Shirley Colbert
Victorville,CA
Summary
I am a retired Special Education Teacher. I have had varied experiences teaching Special Education. I have three crendentials Severely Handicapped
Educationally Handicapped and Multiple Subjects. My degree
is in Early Childhood Education , I was also a Special Education Resource Teacher
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Education Teacher
LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District
City of Los Angeles, CA
09.1976 - 05.1994
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
- Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- 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.
- Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
- Worked with students with moderate to severe autism to increase life skills.
- Partnered with standard education teachers from across academic departments.
- Instructed students with physical and cognitive disabilities.
- Coordinated special education students and teacher assistant schedules with master schedule.
- Instructed students in core academic areas and specialized reading groups.
- Communicated nonverbally with children to provide comfort, encouragement and positive reinforcement.
- Created learning and content strategies to meet needs of mentally and physically disabled students.
- Organized instruction material, constructed bulletin boards and set up work areas.
- Designed and implemented point system to encourage positive behavior.
- Provided life skills programming for students with moderate to severe autism.
- Taught reading, language arts and social sciences in self-contained ED and LD classroom.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education
Cal State University L A
City Of Los Angeles, CA06.1976
Skills
- Call Answering and Routing
- Customer Service
- Greet Guests
- Making Appointments
Timeline
Special Education Teacher
LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District
09.1976 - 05.1994
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education
Cal State University L A
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