Marsha Barker

• Developed IEPs tailored to individual student needs, ensuring their academic success and personal growth.
• Promoted a positive learning environment through the use of differentiated instruction and individualized support for diverse learners.
• Fostered strong relationships with parents and guardians, maintaining open lines of communication to ensure student progress.

Taught departmentalized Math in Middle school, Co-Taught Math and Self-Contained Cognitively Impaired, Elementary, Middle and High School.

• Planned, implemented, monitored, and assessed a classroom instructional program to consistently meet students individualized needs.
• Developed activities and integrated technology to diversify instruction.
• Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBIS).
• Gave one-on-one attention to students, while maintaining overall focus on the entire group.
• Attended monthly staff training sessions
• Coordinated special education students and teacher assistant schedules with the master schedule.
• Instructed students with disabilities, including Learning Disabilities, Cognitive Impairments, Emotional Impairments, and Artistically Impaired students.
• Consistently received positive teacher evaluations from students, parents, colleagues, and administrators.
• Observed individual behaviors and suspect actions, and reported issues to supervisory staff.
• Modified the general education curriculum for special-needs students based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technology

Special education teacher in classroom for students from Pre-Primary grades to 3rd grade with various disabilities such as Cognitive, Physical, and, Emotional Impairments.

• Taught reading, language arts and social studies in a self-contained cross categorical classroom.
• Created strategies to meet the needs of mentally and physically disabled students.
• Implemented and taught a life skills program.
• Organized instruction material, including constructing bulletin boards and setting up work areas.
• Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
• Assisted in developing after-school tutoring program to teach under-privileged students.