Tracie Smith
Medina
Summary
Compassionate Intervention Specialist with experience working with special needs children across grades one through nine in various classroom settings. Adept at building healthy and strong relationships with students and parents. Outstanding skills in collaboration, communication, and behavior management.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Intervention Specialist
Cloverleaf Local Schools
09.2012 - Current
- Co-Teacher 6th Grade Language Arts/Math
- Resource Room Teacher Grades 6-8 Language Arts/Math
- Designed individual education plans to encourage student growth according to different learning abilities and needs.
- Helped students with special needs integrate into general classroom environments by advocating for individual requirements and helping teachers solve problems.
- Maintained accurate records of student progress and attendance.
- Provided emotional support to students and families.
- Implemented behavior modification techniques to improve student social and academic performance.
- Collaborated with other educators to develop instructional strategies.
- Developed Individual Education Plans for students with special needs.
- Coordinated regular meetings to share and analyze student performance data and success plans with colleagues and parents.
- Facilitated small group instruction to address individual learning needs.
- Utilized technology to create meaningful lessons that engage students.
- Worked closely with parents and guardians to address students' issues on multiple fronts.
- Monitored student performance to evaluate effectiveness of instructional strategies.
- Developed and implemented behavior management plans to improve student behavior.
- Conducted assessments of students to determine individual needs.
- Planned daily activities to keep students engaged and on track with learning goals.
- Mentored new teachers on student progress monitoring and legal document preparation.
- Maintained records of ongoing assessments and documentation of updates.
Paraprofessional
Cloverleaf Local Schools
09.2012 - 09.2013
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Stepped into non-classroom environments such as libraries to help staff manage demand.
- Enforced rules and instructions to maintain discipline.
Special Education Teacher
Northeast Independent School District
09.1988 - 06.1990
- Taught grades 1-5 in a resource room setting
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Partnered with standard education teachers from across academic departments.
- Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Encouraged students to take ownership of learning by providing choices.
- Designed individual education plans to encourage student growth according to different learning abilities and needs.
- Maintained accurate records of student progress and attendance.
- Developed Individual Education Plans for students with special needs.
- Coordinated regular meetings to share and analyze student performance data and success plans with colleagues and parents.
- Facilitated small group instruction to address individual learning needs.
- Planned daily activities to keep students engaged and on track with learning goals.
Special Education Teacher (Intensive Needs)
Northeast Independent School District
06.1989 - 08.1989
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional, and social growth.
- Instructed students with physical and cognitive disabilities.
- Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
Special Education Teacher (Behavior Unit)
Berks County Intermediate Unit (Wilson School District)
08.1990 - 08.1993
- Taught Grades 4-6 in Self-Contained Behavior Unit (2 years)
- Taught Grades 7-9 in Self-Contained Behavior Unit (1 year)
- Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- Improved behavior by modeling positive choices and teaching socially-acceptable options.
- Helped students with special needs integrate into general classroom environments by advocating for individual requirements and helping teachers solve problems.
- Provided emotional support to students and families.
- Implemented behavior modification techniques to improve student social and academic performance.
- Worked closely with parents and guardians to address students' issues on multiple fronts.
- Developed and implemented behavior management plans to improve student behavior.
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Encouraged students to take ownership of learning by providing choices.
- Designed individual education plans to encourage student growth according to different learning abilities and needs.
- Maintained accurate records of student progress and attendance.
- Developed Individual Education Plans for students with special needs.
- Facilitated small group instruction to address individual learning needs.
- Planned daily activities to keep students engaged and on track with learning goals.
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional, and social growth.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Weekly collaboration meetings with a county provided social worker and the school psychologist in order to analyze behaviors, create in-class management systems, and design emotional support lessons.
- Incorporated safely restraining methods when necessary.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Special And Elementary Education
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock, PA05-1988
Certification - Education
University of Akron
Akron, OH05-2011
Certification - Education
State of Texas
06-1989
Certification - Education
Pennsylvania State University Berks
Berks County, PATimeline
Intervention Specialist
Cloverleaf Local Schools
09.2012 - Current
Paraprofessional
Cloverleaf Local Schools
09.2012 - 09.2013
Special Education Teacher (Behavior Unit)
Berks County Intermediate Unit (Wilson School District)
08.1990 - 08.1993
Special Education Teacher (Intensive Needs)
Northeast Independent School District
06.1989 - 08.1989
Special Education Teacher
Northeast Independent School District
09.1988 - 06.1990
Bachelor of Science - Special And Elementary Education
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Certification - Education
University of Akron
Certification - Education
State of Texas
Certification - Education
Pennsylvania State University Berks