William E. HENRY Sr.
Psychology, Special Education, Curriculum
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
Special Education Teacher and Case Manager with 8 years of experience improving academic achievement of students with disabilities. Proven ability to incorporate educational models to foster student growth and engagement. Possesses expired special education and current substitute license and a Master of Science degree in Applied Behavior Analysis with demonstrated success in instructional methods and negative behavior reduction.
Overview
11
11
years of post-secondary education
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Education Case Manager
Public and Public Charter Education Sectors Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
07.2015 - Current
- Individual Education Plan (IEP) evaluation.
- Caseload management, accommodations, student and parental rights.
- Student conflict resolution, behavior management, and behavior modification.
- Student intellectual growth through direct and technology-based teaching.
- McGraw-Hill Curriculum Administrator.
- Lexia Learning Curriculum Administrator.
- Conducted training for educational staff to properly identify learning disabilities and remediation strategies.
- Supported general education teachers and administrators in implementing strategies to meet needs of students with IEPs.
- Liaised with teachers to develop Individualized Education Programs to provide quality education for students with disabilities.
- Coached and observed teachers to improve teaching techniques.
- Evaluated IEP for compliance with state and federal requirements regulations and rectified non-compliance issues immediately.
- Participated in professional growth programs to support special education improvement efforts.
- Facilitated special education placement process in partnership with parents to provide free appropriate public education for eligible referrals.
- Facilitated IEP meetings by using family-centered, strength-based approach.
- Developed and implemented transition services plan to facilitate movement from school to activities.
- Adhered to established rules, ethical standards and codes of professional conduct conducive to positive learning atmosphere.
- Maintained contact with parents to address concerns and needs of children.
- Used Infinite Campus to maintain student records and prepare reports.
- Collaborated with families to provide resources for children outside of school district.
- Monitored student progress and reviewed and revised IEP to meet emerging student needs.
- Interpreted and analyzed academic data to maintain student development and retention.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Developed positive relationships with parents to foster communication and encourage involvement for student growth.
- Assisted personnel with assessments to identify student academic ability level and guide instruction.
Head of Faculty-Teacher
United School Al Yahar - AE
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
01.2012 - 01.2015
- McGraw-Hill education implementation and deployment.
- Head of English faculty and program leadership.
- Accreditation team leadership.
- Shifted between informal and formal methods of teaching to create multi-layered web of learning, incorporating experiments, practical activities, discussions and projects into lessons.
- Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations, including visual, aural and social learning modalities.
- Assisted and identified at-risk students to eliminate student barriers to learning.
- Probed, encouraged and facilitated class discussions by building discussions into lessons, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation and actively solicit input.
- Boosted cultural awareness by incorporating children's literature from world cultures.
- Collaborated with teaching staff to devise and implement coordinated educational strategies and student support networks.
- Implemented reading and writing workshops to increase student literacy and support school reading programs.
Special Education Teacher Level 6 Institution
DeKalb County Board Of Education
Dekalb, GA
08.2008 - 07.2012
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
- Created learning and content strategies to meet needs of mentally and physically disabled students.
- Attended monthly staff training sessions.
- Coordinated special education students and teacher assistant schedules with master schedule.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Designed and implemented point system to encourage positive behavior.
- Redirected poor behavior using positive reinforcement method, resulting in 90% decrease in tantrums in classroom.
- Worked in self-contained and resource environments to teach students variety of skills.
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
- Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- Collaborated with numerous hospital departments and other special education teachers.
- Communicated nonverbally with children to provide comfort, encouragement and positive reinforcement.
- Established safe play environment for students.
- Worked with students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Gave one-on-one attention to students, while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Taught reading, language arts and social sciences in self-contained ED and LD classroom.
- Collaborated with students with multiple degrees of special needs to accomplish various tasks.
Assistant Special Education Teacher
Cobb County School District, Public School Sector Georgia USA
Kennesaw, GA
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Worked with a diverse range of individuals with disabilities.
- Positive parental feedback.
- Positive professional growth, Learned teaching principles and practices.
- Requested to work with students with disabilities by parents.
- Documented student behaviors, interventions and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Aided special education teachers in delivering important services for individuals with exceptionalities.
- Alerted instructor to student behavior or issues that needed to be addressed.
- Provided student support through special accommodations, extra assistance and assessments.
- Accompanied students to restroom, on field trips, to cafeteria and to playground.
- Maintained student-centered, supportive environment in delivering learning experiences.
- Collaborated with teacher to create customized classroom environment that was integral to students' needs.
- Maintained inclusive learning environment to enable students to gain maximum benefit from lessons.
- Prepared instructional materials for group and one-on-one use to comply with established curriculum.
- Built and maintained effective communication and relationships with students, teachers, support staff and parents.
- Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.
- Worked cooperatively with students of various culturally diverse backgrounds and learning styles.
- Worked with autism student in his or her home using tailored behavioral plan.
- Implemented lessons initiated by teacher or related services personnel.
- Conducted small group and individual classroom activities with students based on differentiated learning needs while carrying out IEP goals.
- Played essential role in delivering individualized services and supporting instruction.
- Helped special education teachers determine specific needs for individuals with exceptional needs.
- Assisted in instructional processes by communicating perceptions of student progress and needs to teacher.
- Set up visual aids, equipment and classroom displays to support teacher's lesson delivery.
- Monitored student classroom and outdoors activities to promote student safety.
- Maintained positive attitude and affirmatively communicated with each student.
- Increased proficiencies by attending professional developmental workshops on learning goals, classroom management, student motivation and engaging learning activities.
Head Custodain
SBCUSD
San Bernardion, CA
06.1989 - 11.2006
- Monitored product quality and communicated necessary improvements to custodial staff.
- Promoted brands of Waxi equipment, maximizing overall revenue savings.
- Trained less-skilled service workers on standards, efficiency and conflict resolution for best custodial customer service.
- Maintained team productivity and quality of service by establishing and maintaining clear benchmarks.
- Set and administered department budgets for expenditures, materials and labor.
- Hired and trained new custodial workers to improve efficiency of department and cultivate productive work atmosphere.
- Developed written plans and obtained school principal consent to proceed.
- Implemented standardized purchasing practices in line with department targets.
- Assigned job duties and monitored performance against objectives.
- Prepared and submitted accident and injury reports.
- Promoted efficient inventory practices among team members.
- Recruited and selected well-qualified employees to fill vacancies.
- Drove continuous commitment to product quality and safety, reducing downtime and overtime with effective budgeting and assignation of talents as well as resources.
- Coordinated daily workflow through task prioritization and concise scheduling.
- Analyzed and identified equipment failure root causes and initiated correction actions.
- Established and documented protocols for preventive maintenance procedures, decreasing equipment issues and reducing downtime.
- Rolled out improved training programs for maintenance employees.
- Supervised 12 employees, including scheduling, training and performance monitoring.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
Education
Doctoral Degree - Educational Psychology
Capella University
08.2017 - Current
Master's Degree - Behavioral Psychology
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN 07.2013 - 05.2015
Bachelor's Degree - Psychology-Research, Management
Kennesaw State University
08.2007 - 05.2013
Three Highly Qualified CCSD Evaluations - undefined
Skills
Mediation and crisis intervention
Diverse groups presentations
Student records management
Individualized education programs
Special education
Individual and family support
Team collaboration and leadership
Supervision
Verbal and written communication
Customer service
Good listening skills
Project Management
Multitasking abilities
Data-driven decision making
Accomplishments
Published Author
Timeline
Doctoral Degree - Educational Psychology
Capella University
08.2017 - Current
Special Education Case Manager
Public and Public Charter Education Sectors Nevada
07.2015 - Current
Master's Degree - Behavioral Psychology
Capella University
07.2013 - 05.2015
Head of Faculty-Teacher
United School Al Yahar - AE
01.2012 - 01.2015
Special Education Teacher Level 6 Institution
DeKalb County Board Of Education
08.2008 - 07.2012
Bachelor's Degree - Psychology-Research, Management
Kennesaw State University
08.2007 - 05.2013
Assistant Special Education Teacher
Cobb County School District, Public School Sector Georgia USA
01.2007 - 01.2012
Head Custodain
SBCUSD
06.1989 - 11.2006