Joan Libs
San Jose,CA
Summary
Innovative Teacher, Case Manager, and Consultant Coordinator with extensive experience in K-12 special and general education. Expertise in fostering supportive learning environments, developing individualized education plans, and enhancing student engagement through interactive teaching methods. Known for strong communication skills, effective behavior management, and collaborative work with families and staff.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher, Case Manager
Franklin McKinley School District
08.2022 - 06.2024
- Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
- Managed classroom behavior effectively by establishing clear expectations, modeling appropriate conduct, and consistently enforcing established rules and consequences.
- Enhanced classroom engagement through the use of interactive teaching methods, such as Google Classroom, and hands on kinesrhetic learning experiences
- Provided students with engaging standards-based lessons in a nurturing environment that maintains high expectations for student learning and success.
- Systems of management created for individual and whole class allowing for student voice and choice while respecting school guidelines/rules; maintain detailed records
- Evaluated current IEP’s and student progress to develop new standards-based goals; use of district reading assessment scores, progress on reading apps, and teacher observation provide Baseline data for goals and objectives
- Re-evaluated accommodations/modifications for SAI and general education classrooms, ELPAC, and CAASP testing to ensure they are applicable to the students’ current needs
- Support person for students in general education classrooms
- Encouraged and assisted students with assignments and projects from their other subject area teachers.
- Collaborated with colleagues from all departments, assistants, administration, and district personnel.
- Applied directives and suggestions given by site administrators and remained n a growth mindset as I accept their feedback
- Solution based communication with district personnel including behavior managers/specialists, program specialist, and ELD coach.
- Worked closely with families maintaining open lines of communication and providing a very flexible schedule for meetings
- Open minded, and willing to adapt and make changes in terms of curriculum, behavior management, and students’ social emotional needs
- Initiated working relationships outside services, and after school programs
Substitute Teacher, K-12; Special and Gen Ed.
San Jose Unified School District
09.2021 - 06.2022
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Improved student comprehension by tailoring teaching methods to individual learning styles.
- Managed classroom behavior effectively, ensuring a safe and respectful atmosphere for all students.
- Followed classroom plans left by class teacher to continue student education and reinforce core concepts.
- Long Term Positions:: Physical Education, Middle School and Autism Special Day Class, Elementary School
- Worked with teacher and staff to ensure a smooth transition for the students
- Adhered to teacher lesson plans while adapting to student needs
- Adapted my teaching style and behavior management techniques to better fit the needs of the students maintaing structure and familiarity
- Worked closely with school site staff, distruc personel, and ousude agencies
- Carefully planned out and held a creative and well thought out Open House
- Attended staff meetings, met with parents and colleagues as needed.
Consultant Coordinator
Hall Kinion and Assoc./HKI Division/IPEX
09.1998 - 05.1999
- Built a program from ground level with global responsibility for ensuring the assimilation and acclimation of foreign national consultants into the US job market.
- Defined new policies and procedures to create an infrastructure that supported a seamless and cohesive environment resulting in greater reduction of training time and costs.
- Accountable for carrying out and reinforcing company goals and objectives to foreign consultants through ongoing communications with their sponsored IPEX staffing rep who sponsored various countries including: India, Russia, China and Japan
- Reaponsible for engineers as they arrived through customs. Q abs A, ummediate needs, concerns. ( Ezplain it so as to see it was quite a drive home from SF with wngineers from various countriesgh customs.
- Puechase corporate housing nevessoties, light dwxorating
- Managed corporate housing and seeved as a mediator encouraging tolerance of thei differencea creating schedules toeet their varting needs.
- Conducted orientations and remained readily available as questions/ concwrns ariae.
- Organized mockinterviews with myslef and their peers
- Serves as an advisor and mediator amonst engineers as they acclimated to the United States of America while looking ving with and working aide hy side with individuals
- Coordinated interviews with HK recruiters, video conferences, meetings, incentive programs and social events.
- Responsible for all client consultant engineer resume revisions.
- Researched, sought out and interviewed outside sources to conduct trainings and seminars
- Cut company costs by creating similar curriculum and providing presntations to engineers speificallu in the area of business language and mannerisms
- Responsible for preparing individuals for job interviews, arranging and executing travel to various
company locations throughout the bay area - Post interview site seeing excursions for engineers: tour of San Francisco tour, including a drive over the Golden Gate bridge and to the beaches in Santa Cruz. Provided information and tools necessary to being a productive, successful US citizen.
- Assisted engineers in obtaining work visas, social security cards, buss passes and housing.
- Negotiated and arbitrated conflict resolution amongst engineers of diverse cultures
- Created and maintained heightened levels of synergy between the corporate divisions within HallKinion and IPEX.
- Negotiated and maintained all vendor contracts.
- Implemented multiple technical training programs for Hall Kinion staffing specialist
- Workes closely with all Hall Kinion staffing specialsist both in perm and temp departments.
- Contributed to recruiters commisions earned by providing engineers with the ability to aquire the needed socemnta ro qork in the US, apending quality time insuring rhey were acclimated; theeefore xomdorable and ready to workpeactuce interviews viaits to bay atea offices to meet and interview qith HK managagera apcial events frequent resume revisions,
Skills
- Team Player
- Excellent Communication and Rapport with Others
- Perseverance
Accomplishments
- Served on the California Commission for Teacher Credentialing as a key player in the accreditation of teaching credential program at the University of San Francisco
- Project member for the teacher preparation committee in analyzing and revising teaching credentials curriculum offered by the university of San Francisco.
- District representative for the Blossom Valley Learning Consortium collaborating with Silicon Valley high tech companies.
- Nominated (not awarded) New Teacher of the Year at Oak Grove Elementary School District
- First employee nationwide in the position of consultant coordinator for Hall Kinion and Associates.
- Successfully built a program from ground level that was easily maintained and implemented upon my departure.
- Team Lead for 6th grade English Language Arts Department at Ida Price Middle Schoars ol
- 13 1/2 years as a well respected an integral part of the school, district and community of Cambrian School District
Timeline
Teacher, Case Manager
Franklin McKinley School District
08.2022 - 06.2024
Substitute Teacher, K-12; Special and Gen Ed.
San Jose Unified School District
09.2021 - 06.2022
Consultant Coordinator
Hall Kinion and Assoc./HKI Division/IPEX
09.1998 - 05.1999