JOELLE ROSSI

• Displaying strong decision making abilities and confidence to staff and students.
• Instructing teachers on classroom management, behavior and instructional strategies.
• Resolving various situations to cultivate strong student and parent relationships.
• Collaborating with various departments to support and establish programs, lessons and student activities.
• Visiting classrooms to evaluate teacher instructional techniques as part of annual evaluation cycle.
• Integrating technology into classroom settings to engage students and diversify instruction.
• Developing positive school climate by building effective communication within school.
• Guiding instruction by mentoring teachers to improve leadership and teaching effectiveness.
• Assessing teaching and support staff and delivered exemplary development and instructional leadership strategies improving capabilities.
• Presenting resources and opportunities to teaching staff for further professional development and curriculum training courses by leading two Collaborative Learning Teams
• Overseeing monthly meetings with Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapist Departments

• Overseeing Collaborative Learning Team in creating pre-vocational and work based learning goals and opportunities for students on various developmental levels.
• Visiting other similar programs and building connections.
• Establishing checklists for students in sampling various job options

• Communicating and collaborating well with newly hired paraprofessionals from various levels through email and bi weekly in person and virtual meetings.
• Creating and finalizing a document that is a timeline that begins with the process of hiring a para into the mentoring stage into the classroom

• Communicating and collaborating well with paraprofessionals from various levels through email and bi weekly in person and virtual meetings.
• Creating documents for paraprofessionals to prepare student profiles of the students within their classrooms to better meet the needs of the students and to familiarize all staff that enter the room of the needs of the students

• Providing the paraprofessionals with their own binders to include their training materials and important information that is required of them
• Establishing a monthly school calendar for bi-weekly educational presentations, based on a needs assessment that I implemented, for paraprofessionals that included the creation of presentations along with presenting and collaborating with internal and external supports (A-Z of syndromes, behavioral supports, understanding an IEP and educational strategies aligned to student goals, Commission of the Blind, fine motor and gross motor supports with hands-on activities, navigating AAC devices, and the 7 technologies within the classroom.
• Communicating reminders and review of the topics of the month
• Providing certificates of completion of the various presentationns

• Scheduling and leading regular bi-monthly committee meetings with certificated staff for decision-making on budget expenditures, strategic planning and functional/work related curriculum alignments
• Corresponding with all included members of committee and control meetings with organization and purpose
• Thoughtfully contributing to committee plans and strategic decision making and consulted with executive director on outcomes
• Fostering collaboration and development of new school initiatives
• Offering recommendations to the committee on ways to improve success of proposed plans and assure efficient execution
• Developing long-range school vision plans for continued development to further highlight the needs of the students and provide sustenance

National Commission for the Accreditation of Special Education Services

• Reviewing the intended agencies NCASES Standards
• Verifying information supplied in the Self Study and gathering additional data on agency operation and performance
• Assessing the agency's level of compliance on the provisions & providing Team Leader with evaluation summaries following visit Site Locations: Arizona April 2017, Oklahoma June 2018, Pittsburgh October 2018, Connecticut 2021 (Virtual), Saudi Arabia 2022 (Virtual)
• Additionally serve as a member on Standards and Process Committees for NCASES from 2017-Present

• Providing student awareness of the Council, yearly elections, weekly meetings, and organizing school spirit activities throughout the year

• Corresponding yearly with all staff in compiling a prom committee and negotiations with venue yearly, assigning duties and assigning to all committee members, seating arrangements, payments, decorating and overseeing the event on its assigned date

• Supervising students and staff throughout day, both in classroom and outside, and during breaks with main concentration on safety
• Overseeing and supporting classroom teachers focusing on student outcomes while creating and collaborating on various strategies to engage students and deliver enriching educational opportunities with differentiated instruction according to student skill levels
• Organizing activities to promote physical, mental and social development of each child. (School Store and Cafe, Prom, School Newspaper, themed school events etc.)
• Maintaining secure and disciplined classrooms to provide positive learning environments and utilizing behavior management skills to foster an environment conducive to student learning
• Collaborating with staff on promoting positivity in parent communication
• Reviewing and evaluating lesson plans with feedback and completing teacher observations to identify areas for improvement and suggesting changes to teaching methods
• Assisting staff in Professional Development Plans both personal and school-wide
• Attending all department meetings
• Administering, coordinating, and tracking all 1:1 initiatives for student iPads
• Attending to daily duties such as meeting the needs of all students, wellness of staff and instant support during higher level behavior situations
• Addressing the needs of the visually impaired under the direction of the Commission of the Blind and the needs of the deaf under the direction of a contracted representative
• Mentoring other educators and paraprofessionals by delivering insight, positive feedback, training, educational presentations and constructive criticism
• Creating and enforcing a child-based, hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and receptive learning
• Enhancing lessons with smart board technology, iPads and computers to address common core goals
• Planning and leading bi-monthly educational presentations for paraprofessionals based on a needs assessment data analysis
• Researching books, resources and supplemental materials to use with lesson plans in school and remotely
• Attended and conducted over one hundred IEP meetings, in the lead teacher position, with districts and school teams in person and virtually
• Collaborated and assisted all educators and paraprofessionals with training, supports, resources during remote instruction

• Ensuring, overseeing, and supporting the implementation of the district's evaluation, professional development (PD), and mentoring policies at the school level with direction from the Vice-Principal
• Being a support system to all colleagues, tracking initial goals, providing and scheduling mini workshops, corresponding with all professionals at the start of the years and the conclusion with evaluation

• Volunteer Coordinator and other members to address the needs and incentive for an appropriate program for the medically fragile students as they transition into adult programs

• Assigning student sections that address various key components of school and home life, submission to office for final approval and distribution to all students

• Consulted with novice provisional teacher on a weekly meeting basis and available as per needed
• Observed, evaluated and reviewed novice during instructional time
• Supported teacher through student growth data collection and outcomes

• Creating sensory based measurable lesson plans and following Individual Education Plans (IEP)
• Participating in the use of Augmentative Communication Devices, Board Maker and Smartboard for means of student communication and staying current with any advances in technology
• Participating in yearly CPI training renewals and updates
• Collaborating in Professional Teams
• Guiding and consulting practicum college students

• Taking minutes at weekly meetings and distributing emails to all staff regarding Professional Development Goals

• Presentation of collective knowledge of Smart Board Training, created lessons and adaptive tools

• Taking minutes during the meeting of Collaborative Learning Teams and distributing minutes to all active members
• Providing supports and resources to accumulate state mandated professional hours

• Responsible for carrying out all lesson plans of the absent teacher

• Preparing daily lessons and following each individual needs and following all guidelines of a Substitute Teacher

• Providing supplemental instruction in all subject areas

• Overseeing the daily operation of the Special Education Program which include administrative and disciplinary responsibilities
• Observing and evaluating the other primary teacher in Special Education Program
• Completing all Individual Educational Plans (I.E.P.) and re-evaluations of all students in Special Education Program
• Attending all I.D.E.A meetings in county elementary schools to obtain funding for program at St. Luke
• Leading school activities (Student Council, Talent Show. Fundraising Events, Cheerleading Coach)
• Volunteer Member and site reviewer of Middle States Accreditations

Grades Fifth through Eighth. In 2003, left for a maternity leave and took another maternity leave in 2004

• Providing appropriate lessons to a classroom of perceptually and neurologically impaired and communication handicapped students (an average of 13 students each year)
• Developing daily lesson plans and evaluating and modifying individual learning programs for each student

• Washington Township Parks and Recreation Basketball Game Scheduler 2021- Present
• Washington Township Parks and Recreation Softball President- 2011 to 2016
• Religious Education Teacher Sts. Peter and Paul and St. Charles Borromeo 2010-2015
• Greenwood Park Bells Lake Community Club/ Webmaster 2007 to 2011
• Washington Township Parks and Recreation Softball Secretary-2008-2011
• Organized CDKL5 awareness walks with donations to CHOP, "Walk and Roll" 2012-2014
• Grenloch Home and School Council/President 2007 to 2010
• Daisy/ Brownie Leader 2006 to2010
• Bells Elementary Home and School Council/Executive Committee 2006 to 2011
• Grenloch Terrace Home and School Council/Vice President 2005 to 2006
• Student Council Moderator, St. Luke School, 1994 to 2003