REBECCA GENARO
Mount Holly,NC
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Ready to help achieve company goals.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Self Contained Special Education Teacher
Charlotte Mecklenburg School System
09.2022 - Current
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Manage time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
- Use critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Coordinate over 20 special education students and teacher assistant schedules with master schedule.
Teacher
Whiz Kid Academy Online Preschool, Virtual
, NC
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Expertly utilized Zoom to deliver engaging lessons and assessments to preschool age children, within a fully online environment
- Proactively designing the exceptionalwhizlid.com webpage, targeting audiences with three to five-year-old’s with autism, developmental delays, and other health impairments.
Teacher
Renaissance West STEAM Academy, Mecklenburg Schools
Charlotte, NC
08.2017 - 05.2021
- Served as part of a bold community initiative to help alleviate poverty in West Charlotte
- Served as case manager for students with special needs, delivering a wide range of special education services
- Differentiated curriculum and instruction methods to expertly engage at-risk PreK students with a wide variety of cultural, socioeconomic, and learning styles
- Utilized direct instruction, behavior modification plans, and supplemental activities while following and encompassing each student’s IEP
- Completed ongoing quantitative and qualitative assessment of student work and progress; interpreted data to drive instruction
- Facilitated communication between parents and team members during IEP and reevaluation processes
- Consistently recommended innovative solutions to enhance teaching and learning through the identification, evaluation, adoption, advancement and integration of effective educational technologies
- Adeptly transitioned from in-classroom to fully remote teaching environment during the pandemic by implementing technology integrations while aligning with curriculum standards
- Collaborated with teachers, support staff, administration, and community; served on multiple committees for schoolwide improvement.
Preschool Teacher
Itinerant EC, Partial Remote, Gaston County Schools
Gaston, NC
02.2010 - 06.2017
- Planned, organized, created, and presented instruction for pre-k students with special needs, facilitating their development across all learning domains
- Served children ages 3-5 in their homes, daycares, or as elementary school walk-ins; delivered case management services to assigned students
- Collected and interpreted data to evaluate student performance, developed and implemented Individualized Education Plans, organized and facilitated IEP meetings, and completed Child Outcomes Summary, if applicable
- Established and fostered relationships with parents, teachers, administrators, related service providers and community partners.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Addressed behavioral and learning issues with parents and daycare management.
- Promoted sensory development by providing access to different textures.
Consumer Support Specialist
Dreamweavers Unlimited Inc
Gastonia, NC
08.2009 - 04.2010
- Provided compassionate care to individuals with disabilities; addressed each consumer’s goals including socialization, mobility, recreation, self-help, and daily living skills.
Pre-K Teacher
Burke County Public Schools' Family Literacy Progr
Morganton
08.2006 - 08.2009
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
- Devised and implemented strategies to create and maintain cohesive school community within virtual classroom setting.
- Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers and letters.
- Promoted physical, academic and social development by implementing diverse classroom and outside activities.
- Monitored students' academic, social and emotional progress and recorded in individual files.
- Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
Language Facilitator
Hickory High Child Development Center, Hickory Public Schools
Hickory, NC
12.2005 - 05.2006
- For Children with Cochlear Implants; collaborated with the Speech Language Pathologist and classroom teacher to ensure children’s needs were met
- Supported children throughout their learning environment to foster communication with teachers and peers
- Created activities to improve listening skills; utilized the LING -6 sounds, sound toys, and cards to help test children’s hearing device daily.
Education
Master of Arts - Special Education
Western Carolina University
06.2015
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Birth-Kindergarten Education
Lenoir-Rhyne University
05.2004
Skills
- Educational Technologies
- Design, Instruction, and Collaboration:
- Document Management: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
- SKILLFULLY ADOPTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES QUICKLY AND INDEPENDENTLY
- Dependable and Responsible
- Building Confidence through Positive Reinforcement
- Pre-Academic Performance Improvement
- Student-centered learning
- Special education
- ESL- English as Second Language
- Curriculum Development
- EDPlan background
- Social-Emotional Learning training
- Student records management
- Differentiated instruction
- Child development
- Lesson Planning
- Student engagement
- Special Needs Students
- Blackboard software
- RTI familiarity
Certification
Birth-Kindergarten Education, NC DPI, August 2004-June 2025
Special Education K-12 General Curriculum, NC DPI, August 2015-June 2025
Special Education K-12 Adapted Curriculum, NC DPI, August 2015-June 2025
Timeline
Self Contained Special Education Teacher
Charlotte Mecklenburg School System
09.2022 - Current
Teacher
Whiz Kid Academy Online Preschool, Virtual
01.2021 - 01.2022
Teacher
Renaissance West STEAM Academy, Mecklenburg Schools
08.2017 - 05.2021
Preschool Teacher
Itinerant EC, Partial Remote, Gaston County Schools
02.2010 - 06.2017
Consumer Support Specialist
Dreamweavers Unlimited Inc
08.2009 - 04.2010
Pre-K Teacher
Burke County Public Schools' Family Literacy Progr
08.2006 - 08.2009
Language Facilitator
Hickory High Child Development Center, Hickory Public Schools
12.2005 - 05.2006
Master of Arts - Special Education
Western Carolina University
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Birth-Kindergarten Education
Lenoir-Rhyne University
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