering staff, families, and colleagues.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Speech-Language Pathologist
Geneva Area City Schools
08.2023 - 05.2025
- Provided consultative, collaborative, evaluative, and direct speech-language therapy services to students K through grade 8.
- Generate a schedule for 95 students split amongst 2 buildings.
State Support Team Special Education Consultant
Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve (ESCWR)
08.2022 - 07.2023
- Provided the opportunity to utilize my background and experience in Administration and Special Education to collaborate, educate, support, train, and provide information and resources to educators and families across SST Region 4 (Lake and Geauga), workgroups included Assistive Technology, SLP PLCs, School Psych PLCs, Special Education Leaders, Top 10 for Administrators, Learners with Complex Needs and UDL collaborative.
Special Education Supervisor
Riverside Local School District (RLSD)
08.2013 - 01.2022
- Provided supervision to District Staff (Intervention Specialists, Principals, Certified and Classified Related Service Personnel including Psychologists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists and Assistants, Physical Therapists, and Special Needs Assistants/Job Coaches, BCBAs in carrying out State and Federal Mandates for special education services and programming.
- Oversaw programming for low-incidence classrooms K-12 (Autism, multiple disabilities, intellectual disability).
- Also facilitated exploring separate facility placements when appropriate.
- Experience in Dispute Resolution.
Education
MASTER OF SCIENCE - COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
Bowling Green, OhioBACHELOR OF SCIENCE - HEARING, SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SCIENCES
OHIO UNIVERSITY
Athens, OhioSkills
- Microsoft Office & Google Workspace
- Schedule management
- Correspondence handling
- File and record organization
- Document typing
- Specialist in resource coordination and team support, enhancing collaboration among staff, families, and colleagues
- Hands-on experience in clinical rotations and field experiences across medical facilities
- Proficient in assessing requirements and crafting tailored development plans for specific groups
Timeline
Speech-Language Pathologist
Geneva Area City Schools
08.2023 - 05.2025
State Support Team Special Education Consultant
Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve (ESCWR)
08.2022 - 07.2023
Special Education Supervisor
Riverside Local School District (RLSD)
08.2013 - 01.2022
MASTER OF SCIENCE - COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - HEARING, SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SCIENCES
OHIO UNIVERSITY