Alyssa N. Brenner
Special Education Teacher, Elementary Resource Room
Lansing, MI · (517) 555 0128 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/alyssanbrenner
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Four years of elementary resource room teaching in Michigan public schools
SETTINGS
Public elementary school of about 470 students; caseload of 22 in kindergarten through grade five
SPECIALTIES
Structured literacy and mathematics intervention, individualized education programs, inclusion
SYSTEMS
PowerSchool Special Programs, Lexia Core5, FastBridge screening, Wilson Reading System
LICENSURE
Michigan standard teaching certificate with learning disabilities endorsement
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Special Education, Grand River Valley State University
Executive Summary
Resource room teacher with four years at a public elementary school of about 470 students, carrying a caseload of 22 students in kindergarten through grade five with specific learning disabilities, other health impairments and speech or language impairments. Delivers pull out reading and mathematics intervention in groups of three to five and pushes into general education classrooms for the rest of the day. Certified in the Wilson Reading System and known for individualized education programs that are never late.
Signature Achievements
- Held 100 percent of individualized education programs and reevaluations on time for four years across a caseload of 22 students.
- Moved students in the Wilson Reading System groups an average of 1.4 grade levels in reading in one school year on the district screener.
- Exited four students from special education services after they reached grade level for two consecutive benchmark windows.
- Raised mathematics intervention group scores on the district screener from the 12th to the 34th percentile on average over one year.
- Trained seven general education teachers on accommodations tracking and co planning for inclusion blocks.
Professional Experience
Special Education Teacher, Resource Room
Red Cedar Elementary School, Sycamore Creek Public Schools, Lansing, MI August 2022 to present
Elementary school of about 470 students; caseload of 22 students in kindergarten through grade five; pull out groups of three to five and push in support with one paraprofessional
- Manage a caseload of 22 students, writing and running individualized education programs and leading annual review meetings with families.
- Teach pull out reading intervention in the Wilson Reading System and Lexia Core5 to groups of three to five students for 45 minutes a day.
- Push into general education classrooms for mathematics and writing blocks and co plan accommodations with the classroom teacher.
- Give the district screener three times a year and collect weekly progress monitoring data on every goal.
- Supervise one paraprofessional and schedule her support across four classrooms.
Student Teacher, Special Education
Looking Glass River Elementary School, Sycamore Creek Public Schools, DeWitt, MI January 2022 to May 2022
Full semester placement in a resource room with a caseload of 18 students
- Taught reading and mathematics intervention groups in a resource room under a mentor teacher for a full semester.
- Wrote three individualized education programs under supervision and presented them at annual review meetings.
- Collected and graphed weekly progress monitoring data for 18 students.
Licensure and Certification
Michigan Department of Education, standard teaching certificate with learning disabilities endorsement kindergarten through grade twelve, certificate number 3874126
Wilson Reading System Level I certification, Wilson Language Training, completed 2024
Crisis Prevention Institute Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, current through 2027
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Special Education, learning disabilities, Grand River Valley State University, Allendale, 2022
Core Skills
Individualized education program writing · Wilson Reading System · Reading intervention groups · Mathematics intervention · Progress monitoring graphs · Push in inclusion support · Accommodation co planning · Annual review meetings · Paraprofessional scheduling · PowerSchool Special Programs