Nisanah Montgomery
Winston
Summary
Dynamic Interrelated Special Education Teacher with a proven track record at Douglas County School District, skilled in IEP development and behavioral support strategies. Successfully enhanced student engagement through tailored instruction, achieving significant growth in academic assessments. Adept at fostering collaboration with parents and staff, ensuring a supportive learning environment for students with disabilities.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IRR Special Education Teacher/Case Manager
Douglas County School District
Winston
07.2023 - Current
- Achieved LETRS Training Certificate of Completion.
- Utilize the Georgia Online IEP system for creating and managing Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
- Delivered specially designed instruction to enhance student access to general education.
- Collaborated with service providers to implement IEP supports effectively.
- Established baselines and monitored progress on IEP goals, including transition objectives.
- Conducted frequent data collection to track student progress and adjust instruction accordingly.
- Oversaw behavior monitoring and managed disciplinary referrals through Infinite Campus.
- Supervised paraprofessionals in supportive instruction and special program classrooms.
Special Education Teacher, Self-Contained Classroom, Grades 3 & 4
District 11- P.S. 076X, The Bennington School
Bronx
09.2018 - 02.2023
- Designed and implemented Expeditionary Learning (ELA) and Eureka Math lessons plans to use the HILL model to provide instruction in a variety of modalities to promote students’ engagement to support students’ academic and behavioral needs.
- Collected and analyzed students’ data during each lesson and assessment to evaluate and identified students’ strengths and challenges to implement small group instructions, stationed teaching, and one-on-one conferences to remediate and accelerate students’ educational goals.
- Increased students’ achievements and growth on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment two times more than the individualized expected percentile.
- Composed and implemented student with a disability Individual Education Plan (IEP) to provide specialized instruction and monitored targeted learning goals through data monitoring, and SESIS updates.
- Planned and maintained classroom safety through guidelines and routines to ensure a safe and nurturing environment.
- Developed individualized education plans for diverse student needs.
- Implemented effective teaching strategies to enhance student engagement.
- Collaborated with parents and staff to support student development.
Special Education Substitute Teacher for Grades 1 through 12
District 75-PS 176X
Bronx
03.2015 - 08.2018
- Fosters a safe, positive, and supportive learning environment for students with disabilities.
- Follows absent teacher’s instructional plans to execute instruction to students and prepare students for transition of activities.
- Compose lesson plans and prepare differentiated instructional materials base on the Common Core Standards and the school’s curriculum.
- Work collaboratively with paraprofessionals and services providers to ensure students’ safety in and outside of the classroom.
- Assist students with classroom assignments, homework and project assignments when needed.
- Provide general school duties as requested by administration.
Student Teacher for Grades 1 and 2
P.S. 1 Courtlandt School
Bronx
01.2016 - 12.2016
- Designed and implemented whole and small group English and Math lesson plans.
- Collaborated with classroom teacher to provide one-on-one instructions improve students’ learning, evaluate students’ academic performance by reviewing students’ test scores and classwork.
- Worked individually with students to improve phonemic awareness and fluency.
Counselor/ Preventive Care Interventionist
Co-op City Family Services- The Jewish Board
Bronx
02.2010 - 01.2015
- Managed caseload of twelve families, completed weekly home-based assessment visits.
- Assessed the safety of the home and children to ensure families’ needs are met.
- Supported families who had educational concern for their children by working collaboratively with the teachers and parents.
- Provided Functional Family Therapy-Child Welfare during home visits to reduce risk factors that impaled families.
- Provided referrals for access to mental health services, continuing education and entitlement programs.
- Collaborated with ACS, service providers to assist families in tailoring services and complete goals.
Counselor /Case Manager
Jewish Board and Family Children’s Services (JBFCS)
Brooklyn
05.2009 - 02.2010
- Completed new residents’ admission package to ensure all documentations are accurate and updated.
- Scheduled and transported residents to mandated medical appointments to ensure residents are medically clear and immunizations are current.
- Updated residents’ medical charts for accuracy in response to facility’s procedures.
- Filed and disseminated medical records to appropriate department and answer all medical inquires pertaining to residents’ medical history.
- Supervised residents and document residents’ accountability at fifteen-minute intervals through progress notes.
- Monitored and counseled residents for the use of controlled substances and alcohol.
- Performed home visits to ensure residents’ safety are met, and rules and regulations are upheld.
- Recorded residents’ medications to ensure and monitor prescribed medications are taken appropriately.
- Documented residents’ progress through progress notes, updated charts, and monitored residents’ attendance to Day Treatment Programs.
Education
Master of Science - Special Education, Grades 1-6
Metropolitan College of New York
New York, N.Y01.2017
Bachelor of Science - Health Services Administration
Herbert H. Lehman College
Bronx, N.Y05.2009
Skills
- General education and special education certifications
- IEP development
- Instruction for students with disabilities
- Teaching principles and methods
- Lesson planning and modification
- Behavioral support strategies
- De-escalation techniques
- Professional appearance and role modeling
- Organizational skills
- Classroom management
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Office
Assessment And Intervention Tools
- Running Records
- Informal Reading and Math Inventories
- Great Leaps Reading Intervention
- Station Teaching
References
Available on request
Qualification Skills
- New York State General Education and Special Education Certified Teacher
- Experience with providing instruction to students with disabilities
- Outstanding knowledge of basic teaching principles and methods
- Skill in composing lesson plans and modifying instructions to meet students’ academic and behavioral needs
- Knowledge of strategies of deescalating techniques to support students to self-regulate their behaviors
- Ability to maintain a professional appearance and role model to students’ appropriate behavior
- Excellent organizational skills and classroom management skills
- Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Connections
Teaching Certifications
- Georgia Professional Standard Commission, Standard Professional Certification
- New York State Professional Certification, Elementary Education (1-6) and Students with Disabilities (1-6)
Certification
- Valid Georgia Teaching Special Education License
Timeline
IRR Special Education Teacher/Case Manager
Douglas County School District
07.2023 - Current
Special Education Teacher, Self-Contained Classroom, Grades 3 & 4
District 11- P.S. 076X, The Bennington School
09.2018 - 02.2023
Student Teacher for Grades 1 and 2
P.S. 1 Courtlandt School
01.2016 - 12.2016
Special Education Substitute Teacher for Grades 1 through 12
District 75-PS 176X
03.2015 - 08.2018
Counselor/ Preventive Care Interventionist
Co-op City Family Services- The Jewish Board
02.2010 - 01.2015
Counselor /Case Manager
Jewish Board and Family Children’s Services (JBFCS)
05.2009 - 02.2010
Master of Science - Special Education, Grades 1-6
Metropolitan College of New York
Bachelor of Science - Health Services Administration
Herbert H. Lehman College
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