Love M. Gaillard, MSW

• Provide monitoring, oversight, and training for appropriate identification, Individual Education Plan (IEP) development, and placement procedures for children identified as having special education needs (Pre-K-12th grades)
• Ensure appropriate service delivery to students with special education needs (including but not limited to counseling)
• Assist in structuring and implementation appropriate professional development activities for school staff and administrators/educational leaders
• Provide guidance, support, and direction to school staff and administrator/educational leaders on federal, state, and district policies and procedures as they relate to special education services
• Assist administrators/educational leaders with implementation of state's Department of Public Instruction mandated compliance monitoring activities
• Supervise Diagnostic/program Support Teachers, Special Education teachers, and Special Education Paraprofessionals.

Additional Experiences at the Newark Board of Education:

Newark Public Schools-Office of Early Childhood Summer 2017

• Modified preschool curriculum

• Developed a plan of modifications and accommodations to support the daily preschool schedule

Field Supervisor for Social Work Graduate students 2015-Present

Rutgers & Kean Universities

• Provided substantive and meaningful professional experiences

• Supervised interns in their fieldwork, overseeing the entire range of field experience

Barringer High School 45 Day Initiative February-June 2013

The BHS 45 Day Initiative provided a small, structured environment for students requiring removal from current placements in accordance with NPS progressive disciplinary regulations and who accumulated multiple Level III & Level IV infractions. Duties: Provide group counseling three times daily

Current Contract Partners:

• The Newark Public Library - Newark, NJ
• Nassan's Place – Family Autism Support East Orange, NJ
• The Newark Redefining Access Initiative - Abbott Leadership Institute
• The Family Support Organization of Union County- Plainfield, NJ
• St. Peters University 21st Century Program- Jersey City, NJ

•Facilitate conversational workshops around these topics: Gratitude, Family Emotional Safety, Managing Stress with Mindfulness, Fighting Fair, Parent-Teacher Conversations, and Managing Fear

• Trainer and consultant

Responsible for bridging partnership of traditional mentoring program with the Partnership for Children initiative

• Administered human resource process for independently contracted mentors and volunteers

• Increased mentor pool by 50% in a six-month period

• Supervised over fifty part-time mentors from state affiliate mentoring partnership

• Authored manual of standard procedures for new partnership

• Created and implemented bi-weekly pay roll system

• Developed one-to-one community and school based programs

• Coordinated and facilitated trainings, special events, and fundraising

Responsible for 135+ urban first-generation college-bound students grades 9-12

• Managed student outreach, recruitment, selection, and registration

• Scheduled classes for all academic and cultural enrichment courses

• Improved student attendance and involvement

• Acting liaison between program, community organizations, and Newark Public Schools

• Supervised and supported instructional staff