Amy Addison

Experience

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  Fairfax County Public Schools

  Aug 1997 - Aug 1999

  Special Education Teacher (Autism)
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  Clean Water Action

  Aug 1999 - Aug 2005

  Recruitment Director, Special Projects Manager, Office Manager

  -Responsible for all staff development in the Denver Metro area-Developed and supervised computer software to keep data on recruitment effectiveness across 20+non-profit organization around the country-Developed and maintained positive relationships with college career centers, professors, and organizations.-Facilitated training sessions at National Conferences about recruitment and using data to fine tune effectiveness and cost efficiency -Initiated, organized and directed an annual fundraiser at Denver's Ocean Journey-Co-directed a project with the City of Pueblo to educate and cleanup mercury in the homes of the citizens-Edited materials for the distribution to members Show less

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  Denver Public Schools

  Sept 2005 - Jun 2008

  Special Education Teacher (Autism)

  -Developed curriculum and instruction for children in grades K-2 with ASD-Initiated, planned and implemented programming for weekly community outings to practice generalization and appropriate community behavior-Trained and managed 5 paraprofessionals in the areas of TEACCH, Discrete Trial Training, data collection, and strategies-Supported a new teacher as the Cooperating teacher -Trained multiple paraeducators throughout the District regarding autism

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  Self Employed

  Jul 2006 - Sept 2008

  Autism ABA Provider
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  Denver Public Schools

  Aug 2008 - Sept 2011

  -Managed 23 special education teams in elementary and K-8 schools around the Southwest region of Denver-Consulted with Instructional Superintendent, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals and school staff to best meet the needs of students with disabilities-Collaborated to develop numerous professional developments and procedures for DPS staff-Managed a multidisciplinary team of individuals to help support school teams throughout the year-Met with staff teams regularly to problem solve and updated team about current procedures-Attended difficult IEP meetings and worked with advocacy groups to problem solve how to best meet the needs of students-Provided Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) training to DPS staff to de-escalate students Show less

  • Program Manager

    Jul 2010 - Sept 2011

  • Special Education Itinerant Teacher (Autism)

    Aug 2008 - Jul 2010
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  Aurora Public Schools

  Sept 2011 - now

  -Work with agencies, universities, and outside recruiting options to recruit strong candidates into education-Develop a retention plan for staff in the Exceptional Student Services Department including a Retention workgroup, team activities, and appreciation campaigns.-Lead manager for training special education paraprofessionals in Aurora Public Schools including instructional strategies, behaviors, disabilities, PBIS, data collection, and more-Lead manager of Nonviolent Crisis Intervention for the District including training, scheduling, managing participants and trainers, and reviewing documentation Show less -Assisted in opening 29 programs for students with ASD across the District - including administrative support and logistics-Assisted in restructuring the programming model for students with ASD in APSin order to systematically create an exit strategy for students in center based students-Assisted in developing curriculum and instruction for students in grades ECE-21 with ASD throughout APS-Consulted with teachers, principals, coordinators, paraeducators and school staff to best meet the needs of students with ASD-Developed professional development for APS staff regarding ASD-Helped develop the APS Body of Evidence for Autism-Organized and managed an Assessment Team that focused on the ADOS-2 as a tool to help identify ASD in the school setting and guided school teams through the Body of Evidence for eligibility. Show less

  • Coordinator of Recruitment and Retention

    Jul 2021 - now

  • Lead Special Populations Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA)

    Jul 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Special Education Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA)

    Sept 2011 - Jun 2020