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Julie Murdock

Brownwood,TX

Summary

Compassionate, creative and effective Guidance Counselor and Teacher with valuable experience in classroom administration, professional development and project planning. Equipped with extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator and motivational coach. Competent at performing independently or as member of teaching team. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Student Advisor & Changes Teacher

Windham School District
02.2020 - Current
  • I served as the Academic Advisor to the adult population, men and women, who are currently incarcerated in the Texas Department of Justice
  • I enrolled students into education and CTE classes, and provide information about colleges and technical schools outside of TDCJ
  • I administered GED testing and Test of Adult Basic Education, TABE, testing
  • I am teaching a cognitive class, Changes, to incarcerated male students who are in the Texas Department Criminal Justice facility in Brownwood, Texas to prevent recidivism.

Counselor 5-8

Waco Independent School District
08.2009 - 01.2020
  • I served as a counselor at an intermediate school of over 1000 students
  • Developed and facilitated group therapy sessions for increased social support and skill-building opportunities.
  • I counseled individual students as well as groups
  • I mediated between students, parents, and teachers as needed
  • I was involved with the RTI, 504 committees on my campus, responsible for At-Risk reports for my campus, and was involved with STAAR testing and prep
  • With perimeters set by the campus principal, I logistically built the master schedule
  • I would schedule students into classes and change student schedules as needed.

Counselor K – 4

Big Spring Independent School District
08.2006 - 06.2009
  • I was a counselor in an elementary school of 500 students in grades kindergarten through fourth
  • I presented bimonthly character education lessons to every classroom, held group and individual counseling sessions with students
  • I was also the coordinator for TAKS testing, ESL testing, LPAC and 504 committees for my campus
  • I was also in charge of the sorting and placement of students into homeroom classes for the next school year.

Special Education 9 – 12

Rotan Independent School District
08.1998 - 05.2006
  • Co-teaching with regular education teachers, in an inclusive setting, for the benefit of all students
  • Previous years taught learning disabled students to severely handicapped students
  • Taught core subjects to Learning disabled students and life skills to self-contained severely handicapped students.

Third/Fourth Grade Teacher

Hart Independent School District
02.1991 - 12.1995
  • Taught K – 12 grade self-contained, resource, and content mastery students
  • Taught regular education classrooms. Taught academic subject to learning disabled students. Taught functional living skills to severely handicapped students
  • I left at semester due to the relocation of my family to another state

Education

MSED in Counseling -

Angelo State University
San Angelo, TX
08.2006

BSED - Elementary Education

Eastern New Mexico University
Portales, NM
12.1990

Skills

  • Professional Communications
  • Multitasking
  • Problem Solving
  • Mediation
  • Cultural Competence
  • Leadership
  • Master Scheduling
  • Classroom Instruction
  • Group Instruction
  • Curriculum Implementation
  • Student Engagement
  • Career and Technology Education Training
  • Drop Out Prevention
  • Crisis Prevention Intervention
  • Tech Prep enrollment training
  • Gifted & Talented
  • Classroom Management and Discipline
  • DuPont Training- Leadership/Management training
  • Partnership Schools Initiative training
  • Master scheduling
  • AVID Training

Certification

  • Texas: Elementary PK-6
  • English as a Second Language PK-8
  • Generic Special Education PK-12
  • Secondary Speech Communications
  • Counselor PK-12

Timeline

Student Advisor & Changes Teacher

Windham School District
02.2020 - Current

Counselor 5-8

Waco Independent School District
08.2009 - 01.2020

Counselor K – 4

Big Spring Independent School District
08.2006 - 06.2009

Special Education 9 – 12

Rotan Independent School District
08.1998 - 05.2006

Third/Fourth Grade Teacher

Hart Independent School District
02.1991 - 12.1995

MSED in Counseling -

Angelo State University

BSED - Elementary Education

Eastern New Mexico University
  • Texas: Elementary PK-6
  • English as a Second Language PK-8
  • Generic Special Education PK-12
  • Secondary Speech Communications
  • Counselor PK-12
Julie Murdock