Danielle Sinha

Experience

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  Oakland Unified School District

  Jun 2010 - Jun 2013

  Resource Specialist

  • Represented Yu Ming’s culture of supporting students and parents in the special education process.• Provided all case management including authoring all IEPs and facilitate all IEP meetings.• Coordinated with outside providers such as OT, SLP, Psychologists, and Behaviorists for services and assessments.• Performed all academic assessments for special education qualification.• Provided specialized academic instruction for students with various learning differences.• Set ambitious and realistic goals for students and progress monitored growth towards those goals. Show less

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  Lincoln Child Center

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

  Special Education Teacher

  Special Education Teacher for students with emotional disturbance.Taught a 5-8 student class on a nonpublic campus.Authored IEPs and implemented behavior support plans.Collaborated with support staff to provide consistent behavior interventions.Communicated with stakeholders about students' progress in the program.

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  Yu Ming Charter School

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

  Special Education Teacher and Coordinator

  Coordinating all services with contractorsAuthoring IEPs and facilitating IEP meetingsTeaching students with mild to moderate learning differencesAcademically assessing students for Initial and Triennial IEPs

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  Alhambra Unified School District

  Nov 2015 - Jul 2016

  Special Education Teacher

  Teaching a Counseling Enriched Special Day Class

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  Aspire Public Schools

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2020

  Special Education Coordinator and Education Specialist

  •Oversaw compliance of Individual Education Program (IEP) documents, including gathering data, requesting input, analyzing results, providing data-based recommendations, and presenting it to the team for consideration and revisions. •Coordinated all IEP meetings with stakeholders including scheduling, facilitating, writing, amending, and following up for signatures of documents. •Addressed parent concerns during meetings through active listening and team discussion to consider resolutions. •Built strong communication and rapport with team members, including families, to encourage open communication and full team participation in team meetings. •Collaborated and co-planned with general education teachers to support new teachers and ensure agreed upon student supports and behavior plans were being implemented regularly. •Cultivated relationship with the Department of Rehabilitation and high school students by scheduling meetings and events for the purpose of students receiving support after graduation. •Provided specialized academic instruction in ELA and Math. Show less

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  Ararat Charter School

  Aug 2020 - Aug 2022

  Special Education and Title I Coordinator

  •Developed and implemented systems to strengthen and monitor compliance of Special Education law school-wide, including pulling and organizing data reports and holding team meetings. •Communicated timelines, audit updates, compliance reports, and next steps with multiple teams to ensure stakeholders were informed of crucial information. •Partnered with Non-Public Agencies to provide specialized services as needed and provided fiscal and quality of services oversight. •Scheduled and led interviews for new special education staff.•Provided new special education training and structured opportunities for collaboration for new special education staff. •Spearheaded, wrote, and rewarded two grants for our school to gain the means of providing a higher level of social emotional support and learning recovery materials/training for the teaching team. •Led multiple teams to prepare and participate for the Traditional District Validation Review (audit) for Special Education. •Facilitated parent meetings to address parent concerns, communicate school’s concerns, and create next steps as a team to support a student with behavior, academic, or social emotional needs. Show less

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  Valley Charter Middle School

  Aug 2022 - Jul 2023

  Special Education Coordinator and Resource Specialist