Katie VanConant

• Supervision Special Education programs at Maple Valley; Elementary EI, Elementary Transition Program, Early Childhood Special Education, Intermediate Transition Program, and Severely Cognitively Impaired Program
• Supervision and Evaluation of 21 staff members
• Facilitation of IEP meetings, START meetings, and Teacher meetings
• Facilitation of EI/CST process in collaboration with local school districts
• Review and approval of FTE calculations
• County Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Trainer
• State Assessment Coordinator
• Collaborate with local school districts on shared student programming
• Coordinate monthly team meetings
• Coordination of Sanilac County Differently Abled Day

· Supervision of a variety of programs including: Elementary and Intermediate MOCI, SXI, STEPS (EI), ECSE program, and 3 GSRP programs

· Supervision and evaluation of up to 29 staff (secretarial, paraprofessionals, and teaching staff)

· Lead staff meetings and PLC meetings

· Bi-weekly team meetings with individual programs

· GSRP Licensing Director and supervisor

· Maintenance of Mi-Registry organization profile

· Participation in Joint Recruitment and Enrollment

· MICIP data entry/ School Improvement Committee

· CPI instructor/ Coordinator trainings for local school districts and ISD/ maintain county spreadsheet

· Provide emergency seclusion/restraint awareness training

· State Assessment Coordinator for PSAT, SAT, ACT, M-STEP (have coordinated for MI-Access)

· Participation/ facilitation in IEP meetings

· Calculate FTE splits for local school districts

· Collaborate with local schools on assessment for shared students, IEPs, and transitions

· Day and clock hour submission

· Emergency Operations Plan (E.O.P) for HISD

· CSTAG trained- complete threat assessments for the building

· Participate in MiTeam Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) / Residential Review Team (RRT)

· Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards and set performance goals and objectives

· Coordinate Special Olympic events including local/ state games and fundraising

· Coordinate with Thumb Area Transportation supervisor on contract, student rides, billing, and behavioral difficulties

• Oversee programs including: Intermediate MOCI, Secondary MOCI, PREP Program, Adult MOCI, STEPS (EI) program, as well as the summer program
• Support and manage teaching staff and paraprofessional staff
• Create monthly paraprofessional busing schedule for late buses
• Coordinate Special Olympic events including local and state games and fundraising
• Head of the Assistive Technology committee which includes review of technology needs, requests, processes, and program budgets
• Use of Skyward to review and approve time sheets, staff absences, and requisition requests
• Enforce discipline and attendance rules
• Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives
• Planning the yearly Calendar and coordinating with local school calendars
• Review staff goals 3 times a year to provide support and direction
• Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavioral or learning problems
• Hold bi-weekly and/ or monthly program meetings based on need
• Assist with transition services for secondary students and improve services for students.

• Teaching life skills, job skills, and academics
• Contracting with local businesses for work site opportunities
• Proficient in using Unique Learning Systems curriculum
• Managing 3 paraprofessionals
• Completing compliant IEPs and REEDS using Illuminate
• Collecting and analyzing data
• Assisting students/ families with transition services available and making connections to them
• Attending student Person Centered Planning meetings at AFC placements
• Creating Behavior Intervention Plans
• Participating in monthly PLC meetings
• Instructing staff and parents on programming communication devices with the application Tap to Talk
• Created Smartboard activities with Smart Notebook and shared with staff
• Collaboration with staff members to run a Vocational Skills Training program and to provide shared programming options for students
• Coordinating Special Olympics for Sanilac ISD students and to attend local games
• Coordinating Sanilac ISD Christmas Luncheon and collecting donations
• Maintained lunch counts and billing for students using Excel
• Member of the START Team
• School Improvement Committee
• Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports Committee
• Public Relations Committee
• Smart Board Users Group.

• Overseeing 18 hole golf course and range
• Manage employees in the Pro-Shop and grounds crew members
• Creating job duty charts
• Scheduling tournaments and tee times
• Entering player scores into G.A.M
• Ordering merchandise and inventory
• Using Point of Sale programming
• Opening and closing of building
• Batching credit cards and closing out end of day sales
• Making deposits
• Oversee activities directly related to making products or providing services
• Manage staff, preparing work schedules and assigning specific duties
• Provide training to new employees.