Kristi B.

Weathers
Special Education Teacher

21234 Windmill Drive Ashburn, VA 20147 (703) 724-1251 home

(703) 626-5340 cell

Qualifications

IEP Writing Formally trained in Lindamood Bell: Seeing Stars

FBA/BIP Development and Review and Visualizing and Verbalizing
Data Collection (academic and behavioral) Curriculum-based Measurement
Behavior Management Formative and Summative Assessment
Microsoft Excel Graphing Progress Monitoring
ActiveInspire Flipcharts AIMsWeb
Unique Learning Curriculum Differentiation of instruction
Edmark Reading Program Mandt (relational and technical)
Pathways Trained PALS and DRA Assessments

Education

George Mason University

- Master of Education, Special Education

- Graduate Certificate in Students with Disabilities Who Access the General Curriculum
- Master of Arts and Sciences, Industrial Psychology (Instructional Design)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bachelors of Arts and Sciences, Psychology

Graduate Classes

Characteristics of Students with Disabilities Internship in Special Education: General

who Access the General Curriculum
Assessment
Language Development and Reading
Elementary Reading, Curriculum, and
Strategies for Students Who Access the
General Education Curriculum
Secondary Curriculum and Strategies for
Students with Disabilities who Access the
General Curriculum
Curriculum
Adapted Instructional Methods and Transition for
Secondary Learners
Computer Applications for Special Populations
Collaboration and Consultation
Special Education Research
Classroom Management and Applied Behavior
Analysis

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Related Experience

August 2013- present: Loudoun County Public Schools - Special Education Teacher

I am currently a cross categorical special education teacher at Sully Elementary School. My responsibilities
include:

continually assessing student achievement and maintaining appropriate assessment and evaluation
documentation
Planning and implementing appropriate instructional and/or learning strategies and activities

Managing the behavior of learners to ensure that the environment is conducive to the learning process

Coordinating instructional activities with other professional staff to maximize learning opportunities

Participating in in-service and professional development activities and staff meetings

Continually communicating with students on instructional expectations to keep them informed of their
progress in meeting those expectations
Communicating with parents through conferences and other means

I also have three years experience as a special education teacher working in a self-contained classroom for
students with intellectual disabilities in kindergarten, first grade, second grade and third grade at Belmont
Station Elementary School. My duties included differentiation of instruction, providing engaging delivery of
instruction, classroom management, development of functional behavior assessments and behavior intervention
plans, implementation of behavior intervention plans, data collection including behavior and academic data,
using data to make evidence based decisions, implementing both formative assessments and summative
assessment, writing IEPs, running IEP team meetings, effectively communicating with both parents and other
teachers, collaborating with general education teachers as well as other special education teachers.

September 2011-August 2013: Loudoun County Public Schools - Substitute Teacher

Substitute teacher for the Loudoun County Public Schools. I substituted at elementary schools throughout the
area. I subbed in both special education and regular classrooms. I spent the majority of my time at Steuart
Weller Elementary School in the Intensive Behavior Services (IBS) classroom and the Early Childhood Special
Education Autism (ECSEA) classrooms.

October 2009 - June 2011: Department of Defense Education Activity- Substitute Teacher

Substitute teacher for the Department of Defense on-post schools at Fort Benning, Columbus, GA. I substituted
at various elementary schools as well as the middle school. As a substitute, I filled in for teachers in all aspects
of the school system such as special education, dedicated aide, reading, paraeducator, teacher's assistant, etc. I
spent a majority of my time in a kindergarten class assisting a special needs (Down's Syndrome) student.

October 2006 June 2009: Thurston County Public Schools - Teaching Assistant, Inclusive Preschool
Special Education
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I worked as a teaching assistant for Lydia Hawk Elementary School in Olympia, Washington. I worked as part
of a team in the integrated (inclusive) preschool class. This class combined both typical preschoolers and
special needs preschoolers. I was responsible for working with students age three to five in a special education
setting to enhance their educational experience.

Other Professional Experience

Oct 2002 to Feb 2003 : Instructional Design Consultant, Freddie Mac

As a consultant, I was involved in a project for the Customer Education and Integration Services Division to
update the Investor Accounting Managers Users Manual. My responsibilities include becoming familiar with
the content, reviewing existing documentation and software, meeting with subject matter experts, developing
and revising content, and instituting modular documentation strategies.

Apr 2002 to Oct 2002: Instructional Designer, Northrup Grumman

As an instructional designer, my responsibilities included front-end analysis of the job or task to be trained,
media selection, writing objectives to support the analysis, designing lesson materials and test items,
determining course content, and developing programs of Instruction (POIs) and interactive courseware
storyboards for web and computer-based training. Other responsibilities included conducting photo/video
shoots, graphic selection, evaluating and validating instructional materials, and working with subject matter
experts and other training team members to ensure the training program success. I worked on an Army training
project designed to provide small arms training to Army reserve personnel via CD-ROM and the Internet. I also
worked on an antiterrorism project to design CD-ROM training on Force Protection for the Army Reserves.

Apr 2000 to Apr 2002: Instructional Technologist Consultant, SAIC

Course Design and Development. I worked as an instructional technologist consultant on a course called the
Financial Underpinnings of Terrorism Course. The course is designed for criminal investigators and
prosecutors who are responsible for the investigation and prosecution of schemes to finance terrorist operations,
and for assisting in the investigations and prosecutions by other nations. My duties as a consultant include:
reviewing lesson descriptions and writing performance objectives,
working with Subject Matter Experts to help them design lessons based on sound instructional principles,
reviewing Subject Matter Experts course materials,
producing instructor guides, viewgraphs and other course materials.
monitoring lesson production and other materials to ensure that they adhere to the course Program of
Instruction (POI).