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Kendall Dippong

Aurora,Colorado

Summary

Adaptable professional with a quick-learning ability and a talent for adjusting to new environments. Skilled in rapidly acquiring new knowledge and applying it effectively. Driven by a passion for continuous learning and successfully navigating change.

Overview

42
42
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

English Language Support Specialist

Cherry Creek School District
Greenwood Village, Colorado
08.2013 - 06.2023
  • Provided culturally and linguistically diverse students with equitable access to grade level content and increased their overall achievement through collaboration and co-teaching.
  • Built capacity so that all teachers are equipped to design and deliver linguistically appropriate instruction all day.
  • Collaborate and co-teach with content area teachers.
  • Assess and progress monitor the language development and academic performance of multilingual learners in conjunction with content area teachers.
  • Served as a building resource for administration and content area teachers.
  • Served as an advocate for multilingual learners and their families.
  • Model, support, and promote rigorous instruction and high standards for multilingual learners.
  • Ensure that multilingual learners receive English language development appropriate for their level of English proficiency and embedded within content.

Special Education Teacher

Cherry Creek School District
Greenwood Village, CO
08.2001 - 07.2013
  • Teach and supervise students with severe to moderate needs in the resource classroom and school environment.
  • Assess needs of the students, develop and implement an Individual Education Plan (IEP) for each student, monitor student progress, schedule, and facilitate IEP meetings.
  • Educate colleagues, parents, and the school community on the needs of students.
  • Hire, train, and supervise para-educators.
  • Develop and implement the curriculum, assure student records are current, and ensure that district proficiencies and state standards are addressed and met.

Teaching Technician/Assistant

Cherry Creek School District
Greenwood Village, CO
03.1999 - 06.2001
  • Taught and supervised students with autism in the general education classroom, assisted with development and implementation of behavior modification plans and overall classroom management
  • Assisted students with transitions, taught and supervised in the general education and integrated arts classrooms
  • Implemented sensory integration programs and assisted with the development of programs and teaching materials as outlined in each student's individual educational plan.

Executive Director/Qualified Mental Retardation Professional (QMRP)

ResCare/Normal Life
Ventura, CA
10.1997 - 05.1998
  • Formulated, coordinated, implemented, and evaluated all residential, educational, health, and vocational services for three ICF/DD-H homes serving developmentally disabled adults
  • Hired, trained, supervised, and evaluated all professional and contract staff
  • Assisted the corporate team with development of the budget and ensured appropriate management of it
  • Communicated with licensing agencies to include writing plans of correction when necessary and ensured implementation
  • Developed and implemented staff training and curriculum.

Residential Manager

St. Vincent's
Santa Barbara, CA
01.1994 - 09.1997
  • Directed, coordinated, implemented, and evaluated services of five residential homes serving developmentally disabled children
  • Supervised all professional, contract, and direct care staff
  • Communicated with licensing agencies, presented information to physicians, psychiatrists, and other members of the interdisciplinary team on client's family and social background pertinent to diagnosis
  • Completed and developed comprehensive functional assessments and individual service plans to address identified client strengths and needs.

Director of Social Services

Beverly Manor Convalescent Hospital
Santa Barbara, CA
12.1990 - 01.1994
  • Developed social histories, psychosocial assessments, and implemented care plans to address identified problems, needs and concerns
  • Educated staff and families of the resident's rights and maintained all social work documentation in the resident's medical record according to the Federal and State regulations
  • Coordinated all admissions to the facility and developed and enacted post discharge plans of care.

Service Coordinator

Minot Vocational Adjustment Workshop
Minot, ND
11.1981 - 10.1990
  • Coordinated all services for individuals who had significant mental health, behavioral, medical, or criminal problems in addition to their developmental disabilities
  • Composed social histories and evaluations and supervised social work practicum students
  • Coordinated sexual awareness and citizenship training for individuals with developmental disabilities
  • Promoted family contact through quarterly letters of progress and assisted with development of habilitation plans
  • Also composed social histories and assessments.

Education

Masters of Education - Education And Psychology

Regis University
Denver, CO
08-2004

Bachelor of Science - Social Work

Minot State University
Minot, ND
08-1987

Skills

  • Specialized Education Expertise
  • IEP Development Expertise
  • Student Performance Tracking
  • Facilitation of IEP Meetings
  • Colleague, parent, and school community education
  • Supervision of Para-Educators
  • Curriculum Design
  • Student record management
  • Proficiency in district and state standards
  • Autism education and supervision
  • Behavior modification plan development and implementation
  • Classroom management
  • Sensory integration program implementation
  • Development of teaching materials
  • Residential, educational, health, and vocational services coordination and evaluation
  • Staff hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation
  • Budget development and management
  • Licensing agency communication and compliance
  • Staff training and curriculum development
  • Residential home services coordination and evaluation
  • Interdisciplinary team communication
  • Functional assessments and individual service plan development
  • Social work documentation and care plan implementation
  • Admissions coordination and post-discharge planning
  • Service coordination for individuals with developmental disabilities
  • Social work practicum supervision
  • Sexual awareness and citizenship training coordination
  • Family contact promotion
  • Guided Reading
  • CSAP and CSAP-A
  • Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
  • Child and Adolescent Art Therapy
  • FAST
  • Facilitating Groups
  • Six Trait Writing
  • Train the Trainer
  • Working With Young People and Anger
  • Team Building and Managing Change
  • Suicide Intervention
  • Every Day Math
  • Nonviolent Crisis Intervention
  • Abuse Prevention for Adults and Children
  • Woodcock Johnson III
  • Step Up To Writing

Certification

  • Professional Teacher License
  • Endorsed in: Special Education-Moderate Needs and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education
  • Licensed Social Worker

Timeline

English Language Support Specialist

Cherry Creek School District
08.2013 - 06.2023

Special Education Teacher

Cherry Creek School District
08.2001 - 07.2013

Teaching Technician/Assistant

Cherry Creek School District
03.1999 - 06.2001

Executive Director/Qualified Mental Retardation Professional (QMRP)

ResCare/Normal Life
10.1997 - 05.1998

Residential Manager

St. Vincent's
01.1994 - 09.1997

Director of Social Services

Beverly Manor Convalescent Hospital
12.1990 - 01.1994

Service Coordinator

Minot Vocational Adjustment Workshop
11.1981 - 10.1990

Masters of Education - Education And Psychology

Regis University

Bachelor of Science - Social Work

Minot State University

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