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Twyla Miller

218 Highland Avenue Waxahachie, TX 75165 Phone: (972) 921-1643 [email protected] twylamiller.weebly.com EDUCATION Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Graduated May 2013 B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis on Special Education Midlothian High School, Midlothian, TX Graduated 2009

TEXAS CERTIFICATIONS Special Education EC-12 General Education EC-6 English as a Second Language May 2013 May 2013 May 2013

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Special Education Life Skills Teacher (Waxahachie ISD) 2013-2014 School Year st (Felty Elementary, Kindergarten and 1 grade Life Skills) o Taught in a classroom of seven children with various disabilities o Collaborated with general education teachers to provide appropriate accommodations for students eligible for inclusion o Created schedules to effectively utilize paraprofessionals in and out of the classroom o Advocated for students to make sure they were receiving the appropriate amount of support services as indicated in their IEPs Student Teaching (Mesquite ISD, 15 weeks) Spring 2013 (Agnew Middle School, 7th/8th grade Resource Mathematics) o Co-taught with general education teachers in an inclusion setting o Utilized technology within the classroom in order to differentiate instruction o Observed in a variety of classroom settings including Pre-AP, Inclusion, Life Skills, Autism Unit, and GT Transition Preparation (Bryan ISD, 45 hours) Fall 2012 (Bryan High School, 10th/11th grade Resource Mathematics) o Created a full transition plan for a student preparing for life after high school o Taught lessons in small-group settings o Collected data on students through informal assessments Senior Methods (Bryan ISD/College Station ISD, 150 hours) Spring 2012 (Rudder High School/College Hills Elementary School, High School Vocational Education/Pre-Kindergarten Autism Unit) o Created lesson plans based on students IEP goals and objectives

o Attended student ARDs at both elementary and high school levels o Delegated paraprofessional responsibilities within the classroom General Education Junior Methods (Navasota ISD, 160 hours) Fall 2011 (Navasota Junior High, 8th grade English/Language Arts) o Collaborated with general education teachers to create lesson plans o Taught lessons in a classroom setting o Implemented classroom rules and other classroom management strategies

OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONAL Reads and Counts, Bryan, TX January 2011-December 2012 o Managed tutor timesheets and monitored the productivity of tutors in their assigned classrooms o Tutored elementary age students in reading and mathematics including English Language Learners and students with mild to moderate learning disabilities o Collaborated with teachers and afterschool care workers to determine where students struggled and what interventions to implement with each child English Learning Institute, College Station, TX January 2011-April 2011 o Assisted international students in improving their conversational English skills in a classroom setting o Worked one on one with international students to ensure that they could use appropriate communication skills in a variety of situations Camp Life, Burton, TX March 2011 o Was responsible for the 24 hour care of a 14 year old boy with mild to moderate autism in a camp setting o Assisted with the care of other teenage boys with disabilities such as Down syndrome and cerebral palsy Mount Lebanon Baptist Encampment, Cedar Hill, TX June - August 2010-2013 o Administered medication to children with and without disabilities including epilepsy and other health impairments HOSTS (Helping One Student To Succeed), Bryan, TX August 2009-December 2009 o Tutored students in reading including students with mild learning disabilities o Observed and aided in an elementary classroom where I often worked with a child with a cognitive impairment

REFERENCES Available upon request

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