Early Intervention Specialist / ECE Advisor

About our Client

Master of Education qualified Early Intervention Specialist. Experienced and skilled in building collaborative and professional relationships with, children, families and colleagues from diverse cultural and language backgrounds. A ECE educator and advisor, with specialist ability in supporting children with developmental challenges. Motivated to create solutions to big-picture problems, inspired by helping communities access specialist learning support and watching learners flourish.

Achievements

Successfully reduced the need for corrective action plans, for the District Education Board, by identifying and providing reports to monitor compliance.
Developed a tracking system to align the completion of evaluations with government timelines. This intervention resulted in improved and timely access to vital learning interventions for more children.
Partnered on an oral language development project for pre-kindergarten students, using nursery rhymes, vocabulary development, parts of speech, and oral skills such as rhyming. All students involved had improved academic outcomes, surpassing usual average growth, when compared to non-participants starting at the same level.

Professional Experience

Special Education Curriculum/ Compliance Specialist, June 2020 - present

Provided oversight of the district's Special Education data management system, maintaining government compliance timelines and supporting ECE providers and teachers to use the systems effectively.
Efficiently maintaining early intervention evaluation completion records
Monitoring, and timely reporting of early intervention admissions reviews and dismissals
Gathered and collated documentation for yearly state performance plan reviews
Responded to queries, correspondence and phone calls from parents, administration, governing bodies and ECE teachers
Developing engaging user-friendly training material for staff across the district.

Early Intervention Teacher, June 2016 – June 2020

Designed relevant learning sessions for children aged 3 - 5 yrs who were unable to participate in developmentally typical preschool activities
Created innovative learning scenarios to cater to differing student needs.
Developed an intuitive understanding of the nuance of student behaviour, enabling the quick resolution of behavioural issues
Improved the health, language, cognitive, social, and emotional development trajectories and outcomes for children with disabilities
Prepared lessons, and resources and assessed student classwork
Used specialised tools and equipment to create a stimulating learning environment
Collaborated with the class teacher to build a better learning environment, updated parents on progress and advised on how to optimise home learning environments

Kindergarten Dual Language Teacher, Aug 2014 - June 2016

Collaborated with colleagues to develop academic content in English and Spanish.
Developed lessons appropriate for student levels and individual needs
Monitored student progress toward academic goals and developed good lines of communication with caregivers and colleague

Prior to 2008, I was employed as a Bilingual Classroom Teacher and Bilingual Special Education Resource Teacher

Education

• Master of Education, Early Childhood Education

• Bachelor of Arts, Spanish

Professional Development Training

• Gifted and Talented Institute

• Olweus Bullying Prevention

• Gomez and Gomez Dual Language Training

• ¡Adelante!Conference for Bilingual and Dual Language Educators Dyslexia Designee Training

• SRAEarly Interventions

Interests

Creating new things from raw materials- sewing, crochet, gardening, baking
Going on walks, hikes, and bike rides with my family

Skills

Technical Skills

Microsoft Office: proficiency with Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to create presentations, write documents, and support the organisation
Electronic data management system: have used three electronic data management programs for Special Education, two of whichI have learned in advance of staff in order to support their learning of the new program. Also experienced in trouble-shooting and providing tech support to the team

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