Terilyn Snyder
Coopersburg,PA
Summary
Highly motivated, enthusiastic and dedicated educator who wants all children to be successful learners.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LTS Special Education Teacher
Saucon Valley Elementary School
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Developed and managed IEPs tailored to individual student needs, ensuring their academic success and personal growth.
- Promoted a positive learning environment through the use of differentiated instruction and individualized support for diverse learners.
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
Paraprofessional
Saucon Valley Elementary School
08.2019 - 12.2020
- Assisted 3rd & 1st grade teachers in creating lesson plans and materials for all subjects.
- Lead small instructional groups to meet specific needs of students
- Conducted quarterly reading/math assessments and weekly progress monitoring.
- Promoted positive social interactions and self-help skills.
Autistic Support Classroom Teacher
Mount Prospect Elementary School
07.2016 - 02.2019
- Self-contained classroom for students with autism in grades 3-5
- Created and implemented IEPs and BIPs
- Provided intensive training to aides
- Teaching/behavioral strategies: positive reinforcement, differential reinforcement, prompting, incidental teaching, video modeling, audio modeling, schedule following, scripting, discrete trial instruction, and small group instruction
- Subjects/instructional areas: Math, Reading, Writing, Social skills, Daily living skills, Motor skills, Classroom routines
- Daily communication and collaboration with parents, case managers, BCBA, OT, PT, SLT, teachers of the deaf, adaptive physical education teachers, and general education teachers
- Provided weekly training to parents through home visits and school visits
- Attended monthly staff, school, and community-based meetings
Classroom Teacher
Somerset Hills Learning Institute
09.2015 - 07.2016
- A dissemination site of the Princeton Child Development Institute
- Provided ABA science-based treatment and education to students with autism - ages 5 to 9 years old
- An intensive 1:1 student to teacher and 1:5 trainer to teacher ratio
- Individualized up to 20 different programs for one student
- Participated in IEP meetings and individualized up to 30 goals and objectives for each student
- Implemented comprehensive intervention models and programmed for generalization
- Collected and recorded data daily in a data notebook for both home and school
- Created materials for activity schedules, self-help and leisure skills, and token/choice board systems
- Provided up to 12 hours a month of training to parents in both home and community settings
- Administered and created materials for APA and DLM testing
Student Teaching Experience
Betty McElmon Elementary School
01.2014 - 05.2014
- Grade 3 - Inclusive general education classroom
- Designed and implemented interactive lesson plans for all subjects
- Writer's Workshop, Guided Reading Practice, Making Meaning Curriculum, Inquiry-based and experiment-based science lessons with McGraw Hill, Pearson Success Envisions Math Curriculum
Education
Masters of Science in Special Education Autism Track -
07.2015
Honors: Dean's List
Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education and Students with Disabilities -
05.2014
Honors: Dean's List, Magna Cum Laude
Skills
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Individualized Instruction
- Parent Communication
- Organization
- Patience
- Time Management
Certification
- General Education PK-4
- Special Education PK-8
Professional Development
- Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting Act Training
- Violent Intruder/Active Shooter Training
- Crisis Prevention Intervention Training
- Participation in Family Literacy Nights
- Suicide Awareness and Prevention Course
- Monmouth University Literacy Symposiums
- Bullying Workshop
- Alcohol and Drug Awareness for Employees Training
- Allergy Management/Food Allergies Training
- Section 504 Training
- Affirmative Action Training
- Trauma Training
- Physical & Psychological Management Training (PMT)
Technology Skills
- Google Documents, Slides
- Microsoft-PowerPoint, Word, Excel
- Kidspiration
- SmartBoard
- iPad/Tablets
- FM System
- Cochlear Implants
- Ulna/Elmo
- Google Chrome Books
- Picture Communication Exchange System (PECS)
- Proloquo2Go
- Go Talk Now
- Dynavox
- AB Pathfinder
- IEP Direct
- SymbolStix
- First Then Visual Schedule
Community Service
- Pedal for the Puzzle
- Relay for Life
- Edge of Autism Walk
- Special Olympics
Timeline
LTS Special Education Teacher - Saucon Valley Elementary School
01.2021 - 06.2021
Paraprofessional - Saucon Valley Elementary School
08.2019 - 12.2020
Autistic Support Classroom Teacher - Mount Prospect Elementary School
07.2016 - 02.2019
Classroom Teacher - Somerset Hills Learning Institute
09.2015 - 07.2016
Student Teaching Experience - Betty McElmon Elementary School
01.2014 - 05.2014
Monmouth University - Masters of Science in Special Education Autism Track,
Monmouth University - Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education and Students with Disabilities,
- General Education PK-4
- Special Education PK-8
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