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Rebecca Austern

Special Education Teacher
Brooklyn,NY

Summary

Special Education Teacher with demonstrated focus on incorporating individual student needs into and across academic and social aspects of the school day to support growth in all areas. Empathetic and accommodating in design and implementation of multi-sensory, hands-on lessons, catering to diverse learning abilities and student interest. Proficient in employing constant communication with families, school based support ream and other staff. Patient and positive when working in team efforts to deliver exceptional educational tools, while fostering academic achievement.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Special Education Teacher- ICT/ 12:1:1 K-5

PS 261
09.2013 - Current
  • Implement, create, modify, and support access to academic and social curricula for students in ICT first, fourth and fifth grade, as well as self-contained k-2 classrooms.
  • Support students' academic and social emotional well being. Multiple means of data tracking, assessments, portfolio work to measure student progress.
  • Responsibilities include writing and implementing IEPS, working on vertical and horizontal teams to look at student work and student progress, creating pathways for progress for all students. Participation in multiple school-wide committees addressing SEL needs of all students.

Teacher- 8:1:1 K-2 and 1-4

P140@ 323
09.2011 - 08.2013
  • Develop and implement unit and lesson plans, adapting curricula to meet student needs through individualized, small group and whole group instruction
  • Responsibilities include: writing, teaching to and monitoring IEP goals; data tracking; student portfolios; formative and summative assessments, NYS Standard and Alternate Assessments.

Teacher- 8:1:1 K-2

HASC-Remsen
09.2010 - 08.2011
  • Developed and implemented academic based cross curricular cooking program
  • Responsible for adapting curriculum to meet student needs; creating and implementing individualized and small group instruction to help all students meet their developmental and IEP goals; data tracking, student portfolios, assessments and IEPs.

Assistant Teacher- 8:1:3

Rebecca School
08.2008 - 08.2010
  • Assisted in planning and executing lessons for individual and small group instruction for 9 six-to -ten-year-old students with learning disabilities and ASD
  • Helped in planning and executing classroom activities and meeting students’ developmental and IEP goals

Program Administrator

JCC Adaptations Program
08.2006 - 02.2008
  • Assisted in planning and leading social-skill-building activities for a group of 20 and 30 year olds with social, communicative and pragmatic difficulties.

Education

MSED Childhood General and Special Education -

Hunter College, CUNY

BA Social Thought and Political Economy - undefined

University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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Universidad Nacional, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Skills

    Conversational Spanish

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Curriculum Skills

  • Conversational Spanish
  • Letter People
  • TouchMath
  • Math In Focus
  • EngageNY
  • OG
  • Heggerty
  • Workshop model
  • UNIQUE
  • Handwriting Without Tears
  • ABA
  • DIR
  • Floortime

Certification

NYS SWD 1-6

Timeline

Special Education Teacher- ICT/ 12:1:1 K-5

PS 261
09.2013 - Current

Teacher- 8:1:1 K-2 and 1-4

P140@ 323
09.2011 - 08.2013

Teacher- 8:1:1 K-2

HASC-Remsen
09.2010 - 08.2011

Assistant Teacher- 8:1:3

Rebecca School
08.2008 - 08.2010

Program Administrator

JCC Adaptations Program
08.2006 - 02.2008

MSED Childhood General and Special Education -

Hunter College, CUNY

BA Social Thought and Political Economy - undefined

University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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Universidad Nacional, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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