Melissa Monestime
Parlin,NJ
Summary
Versatile Special Education Teacher with focus on individual student needs across academia and emotional development. Empathetic and accommodating in design and implementation of hands-on lessons, catering to diverse learning abilities. Proficient in employing constant communication, patience and positive reinforcement in team efforts to deliver exceptional educational tools, fostering academic achievement.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Special Education Teacher
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Elizabeth, NJ
03.2022 - Current
- Kindergarten Mildly/Moderate Cognitive
- Provide instruction, assessment and program planning for special education students with primary learning disabilities, mild to moderate cognitive impairment, attention deficit and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, and serious emotional disturbances; participate in preparing Individual Education Plan (IEP)goals and objectives for eligible students
- Monitor and evaluate progress and behavior of special education students; prepare progress reports and report card grades as appropriate
- Research, obtain and provide instructional materials for special education services
- Interpret assessment results for team members; write behavior support plans
- Prepare and maintain a variety of records and reports related to assigned activities and student progress and behavior; retrieve official records for parents and district personnel as requested.
Register Behavior Technician
AnJ Behavioral Health
Bridgewater, NJ
11.2020 - Current
- Provide in-person behavior intervention services
- Implement behavior intervention and skill acquisition plans
- Collect and record data
- Follow Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) guidelines and codes of conduct
Special Education Teacher
Marion P. Thomas Charter High School
Newark, NJ
10.2021 - 03.2022
- Learning Language Disability/Behavioral Disability
- Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- Develop and implement individualized teaching methods that were tailored to the student’s learning needs
- Collaborate with Teacher Assistant and Co-Teacher to build a better learning environment
- Communicate with parents about their child’s progress
- Established good relationship with students, Teachers, and Case Manager
- Differentiated instruction using a variety of learning resources to engage student learning
- Participated in restorative practice meetings with the Dean of discipline, parents, and scholars
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
Special Education Teacher
Abraham Clark High School
Roselle, NJ
09.2014 - 10.2021
- Language Learning Disability/Multi- Disability
- Provide direct and indirect instructional support to students in a positive environment
- Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory
- Instruct students in academic subjects using a variety of techniques such as phonetics, multi-sensory learning and repetition to reinforce learning and to meet students' varying needs and interests
- Teach socially acceptable behavior, as determined by the students’ individualized education programs (IEPs) by employing techniques in an overall positive behavioral support system
- Organizing learning resources and the classroom environment to facilitate a positive learning experience
- Utilizing differentiated instruction and multiple intelligences when planning, preparing and delivering instruction that caters to the full ability range within the class.
Special Education Teacher
Maplewood Middle School
Maplewood, NJ
09.2013 - 06.2014
- Practice effective classroom management techniques to promote student achievement
- Modify lesson plans, instruction and tests/quizzes
- Pulled students for small group instruction
- Attend and participate in parent conferences and IEP meetings
- Document and report student progress towards achievement
- Model instruction using effective strategies and methodologies for students with academic, behavioral and social challenges
- Collaborate with staff members to provide guidance regarding appropriate modifications and adaptations of curriculum and instruction for students
Special Education Teacher’s Assistant
Mildred Barry Garvin School, East Orange School District
East Orange, NJ
10.2006 - 06.2013
- Assistant to teacher in an inclusion classroom
- Correspond daily with parents via daily progress reports for students in my care
- Developed reading strategies for seven non-reading students
- Manage children with behavioral problems
- Observe and evaluate each child in cooperation with the teacher and related service professionals
- Assist with the implantation of the Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Student Teacher
Ecole Toussaint Louverture, East Orange School District
East Orange, NJ
02.2013 - 05.2013
- Mildly Cognitively Impaired (MCI) Grades 3-5
- Practiced effective classroom management techniques to promote student achievement
- Implemented a modified version of a set curriculum
- Create bulletin boards
- Prepared and taught integrated thematic unit on Sequence of Events and The Writing Process
- Implemented whole group and small group projects and activities suitable for students with a wide range of interest and varying abilities
- Attended faculty meetings and common planning meetings
- Attended Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings and provided professional input
- Corresponded daily with parents through Home School Connection Notebook
- Taught lessons through the use of technology
Education
M.S - Psychology, Applied Behavior Analysis
Capella University
M.A. Ed - Special Education
University of Phoenix
B.A. - Psychology
William Paterson University
Skills
- SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Microsoft Office Word and PowerPoint
- Individual Education Plans IEPs
- Admission, Review and Dismissal Process
- Lesson Planning
- Skills Development
- Progress Evaluations
- Curriculum Adjustments
- Conflict Resolution Techniques
- Head Teacher Support
- Behavior Modification
- Data Management
- Competent in Smart Board Technology
- De-Escalation Techniques
Certification
- Teacher of Students with Disabilities
- Elementary Teacher K-6
- Behavioral Assistant Certification- July 3, 2013
- Teacher of Psychology
- Teacher of Supplemental Instruction in Reading K-8
- Teacher of Supplemental Instruction in Math K-8
- Teacher of Mathematics-Pending
- Board Certified Behavior Analysts-Pending
- School Supervisor Certification-Pending
Work Availability
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Timeline
Special Education Teacher
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
03.2022 - Current
Special Education Teacher
Marion P. Thomas Charter High School
10.2021 - 03.2022
Register Behavior Technician
AnJ Behavioral Health
11.2020 - Current
Special Education Teacher
Abraham Clark High School
09.2014 - 10.2021
Special Education Teacher
Maplewood Middle School
09.2013 - 06.2014
Student Teacher
Ecole Toussaint Louverture, East Orange School District
02.2013 - 05.2013
Special Education Teacher’s Assistant
Mildred Barry Garvin School, East Orange School District
10.2006 - 06.2013
M.S - Psychology, Applied Behavior Analysis
Capella University
M.A. Ed - Special Education
University of Phoenix
B.A. - Psychology
William Paterson University
- Teacher of Students with Disabilities
- Elementary Teacher K-6
- Behavioral Assistant Certification- July 3, 2013
- Teacher of Psychology
- Teacher of Supplemental Instruction in Reading K-8
- Teacher of Supplemental Instruction in Math K-8
- Teacher of Mathematics-Pending
- Board Certified Behavior Analysts-Pending
- School Supervisor Certification-Pending
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