Literacy Intervention Coordinator
Al Wahda Private School
Total years of experience :27 years, 6 Months
• responsible for coordinating, creating, and implementing curriculum for the Literacy Intervention Program
• developed phonemic awareness screening assessments for pre-, mid, and post-testing
• tested, identified, and taught struggling readers in the Literacy Intervention Program
• assisted in creating entrance and exit criteria for the Literacy Intervention Program
• planned lessons with differentiated instruction for various ability levels and high levels of ESL students
• developed lessons on LMS, inputted grades and attendance in I-Campus, and effectively used Achieve 3000 in my English classes
• implemented and adapted Achieve 3000 lessons in the English classroom
• attended weekly professional development meetings
• responsible for conducting and marking formative and summative exams for various ELA grade levels
• reviewed lexile levels in weekly/monthly meetings with the executive principal and Achieve 3000 Coordinator to track progress and regression of students in the Literacy Intervention program
• taught 5th grade as a class teacher and 7th and 8th Grade English in both boys’ and girls’ sections
• responsible for all duties of department head for Special Education and Dyslexia
• developed IEPs to target individual instructional needs for special education students
• developed 504 plans for students struggling with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and other related disorders
• tested, identified, and taught students struggling with dyslexia
• taught a hands-on, interactive, collaborative, motivating, and successful math program in the Resource Math middle school classroom
• trained and mentored new and incoming teachers in the Special Education and Dyslexia Department
• worked collaboratively with colleagues to insure implementation of IEP goals and objectives in the general education classrooms to ensure optimal success for these struggling students
• member of the RTI, 504, and ARD committee which required input in appropriate intervention strategies for struggling and at-risk students and a member of the CPI team
• inputted grades and attendance into Skyward on a daily/weekly basis
• attended state and local conferences for Special Education, Dyslexia, and Reading which gave all the newest techniques and latest data on effective teaching techniques
• earned Teacher of the Month Award by our Math Consultant, Ms. Ralynn Earnest
• inclusion teacher in the general education classroom assisting special needs students