Yolanda Trust

• Coordinated knowledge of students, instructional content, and curricular resources to design differentiated units and lesson plans aligned with Common Core state standards
• Developed interdisciplinary content knowledge and pedagogical skills through yearlong curriculum partnership with Attainment Company
• Conduct Individual Education Plan meetings to strategize with parents, administration, and ancillary staff to develop annual academic and social goals for students.
• Collect and analyze data on student mastery of math skills, phonics skills, reading comprehension and fluency.
• Coordinate special education students and teacher assistant schedules with master schedule.
• Designed and implemented point system to encourage positive behavior.
• Organized instruction material, constructed bulletin boards and set up work areas.
• Implemented and taught life skills program, enabling students to master such tasks as checkbook balancing and laundry.
• Organized annual Black History Month Program

• Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
• Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
• Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
• Taught multiple subjects including Project Read, EL/A, Math and Life Skills to students with intellectual disabilities.
• Implemented and taught life skills program, enabling students to master such as grocery shopping and laundry.
• Initiated and coordinated a work-based learning program which enabled student activities related to work-based learning and developed transition lessons for students to begin meaningful guidance of career choices.

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• Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
• 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.
• Redirected students using Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS).
• Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.

• Instructed students in core academic areas and specialized reading groups.
• Designed and implemented point system to encourage positive behavior (Trust Bucks).
• Maintain accurate and complete student records; prepare reports on students and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement
• Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
• Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans designed to promote students' educational, physical, and social development