Stephanie F Copeland
OWINGSMILLS,MD
Summary
Building a community where all students, staff, and families feel connected and valued in the school building and beyond…. All children are capable of success, NO EXCEPTIONS!
Overview
1
1
year of post-secondary education
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Paraprofessional (Middle school) - Haley Pilot school
Boston public Schools
11.2022 - Current
- Provided one-on-one and small group support to students, including those with IEPs, to reinforce learning goals and facilitate academic progress.
- Worked directly with students who need additional academic and behavior support, including students with disabilities or IEPs.
- Provided instructional support in general education and special education classrooms.
- Supported lesson implementation and classroom management to enhance student engagement and learning.
- Fostered an inclusive, respectful, and nurturing learning environment aligned with BPS equity and inclusion goals.
- Instructed students in social skills to promote appropriate behaviors and reduce disruptions. for replacement behaviors that contribute to disruptive, challenging behaviors.
- Assisted with documentation of student performance and behavior for teacher and support staff collaboration.
- Documented student observations and progress to inform teaching strategies. and progress to communicate with teachers and specialists.
- Supervised students during lunch and recess to ensure their safety and engagement.
Behavior Interventionalist, Brooklyn Park Middle School
Anne ArundeL Public Schools (Maryland)
08.2020 - 06.2022
- Work directly with students in small groups and individually to implement instructional programs, plans and activities for students who are disruptive to the educational environment.
- Teaches social skills for replacement behaviors that contribute to disruptive, challenging behaviors.
- Monitor student behaviors as they return to the classroom through follow-up with the referring teachers and to provide feedback and suggestions for successful functioning in school/classroom.
- Assist in the re-establishment of relations between the students and referring teacher, mediating, and resolving issues or difficulties to create a cohesive learning environment in which every student participates and feels comfortable.
- Supported school staff in implementing Cooperative Discipline Techniques, enhancing classroom management and student engagement.
- Assist students with development of reentry plans following the DMR referral.
- Support the schools Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) programs by enforcing rules and providing positive rewards.
- Participate in training of school staff on the development of Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavioral Intervention Plans.
- Provide support to school staff on Cooperative Discipline Techniques.
- Mediated and resolved issues between students and referring teachers, fostering a cohesive learning environment that encourages participation and comfort for all students.
- Participation in ongoing staff development.
- Mentor a caseload of students and monitoring their grades, attendance of identifies students.
- Collaborates with families to support school to home relationships.
- Mentor a caseload of students and monitoring their grades, attendance of identified students.
- Served on the County Restorative Practices Training and Facilitating Team.
- Implemented Restorative Practices within the building.
- Facilitated Restorative Justice Circle between students, faculty, staff, administration, and families in the community.
Reading Intervention Teacher & Para-educator, Brooklyn Park Middle School
08.2018 - 06.2020
- Worked directly with identified intervention students to provide reading strategies and skills.
- Planning, implementing, and evaluating instructional lessons, methods, strategies and materials to meet the individual needs of students.
- Supervise students while working; assist students having difficulty.
- Worked directly with the students individually or in small groups to reinforce subjects.
- Discuss observations/progress of students with instructional staff.
- Observe and gather assessment data on students.
- Record data to record books/master charts/assessment form.
- Performed various clerical tasks, including correcting work papers and tests, keeping daily attendance, and maintaining student folders and records.
- Records data to record books/master charts/assessment form.
- Monitor student growth progress interventions and skill attainment during intervention instruction and provide information to classroom teacher.
Para-educator, Moss Adams Academy
08.2016 - 06.2018
Reading Interventionist & Para- Educator, Shady Side Middle School
08.2014 - 06.2016
One on One Aide, George Fox Middle, Northeast High School, Chesapeake High School
08.2009 - 06.2014
Education
Bacholors - Psychology
University of Maryland Global Campus
Hyattsville, MD 09.2026 - 09.2026
High School Diploma -
Owings Mills High School
08.2002 - 05.2003
Skills
- Individualized educational plans
- Behavioral assessment
- Instructional strategies
- Lesson planning
- Classroom management
- Individual support
- Academic tutoring
- Data tracking
- Progress monitoring
- Student engagement
- Reading and writing support
- Social skills development
- Conflict resolution
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Social-emotional support
- Team collaboration
- Educational assistance
- Individual instruction
- Classroom organization
- Student records management
- Student progress tracking
- Reading support
- Smartboard
- Technology integration
- Multicultural awareness
- Social support
Timeline
Bacholors - Psychology
University of Maryland Global Campus
09.2026 - 09.2026
Paraprofessional (Middle school) - Haley Pilot school
Boston public Schools
11.2022 - Current
Behavior Interventionalist, Brooklyn Park Middle School
Anne ArundeL Public Schools (Maryland)
08.2020 - 06.2022
Reading Intervention Teacher & Para-educator, Brooklyn Park Middle School
08.2018 - 06.2020
Para-educator, Moss Adams Academy
08.2016 - 06.2018
Reading Interventionist & Para- Educator, Shady Side Middle School
08.2014 - 06.2016
One on One Aide, George Fox Middle, Northeast High School, Chesapeake High School
08.2009 - 06.2014
High School Diploma -
Owings Mills High School
08.2002 - 05.2003