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Juston Edwards

Muskego,WI

Summary

  • SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER (Cross Categorical) Helping special needs students achieve success via functional and life-skills teaching. One year experienced cross categorical teacher working with special education students, Seeking employment in the position of a second year cross categorical teacher with a qualifying school in order to exercise my knowledge. Key skills include:
  • Able to Run Well-Organized Classrooms
  • Focused on developing rapport with students and Achieving Individual Student Goals
  • Familiarity with classroom management and teaching methods
  • Solid understanding of curriculum development (lesson plans) for multi-age groups
  • Skilled in Functional and Life Skills Curriculum
  • Experience Working with students with learning impairments and behavioral disabilities
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Special Education Teacher

Waukesha School District
10.2023 - Current
  • Instructed students with physical and cognitive disabilities.
  • Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
  • Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
  • Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
  • Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
  • Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional, and social growth.
  • Partnered with standard education teachers from across academic departments.
  • Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
  • Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
  • Encouraged students to take ownership of learning by providing choices.
  • Coordinated special education students and teacher assistant schedules with master schedule.
  • Monitored student performance to evaluate effectiveness of instructional strategies.
  • Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
  • Implemented behavior modification techniques to improve student social and academic performance.
  • Provided professional development training to educate faculty and staff on laws and regulations governing special education.
  • Provided emotional support to students and families.
  • Improved behavior by modeling positive choices and teaching socially-acceptable options.

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER

DEEPER LEARNING VIRTUAL ACADEMY
08.2021 - 09.2023
  • Develop and implement lesson plans for a student's ranging from kindergarten to eighth grade
  • Monitor, collect data, make progress with students with emotional behavior disorders, learning impairments, and other health related disabilities accurately to modify or make new goals on individual IEPs.
  • Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional, and social growth.
  • Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
  • Instructed students with physical and cognitive disabilities.
  • Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
  • Partnered with standard education teachers from across academic departments.
  • Encouraged students to take ownership of learning by providing choices.
  • Coordinated special education students and teacher assistant schedules with master schedule.

● Develop lesson plans and deliver instruction in alignment with IEPs for students ranging from kindergarten through 8th grade

● Track, monitor, and evaluate student performance and tailor lesson plans to individual strengths and weaknesses to improve academic performance

● Created behavior plans for special education and at-risk students.

● Developed Individualized Education Programs with specific accommodations and modifications for special education students to be successful in their least restrictive environment.

● Work cooperatively with classroom teachers to modify regular curricula as needed and assist special education students in regular classes with assignments.

● Develop and implement weekly lesson plans in reading, math, behavior and social skills.

● Developed lesson plans to meet academic, intellectual and social needs of students with disabilities.

● Created lesson plans and implemented individualized behavioral modification plans, and IEP development.

● Accurately recorded SDI and progress monitoring for my students, timely and well documented.

● Utilized SDI logs to properly track progress for students IEP goals and their progress to those goals.

● Built rapport and trust amongst the students to create a conducive classroom of respect, trust and expectations

● Employed classroom management and behavior modification strategies to keep students focused, encourage participation, and demonstrate socially acceptable activities.

● Completed a variety of professional development workshops centered on learning goals, classroom management, student motivation and engaging learning activities.

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER

CASE HIGH SCHOOL
09.2020 - 07.2021
  • Develop and implement lesson plans for a student's ranging from ninth to twelfth grade students with emotional behavior disorders, learning impairments, and other health related disabilities.

● Performed instructional and classroom management in a self-contained environment for severely emotionally disturbed high school students from grades nine through twelve

● Created behavior plans for special education and at-risk students.

● Developed Individualized Education Programs with specific accommodations and modifications for special education students to be successful in their least restrictive environment.

● Work cooperatively with classroom teachers to modify regular curricula as needed and assist special education students in regular classes with assignments.

● Develop and implement weekly lesson plans in science, behavior and social skills.

● Developed lesson plans to meet academic, intellectual and social needs of students with disabilities.

● Calculated and entered grades and filled out report cards

● Created lesson plans for students with many different degrees of impairments. ● Created lesson plans and implemented individualized behavioral modification plans, and IEP development.

● Accurately recorded SDI and progress monitoring for my students, timely and well documented.

● Utilized SDI logs to properly track progress for students IEP goals and their progress to those goals.

● Built rapport and trust amongst the students to create a conducive classroom of respect, trust and expectations

● Employed classroom management and behavior modification strategies to keep students focused, encourage participation, and demonstrate socially acceptable activities.

● Completed a variety of professional development workshops centered on learning goals, classroom management, student motivation and engaging learning activities

  • Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional, and social growth.
  • Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
  • Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.

Financial Specialist Senior

Wisconsin Department of Health Services
01.2012 - 01.2016

Financial Management Specialist

United States Army
06.2001 - 07.2005

Education

Master of Business Administrative -

UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY
05.2013

Bachelor of Science - Political Science

EDGEWOOD COLLEGE
05.2010

Skills

  • Learning Style Assessments
  • De-Escalation Techniques
  • Curriculum Adjustments
  • Conflict resolution techniques
  • Lesson Planning
  • Skills Development
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Progress Evaluations
  • Material Selection
  • Data Management
  • Student Records Management
  • Individual Education Plans IEPs

Certificationsandskills

  • Substitute License
  • Special Education Cross Categorical License

Timeline

Special Education Teacher

Waukesha School District
10.2023 - Current

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER

DEEPER LEARNING VIRTUAL ACADEMY
08.2021 - 09.2023

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER

CASE HIGH SCHOOL
09.2020 - 07.2021

Financial Specialist Senior

Wisconsin Department of Health Services
01.2012 - 01.2016

Financial Management Specialist

United States Army
06.2001 - 07.2005

Master of Business Administrative -

UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science - Political Science

EDGEWOOD COLLEGE
Juston Edwards