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Joni R. Sherman

Roseburg,Oregon

Summary

ASCA NATIONAL Leadership Chr

WSCA Ethics Chr

WSPA Ethics Committee member

WSCA Past President

Navajo Educator of the Year 2002

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Teacher

Ocean Beach School District
Ilwaco, WA
1994 - 1998
  • Supervisor: Rich Pass, Principal Duties: Teach K-12: Math, Science, Social Studies, Business, Calculus, Health, Music, Language Arts, and Special Education.

School Psychologist

Roseburg Public Schools
01.2022 - 01.2023
  • Provided crisis intervention services to students experiencing emotional or behavioral challenges.

Facilitated workshops on mental health awareness and coping strategies for students and parents.

Evaluate students to determine eligibility for Special Education services for students PreK-12. Conduct meetings and write all relevant reports.

Kindergarten Teacher

Children’s World Learning Center
Green Valley, Nevada
01.2000
  • Duties: Teach kindergarten students according to Nevada state academic standards; meeting Special IEP goals and coordinate before and after school enrichment programs.

School Counselor

Eugene School District
Eugene, OR
01.2023 - 01.2025
  • Provided individual and group counseling sessions to support student emotional well-being.
  • Developed and implemented academic support programs tailored to diverse learning needs.
  • Collaborated with educators to create strategies for managing classroom behavior effectively.
  • Conducted assessments to identify student challenges and recommend appropriate interventions.
  • Facilitated workshops on social skills, conflict resolution, and stress management for students.
  • Established partnerships with community resources to enhance student support services.
  • Mentored new counselors on best practices in student engagement and crisis intervention.
  • Led initiatives promoting mental health awareness within the school community through events and campaigns.
  • Enhanced student emotional well-being by providing individual and group counseling sessions.
  • Developed a safe and supportive school environment by promoting positive behavior and addressing issues such as bullying and harassment.
  • Collaborated with teachers and administrators to address the social, emotional, and academic needs of all students.
  • Provided crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust, and rapport to deescalate situations.
  • Partnered with parents and guardians to promote student success in school environment.
  • Implemented data-driven strategies to identify areas of need within the school population, leading to targeted interventions and support services.
  • Maintained positive relationships with students, faculty, alumni, and administration.

Speech Language Pathologist

Hoquiam School District
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Determine eligibility and evaluate students for speech communication services and provide therapy for students.

ESA Specialist/School Psychologist

Aberdeen School District
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Evaluate and determine eligibility for Special Education services.

Psychologist

Wahluke School District
01.2015 - 01.2018
  • Evaluate students to determine eligibility for Special Education services and Section 504 Coordinator.

Counselor/psychologist

Hopi Junior High
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Provide counseling and eligibility determination services including career exploration services for students. District section 504 Coordinator.

Assistant Principal/CTE Director/School Counselor

Pinon High School
01.2012 - 01.2014
  • Coordinate all counseling and CTE learning activities, including Education Career Action Plans for students 9th-12th grade. Supervise and evaluate staff. Develop and coordinate CTE grants including Perkins, Work Force Development, State Priority and JTED/NATIVE. Building test administrator for the high school, including CTE High school AIMS, ACT/SAT.

School Counselor, CTE Director

Chinle High School
Chinle, Arizona
01.2010 - 01.2012
  • Coordinate and provide counseling services for students including substance abuse, career, individual and group counseling. Supervise CTE programs including Perkins, State Priority and JTED programs and grants. Including all required federal and state reports. Serve as a member of the Response to Intervention team, coordinate and teach College Advisement. Develop district curriculum map, assessments for Study Skills course based on the ASCA National Model.

School Psychologist/School Counselor

Riverside Elementary School District
Phoenix, Arizona
01.2009 - 01.2010
  • Duties include evaluate students and determine eligibility for Special Education students PreK-8th Grade. Member. Serve as district counselor and psychologist for both the elementary and middle schools. Direct RTI Team and administer all programs for eligible students. Write all Psycho-educational evaluations, METS, IEPs and reports for Special Education.

Assessment Specialist/ Psychologist

Kaleidoscope Family Solutions, Inc.
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
01.2007 - 01.2010
  • Duties: provide services for Special Education including Inclusion and Preschool. Teaching and writing standard based IEPs, evaluate and conducting meetings as required by IDEA.

Director Career & Technical Education

Window Rock Unified School District
Fort Defiance, Arizona
01.2004 - 01.2007
  • Duties: Coordinate and supervise all programs staff, advisory committees, students and activities related to state, federal, JTED regulations. Provide expertise in Career Guidance Pre-K-20. Represent the district at all meetings related to Career and Technical Education, Tech Prep. Write grants, create budgets and determine program expenditures for approved programs.

Guidance Counselor, Special Education Teacher, LEA, Transition Specialist, 504 Coordinator

Gallup McKinley County Schools
Gallup, New Mexico
01.2001 - 01.2004
  • Duties: Coordinate and provide counseling services at reservation schools including: substance abuse, career, individual and group counseling. Serve as interim principal and LEA at IEP’s and developed transition plans. Teach Special Education students in the least and most restrictive environments. Conduct IEP meetings and develop IEP goals which reflect state standards. Serve as test coordinator when it was required.

Special Education Teacher

Miley Achievement Center, Clark County School District
Las Vegas, Nevada
01.2000 - 01.2001
  • Duties: Teach severely emotionally disturbed students in the most restrictive environment using behavioral management techniques.

Teacher

Hebrew Academy
Las Vegas, Nevada
02.1999 - 05.1999
  • Supervisor: Phyllis Darling Duties: Teach K-8, Acting Dean of Students and other duties assigned by the principal.

Teacher

Grays River School District
01.1998 - 12.1998
  • Supervisor: Brian O’Connor and Tom Alsbury, Principals Duties: Teach K-12: Math, Science, Social Studies, Spanish, and Language Arts.

Special Education Intern

Naselle Youth Camp
06.1998 - 08.1998
  • Principal: Brian O’Connor Duties: Teach Special Education and prepared lesson plans, tutor for reading program.

State Research Project Coordinator

Kansas State University
11.1992 - 07.1994
  • Duties: Survey 5,000 students of 25 years of age and under currently enrolled in identified post-secondary vocational programs at the community colleges in Washington.

Career Counselor & Career Center Director

Bremerton Junior High School
02.1994 - 06.1994
  • Supervisor: Michael Saunders Duties: Develop career center for Bremerton Junior High School. Develop comprehensive K-12 guidance plan. Assist teachers in developing career units for subject areas. Assist students in career exploration.

Supervisor of Vocational/Technical, Community & Traffic Safety Education

Peninsula School District
10.1991 - 06.1993
  • Duties: Coordinate a district-wide K-12 comprehensive career guidance program. Supervise tech prep activities, vocational advisory committees; implement budget, state reports, and personnel administration facilities. In addition, grant writing and strategic planning, staff development, traffic safety, and community development education programs.

Industrial Cooperative Education Coordinator and Vocational Counselor

Kent School District
08.1982 - 10.1991
  • Supervisor: Nils Ladderud Duties: Responsible for coordination and placement of students in cooperative education, prepare and maintain budgets. Supervise advisory committee activities and prepare state vocational report. Coordinate and supervise student leadership skills contest. Negotiate cosmetology contracts and maintain student records. Coordinate training for technical programs and career education.

Vocational Guidance Center Planning Specialist

Spokane Area Vocational Skills Center
04.1982 - 08.1982
  • Supervisor: Ruth Bragg, Ph.D. Duties: Develop a plan to provide vocational guidance services for students and faculty. Recommended and purchased vocational and career program information. Developed an in-service program for center staff.

Youth Employment Specialist

Spokane School District
04.1978 - 04.1982
  • Supervisor: F.K. Ely Duties: Coordinate all student employment activities for Ferris, and Lewis and Clark High Schools for federal employment program for economically disadvantaged youths.

Fund Raiser of Special Projects

Family Counseling
Spokane, Washington
11.1977 - 02.1978
  • Supervisor: Grace McWilliams Duties: Sought donations and developed membership drive.

Program Services Counselor and Fundraiser

United Cerebral Palsy
Spokane, Washington
01.1977 - 10.1977
  • Supervisor: E. Fullmer Duties: Provided advocacy service for disabled persons, determined individual program plans, contacted appropriate state agencies, and maintained client records. Developed and coordinated fund raising activities.

Counselor Assistant

Spokane School District, Sacajawea Junior High School
Spokane, Washington
10.1976 - 12.1976
  • Duties: Tutored students with learning disabilities and provided counseling.

Education

Ph.D. Candidate - undefined

Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
12.2025

Master of Education - Guidance & Counseling

Whitworth College
Spokane, Washington
08.1979

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Minor: Psychology

Central Washington State College
Ellensburg, Washington
06.1973

Skills

  • Classroom management
  • Relationship building
  • Critical thinking
  • Lesson planning
  • Motivating students
  • Student engagement
  • Behavior management
  • Parent-teacher communication
  • Positive role model and mentor
  • Growth mindset
  • Public speaking
  • Classroom instruction
  • Conflict resolution
  • Differentiated instruction
  • Collaborative learning
  • Student-centered learning
  • Child development
  • Group and individual instruction
  • Curriculum implementation
  • Student assessment
  • Small group instruction
  • Learning strategies
  • Innovative lesson planning
  • Curriculum development
  • Technology integration
  • Social-emotional learning training
  • FLUENT IN LANGUAGE
  • Group instruction
  • Classroom technology
  • Project-based learning
  • Student needs assessment
  • Performance assessments
  • Student rapport
  • Cooperative learning experience
  • Cultural sensitivity
  • Data-driven instruction
  • Testing and grading
  • Student evaluations
  • Elementary education
  • Assessment strategies
  • Learning assessments
  • Student records management
  • Alternative learning methods
  • Faculty collaboration
  • Special needs students
  • Instructional methods
  • Subject matter expertise
  • Literacy development
  • Feedback implementation
  • Program development
  • Special education
  • Instructional best practices
  • Serving diverse communities
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Empathy and patience
  • Team building
  • Task prioritization
  • Interactive teaching and learning

Certification

CTE Teacher, Director, School Counselor, Special Education, Principal, School Psychologist, QMHP, LPC

Consultant Experience

  • Educational Consultant, Alaska Department of Education, 1996-01-01, 1999-12-31, Review education standards, Assist Washington and Oregon schools in developing school-to-work plans
  • Counselor Consultant, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and American College Testing Service, 1994-01-01, 1995-12-31
  • Tech Prep Consultant, Pierce County, 1993-01-01, 1993-12-31, State Trainer for MASCOT, funded by NASA
  • Program Coordinator, Japanese Student Exchange Program, 1986-01-01, 1988-12-31
  • Regional Coordinator, Washington VICA, 1983-01-01, 1986-12-31
  • Staff Trainer, Washington VICA, 1983-01-01, 1987-12-31
  • Staff Trainer, Portland State University, 1983-01-01, 1985-12-31

Professional Organizations

  • Washington Counseling Association, President, 1994
  • Washington School Counselors Association, President, 1992-1993
  • American School Counselor Association, Chairperson Leadership Conference, 1993
  • Washington Counseling Association, Conference Chair, 1993
  • Washington School Counselor, Conference Chair, 1990-1992
  • Washington Vocational Association, Lifetime Member
  • American School Counselor Association
  • Arizona School Counselor Association
  • Arizona Career Technical Education

Timeline

School Counselor

Eugene School District
01.2023 - 01.2025

School Psychologist

Roseburg Public Schools
01.2022 - 01.2023

Speech Language Pathologist

Hoquiam School District
01.2019 - 01.2021

ESA Specialist/School Psychologist

Aberdeen School District
01.2018 - 01.2019

Psychologist

Wahluke School District
01.2015 - 01.2018

Counselor/psychologist

Hopi Junior High
01.2014 - 01.2015

Assistant Principal/CTE Director/School Counselor

Pinon High School
01.2012 - 01.2014

School Counselor, CTE Director

Chinle High School
01.2010 - 01.2012

School Psychologist/School Counselor

Riverside Elementary School District
01.2009 - 01.2010

Assessment Specialist/ Psychologist

Kaleidoscope Family Solutions, Inc.
01.2007 - 01.2010

Director Career & Technical Education

Window Rock Unified School District
01.2004 - 01.2007

Guidance Counselor, Special Education Teacher, LEA, Transition Specialist, 504 Coordinator

Gallup McKinley County Schools
01.2001 - 01.2004

Kindergarten Teacher

Children’s World Learning Center
01.2000

Special Education Teacher

Miley Achievement Center, Clark County School District
01.2000 - 01.2001

Teacher

Hebrew Academy
02.1999 - 05.1999

Special Education Intern

Naselle Youth Camp
06.1998 - 08.1998

Teacher

Grays River School District
01.1998 - 12.1998

Career Counselor & Career Center Director

Bremerton Junior High School
02.1994 - 06.1994

State Research Project Coordinator

Kansas State University
11.1992 - 07.1994

Supervisor of Vocational/Technical, Community & Traffic Safety Education

Peninsula School District
10.1991 - 06.1993

Industrial Cooperative Education Coordinator and Vocational Counselor

Kent School District
08.1982 - 10.1991

Vocational Guidance Center Planning Specialist

Spokane Area Vocational Skills Center
04.1982 - 08.1982

Youth Employment Specialist

Spokane School District
04.1978 - 04.1982

Fund Raiser of Special Projects

Family Counseling
11.1977 - 02.1978

Program Services Counselor and Fundraiser

United Cerebral Palsy
01.1977 - 10.1977

Counselor Assistant

Spokane School District, Sacajawea Junior High School
10.1976 - 12.1976

Ph.D. Candidate - undefined

Colorado State University

Master of Education - Guidance & Counseling

Whitworth College

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Minor: Psychology

Central Washington State College

Teacher

Ocean Beach School District
1994 - 1998
Joni R. Sherman