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RESUME

Work Experience
Work​
Experience​
Education

Salem City School District, Salem City, NJ

October 2020-Present

  • Director of Special Services (PreK-12; Ages 3-21)

  • o 504 Coordinator

  • o SEMI Coordinator

  • o Affirmative Action Officer

 

Gloucester City School District, Gloucester City, NJ

July 2020-October 2020

  • Learning Disabilities Teacher/Consultant for Cold Springs School and Gloucester City Middle School

  • Facilitate communication between schools and families

  • Collaborate with staff to support students' academic and social-emotional needs.

  • Conduct learning evaluations for the district and ongoing assessments including dyslexia screeners to determine students’ learning needs and intervention needs.

 

Alloway Twp. School, Alloway, NJ &

Upper Pittsgrove School, Monroeville, NJ

September 2017-June 2020

  • Learning Disabilities Teacher/Consultant 

  • Case management (Grades PreK-3)

  • Facilitate communication between schools and families

  • Collaborate with staff to support students' academic and social-emotional needs.

  • Conduct learning evaluations for the district and ongoing assessments including dyslexia screeners to determine students’ learning needs and intervention needs.

Woodstown High School, Woodstown, NJ

August 2006-2017

  • Teacher of Students with Disabilities with emphasis in English (HQ), History (HQ), Biology, Spanish, and Study Skills in Resource Room and In Class Support instructional settings, regularly collaborating with General Ed teachers

  • Special Education Responsibilities

    • Contributing to and monitoring multiple aspects of Individualized Education Plans for a variety of students using IEP Direct and assisting in IEP meetings, manifestation determination meetings, and so on. 

    • Assisting students pursuing graduation requirements using an Alternative High School Assessment (ASHA)

    • Coordinated Graduation Prep Program assisting at risk students. 

  • Graduation Prep Coordinator

    • Oversee student graduation portfolios to ensure that all students are proficient in a standardized test to meet graduation requirements

    • Oversaw AHSA/HSPA summer and regular school year programs

    • Creation of PARCC Portfolio Appeals CRTs for ELA

  • Intervention and Referral Services Team member

  • Twilight School Teacher (program for disaffected students).

  • Extended School Year summer program teacher (elementary grade levels)

  • Proctored and administered PARCC, HSPA, NJBCT, SAT, and PSAT

  • Activities

    • Project Graduation Advisor

    • New Teacher Mentor

    • Student Mentor

    • Discipline Review Committee Member

    • Meet and Discuss Committee Member

    • Renaissance Committee Member

    • WHS 100 Year Celebration Committee Member

    • National Children’s Memorial Day Committee Member

    • Varsity Cheerleading Advisor (8 Years)

    • Assistant Swim and Dive Team Coach (6 years)

 

Salem Community College, Carneys Point, NJ

August 2014-present

  • Adjunct Faculty

    • Courses taught: Developmental Reading & Writing I & II (096,098), English Composition I (101), and English Composition II (102).

    • Academic Lab Support (English)

    • Academic Program Review Committee Member

    • Strategic Planning Committee 

 

The Bancroft School, Haddonfield, NJ

May 2006-August 2006

  • 1:1 Aide/Program Associate for student with multiple disabilities (middle school)

  • In-home Care Worker

 

Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center,

New Brunswick, NJ

July 2005-May 2006

  • 1:1 Aide/Program Associate in the afterschool community integration program for a student with Autism (middle school)

  • Summer internship in small group pre-school classroom using Applied Behavior Analysis

Stockton University, Galloway, NJ

Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant (LDTC)

August 2017                                                  

 

Wilmington University, New Castle, DE

Doctor of Education (Ed. D.)

Educational Leadership

January 2015                                                   

  • Publication: Understanding the Experiences of Secondary Teachers in Co-taught Classrooms in a New Jersey High School. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I.

 

Wilmington University, New Castle, DE

Master of Education (M. Ed.)

Special Education

May 2010 

 

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelor of Art (B. A)

English

May 2006

 

Salem Community College, Carneys Point, NJ

Associate of Arts (A.A.)                                                   

Communications/Journalism 

May 2004

 

 

 

New Jersey

  • School Administrator CE; Certificate No. 564173

  • Supervisor; Certificate No. 1010518

  • K-12 English; Certificate No. 678107

  • Teacher of Students with Disabilities; Certificate No. 791872

  • Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant (In Progress; Anticipated August 2017)

 

Delaware 

  • Principal/Assistant Principal

  • Certified Central Office Personnel

  • Standard Teaching Certificate: Teacher of English/Language Arts Grades 9-12 (Valid 6-8 in Middle School); License No. 52972

  • Teacher of Exceptional Children Grades K-12; License No. 52972

  • Pending Certifications: Delaware School Leader I, Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent, and Director of Special Education

 

 

 

  • Research conducted with databases including SIRS, EbscoHost, and Academic Search Premier

  • Experience with McRel Evaluation System, IEP Direct, PowerSchool, Aesop, EdConnect, and OnCourse Systems for Education

  • The use of devices such as iPads, iPhone, and Apple TV in classroom lessons as well as Socrative, Quizlet, Kahoot, Google Classroom, Blackboard, Canvas, and Remind101 for enhanced student success

 

 

  • Dr. Michael Gorman, Salem Community College, President

Mgorman@salemcc.edu, (856)-351-2601

  • Dr. Peter Mazzagatti, New Jersey Department of Education, Policy Analyst

Peter.mazzagatti@doe.state.nj.us

  • Dr. Scott Hoopes, Woodstown High School, Principal

Hoopes.S@woodstown.org, (856) 769-0144 x55255

  • Mrs. Nannette Hathaway, Woodstown High School, Director of Guidance

Hathaway.N@woodstown.org, (856) 769-0144 x55271

  • Ms. Robyn Veale, Woodstown High School, Social Worker

Veale.R@woodstown.org, (856) 769-0144 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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