Krystyne Meyer
Fredericksburg,Virginia
Summary
I am a highly motivated and progress-focused educator with a long-standing commitment to Stafford County Public Schools. I have demonstrated a record of collaboration, innovation and dependability in a variety of classroom settings and work environments. I am passionate about creating learning environments for all students, regardless of abilities, to engage in intentional and meaningful classroom experiences.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Early Childhood Special Education Dept Chair
Rising Star Early Childhood Center
09.2023 - Current
- Coordinate with Child Find, parents, staff, and school administrators regarding placement of preschool students in Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) program; manage staffing and class placement decisions
- Maintains and manages all special education, 504, and SEC processes for Rising Star Early Childhood Education Center, serving as administrative designee on all IEP, 504, SEC meetings
- Participates cooperatively in school's RTI team, Eligibility Committee and IEP team to assist in development and revision of general and special education programs for individual students, to include RTI plans, IEPs, 504 Plans, and other intervention strategies
- Compiles, maintains, and files all reports and other documentation according to mandated timelines
- Designs staff development to assist school personnel with understanding differentiated instruction, students with disabilities, and other relevant topics; as well as provides ongoing training and support to ECSE teachers and staff specifically related to identified needs through professional development, PLCs, and in-classroom support
- Supports the transition of ECSE students from preschool to Kindergarten through ongoing collaboration with families and receiving schools, to include recommendations for class placement as well as specific services and interventions required
- Collects, organizes, and interprets data related to Stafford County's ECSE program; to include development and maintenance of a database of the county's nearly 300 ECSE students.
Primary Support Teacher, Special Education Teacher
Conway Elementary School
08.2017 - 09.2023
- Implemented and monitored special education services as case manager for students in grades K-2
- Worked collaboratively with general education teachers (to include ongoing co-teaching in inclusion classrooms) to support students identified as needing intervention support; maintain data on progress for students based on targeted areas of intervention
- Monitored student progress towards IEP goals through formal and informal assessment and data collection
- Developed plans for data collection based on IEP goals to be used by general and special education staff.
504 Case Manager/Coordinator
Conway Elementary School
08.2017 - 06.2018
- Maintained deadlines governing 504 plan reviews and re-evaluations
- Participated in 504 team to review medical and assessment documentation, to determine eligibility
- Proposed, implemented and monitored agreed upon accommodations for students K-5
- Communicated accommodations to staff; worked collaboratively with staff to determine appropriateness of accommodations as needed.
Case Manager, Itinerant Resource Teacher
Stafford County Schools
08.2007 - 06.2017
- Coordinated, implemented and monitored special education services and 504 accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing students, as well as deaf /hard of hearing students with additional disabilities, throughout SCPS
- Programming includes: direct instruction, in-class support, and resource and consultation support to students at Child Find, Head Start, and students preschool through 12th grade
- Developed activities that promote student self-advocacy
- Trained staff on how to accommodate for needs of deaf/hard of hearing students, to include use of assistive listening devices
- Communicated regularly with teams, to include students, parents/guardians, general education staff, related services providers, and administrators
- Worked collaboratively with Student Support Teams to determine student's needs in the special education eligibility process and provided input accordingly
- Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting assistive listening devices utilized by students throughout county.
Self-Contained/Collaborative Classroom Teacher, Case Manager
Stafford County Schools (K-12 Levels)
01.2004 - 06.2017
- Implemented and monitored special education services for deaf and hard of hearing students, as well as deaf/hard of hearing students with additional disabilities, at center-based programs; to include direct instruction in all subject areas (K-5th grade), direct instruction in self-contained Middle School and High School literacy and learning resources courses, in-class support, and resource/consultation support
- Worked with general education teachers in collaborative teaching settings
- Monitored student progress towards IEP goals through formal and informal assessment and data collection
- For students who communicate via ASL, implemented reading programs designed to improve reading skills using ASL as students' first language and English as their second language
- Regularly communicated with teams regarding specific student progress and/or concerns; to include student, parents/guardians, general education staff, related services providers, and administrators
- Collaborated with staff sign language interpreters to ensure appropriate and effective language development and use by students
- Provided training to staff on meeting unique needs of students with hearing loss.
Education
Certificate of Auditory Learning -
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC05.2012
Master of Arts in Deaf Education: Special Programs - undefined
Gallaudet University
05.2004
Bachelor of Science in Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - undefined
The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College)
05.2002
Certification
- Teacher of the Deaf or Hard of Hearing (preK-12), New Jersey, January 2002 - present
- Special Education: Hearing Impairments (preK-12), Virginia, January 2004 - present
- Administration & Supervision Endorsement, Virginia, Spring 2024; coursework completed Spring 2023 through Fort Hays State University and University of Mary Washington
Recognitions
- Conway Elementary School Teacher of the Year, Fall 2022, Selected by nominations of parents and colleagues.
- Clinical Faculty, 05/2019 - present, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Training
- ECSE LEADS Regional Monthly Trainings (ongoing; through T/TAC ODU)
- T/TAC William & Mary Inclusive Leadership Series (multiple sessions from July 2023 through present)
- I'm Determined (Presenter and participant March 2, 2024)
- Handle with Care Training (March 2024)
- Structured Literacy Training (William & Mary T/TAC; July 2021)
- Stafford County Learning Summit (June 2018)
- Pathways to Excellence: Clinical Faculty Preparation (University of Mary Washington; January 2019-May 2019)
- Opening Doors, Unlocking Potential (State of VA DOE, VCU; 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
- Listening and Spoken Language Workshop (State of VA DOE, VCU; April 2010)
- Guidelines for Working with Students who are D/HH (State of Virginia DOE, VCU; October 2008)
- Pathways to Possibilities Conference (Partnership for People with Disabilities; August 2007)
- Visual Phonics (Gallaudet University; June 2006)
- Together We Can Deaf-Blind Training (Partnership for People with Disabilities; March, June, October 2004)
Timeline
Early Childhood Special Education Dept Chair
Rising Star Early Childhood Center
09.2023 - Current
Primary Support Teacher, Special Education Teacher
Conway Elementary School
08.2017 - 09.2023
504 Case Manager/Coordinator
Conway Elementary School
08.2017 - 06.2018
Case Manager, Itinerant Resource Teacher
Stafford County Schools
08.2007 - 06.2017
Self-Contained/Collaborative Classroom Teacher, Case Manager
Stafford County Schools (K-12 Levels)
01.2004 - 06.2017
Certificate of Auditory Learning -
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Master of Arts in Deaf Education: Special Programs - undefined
Gallaudet University
Bachelor of Science in Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - undefined
The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College)
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