Sally Sparks

• Fostered student curiosity and interest in learning through hands-on activities and field trips.
• Worked one-on-one with students to determine strengths, weaknesses, and learning patterns.
• Maintained student portfolios to monitor learning progress and completion of work required for promotion to next grade level.
• Fostered positive and pleasant classroom culture while maintaining learning development goals.
• Offered supplemental and individualized instruction for at-risk and struggling students.
• Developed positive rapport with students of various and diverse backgrounds.
• Established open communication and positive relationships with students, parents, peers, and administrative staff.
• Met with parents to review Individualized Education Plans for at-risk students.
• Organized and supervised large and small group activities.
• Planned and executed activities to stimulate physical, social and intellectual growth.
• Monitored classroom to verify safe and secure environment.
• Collaborated with teachers, parents and administrators to facilitate positive outcomes for students.
• Facilitated family meetings to ensure communication and collaboration between family members.
• Implemented research-based interventions and strategies to support positive behavior and social-emotional development.
• Visited homes of families and maintained appropriate contact as directed by agency procedures.
• Built solid and trusting rapport with children and families, fostering trust and communication to meet case needs.
• Collaborated with school personnel, parents and mental health providers to maintain comprehensive and integrated approach to student services.

Organize weekly meetings. Distribute information throughout group about local Deaf events, as well as tutor early ASL students in beginning Sign Language. Our group is meant to provide a warm, low pressure environment where signers of ALL LEVELS are encouraged to meet and sign together. Every week (and sometimes more) we gather to tell stories, discuss Deaf culture, and improve our signing skills. Our members include Deaf, Hard of Hearing, hearing students, CODAs, and just about anyone with the ability to sign.

Over two years caring for special needs child. From birth was diagnosed with Failure to Thrive, and was dependent on feeding tube for sustenance. Duties include helping oversee occupational, physical, voice, and psychological exercises that are provided by team of health care professionals. Other duties include accompanying child to weekly medical appointments and volunteering in preschool and kindergarten classrooms.

Courses taught included Acting III, Introduction to Theatre, and assistant instructor for all Acting courses. As a T.A. for Introduction to Theatre, I was in charge of lecturing a class section of 35 students twice a week. Duties included grading and recording papers and attendance, as well as meeting and tutoring students one-on-one outside of classroom. As T.A. for Acting III, I assisted in coaching students and taught class for three weeks during lead instructor's extended absence. As assistant instructor for all Acting courses, I functioned as substitute for any teacher who was unable to attend his or her classes, and coached students who were both majors and non-majors in their class assignments. Please contact Maria Beach for reference.