LT Substitute Teacher Special Education - Autistic Resource & LLD Teacher - ESS
(2023-09)
Under the general supervision of the School Principal, to maximize the learning experience of students with special needs, in academics, interpersonal skills and activities of daily living by implementing district approved curriculum; documenting teaching and student progress/activities, outcomes; addressing students' specific needs; providing a safe and optimal learning environment.
- Conducts assessments, testing and diagnostic examinations of students for the purpose of identifying learning issues, and recommending courses of action or corrective procedures to overcome issues and maximize learning.
- Participates in PPT's and assists in developing Individual Educational Plans ("IEP") for students.
- Assists students and teaching staff in implementing students' IEP's and behavior management plans.
- Coordinates with outside agencies, organizations and institutions, including state and federal authorities as needed.
- Coordinates with administrators and other teaching staff members to ascertain individual student's abilities and needs, including students with special needs, and to familiarize stakeholders with social work services.
- Serves as a ready resource to students and parents to provide counseling that will lead each student to increased personal growth, self-understanding, and behavioral management; serves as liaison between home and school.
- Continues to acquire professional knowledge and learn of current developments in the educational field by attending seminars, workshops or professional meetings, or by conducting research, and by maintaining professional relationships with members of institutions of higher learning and the business community.
- Organizes and maintains a system for accurate and complete record-keeping and providing student information to prospective colleges and employers, as required by district procedures and applicable laws.
- Encourages parental involvement in students' education and ensures effective communication with students and parents.
- Assists in the orientation of new teachers, and provides in-service training in guidance.
- Selects and requisitions appropriate books, aids and other supplies and equipment and maintains inventory records.
Family Service Specialist II - Intake Investigator - Division of Child Protection & Permanency, State of New Jersey
(2010-07 - 2023-06)
Conducts child welfare assessments or abuse and/or neglect referrals in problematic high risk family situations. Handles case management within the Permanency unit. Process Litigation cases.
- Assess residential placement, assessment, recruitment, and in resource family/foster homes, adoption.
- Manages various aspects of court involved cases. Experience in planning, organizing and coordinating program or case related activities.
- Refers families for respected services, CADC, Family Therapy, Counseling, and Psychiatric/Psychological Services.
- Facilitates Family Team Meetings.
- Collect and maintain records and analyze significant facts, draw conclusions and determine appropriate action.
- Utilizes 4 Tier System for the outcomes of Intake cases.
Youth Worker - Vineland Residential Treatment Center, State of New Jersey
(2007-04 - 2010-07)
Plans, organizes, and carries out programs of leisure time activities, on both an individual and group basis, as indicated by the therapeutic needs of each resident.
- Utilizes appropriate crisis intervention and behavioral management techniques, which may include the physical restraint and confinement of residents in response to episodes of extreme acting-out behavior.
- Teaches proper methods of personal care, grooming, and basic household activities to ensure suitable standards are followed for order, cleanliness, safety and care of furnishings and equipment.
- Provide for the physical and emotional needs of residents as directed.
- Work with team to ensure performance of team duties, and to receive supervision.
- Responsible for supervising and monitoring residents.
- Enforce and maintain consistency concerning policies, rules and licensing standards.
- Work cooperatively with other staff in planning and supervision of recreational and leisure time activities within community.
- Assist in planning and carrying out of therapeutic activities for assigned clients.
- Make frequent decisions regarding resident's activities and behaviors; know the whereabouts of each resident at all times.
- Coordinate coming and going of each individual in residence.
- Maintain directions for use of all mediations.
- Report medical matters to upper management.
- Routinely exercise control over admission of visitors and use of telephone.
- Maintain proper privacy and security of residents and staff on duty.
- Teach and assist residents in life skills, i.e. maintenance of their rooms and assigned areas of Home; good personal hygiene practices; meal preparation and clean up.
- Perform required record keeping for daily logs and resident files; process resident intakes and discharges.
Substitute Teacher - Vineland Board of Education
(2007-01 - 2010-06)
Maintain and operating in compliance with N.J. Department of Education (DOE) regulations and Core Curriculum Content Standards, N.J. Department of Vocational Education regulations, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) regulations, and applicable state/local/federal regulations.
- Plan and implement applicable classroom instruction, specializing within one or more areas of functional, developmental, vocational, and/or transitional curriculum in elementary or secondary education; e.g., language arts, math, social studies, computers, health and safety, science, family life, vocational/employment, daily living, music, art, physical education, etc., in accordance with the Individual Education Plan (IEP) for each student.
- Oversee classroom for assigned teacher.
- Ensure the safety of all students maintain in accordance to state law.
- Follows state-approved emergency procedures and utilizes NJ approved crisis intervention techniques.
- Trained and prep promptly responds to, emergency situations to ensure the safety and security of the Program site and persons served at all times; e.g., participates in fire drills, emergency evacuations, etc.
- Informed on proper reporting procedures to authority in the event of a valid emergency.
- Carry out the following lessons plan for assigned teacher.
- Tutor and assist all students in need of help.
- Actively participates in implementation of educational plan for each student. Interacts on a regular basis with Education management, other faculty members, clinical discipline-specific staff, etc., regarding the implementation of the IEP for each student.
- Measures abilities and aptitudes of individual students; develops, organizes, and implements lesson plans and activities that are individual-specific, meet the learning needs of each student, encourage increased skills, and address specific IEP goals.
- Implements current classroom lesson plans if required; when applicable develops and formulates daily lesson plans that identify specific objectives, teaching resources, teaching strategies, and contain a specific plan for the assessment of the lesson plan's overall effectiveness.
- Effectively manages the individual behavior of students to create and ensure a safe and secure classroom environment.
- Effectively utilizes a variety of instructional resources and teaching strategies; willingly shares ideas and instructional resources with other staff members.
- May establish and maintain individual records and daily checklists for each student and ensures that records remain up-to-date and confidential.
- Tracks individual progress and prepares progress reports when applicable in accordance with established timeframes for each student and for review by Education management.
- Keeps daily attendance records.
- Completes and maintains required paperwork for individual classrooms and students; e.g., incident reports, phone logs, agency documents, purchase orders, supply requisitions, behavioral rewards, equipment maintenance and replacement, etc.
- Occasionally create, implement, and coordinate all associated activities for curriculum-specific programs to facilitate and enhance the functional, developmental, vocational, social, fitness/conditioning, personal enjoyment, and independence of students; e.g., special skill-building programs, seasonal educational/recreational programs, game days, field trips, etc.
- Identify individual learning needs of each student and to implement integrated therapeutic interventions within the classroom setting.
- Maintain compliance with N.J. DOE
