Experience Summary
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Relationship Management
Significant background in communicating and coordinating effectively with students, parents, community resources, and allied educational professionals in creating educational environments conducive to student growth and development.
• Assessed capacities and needs of individual students, allocating time and structuring programs to optimize benefit to all students...
• Counseled and advocated for students relative to a broad array of personal, adjustment, and academic problems...
• Monitored and supervised participation of students in vocational education and other field activities...
• Communicated with members of Child Study Teams to plan educational programs and implement behavior modification strategies for individual students...
• Conferred and coordinated with parents, teachers, and administrators in reviewing student status, assessing progress toward objectives, preparing and distributing detailed progress reports, and modifying individualized education programs as required...
• Designed programs to animate the educational experience, build enthusiasm, provide a foundation for self-esteem development and enhancement, and prepare students for academic, vocational, and life transitions...
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY:
Teachers are among the most influential people in the lives of their students. By utilizing creativity and cultivating a caring, nurturing environment for learning, the teacher can convey knowledge in an open, non-judgmental setting stimulating student participation and addressing student needs for discovery, interaction, and hands-on learning. Leveraging the innate curiosity of children in their formative years, an effective teacher can assist in promoting development of a positive self-image and instill a love for learning that will benefit her students throughout their lives.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Freelance Experience 06/10 to Present
Basic Skills Tutor
The Deron School of New Jersey, Union, New Jersey 12/09 to 06/10
Teacher of the Handicapped – Ages 5-13 09/06 to 06/09
Green Brook Academy, Bound Brook, New Jersey 05/05 to 06/06
Teacher of the Handicapped – Ages 11/21
Somerset Hills School, Warren, New Jersey 09/03 to 06/04
Teacher of the Handicapped – Ages 11-14
Sylvan Learning Solutions (formerly, ISCT), Hoboken, New Jersey 09/01 to 06/03
Resource Teacher – Grades K8
EDUCATION:
New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey
Post-Baccalaureate Training in Special Education, 2003
Kean University of New Jersey, Union, New Jersey
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Elementary Education/Communications, 1997
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
• New Jersey State Certification in Elementary Education (K-8)
• New Jersey State Certification as Teacher of the Handicapped
Teaching Style
TRACEY CADIGAN
149 Main Street, Apt. 1A • Millburn, New Jersey 07041
(201) 988-7189 (Voice) • Traceybella@aol.com (E-Mail)
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Career Educator with five-plus years of professional experience in applying advanced educational methods and strategies in stimulating the cognitive, academic, language, social, and behavioral development of elementary and special needs students. Core competencies include:
• Elementary Education • Special Education • Lesson Planning
• Group Instruction • Individual Tutoring • Hands-On Learning Strategies
• Differentiated Instruction • Activities Planning • Behavior Modification/Management
A resourceful, well-organized communicator and facilitator with a strong detail orientation, a resolute commitment to the precepts of quality education, and the capacity to employ diverse resources in achieving educational objectives.
BACKGROUND HIGHLIGHTS:
Career highlighted by the following:
• Received recognition for contributions to individual personal and academic development via expressions of appreciation and progress updates from numerous former students and their parents.
• Established a comprehensive life skills program fostering student progress in activities of daily living (ADL) and socialization skills for a provider of essential educational services to special needs students from eight New Jersey counties, working with occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), and speech therapy (ST) professionals in the program’s implementation and continued operation.
• Collaborated with other Child Study Team (CST) members in developing effective Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs) for special needs students, considering the unique educational requirements of the particular student and other factors including nature of disability, impact of medications on learning, skill levels within defined subject areas, and behavior history of student.
• Organized and conducted field trips to stimulate and enhance the educational experience of students, organizing all phases including trip selection, logistics planning, preparing students for trips, defining activities to occur during trips, and planning post-trip activities to reinforce and enhance the learning experience.
PROFESSIONAL PROFICIENCIES:
Education
Considerable experience in evaluating educational needs and teaching academic, social, manipulative, daily living, and pre-vocational skills to elementary and special needs students within both inner-city and suburban environments, including low-functioning, autistic, emotionally disturbed (ED), and emotionally/behaviorally disturbed (ED/BD) students.
• Evaluated the educational requirements of elementary and developmentally disabled students, establishing lesson plans in Basic Skills content areas for elementary learners and individualized education programs (IEPs) for special needs students...
• Conducted diagnostic assessments of learners, employing diversified assessment techniques in identifying learning styles and behavioral and other issues impacting potential education outcomes for individual students...
• Prepared course outlines, planned lessons, and designed activities to enhance educational development, frequently employing multi-sensory approaches stimulating student visual, auditory, oral, tactile, and kinesthetic faculties...
• Applied creativity as well as cooperative learning, repetition, and positive reinforcement in conducting classroom instruction in a broad array of academic, social, and living skills in various curriculum areas...
• Created a positive atmosphere for learning both within and outside of classroom, initiating structured play to enhance cognitive development and establishing appropriate expectations for student behavior and achievement