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Shari Boardman

Rapid City,SD

Summary

Hard-working professional with 18 years of teaching experience and/or caring for persons with special needs. I worked as a Elementary Special Education Teacher for 10 years, taught Pre-School for 3 years, and worked with Intellectually Disabled adults and children for 5 years. Looking to use my people skills, organizations skills, and gifts in the areas of serving and caring for others, in whatever capacity I am able to.

Qualified Special Education Teacher with solid background in Special Education, providing tailored instructional strategies for diverse learning needs. Successfully implemented individualized education plans (IEPs) to enhance student engagement and progress. Demonstrated expertise in building and maintaining rapport with students and fostering inclusive classroom environments.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Special Education Teacher

Natrona County School District
08.2021 - 06.2025
  • Collaborate with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, and/or administrators to support students' behavioral and/or academic needs.
  • Develop individual education plans (IEPs) designed to promote students' educational, physical, social, and emotional/behavioral development.
  • Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.
  • Encourage students to explore learning opportunities and persevere through challenging tasks in order to help them achieve their academic and personal goals.
  • Instruct special needs students in academic subjects, using a variety of techniques, such as phonetics, multisensory learning, repetition, and tactile objects, to reinforce learning, and help students fill in those gaps in their learning to bring them closer to grade-level performance.
  • Collaborate with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, general education teachers, and paraeducators, to develop individual education plans (IEPs). Work with general education teachers and paraeducators in order to assist them in implementing accommodations.
  • Meet with paraeducators regularly to see that accommodations and goals are being implemented and supported in the general education classrooms during inclusion support times, and to answer any question they may have regarding said implementation.

Special Education Teacher

Waco ISD Cedar Ridge Elementary
10.2015 - 06.2020
  • Confer with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, or administrators to resolve students' behavioral or academic needs.
  • Develop goals and accommodations for individual education plans (IEPs) designed to promote students' educational, physical, or social development.
  • Develop or implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.
  • Encourage students to explore learning opportunities and persevere with challenging tasks to meet goals.
  • Instruct special needs students in academic subjects, using a variety of techniques, such as phonetics, multisensory learning, or repetition to reinforce learning and meet students' various needs.
  • Collaborate with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual education plans (IEPs).

Education

B.A. - Early Childhood Education

University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
05.2009

Skills

  • Use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word
  • Use of Google Drive
  • Use of Gmail
  • Relationship building
  • Small group instruction
  • Individual education plans IEPs
  • Differentiated instruction
  • Classroom management
  • Collaborative teamwork
  • Parent communications
  • IEP and BIP implementation
  • IEP development

Certification

  • Wilson Reading Systems Training - 2022
  • LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling Training - 2024-2025

Timeline

Special Education Teacher

Natrona County School District
08.2021 - 06.2025

Special Education Teacher

Waco ISD Cedar Ridge Elementary
10.2015 - 06.2020

B.A. - Early Childhood Education

University of Texas at El Paso

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