Megan Laity
Richardson,TX
Summary
Compassionate Special/Deaf Education Paraprofessional offering wealth of experience in small group instruction with children of diverse ages. Fluent in American Sign Language. Passionate about education with desire to work with students across levels. Understands importance of teaching solid study habits for testing success for all students. My passion is at the elementary level.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Education Paraprofessional
Richardson ISD
08.2018 - 01.2022
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Offered student support through special accommodations, extra assistance, and assessments.
- Interacted physically and verbally with students throughout each day.
- Maintained positive attitude and affirmatively communicated with each student.
- Documented student behaviors, interventions, and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
- Presided over class of students in absence of instructor.
- Monitored student classroom and outdoors activities to promote student safety.
- Supported teacher in development of individual learning strategies.
- Collaborated with teacher to create customized classroom environment integral to students' needs.
- Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.
- Established professional relationships with parents and other teachers to increase rapport and support.
- Set up visual aids, equipment, and classroom displays to support teacher's lesson delivery.
- Alerted instructor to student behavior or issues requiring intervention.
- Communicated with teachers and other district personnel to assist in evaluating progress and implementing IEP objectives.
- Created positive and inclusive classroom environment by helping students develop social skills and relationships.
- Liaised one-on-one with learners to provide additional support tailored to specific learning needs.
- Provided individualized reading, writing and math instruction to support student development.
Sign Language Interpreter
Fort Worth ISD
08.2005 - 06.2018
- Attended training programs to improve professional knowledge and interpretation skills.
- Collaborated in planning meetings to better serve hard of hearing total inclusion settings.
- Provided interpretation services for deaf and hard of hearing individuals.
- Facilitated communication between deaf or hard of hearing individuals and students, teachers and parents.
- Maintained message content, tone, and emotion as closely as possible.
- Interpreted spoken and written languages other than English and vice versa.
- Provided cultural input to speakers to help parties who did not speak similar languages communicate with and understand one another.
- Reviewed, edited and proofread translated documents for accuracy.
- Proofread, edited and improved documents of different sizes.
- Stayed current on new expressions and cultural changes impacting language translation.
- Developed strategies to perform accurate and consistent translations.
- Facilitated communication between law enforcement personnel and individuals involved in crimes such as witnesses, persons of interest, and suspects.
Special Education Administrative Assistant
Fort Worth ISD
02.2000 - 08.2005
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
- Restocked supplies and placed purchase orders to maintain adequate stock levels.
- Executed record filing system to improve document organization and management.
- Scheduled office meetings and client appointments for staff teams.
- Managed filing system, entered data and completed other clerical tasks.
- Managed phone and email correspondence and handled incoming and outgoing mail and faxes.
- Assisted coworkers and staff members with special tasks on daily basis.
- Managed paper and electronic filing systems by routing various documents, taking messages and managing incoming and outgoing mail.
- Built and maintained excellent customer relationships through timely response to inquiries and going above and beyond to accommodate unusual requests.
- Completed forms, reports, logs and records to quickly handle all documentation for human resources.
- Continually sought methods for improving daily operations, communications with clients, recordkeeping and data entry for increased efficiency.
- Liaised between clients and vendors and maintained effective lines of communication.
- Opened and properly distributed incoming mail to promote quicker response to client inquiries.
- Surpassed team goals by partnering with colleagues to implement best practices and protocols.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Sign Language Interpretation
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth, TXNo Degree - Speech And Hearing
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZHigh School Diploma -
Crowley High School
Crowley, TX05.1998
Skills
- Collaborative Environments
- Assignment of Benefits
- Activity Oversight
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- IEP Goals
- Classroom Organization
- Activities Management
- Developing Social Skills
- Social Development Support
- Instructional Delivery
- Behavioral Plan Management
- Cognitive Disabilities Knowledge
- Speech Impairment
- Social and Academic Development
- Communications Protocols
- Small Group Support
- IEP Implementation
- Tutoring and Student Assistance
- Classwork Oversight
- Teacher Assistance
- Interactive Media
- Behavior Redirection
- Online Systems
- Individual Sessions
- Skills Strategies
- Ongoing Assistance
- Smart Board Technology
- Special Assignments
- Positive Reinforcement Methods
- Heavy Lifting
- Educational Settings
- Teaching and Instruction
- Active Participation
- Seizure Disorders
- Game Readiness
- Lesson Plan Implementation
- Maintaining Work Areas
- Instructional Techniques
- Student Supervision
- Remote Assistance
- Autism and Spectrum Disorders
- Reading Instruction
- Grading Homework and Tests
- Parental Interaction
- Personal Hygiene Assistance
- Fine Motor Skills
- Field Trip Supervision
- Educational Opportunities
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Housekeeping Duties
- Instructional Support
- Self-Contained Classrooms
- Language Skills
- Reward Systems
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Social and Group Settings
- Behavioral Disorders
Languages
American Sign Language
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Special Education Paraprofessional
Richardson ISD
08.2018 - 01.2022
Sign Language Interpreter
Fort Worth ISD
08.2005 - 06.2018
Special Education Administrative Assistant
Fort Worth ISD
02.2000 - 08.2005
Some College (No Degree) - Sign Language Interpretation
Tarrant County College District
No Degree - Speech And Hearing
Arizona State University
High School Diploma -
Crowley High School