Stephanie Benham
Dallas,GA
Summary
Dedicated paraprofessional with extensive experience supporting students with diverse learning needs across multiple grade levels. Provided one-on-one support to a student with severe intellectual disabilities before transitioning to classroom roles serving students with mild to moderate needs. Currently a Pre-K paraprofessional in a self-contained classroom, working with children with autism, nonverbal communication needs, and a wide range of intellectual disabilities. Additionally completed 800 hours of student teaching experience collaborating with interrelated teachers in 1st, 2nd, and 5th grade settings.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Substitute Teaching
Paulding County School District
Georgia
08.2024 - Current
Supply 7th grade ELA Teacher
Moses Middle School
10.2025 - 11.2025
Student Teacher, 1st grade
Northside Elementary School
01.2025 - 05.2025
- Works one on one with students during Math NBI (needed-based instruction) test Building Fact Fluency (BFF), and DI (differentiated instruction)
- MTSS/RTI- Accidence Progress Monitoring, Oral reading fluency (ORF) and nonsense word fluency (NWF)
- Leads classroom lessons using Heggerty, Bookworms, Sharded Reading, and Illustrative Math
Pre-K Para
Shelton Elementary School
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Self-Contained Pre- K Para with intellectual disability and nonverbal students.
- Work with children with multiple disabilities such as Autism, as well as other intellectual mild to severe disabilities.
- Maintaining relationships with classroom teachers
- Perform specialized daily task, i.e., working one on one with students during center time, and assisting students daily living skills.
Dedicated Para
Herschel Jones Middle School
08.2021 - 05.2023
- Self-Contained Para Dedicated Para, student with a severe intellectual disability and nonverbal.
- Worked with children with multiple disabilities such as Down Syndrome, Autism, and intellectual disabilities (IQ’s ranging from 40-70)
- Maintaining relationships with classroom teachers, therapists, and one on one student’s parents.
- Perform a two-person lift, trained with a Hoyer lift, e-pacer and stander.
- Perform a specialized daily task, i.e., change diapers as needed, gave water through G-tube lunch, and food two times a day via a feeding tube
Education
Special Edu General Curriculum, Elementary Ed - Elementary School Teaching
GACE
Georgia06-2025
Bachelor of Science -
Gordan University
Georgia05-2025
Skills
Adept at calmly and provenance handling day-to-day challenges Highly skilled in interacting with others both face to face as well as on the phone Able to handle difficult conversations with staff
Timeline
Supply 7th grade ELA Teacher
Moses Middle School
10.2025 - 11.2025
Student Teacher, 1st grade
Northside Elementary School
01.2025 - 05.2025
Substitute Teaching
Paulding County School District
08.2024 - Current
Pre-K Para
Shelton Elementary School
08.2023 - 05.2024
Dedicated Para
Herschel Jones Middle School
08.2021 - 05.2023
Special Edu General Curriculum, Elementary Ed - Elementary School Teaching
GACE
Bachelor of Science -
Gordan University