JoAnne Webb-Barnum
Erial,NJ
Summary
Dedicated and caring teacher committed to the success of students. Known and relied upon for expertise in understanding the impact of hearing loss on educational performance and access to the educational environment. Focus on individualized support and intervention. Valuable experience in both classroom and itinerant service delivery.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf
School District of Philadelphia
08.2015 - Current
- Provide instruction and intervention in language needs, communication needs, and self-advocacy for students, K-12 with mild to severe-profound hearing loss
- Provide academic support for students' educational needs
- Conduct Hearing Functioning Evaluations to determine the educational significance of their hearing loss
- Case Manage students IEPs- perform Initial Evaluations, Re-Evaluations, and Annual IEPs
- Support students in the transition to Vocational Rehabilitation, Adult Disability Support services, and Post-Secondary services
- Consult with Regular Education and Special Education teachers about the educational implications of hearing loss for their student
- Communicate regularly and effective with parents about their child's hearing needs and progress with their IEP goals
- Instructed students in ASL as needed, fluent in ASL.
Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Learning Through Language LLC
01.2014 - Current
- Provide support to students with hearing loss within local school districts and charter schools
- Contracted with area agencies to provide these services
- Provide auditory training, support for instruction to regular and special education curriculum, and instruction in self-advocacy
- Monitored students with hearing loss for educational impact of their hearing loss
- Provided training to staff about hearing loss in the classroom and use of amplification
- Case managed students with hearing loss
- Composed re-evaluations and IEPs
- Contributed to IEPs
- Maintained records for progress monitoring if IEP goals
- Established a positive rapport and communicated effectively with parents, teachers, and administration
- Provided support to all age and grade levels, levels of hearing loss
- Provided basic support for all forms of amplification including FM systems, hearing aids, and Cochlear Implants
- Assessed students for their communication profile
- Instructed students orally, in Cued Speech, and in ASL depending on their needs.
Teacher of the Deaf
Early Childhood-Center
08.2010 - 06.2012
- Head classroom instructor for Pre-K and Kindergarten levels for students with hearing loss, including those with cochlear implants and those with additional disabilities
- Utilized a Deaf bilingual educational model that incorporated Spoken English development as a key component while respecting the significance of ASL as a language of instruction
- Planned for and executed language rich learning centers that were child focused and child driven
- Taught to the whole child by targeting all aspects of development in a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach
- Established a language rich learning environments that spurred students towards creativity, cooperative play, and dramatic play and greater language development
- Incorporated methods from 'Learning Language and Loving It' and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports for early childhood
- Developed a program early literacy development that included speaking and listening as well as phonemic awareness
- Literacy also included ASL-English development
- Evaluated progress with curriculum embedded criterion-referenced observational assessment
- Recorded progress on a digitally based portfolio system
- Developed, case managed, and implemented Communication Plans and Individual Education Plans
- Team-taught with speech and language pathologists and related service providers in an inclusive model
- Empowered parents to be their child's best educator and advocate by extending classroom learning into the home
- Served on school committees including Partnership Action Team (parent-teacher group), Technology in the Classroom, and Diversity in our Schools.
Speech Communication Teacher
Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
08.2006 - 06.2010
- Provided speech and language related services to students, K-12 in both integrated and pull-out sessions
- Remediated speech and language deficits, including articulation, phonological processing, question formation, semantics, discourse, and pragmatics
- Provided aural rehabilitation for students with cochlear implants under the supervision of a speech and language pathologist
- Worked collaboratively with the classroom teacher towards language and literacy development
- Taught and re-taught content vocabulary
- Evaluated student's speech and language deficits and competence using formal and informal assessments
- Generated thorough formal evaluation reports
- Performed functional checks and troubleshooting of amplification and auditory equipment.
Sign Language Interpreter
Camden County College
09.2006 - 02.2009
- Interpreted in sign language for Deaf consumers with a range of language preferences in a variety of course contents
- Interpreted with a high level of linguistic competence that included nuances of both ASL and English
- Rendered the message faithfully, maintaining impartiality and role as a facilitator of full and equal communication between the consumer and others in his environment
- Team interpreted with other certified interpreters, providing feedback and collaborating with regards to professional development and message delivery
- Prepped for assignments to ensure familiarity with course content and linguistic competence
- Abided by the NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct.
Special Education Teacher
Baltimore County Public Schools
08.2003 - 06.2006
- Taught English and Social Studies courses at the high school level in both self-contained and integrated classes to students with emotional and learning disabilities
- Taught Deaf and Hard of Hearing students in a functional life skills program in both self-contained and integrated classes.
Educational Interpreter
Montgomery County Schools
02.2000 - 07.2003
- Provided sign language interpretation for students, K-12
- Collaborated in an educational team.
Education
MA - Deaf Education
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC05.1994
BA - Youth Services And Psychology
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon, WV05.1989
Certificate of Completion - ASL/English Bilingualism
Language Planning Institute
01.2009
Skills
- Knowledgeable of techniques for listening/spoken language
- Certified in Deaf Education
- IEP compliance
- Individual Instruction
- Collaboration with teachers
- Familiar with virtual instruction
- Knowledge of the impact of hearing loss on instruction
- Fluent in American Sign Language
Certification
Teaching Certification
Additional Information
Areas of Expertise
- Providing individual intervention to address deficits in language proficiency, language development, and literacy.
- Modifying core curriculum, with heedance to state and national standards, to meet the educational needs, IEP requirements, and accommodations for each student.
- Researching and developing instructional techniques and resources that are highly effective and considered best practice.
- Delivering differentiated instruction in a multi-sensory, multi-disciplinary approach that suits students' learning styles and reflects thematic teaching and core standards in an interactive and engaging manner.
- Using multi-media and technology in the classroom.
Personal Information
- Title: Teacher of the Deaf
- Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Affiliations
- Member- Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf
Timeline
Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf
School District of Philadelphia
08.2015 - Current
Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Learning Through Language LLC
01.2014 - Current
Teacher of the Deaf
Early Childhood-Center
08.2010 - 06.2012
Sign Language Interpreter
Camden County College
09.2006 - 02.2009
Speech Communication Teacher
Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
08.2006 - 06.2010
Special Education Teacher
Baltimore County Public Schools
08.2003 - 06.2006
Educational Interpreter
Montgomery County Schools
02.2000 - 07.2003
MA - Deaf Education
Gallaudet University
BA - Youth Services And Psychology
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Certificate of Completion - ASL/English Bilingualism
Language Planning Institute
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