Neil O'Sullivan

Experience

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  St. Dominic School

  Jun 2007 - Aug 2013

  Student Teacher, Teacher's Assistant, Crisis Interventionin

  Provide individualized instruction for Autistic and Learning Disabled students in classes often containing multiple grade and functional ability levels. Collaborate with counselors and related services to ensure a productive and healthy environment was provided and maintained. Develop and utilize rubrics designed to gauge student progress. Develop social skills and emotional stability of students in order to maintain a healthy learning environment. Develop and implement parallel teaching strategies that were based on grade level and/or student synergy. Utilize Therapeutic Crisis Intervention strategies to prevent and de-escalate behavioral outbursts. Facilitate peer mediation conflict resolutions. Work with parents and relatives of students in order to make each school day as productive as possible. Show less

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  Innovation Charter High School

  Aug 2013 - May 2015

  Special Education Math and Global History Teacher

  Develop and implement Common Core based curriculum alongside a co-teacher for students in East Harlem who have been in middle schools that were under threat of and/or closing. Lesson plans, daily activities, and assessments were differentiated in order to engage all 5 inclusion classes consisting of populations of 20-30 students each. Data and information regarding to specialized caseloads of over a dozen special education students were actively collected and monitored in order to write proper IEPs to be presented during official meetings with district representatives, students, and parents. Implement strategies compliant with the IEPs of approximately 40% of the student population. Use Capturing Kids' Hearts strategies to create a positive and healthy classroom/school culture. Reach out to inform parents/guardians of student progress and, where necessary, develop strategies for academic and/or behavioral improvement. Participation in after school activities and/or extra help programs that accumulated at least 2 hours outside of regular hours were also required (Coaching soccer team). Development and implementation of curricular programs in the form of project based learning. Chaperoning college visitation trips both in and out of state. Attend and/or administer at least 40 hours’ worth of professional development seminars both in house and through external sources. Show less

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  Empirical Solutions

  Aug 2015 - Jun 2016

  Contractor
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  The Masters School

  Jul 2016 - May 2022

  • Jr Network Administrator

    Jul 2021 - May 2022

  • Helpdesk Technician

    Jul 2016 - Nov 2021
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  Better Technology Systems

  May 2022 - now

  IT Systems Analyst

  Working within a team that is focused on system/network architecture and maintenance alongside monitoring, troubleshooting, and implementing security and compliance tools. Member of internal Purple Team to keep clients' systems and networks secure and up to dateActive member of Incident Response Team and participation on tabletop exercisesHelp to transition towards a Zero Trust Model within our customer base and integrating it into a deployable model for new clients