OBJECTIVES: Special Education Resource, Special Day Class & Consultant Teacher
CREDENTIALS: M.S. Education: Oregon State Special Education Handicapped Learner II `License, California Teachers License, Special Education
EDUCATION:
M.S. Education,
Portland State
University, June 1993. Standard License:
9/97.B.A. Speech Communications
,
Southern Oregon State
College
August 1988.Rhetoric & Communication/Spanish, University of
Oregon
,
1983-87
EXPERIENCE:
8/99-present: Special Day Class
Instructor, grades 6-7 / Reading Instructor
Everett Middle School, 450 Church Street, San Francisco Unified
School District
San Francisco CA:
Individualized instruction for speech /
language impaired students
In self-contained day class. General education school-wide reading
instructor.
6/98-6/99:
Adult Basic Education & Graduate Equivalency Diploma
InstructorColumbia River Correctional Institution / employed by
Portland Community College:
part-time, evening instruction to adult, co-ed incarcerated
population in a state minimum-security prison. Duties include
teaching math, writing, reading comprehension skills and guiding
inmates toward completion of GED program.
1/98-8/99: Education Resource Center & Mainstream Consultation Teacher, Portsmouth Middle School, Portland Public Schools, Portland OR . Resource center teacher, consultant, and facilitator for IDEA compliance for in-school suspension program, collaboration with inter-school programs, and community services representing educational service continuum available to middle school students.
9/96-12/98: Learning Specialist, Individual Studies Department, Tualatin High School , Tigard/Tualatin School District, Tigard, OR. Special Education caseload management; individual, group, co-teaching instruction; testing; academic diagnosis / remediation; behavior programs; IEP / MDT / RMT facilitation; section 504 education plan processes.
11/96-3/97: English as a Second Language Instructor, Portland Community College SE Center, Portland OR . Delivery of English language instruction to high school & adult-aged students from various cultural backgrounds with instructional focus on relevant life skills, conversation, functional language & language structure (speaking, listening, writing, reading).
9/93-6/96: Learning Specialist, Special Services Department, Twality Middle School , Tigard/Tualatin School District, Tigard, OR. Special Education caseload management; individual, group, co-teaching instruction; academic diagnosis / remediation; designing behavior programs; IEP / MDT / RMT facilitation; section 504 education plans; technology cadre.
9/91-6/92: Educational Assistant, Special Services Department, Tigard High School, Tigard/Tualatin School District, Tigard, OR. Co-Teaching, assisting in development of in-school work experience / skills class, instructor support, tutoring.
SKILLS: Bilingual: English/Spanish, experienced teaching English as a Second Language, computer literate, direct instruction, consultation, designing effective behavioral interventions, IEP development & implementation, curriculum identification & implementation.