Tracie Williams

• Manage cognitive, learning, behavioral, and developmental disabilities by administering, writing, and interpreting Full Initial Individual Evaluations, Full Individual Evaluations, and Re-Evaluations for caseload of over 100 students to maintain district compliance with federal, state, and district special education policies.
• Lead the development of all sections of the ARD for age-appropriate students, parents, school administrator, teachers, and related services for over 100 students at 2 district campuses.
• Participate in other meetings with administrators, teachers, and parents to discuss student progress and interventions.

• Advocated for students by communicating assessment findings to parents and stakeholders.
• Conducted thorough evaluations, accurately pinpointing areas requiring additional support or intervention.

• Manage, with the assistance of the lead Educational Diagnostician, cognitive and achievement assessments and write Full Initial Individual Evaluations and Full Individual Evaluations for caseload of over 100 students.
• Spearhead the development of IEP for age-appropriate students, parents, school administrator, teachers, and related services for over 100 students at 4 of 6 district campuses.
• Participate in other meetings with administrators, teachers, and parents to discuss student progress and interventions.

• Managed and completed all Individual Education Program (IEP) and Section 504 paperwork for over 50 students.
• Led campus staff meetings in understanding the implementation of students' IEPs.
• Spearheaded Child Find process, verified eligibility, and programming of Special Education students new to the district and currently being supported by the district.

• Led instructional planning, organization, and administration of school activities and programs, including all Special Populations Program groups in the areas of curriculum, instruction, assessment, student conduct, and attendance for over 100 students.
• Managed all Special Populations groups including Special Education, Section 504, Gifted/Talented, English as a Second Language, and English Language Learners while functioning as the director/facilitator of all programs for the compliance of all federal and state documents for over 100 students.
• Ensured implementation of strategies aimed at improving student's academic performance of coursework and state assessments.

• Developed, with the help of parents and other members of the staff, Individual Education Programs through Admission, Review, and Dismissal paperwork with the assistance of the ARD Committee for caseload of 50 students.
• Developed instructional, therapeutic, and developmental programs for assigned students; and provided written evidence of services provided for caseload students.
• Planned and used appropriate instructional strategies, activities, materials, and equipment to reflect the understanding of the learning styles and needs of students with disabilities for caseload.

• Delegated and collaborated with fellow special needs teachers to oversee compliance of state and federal regulations for 30 students with disabilities from sixth through twelfth grade.
• Managed duties such as developed schedules for inclusion students, schedules for inclusion teachers, trained general education teachers, student Transfer ARDs, Graduation plans and ARDs, maintained records, and collaborated with outside agencies for assessments development for all students with disabilities.

• Managed department leadership duties such as developed schedules, handled student's initial IEP paperwork, and maintained all district records for campus special education population in accordance with state and federal guidelines for 50 students.
• Developed, with other Campus Instructional Leadership Team members, the guidelines for campus-wide instructional and teacher-based decisions.