Nicole Meyer
Omaha,NE
Summary
- A position as a reading specialist where I may provide support to a team where organization, reliability, collaboration, teaching, understanding, motivation, specialization in literacy instruction, and differentiation for students' diverse learning needs.
- A highly motivated, enthusiastic, and dedicated educator who believes in the goal for all children to become successful learners.
- Continuous assessment, evaluation, and curriculum development to enhance/measure progress toward Individual Education Program (IEP) goals as well as directing the team meetings.
- Committed to professional development and collaboration with educators and parents.
- Exceptional ability to implement and support teachers with positive behavioral and educational strategies in the classroom.
- High level of skill in organization, time management, communication, and positive interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrates a philosophy that all students can and will learn and that using research based strategies to enhance the skill sets for students.
- Provides accommodations that can be implemented during services and collaborates with the general education teachers to ensure they are in place while the student is in the general education setting.
- Plans for and assists with training for paraprofessionals to effectively support our students.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Elementary Resource Teacher
Bennington Public Schools
01.2021 - Current
- Plan and implement individualized education plans for students with verified learning disabilities and other health impairments
- Adapt and initiate learning tasks to stimulate the learning of children with a variety of needs
- Attend student assistance team meetings and assist with strategies to promote learning
- Plan and implement small group behavioral and social/emotional growth and learning activities
- Provide 1 on 1 and small group instruction for a variety of students and subjects including foundational reading skills, math, social skills, self-regulation, and written language
Elementary Resource Teacher
Ralston Public Schools
01.2017 - 01.2021
- 2021-22 resource/reading teacher
- Teach reading intervention classes where I assist our building reading specialist with students on our SAT (student assistance team) to promote utilizing research-based approaches along with individualization to promote overall literacy skills
- Additional support with math intervention and teaching intervention with a remote learning student
- Implement formal academic assessments to students as part of the MDT testing process
- 2020-21 school year-extended campus resource teacher (remote learning)
- This required increased self-management, collaboration with parents and professionals, differentiation of curriculum to include a technology-based approach, and increased ability to utilize learning techniques that would enhance literacy skills based on students' individualized needs
- Worked in previous years as a resource teacher at several of the elementary school buildings
- Along with general education colleagues and specialists-including EL teachers and reading specialists, I continuously collaborate to learn and develop a team approach for administering assessments, data collection, effective instruction for students identified as struggling readers and or students identified with a specific learning disability
- Utilize the tier learning and professional development PLC's to enhance our school's ability to collaborate on behalf of our students
- Continue to collaborate with parents, educators, administrators, and most importantly-students to help develop and lead meetings for individualized education plans
Residential Rehabilitation Specialist
Community Alliance
01.2006 - 12.2018
- Develop and conduct small group learning classes to promote the mental and psychological growth of adults with mental illness
- Assist with medication management, skills sessions, and daily support to promote recovery and independence in a group home living environment
- Collaborate with a team to ensure proper policies and procedures are implemented
- Complete timely and accurate paperwork
- Performed this job on a part time basis while employed full time as a teacher
Middle School/Elementary Resource Teacher
Omaha Public Schools
08.2006 - 12.2012
- Plan and implement individualized education plans for students with verified learning disabilities and other health impairments
- Coordinate teaching with staff
- Co-teach, plan small group instruction in classrooms, as well as small group instruction in the resource classroom
- Adapt and initiate learning tasks to stimulate the learning of children with a variety of needs
- Attend student assistance team meetings and assist with strategies to promote learning
- Plan and implement small group behavioral and social/emotional growth and learning activities
Teacher/site coordinator
100 Black Men of Omaha Organization
08.2009 - 08.2010
- Promote the learning for young boys in 3rd and 4th grade on Saturdays and during the summer
- Plan and implement creative, motivating learning tasks to promote growth in reading
- Assess and promote learning at students' instructional level
- Assist with planned social skills activities
- Communicate and coordinate with parents and staff the schedule of activities, organize the site with various accounting and supervisory tasks
Education
Master's - science-literacy
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Omaha, NE05.2021
Bachelor's degree - Elementary Education
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa12.2005
Associates Degree - undefined
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, Iowa04.2002
Skills
- Progress monitoring
- Parent-teacher collaboration
- Individualized education plans
- Differentiated Instruction
- Research based literacy instruction
- Emotional support
Certification
Nebraska, teaching certificate, 2021-2031, k-6 teacher elementary classroom, k-6 mild/moderate disabilities, k-12 reading specialist
Additional Work Experience
- Residential Rehabilitation Specialist, Community Alliance, 01/06, 12/18, Develop and conduct small group learning classes to promote the mental and psychological growth of adults with mental illness., Assist with medication management, skills sessions, and daily support to promote recovery and independence in a group home living environment., Collaborate with a team to ensure proper policies and procedures are implemented.
- Teacher/site coordinator, 100 Black Men of Omaha Organization, 08/09, 08/10, Promote the learning for young boys in 3rd and 4th grade on Saturdays and during the summer., Plan and implement creative, motivating learning tasks to promote growth in reading., Assess and promote learning at students' instructional level.
Timeline
Elementary Resource Teacher
Bennington Public Schools
01.2021 - Current
Elementary Resource Teacher
Ralston Public Schools
01.2017 - 01.2021
Teacher/site coordinator
100 Black Men of Omaha Organization
08.2009 - 08.2010
Middle School/Elementary Resource Teacher
Omaha Public Schools
08.2006 - 12.2012
Residential Rehabilitation Specialist
Community Alliance
01.2006 - 12.2018
Bachelor's degree - Elementary Education
University of Northern Iowa
Associates Degree - undefined
Des Moines Area Community College
Nebraska, teaching certificate, 2021-2031, k-6 teacher elementary classroom, k-6 mild/moderate disabilities, k-12 reading specialist
Master's - science-literacy
University of Nebraska-Omaha
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