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Kimberly Deering

Saginaw,MI

Summary

Dedicated special education leader with extensive experience guiding staff, programs, and student outcomes across diverse educational settings. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, ensure compliance, and implement best practices for students with disabilities.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Special Education Supervisor

Bay Arenac ISD
02.2023 - Current
  • Supervise special education professionals across ISD and local districts, including teachers, itinerants, and instructional staff specialists
  • Collaborate with district leadership to implement programs in the least restrictive environment
  • Assist in hiring, evaluating, and developing special education personnel
  • Serve as a liaison for families, community members, and local education agencies
  • Keep the Special Education Director and Superintendents informed regarding successes, needs, and problems that arise
  • Responsibilities include assisting with interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems; and demonstrating fiscal responsibility
  • Dean

Upper Elementary Resource Teacher

Swan Valley School District
Saginaw, MI
08.2018 - 02.2023
  • 3rd-5th-grade special education resource teacher with a caseload ranging from 9-26
  • Co-taught within general education classrooms, planned weekly with general education teachers.
  • Serves as the team lead for the special education department.
  • Develop lesson plans that align with state standards and students' goals.
  • Created an IEP guide sheet for new staff on how to manage our IEP system, and to ensure 100% IEP compliance.
  • Created online progress monitoring for students to complete through Schoology.
  • Serves on the CPI, Vikes, School Improvement, March Into Reading, Negotiations, Evaluations, and Bond Committees.

Dean of Special Education

North Saginaw Charter Academy
Saginaw, MI
02.2015 - 07.2018
  • Supervise special education staff of thirteen professionals, including special education teachers, paraprofessionals, contracted school speech pathologists, contracted school occupational therapists, contracted school physical therapists, school social workers, Autism and Emotional Impairment teacher consultants, and contracted school psychologists.
  • Supervise seven general education teachers.
  • Complete special education files and program reviews while providing feedback, assistance, and/or training as needed.
  • Collaborate with the Special Education Supervisor regarding staffing needs and program concerns, and seek approval for Special Education staffing changes.
  • Collaborate with parents and school staff to resolve issues concerning special education instruction.
  • Review data reports from the electronic IEP system and/or student information system monthly to proactively plan and assure compliance with timelines (i.e., evaluation timeline (initial and re-evaluation), annual IEP timeline meetings, IEPT, and timelines associated with discipline procedural requirements).
  • Facilitate monthly special education team meetings, and coordinate department activities and state issues, including initial evaluations, scheduling, IEPs (initial annual and reevaluations), coordinating schedules, and student placement decisions, etc.
  • Assist with the review of progress monitoring and formative assessment data at the individual and classroom levels to oversee student growth and determine appropriate instructional decisions for special education/504 students
  • Guide special education teachers and staff, promoting enhanced outcomes for students in the academic, behavioral, social, and functional levels.
  • Ensure that all IEP and evaluation activities are completed accurately and in a timely manner, as delineated by state and federal guidelines.

Resource Teacher

North Saginaw Charter Academy
Saginaw, MI
08.2014 - 02.2015
  • Taught K-8 resource with a caseload of 20 students
  • Developed lesson plans that aligned with state standards
  • Conducted FBAs to then implement PBSPs for students with high behavioral needs
  • Facilitated IEP meetings
  • Served as team lead for the special education department.

Moderate/Severe Needs Teacher

Salk Elementary School
Merrillville, IN
08.2005 - 06.2014
  • Taught in a self-contained K-2nd-grade classroom with 12-16 students with disabilities ranging from mildly to severely disabled
  • Developed lesson plans that aligned with ISTAR and state standards to successfully meet the students’ goals and benchmarks
  • Developed and presented a Focus Meeting on A Day In The Life of Special Education
  • Monitored and collaborated with three Paraprofessionals.

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

Taft School
Harvey, IL
08.2001 - 06.2005
  • Taught in a self-contained at-risk classroom with 40 students ranging within the at-risk, developmental delays, and limited English proficiency.

Education

Supervisor of Special Education Certificate -

Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI
04.2017

Master of Science - Educational Administration

Purdue Calumet
Gary, IN
04.2012

Master of Science - Special Education

Indiana University, South Bend
South Bend, IN
08.2008

Master of Science - Teaching and Leadership

Saint Xavier University
Chicago, IL
05.2004

Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood

Saint Xavier University
Chicago, IL
05.2001

Associate - Early Childhood Education

Moraine Valley Community College
Palos Hills, IL
05.1998

Director of Special Education Certification In Progress -

Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI

Skills

  • IEP development
  • Program compliance
  • Student assessment
  • Staff supervision
  • Resource allocation
  • Effective communication
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Special education law

Certification

  • CPI Certified
  • Orton-Gillingham Trained
  • UFLI Certified

Affiliations

  • Adaptive Technology Talk, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL June 2006 Presented to students within the special education undergrad program the uses and importance of assistive technology and how it should be used in the classroom to benefit all students.
  • Elementary Co-Teaching: YES, IT WORKS!, Michigan CEC Conference March 2022 Presented at the Michigan CEC conference in the Spring of 2023. I presented with a general education teacher with whom I co-teach with and presented/encouraged more schools to utilize co-teaching in the elementary level.
  • Member, CASE, February 2023 - Present
  • Member, Council for Exceptional Children, February 2023 - Present
  • Member, International Literacy Association, September 2021 - Present
  • Member, Michigan Reading Association, September 2021 - Present
  • Member, International Dyslexia Association, March 2020 - Present
  • Member, MAASE, January 2017 - Present

Accomplishments

  • Gerstacker Fellow, Cohort 17, Saginaw Valley State University

Timeline

Special Education Supervisor

Bay Arenac ISD
02.2023 - Current

Upper Elementary Resource Teacher

Swan Valley School District
08.2018 - 02.2023

Dean of Special Education

North Saginaw Charter Academy
02.2015 - 07.2018

Resource Teacher

North Saginaw Charter Academy
08.2014 - 02.2015

Moderate/Severe Needs Teacher

Salk Elementary School
08.2005 - 06.2014

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

Taft School
08.2001 - 06.2005

Supervisor of Special Education Certificate -

Saginaw Valley State University

Master of Science - Educational Administration

Purdue Calumet

Master of Science - Special Education

Indiana University, South Bend

Master of Science - Teaching and Leadership

Saint Xavier University

Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood

Saint Xavier University

Associate - Early Childhood Education

Moraine Valley Community College

Director of Special Education Certification In Progress -

Saginaw Valley State University

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