Victoria Urban
Fort Myers,USA
Summary
I am a problem solver, I am empathetic, I see the potential in others, I am a learner, and I am flexible, patient, and organized. I enjoy working with a diverse group of students, teachers, staff, parents/guardians, and community members and feel fulfilled when I am humbly able to demonstrate my strengths when engaged in my work. My ideal career and work place is we can celebrate our positive behavior choices, embrace our unique cultures, improve our social/emotional well-being, confidently advocate our educational wants and needs, and build family-type relationships with all students, teachers, and staff we work with.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Education Teacher
Tortuga Preserve Elementary School
Lehigh Acres, USA
08.2013 - 12.2023
- Engage students with Language and/or Speech Impairments, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Specific Learning Disabilities, Emotional Behavioral Disorders, and Other Health Impairments at the Kindergarten-8th grade level in separate and inclusive classroom settings by teaching academic, social/emotional, independent functioning, and communication skills
- Inspire and encourage positive academic, social/emotional, independent functioning, and communication skills during whole group, small group, and individualized instruction and After School Care and Tutoring programs
- Integrate research-based professional development trainings to create and differentiate instruction through analyzing data and studying grade-level and/or alternate curriculum, content and standards and/or access points
- Collaborate in professional development trainings in the following programs; includes but not limited to: Really Great Reading HD Word, Accelerated Reader, STAR Reading/Math Diagnostic Assessments, i-Ready Reading/Math Diagnostic Assessments, Developing Quality Individualized Education Plans (IEP)/Matrix, Thinking Maps, Kagan Cooperative Learning, Collaborative Teaching, Love & Logic, Restorative Practices, The Zones of Regulation, and TEACH (Techniques for Effective Adolescent & Child Handling)
- Cultivate relationships with students' parent(s)/guardian(s) by producing daily visual/written communication notes to send home, making phone calls/e-mails home/work, and scheduling parent-teacher conferences, student-led conferences, and IEP meetings
- Initiated and developed a Sunshine Committee at school; a group of teachers dedicated to boosting and building positive teacher/staff morale through intrinsic and extrinsic reinforcement and motivation; treats, jeans days, KUDOs, and events in and outside of school
- Cooperatively led and managed our school's team of ESE teachers and support staff as the ESE Co-Department Head by sharing information about teacher/classroom development from leadership meetings at the school level, created a system of organizing teacher's schedules, student caseloads, student's testing accommodations, and student's IEP snapshots
- Cooperatively led and managed a team of General Education Teachers, ESE Teachers, Admin, Service Providers and Parent Input by taking the BPIE (Best Practices for Inclusive Education) assessment to rate and develop a plan for improving our school's inclusive education.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Exceptional Student Education
Florida Gulf Coast University
05-2013
Skills
- Skills Development
- Data Management
- Individual Education Plans IEPs
- Collaborative Teamwork
- Group and Individual Instruction
- Relationship Building
- Parent Communications
- Classroom Management
- Technology Integration
- Effective Listening
- Differentiated Instruction
- Positive Reinforcement
- Constructive Feedback
- Activity Planning Skills
- Staff Management
- Organization
- Empathetic Approach
- Learning Disabilities Expertise
Professional Conferences
- IEP Best Practices Masterclass, 2022
- Really Great Reading Science of Reading - Developing Readers Grades 1-12, 2022
- Spotlight on Dyslexia, 2022
- Teach It Special 2020 and 2021
- Teacher Summer Reboot 2020 Virtual, 2020
- Teach Your Heart Out Virtual Conference, 2020
- Annual Children and Youth Conference, 2016, Fort Myers, FL
- Annual Statewide CARD (Center for Autism and Related Disabilities) Conference, 2015, Orlando, FL
- Annual Promising Pathways: The Road to Best Practice in Autism, 2013-2014, Fort Myers, FL
- Annual Children's Mental Health Conference, 2012, Fort Myers, FL
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Special Education Teacher
Tortuga Preserve Elementary School
08.2013 - 12.2023
Bachelor of Arts - Exceptional Student Education
Florida Gulf Coast University
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