Kristina Ford

• Supervise and coordinate special education and deaf education programs and
  support services on all RDSPD campuses throughout the district.
• Provide instructional leadership to ensure quality programming within the special education, deaf education, and general education classrooms where students with hearing impairments are being served.
• Monitor compliance of federal and state legislation with regard to Special Education programming.
• Work with 504 for ensure compliance for students who are deaf and hard of hearing
• Collaborate and consult with special education director regarding instructional methods, budgeting, recruiting/hiring, and quality of
  service delivery, new referrals, reevaluations, training, staff assignments, and other special issues/concerns.
• Collaborate with central office administration regarding needs of the program.
• Provide instructional leadership to ensure quality programming within the special education, deaf education, and general education classrooms where students with hearing impairments are being served.
• Facilitate RDSPD team meetings to inform staff regarding new policies and
  procedures, share training materials, problem-solve, discuss instructional issues, and special activities requiring additional supports such as transportation, professional development support, or issues requiring input from administrators.
• Conduct classroom/on-site visits to observe staff and discuss instructional strategies and ways for improving individual student achievement.
• Consult and contact parents and sending district's administrators in special education regarding referrals, extra-curricular interpreting services, IEP meeting schedules, attendance, progress, and any changes in transportation scheduling due to holidays or inclement weather.
• Attend RDSPD student IEP meetings to assist in reviewing data, answer parent
  questions and issues, and help complete IEP paperwork. Assist in processing
  referrals for RDSPD services:
• Confer with RDSPD staff and representatives of sending districts as needed.
• Attend IEP meetings in the sending district where referral is made to RDSPD cluster campus.
• Provide parents with enrollment information and conduct site visit with parents/districts as appropriate.
• Notify principals of pending RDSPD referrals to campus sites. Conduct training each year for interpreters, diagnosticians, speech pathologists, administrators, general education staff, and new RDSPD teachers regarding equipment, student IEPs, student accommodation needs, and the roles/responsibilities of everyone in the RDSPD regarding DHH students.

● Coordinator of the Regional Day School Program for the Deaf Parent Night
● Longview ISD 2017-2018 District Secondary Teacher of the Year
● 2017-2018 Globe Teacher of the Year
● 2017-2018 Judson STEAM Academy Teacher of the Year
● 2018 Longview ISD Convocation Speaker
● Longview Rotary Club Teacher of the Month-March 2018
● Oversee and directly manage campus Special Education Department by holding them accountable for their students for their students’ academic achievements
● Coordinator of Special Education and 504 Oral Test Administration Schedule
● Special Education Campus Coordinator
● Inclusion Teacher 6, 7th, and 8th grade
● Facilitate Transfer ARDs
● Complete initial referral paperwork for special education referrals
● LISD Grant Foundation Winner
● LISD Campus Grant Winner
● Developed and facilitated professional development for all middle school ELA teachers in journals, differentiated instruction, stations, and technology integration
● Cooperating Teacher for student teachers
● Integrate Technology
● Assisted in creating transition website for special education and deaf students in Longview ISD

• Partnered with standard education teachers from across academic departments

● Self-Contained classroom teacher-grades 1st-5th
● Develop and implement lesson plans
● Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and
equipment that reflect understanding and learning styles and needs of students assigned
● Work cooperatively with teachers to modify curricula as needed for deaf education students
according to guideline established in the IEP
● Plan and supervise assignments of teachers aids and volunteers
● Be a positive role model for students