Megan Osborn
Salinas,CA
Summary
- Ability to work effectively with colleagues in an environment that promotes innovation, teaching, learning and services to a diverse student population who have a wide range of skills, preparation and academic goals
- Collaborative, quick to establish rapport and communication with culturally diverse populations
- Solid foundation in a number of practical therapeutic and intervention models with students
- Ability to organize, coordinate and implement educational plans relevant to social and academic goals
- Ability to participate in recruitment and articulation activities with local schools, colleges and Universities
- Effectively communicate both orally and in writing
- Ability to deliver work on time or ahead of deadlines
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Substitute Teacher
Greenfield Union School District GFUSD
Greenfield, CA
08.2020 - Current
- Work with students pre K-8th
- Long term RSP substitute
- Attend IEP meetings
- IEP recommendations based on student data
- Support IEP goals and provided service minutes
- Collaborate with Admin, MCBH, School Psych, SLP, Gen Ed teachers and staff to insure the IEP goals are met.
Special Education Resource Teacher, Intern
MPUSD, Walter Colton Middle School
Monterey, CA
02.2017 - 06.2020
- Excellent rapport with middle school students, families, and staff
- Develop Individual Education Plan for students with Learning Disabilities, Autism, Social/Emotional, ADHD and/or Speech and Language needs
- Set goals and objectives, data collection and progress monitoring
- Differentiate core curriculum, bridge learning gaps and teach Executive Functioning and Self Advocacy skills
- Administer and interpret the Woodcock Johnson IV, Tests of Achievement, Tests of Cognitive Abilities, and Tests of Oral Language
- Manage Instructional Assistants, students, parents, general education teachers, school psychologist, Speech and Language Pathologist and administration to meet IEP goals and objectives
- Provide specialized classroom instruction to a broad range of students, conduct small group and individual classroom activities with students based on differentiated learning needs
- Resolve conflict and negotiate agreements between stakeholders in order to clarify misunderstandings and reach win-win solutions for student progress and growth
Substitute Teacher
Clovis Unified, Easton Unified, Chular Unified
California
09.2002 - 01.2017
- Built positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff
- Provided continuity and enhancement of the learning process and assumed full responsibility for specific and general education (k-12)
- Applied proactive behavior management techniques for classroom discipline
Life Coach
Modern Life Coaching
Clovis, Ca
12.2008 - 12.2010
- Launched a private coaching company to provide personal development services, promoting personal growth and human development
- Effectively motivated, set goals, action steps, and proactively addressed challenging situations with individuals, teens and families
- Elicited client self discovery, solutions, strategies while holding them responsible and accountable to the goals they set to achieve
Social Worker
Valley Group Homes
Fresno, Ca
05.2005 - 05.2006
- Planned and delivered comprehensive services at a Level 12 boys group home with a multi-disciplinary team of probation, psychiatrist, educators and various county agencies
- Developed individual and group treatment programs; decreased number of runaways and violent incident reports, increased clients program completion
- Worked with a diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic background with young people
Marriage Family Therapist, Trainee
Community Human Services
Monterey, CA
09.2004 - 05.2005
Counseling Center
- Assessment, treatment planning and psychotherapy services for individuals, couples and families with a variety of diagnosis
- Prepared statistical and narrative reports for corporate office
- Managed a complex case load, crisis calls and walk-in counseling services
- Provided individual and group counseling services to at-risk youth in the school setting
- Established a positive non-threatening environment, increasing the number of voluntary students
- Planned, organized and coordinated services, projects and activities in order to achieve personal and educational objectives
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Social Work
California State University
Fresno, Ca2002
Masters of Arts, Counseling, MFT Program
California State University
Fresno, CATraining/Certification
Certification
- Counseling Techniques and Counseling through the Lifespan
- Human Development: Career Awareness and Student Success
- Career Development Theory
- Human Service Research
- Research in Education
- Inclusion Practices for Students with Special Needs
- Multicultural Counseling and Group Counsleing
- Cultural Diversity and Oppression
- Data Analysis and Presentation
- Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Timeline
Substitute Teacher
Greenfield Union School District GFUSD
08.2020 - Current
Special Education Resource Teacher, Intern
MPUSD, Walter Colton Middle School
02.2017 - 06.2020
Life Coach
Modern Life Coaching
12.2008 - 12.2010
Social Worker
Valley Group Homes
05.2005 - 05.2006
Marriage Family Therapist, Trainee
Community Human Services
09.2004 - 05.2005
Substitute Teacher
Clovis Unified, Easton Unified, Chular Unified
09.2002 - 01.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Social Work
California State University
Masters of Arts, Counseling, MFT Program
California State University
Training/Certification