Inclusive Education Consultant 

Cross Country Education

• Supported LA based charter schools in developing compliant systems for special education in accordance with LAUSD policy.
• Developed data driven IEP documents based on informal and formal testing measures and facilitates IEP meetings.
• Provided school teams with individualized academic and behavioral intervention recommendations for each student.
• Developed modified curriculum (for in class use and distance learning) for highly impacted elementary students with Intellectual Disabilities.
• Collaborated with school teams and families to implement modified curriculum and ensure meaningful inclusion in the general education setting.

Case Manager & Inclusion Specialist

Camino Nuevo Charter Academy

• Utilized a variety of models (parallel teaching, team teaching, alternative teaching) to co-teach in 1st and 2nd grade classrooms alongside general education teacher.
• Implemented Lucy Calkins Reading and Writing Workshop Units of Study to class of diverse learners.  
• Facilitated math learning through Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) framework and inquiry based practices.
• Developed instructional plans, behavior plans, support schedules, and data collection systems, for paraprofessionals to provide support services to students within the general education setting.
• Collaborated with BCBA to develop intensive behavior support plans to support students with Autism, utilizing ABA strategies.
• Worked in coordination with LAS and OT service providers to integrate related services within the inclusive classroom environment.
• Created sensory rich classroom environments that foster emotional regulation and mindfulness for students.

Inclusion Teacher

New Open World Academy K-12

• Formulated and executed plan for the integration of upper elementary self contained class (SDC) into a fully inclusive model within the general education setting.
• Accelerated reading growth for students with learning disabilities through use of research based interventions and instructional practices.
• Coordinated and managed IEP services, timelines, and WCJIV assessments for caseload of resource program students, as well as academic and behavioral interventions for general educations students.
• Served as Administrative Designee at IEP meetings.

Resource Specialist (K-5)

• Teacher of multi-grade level self-contained classroom for elementary students with Mild to Moderate Specific Learning Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• Expanded general education mainstreaming opportunities and worked to develop a vision and implementation plan for integration of Special Day Class, resulting in full inclusion of students the following school year.

Special Education Teacher - Elementary Special Day Program (Grades 2-4)

Los Angeles Unified School District

New Open World Academy (K-12 Pilot School), RFK Community Schools Campus, Koreatown

Special Education Teacher

Teach For America

Teach For America 2012 Corps Member

New Open World Academy (K-12)

• Restructured learning center block to incorporate Read180 and System44 intensive literacy intervention programs, for secondary students with elementary reading ability.
• Partnered with career and transitions coordinators to provide students with quality youth employment opportunities and post-secondary job preparation programs.

Special Education Teacher - High School Full-Inclusion Program (Grades 9-12)

Brick Mill Elementary School

Teacher Candidate - 3rd Grade Inclusion Classroom (Co-Teaching Model)

Teacher Candidate - 2nd Grade General Education Classroom

My mission is to narrow the social and academic gaps that exist between students with disabilities and their typically developing peers. I do this by providing innovative solutions to school teams that equip and enable them to support all students.

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