​​​​Donna M. Welch​

Special Education Teacher, February 1997 – Present

Westerly School Department, Westerly, RI 02891

 

WHS – Collaborative Teacher, Resource Teacher, Classroom Teacher

• Deliver direct and supplemental instruction as a Collaborative Teacher in the following WHS courses: Senior English, Junior English, Sophomore English, Freshman English, World Affairs, Citizenship, American History, Computer Applications, and Foundations of Algebra and Geometry

• Deliver direct and supplemental instruction as a Resource Teacher

• Deliver direct instruction for Applied Academic students completing Senior Exhibition

• Developed, implemented and provided direct instruction in Special Education Personal Finance course (2006 – 2011)

• Deliver direct instruction as a Senior Project Teacher (2006 – 2008)

• Developed and implemented Career Seminar course and curriculum (new course at WHS in 2007)

  • Deliver direct instruction of curriculum

  • Independently created curriculum maps of course content

  • Facilitate transition programming including the administration of career skills and interest inventories, in-depth career and college research and the development of a Career Portfolio

 

• Developed and implemented Career Exploration program – Workplace Internship program for 12th grade students (new course at WHS in 2011)

  • Developed all written materials for employers, students and parents participating in the Career Exploration program

  • Seek out and develop relationships with local businesses to identify  perspective job placements

  • Coordinate school and work-based learning opportunities

  • Monitor student job performance and incorporate workplace projects into plan

 

Special Education Case Manager

 

• Instruction:

  • Create and modify materials to support general education curriculum

  • Plan and implement small group instruction to supplement general education curriculum

  • Develop and implement behavior plans to address interfering behaviors

  • Teach strategies to compensate for areas of weakness

  • Worked as part of the Social Studies Department – Curriculum mapping

• Documentation:

  • File Reviews for all students on case load

  • Monitor IEP and Re-evaluation dates

  • Schedule and facilitate IEP meetings

  • Write IEP’s related to areas of need and transition goals

• Communication:

  • Communicate learning styles, all areas of need, modifications and accommodations to general education teachers

  • Communicate with parents throughout the school year

  • Share information with Administration about specific student needs

  • Act as a liaison between students, parents and outside agencies

• Assessment/Progress Monitoring:

  • Monitor student progress and collect data for each goal area

  • Complete and send progress monitoring reports for all goal areas quarterly to parents

  • Three year re-evaluation reports and Evaluation Team meetings

 

Excel Program – Resource/Collaborative Teacher (1997-2006)

 

• Worked as part of a three teacher team to develop and implement the new Excel Program

• Created Life Skills curriculum (basis for Career Seminar, Career Exploration and Personal Finance courses at WHS)

  • Career Seminar curriculum

  • Career Exploration component

  • Personal Finance curriculum

  • Daily Living Skills

• Direct and supplemental instruction to support classroom and computer lab instruction – Use of computer-aided instruction for all content areas except Social Studies and Life Skills curriculum

• Case Manager for all Special Education students