Wendi M. Hoskins

Skilled in building genuine relationships with students, parents, coworkers, administration and district personnel. Results oriented, detail driven and creativity minded professional. Very strong technical aptitude. Expert level proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and Google applications. Excellent track record with initiating large-scale projects and seeing them through to completion, despite challenges and changing priorities. Most current evaluation score: Effective. (“Key Contributor” performance evaluations for several consecutive years in previous positions.) Compassionate Special Education Teacher known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in creating adaptive learning strategies, behavior management techniques, and individualized education plans tailored to each student's unique needs. Excel in communication, patience, and empathy, ensuring effective collaboration with parents, colleagues, and multidisciplinary teams to support student success.

Scheduled and conducted IEP and eligibility meetings, Counseled with parents on different options available that would best help their struggling student succeed, Counseled with students on courses they could take to help fulfill their graduation requirements as well as the accommodations they may need to be successful in those courses, Coordinated scheduling with regular education teachers, administrators, Speech, OT, PT and parents / guardians, Collected relevant data to share with meeting attendees; gathered all appropriate paperwork for student files after each meeting, Approximately 25-30 students on average

• Conducted Functional Behavior Assessments and wrote Behavior Intervention Plans for students whose behavior impeded them and others from learning in the classroom
• Designed and implemented innovative daily trackers and reward systems that targeted specific behaviors for chronic behavior problems in some students

• Carried out day-to-day classroom management techniques to keep problem behaviors at a minimum
• Implemented a classroom reward system that kept students motivated to perform to the best of their abilities
• Handled inappropriate behaviors in the classroom in a way that students did not feel threatened and were able to maintain their dignity in front of their peers
• Created an environment of safety and trust for all students in my classroom

Served 3 years as Department Head at Mound Fort Jr. High for the 5-teacher Special Education Department 3 years as an active member of the school leadership team helping to devise 90-day action plans and school focus plans Served as an advisor for the Hope Squad which is a student suicide prevention group Serve as an advisor for Mountain Crest High School Key Club which is a student service group Assisted with planning school-wide activities such as Senior Ball, Staff Appreciation, and Mr. Mustang

• 7th – 8th Grade Language Arts (Mound Fort Jr. High)
• 9th – 12th Grade Language Arts (Mountain Crest High School)
• 7th – 8th Grade Resource Math
• Resource and Co-taught Secondary Math 1
• Content Support (tutorials and study halls)
• Transition and Transition math

AEL License in School Counseling, 06/24, Professional level Educator License in Special Education K - 12, The Utah State Board of Education, 07/20, 06/27, Highly Qualified to teach Mathematics K-12 and Language Arts K – 12, ESL Endorsement, 2015, Certified to administer the Woodcock Johnson III Cognitive and Academic Achievement Tests and the KTEA-3 Academic Achievement Test, Certified to teach Higher Steps, Higher Steps w/ Writing, and Next Steps reading intervention program from University of Utah Reading Clinic (UURC), Completed coursework to teach The Writing Revolution curriculum