Rebecca Evans
Pottsville,PA
Summary
· Special education professional highly skilled in challenges associated with teaching special needs children. Works well with classroom teachers to develop accommodations and special techniques for mainstream classroom inclusion.
· Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
· To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Education Itinerant Teacher
Commonwealth Charter Academy
Harrisburg, PA
10.2022 - Current
- Communicated regularly with parents regarding their child's educational progress.
- Conducted small group and individual classroom activities with students based on differentiated learning needs.
- Created and implemented compliant IEPs, progress reports and state-specific special education documentation.
- Utilized technology resources to engage and motivate students with disabilities.
- Monitored student progress through data collection and analysis.
- Facilitated small group instruction for academic remediation or enrichment activities.
Learning Support Teacher
Blue Mountain School District
Orwigsburg, PA
08.2008 - 10.2022
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Prepared instructional materials for group and one-on-one use to comply with established curriculum.
- Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Taught reading, language arts and social sciences in self-contained ED and LD classroom.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
Learning Support Teacher
Schuylkill Haven Area School District
Schuylkill Haven, PA
08.2005 - 06.2008
- Maintained inclusive learning environment to enable students to gain maximum benefit from lessons.
- Documented student behaviors, interventions and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
Education
Master of Education - Educational Leadership
Alvernia University
Bachelor of Science - Special Education And Early Childhood Education
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Skills
- IEP compliance
- Classroom management
- Group and individual instruction
- Differentiated instruction
- Implementation of all subject areas
- Create, deliver and revise Individual Education Plans
- Establish transition plans for post-secondary education
- Incorporate multitude of learning platforms
- Progress Monitoring
- Social Skills Development
Timeline
Special Education Itinerant Teacher
Commonwealth Charter Academy
10.2022 - Current
Learning Support Teacher
Blue Mountain School District
08.2008 - 10.2022
Learning Support Teacher
Schuylkill Haven Area School District
08.2005 - 06.2008
Master of Education - Educational Leadership
Alvernia University
Bachelor of Science - Special Education And Early Childhood Education
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
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