Amelia Buttner

Experience

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  Pine Grove Middle School, Baltimore County Public Schools

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2012

  General Education Teacher

  Teacher of Adaptive Learning Support science to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students | Maintained a caseload of 20 and co-taught/acted as a resource in general education classesAccomplishments: In order to facilitate the better communication between the Special Education department and the administration, I was team leader for the department as well as the chosen spokesperson when working with our principal, assistant principal, and counselors.

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  Loch Raven Technical Academy, Baltimore County Public Schools

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2017

  General Education Teacher including GT and Magnet Science

  Teacher for 6th and 7th grade standard, GT, and magnet science curriculumAccomplishments: In order to improve our school climate, I chaired our school’s PBIS committee for two years, earning us Silver status, as well as facilitating the S.A.D.D. club. Additionally, I was an in-demand teacher mentor for a total of 5 teacher interns from Towson University.

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  VIPKid

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Online English as Second Language (ESL) Teacher

  Utilized VIPKid online classroom in order to immerse Chinese students in the use of the English language Accomplishments: Although not realizing it at the time, the use of this platform to teach was instrumental in the smooth transition I had in 2020 to be able to teach my classes online during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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  Baltimore County Public Schools - Woodlawn Middle School

  Aug 2017 - Jul 2020

  General Education Teacher (2017 to present) and IEP Facilitator/Spec Ed Dept Chair (2017-2019)

  Teacher for 6th-7th grade standard and 7th grade GT science | As department chair, scheduled/facilitated IEP meetings for 100+ special education students | Led a team of 15 special educators and support personnel, and assisted our general educators in the support of our scholarsAccomplishments: - One of the team members/writers of the NGSS-based Middle School Science curriculum- Adapted teaching to provide online learning during COVID-19 lockdown

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  Strategix

  Jul 2020 - now

  Academics Instructor