Sharon Bardakci
Educator
Clarksburg,MD
Summary
Committed to educational development and success. Versatile Educator with focus on individual student needs across academia and emotional development. Zealous about ensuring students with disabilities receive the best access to quality education. Empathetic and catering to diverse learning abilities. Proficient in employing constant communication, patience, constructive feedback and positive reinforcement in team efforts to deliver exceptional educational tools, fostering academic achievement.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Resource Teacher Special Education (RTSE)
Montgomery Public Schools
7 2020 - Current
- Supervised department members: special educators and para educators
- Chaired Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meetings
- Prepared and led monthly department meetings with emphasis on current best practices while working with students with disabilities, staying abreast with updated state regulations, and ensuring department members are providing and implementing Individualized Education Plans with fidelity across all academic settings
- Facilitated professional development for special educators/paraeducators alike pertaining to expectations, best practices, and national standards set forth when working directly with students with disabilities
- Topics discussed included: co-teaching principles, IEP writing and expectations, and differentiating instruction for all learners
- Engaged in student focus groups of Hispanic/Emergent Multi-Lingual Learners (EMLs)
- Collaborated with content area supervisors to ensure special education students are receiving appropriate access within the general education curriculum
- Mentored various new special educators within the district and explained procedures and timelines as it relates to case managing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
- Communicated regularly with administrators and stakeholders outside the school (within MCPS central office) regarding legal mandates and processes necessary for handling and implementing IEPs within the school setting (i.e., collaborate with various stakeholders whether it be in monthly county level meetings, bi-weekly status meeting with administrator, weekly student wellbeing team meetings, as well as weekly leadership meetings to gather and disseminate pertinent information related to special education)
- Administered educational evaluations for all students being screened for Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
- Developed and managed a school wide case management database to oversee and keep track of all students identified with special education as it pertains to their local school programming (i.e., classes, meeting dates, appropriate stakeholders to attend meetings) and ensure all IEPs are in compliance with the Individualized Education Act (IDEA)
- Collaborated with school psychologists, speech and language pathologists, grade level counselors, and administrators regarding specific students as it pertains to their IEP management as well as overall student wellbeing
- Examples of topics discussed regarding students’ wellbeing include attendance, student performance, IEP goals and progress made, behavior, and any health-related concerns
- Ensured all case managers are briefed on any changes made to IEPs when they are not present for the discussions
- Attended Central Office Individualized Education Plan meetings (CIEP) where discussions included the rationale as to why the students’ needs would be better served in a different setting than the student home school (i.e., specific program needed in a different school location, or a student’s needs would be more beneficial in a non-public setting)
- Attended and participated in mediation hearings with family attorney’s and Montgomery County Public School representatives (attorney’s, special education supervisors, and central office resolution and compliance representatives) where disputes needed to be resolved between the school and family
- Served as a liaison between school and central office stakeholders in terms of highflier student cases as well as staying informed of any new legal mandates or updated special education information
- Managed a student case load of eleven students comprised of both private school and public-school students with IEPs which included: quarterly progress monitoring, check ins with the students, check ins with grade level educators, and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure each student is provided with effective and rigorous education as it relates to grade level curriculum
- Managed special education school funds.
Special Education Teacher
08.2015 - 06.2020
- Mentored two new special educators to the county for the school year 2019-2020
- Led a MOIEP training at NEO in August 2019 for new special education hires to MCPS
- Created and facilitated training on new quarterly progress forms (Google form) for the 7th grade team as well as present a full training with case managers about the process of creating and implementing the forms with fellow general education teachers
- Led and facilitated an after-school program, which had students collaborate with other students, in multiple grade levels with varying disabilities, with their peers, while engaging in social group activities
- Prepared and delivered lessons for sixth, seventh and eighth grade math classes: Algebra, Math 6, Math IM, Math 8, and Resource classes
- Instructed students during summer 2016 in an enrichment program for incoming seventh grade math IM students by frontloading the 7th grade portion of the curriculum
- Administered a 1:1 reading intervention program with a student using the Ready Common Core Reading Program
- Implemented and managed a caseload of 10-15 students with varying disabilities
- Communicated frequently with parents regarding their child’s school progress and worked with them directly to ensure that the child is meeting grade level standards and expectations
- Instructed learners of varying disabilities through differentiating/scaffolding instruction
- Utilized new technology platforms and systems to help facilitate, support, and monitor students’ educational learning: Performance matters and MOIEP
- Attended department and administrative meetings on the status, implementation, and final evaluations related to data monitored within the new technology systems
- Performed best practices, daily within instruction, for all learners.
Educational Leadership Internship
08.2017 - 05.2018
- Participated in administrative decision-making processes related to instruction and evaluation policies
- Attended various off-site meetings of different entities within the MCPS school system
- Utilized new technology platforms/systems to help drive curriculum and instruction centered on students with disabilities
- Planned and implemented an action research initiative centered on students with disabilities instructed in self-contained and inclusive learning settings
- Helped provide leadership and guidance towards a mentee, regarding new technology systems implemented within the school system.
Special Education Teacher
Loudoun County Public Schools
08.2013 - 07.2015
- Prepared and delivered lessons for 6th grade self-contained science/math classes as well as for 8th grade inclusion English classes, and self-contained math classes
- Implemented and managed a caseload of 10 students with varying disabilities
- This included daily communications with the student about how they are doing and work with them on the identified goals through their instructor
- Additionally, continuously communicated with the student’s parents on the progress made and the way forward through quarterly progress reports and other means
- Instructed students identified as English Language Learners (ELL), as well as learners with varying disabilities through differentiated instruction, scaffolding of material, small group and whole group instruction, modeling of examples, and rubrics with examples of how to set up and conduct effective material
- Attended department meetings on the status, implementation, and final evaluations related to data monitored within the varying technology systems
- Performed best practices, daily within instruction, for all learners.
Substitute Teacher
Central bucks school district
11.2012 - 06.2013
Substitute Teacher
Substitute Teacher Service
08.2012 - 06.2013
Substitute Teacher
CENTENNIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
01.2012 - 06.2013
Substitute Teacher
COUNCIL ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
03.2011 - 06.2013
Independent Contractor (TSS/MT) - Therapeutic Staff Support/Mobile Therapist
Horizons Behavioral Health
01.2010 - 06.2013
- Provided 1:1 service in the form of a therapeutic staff support (TSS) case worker in both home and public settings
- Modeled for parents and child alike, strategies and techniques to use to help deescalate in stressful situations and circumstances
- Example of this included mindful breathing and social cues
- Provided services to students with disabilities that included: Autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorders, and Anxiety
- Collaborated weekly with a behavior specialist on updates related to each individual student’s case.
Independent Contractor (BSC/MT) - Behavioral Specialist Consultant/Mobile Therapist
CHILD AND FAMILY FOCUS, INC.
09.2011 - 08.2012
- Provided 1:1 service in the form of a therapeutic staff support (TSS) case worker, as well as Mobile Therapy in both home and public settings
- Modeled for parents and child alike, strategies and techniques to use to help deescalate in stressful situations and circumstances
- Examples of this included mindful breathing and social cues
- Provided services to students with disabilities that included: Autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorders, and Anxiety
- Collaborated weekly with a behavior specialist on updates related to each individual student’s case
- Developed and implemented plans for individual students.
Literacy Aide- Radnor Elementary School
RADNOR SCHOOL DISTRICT
09.2007 - 05.2009
- Provided small group instruction regarding reading phonics to kindergarten students as well as third graders using the Wilson Foundations Program
- This program helped build students phonemic awareness within the primary school curriculums.
Traffic Manager/Project Manager
CLINE, DAVIS & MANN
10.2006 - 01.2007
Customer Service Manager
COMCAST- SPECTATOR
08.2005 - 07.2006
Marketing Intern
Philadelphia Flyers
05.2005 - 08.2005
Education
Administration Level I & II certification program -
Hood College
Rockville 08.2016 - 05.2018
Special Education K-12 certification program -
Arcadia University
Glenside, PA 08.2012 - 05.2014
M.Ed., Elementary Education -
Cabrini College
Radnor, PA 08.2007 - 05.2009
B.A., Advertising/Public Relations -
Penn State University
State College, PA 08.2001 - 05.2005
Minor-Business/Liberal Arts -
Penn State University
State College, PA 08.2001 - 05.2005
Skills
Collaborative Leadership
Learning disability awareness
Data-driven decision-making
Social Skills Development
Functional Behavior Assessment
Inclusion Strategies
Autism spectrum understanding
Instructional differentiation
Individualized Education Plan expertise
Relationship Building
Performance Evaluations
Student Support
Staff Supervision
Effective Communication
Interpersonal Skills
Problem-solving abilities
Associations
- K-6 Elementary Education Certification
- K-12 Special Education Certification
- Math Grades 4-9 certification, Highly Qualified
- Admin I & II certification
- Observing And Teaching (OAT) I certification
Awards
MCCPTA Special Education honorable mention for teacher of the year May 2018
Timeline
Educational Leadership Internship
08.2017 - 05.2018
Administration Level I & II certification program -
Hood College
08.2016 - 05.2018
Special Education Teacher
08.2015 - 06.2020
Special Education Teacher
Loudoun County Public Schools
08.2013 - 07.2015
Substitute Teacher
Central bucks school district
11.2012 - 06.2013
Special Education K-12 certification program -
Arcadia University
08.2012 - 05.2014
Substitute Teacher
Substitute Teacher Service
08.2012 - 06.2013
Substitute Teacher
CENTENNIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
01.2012 - 06.2013
Independent Contractor (BSC/MT) - Behavioral Specialist Consultant/Mobile Therapist
CHILD AND FAMILY FOCUS, INC.
09.2011 - 08.2012
Substitute Teacher
COUNCIL ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
03.2011 - 06.2013
Independent Contractor (TSS/MT) - Therapeutic Staff Support/Mobile Therapist
Horizons Behavioral Health
01.2010 - 06.2013
Literacy Aide- Radnor Elementary School
RADNOR SCHOOL DISTRICT
09.2007 - 05.2009
M.Ed., Elementary Education -
Cabrini College
08.2007 - 05.2009
Traffic Manager/Project Manager
CLINE, DAVIS & MANN
10.2006 - 01.2007
Customer Service Manager
COMCAST- SPECTATOR
08.2005 - 07.2006
Marketing Intern
Philadelphia Flyers
05.2005 - 08.2005
B.A., Advertising/Public Relations -
Penn State University
08.2001 - 05.2005
Minor-Business/Liberal Arts -
Penn State University
08.2001 - 05.2005
Resource Teacher Special Education (RTSE)
Montgomery Public Schools
7 2020 - Current