Shaheed Sellers
Brooklyn,NY
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
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
School Leadership Team Member
Department Of Education
Manhattan, NY
09.2020 - Current
- Mentored and guide teachers to foster proper connections to students
- Facilitated training for teachers through daily coaching and regular performance appraisals.
- Initiated timely response to emails, voicemails and written correspondence.
- Positioned as go-to person for up to eight staff members, troubleshooting complex administrative and training issues promptly.
- Worked with Principal to create prototypes of new designs and training materials.
- Established clear and competitive goals, growth roadmaps and strategic social emotional goals
- Managed and organized internal communication to hold teachers accountable to priorities.
- Assessed social emotional performances of students and adjusted operations to attain social emotional objectives.
- Effectively implemented best training practices and adult learning principles in planning and creation of instructional materials.
- Contributed to development of comprehensive employee training courses.
- Developed assessments and user polls to evaluate course effectiveness, altering content and delivery to achieve student learning goals.
- Targeted diverse learning modalities in development of new course content and training programs.
Special Education Teacher
Department Of Education
Manhattan, NY
09.2018 - Current
- 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.
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
- Partnered with standard education teachers from across academic departments.
- Instructed students with physical and cognitive disabilities.
- Instructed students in core academic areas and specialized reading groups.
- Designed and implemented point system to encourage positive behavior.
- Communicated nonverbally with children to provide comfort, encouragement and positive reinforcement.
- Taught reading, language arts and social sciences in self-contained ED and LD classroom.
- Completed intensive leadership training and provided training to colleagues on applied behavior analysis.
Self-Contained Special Education Teacher
Department Of Education
Manhattan, NY
09.2018 - Current
- 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.
- 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.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
- Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
- Taught reading, language arts and social sciences in self-contained ED and LD classroom.
- Completed intensive leadership training and provided training to colleagues on applied behavior analysis.
- Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies
Education
Master of Arts - Postsecondary Education
Relay Graduate School of Education
New York, NY05.2022
Bachelor of Arts - American History
SUNY College At Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY05.2016
Skills
- Student plans
- Learning strategies
- Curriculum design
- Curriculum selection
- Progress tracking
- Course material creation
- Organization and Time Management
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Student records management
- Lesson Planning
- Differentiated instruction
Certification
- Licensed Special Education Teacher - 2018-present
Timeline
School Leadership Team Member
Department Of Education
09.2020 - Current
Special Education Teacher
Department Of Education
09.2018 - Current
Self-Contained Special Education Teacher
Department Of Education
09.2018 - Current
Master of Arts - Postsecondary Education
Relay Graduate School of Education
Bachelor of Arts - American History
SUNY College At Plattsburgh
- Licensed Special Education Teacher - 2018-present
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