James Jordan
Mandeville,LA
Summary
Resource education professional equipped to drive student success. Strong background in individualized instruction, classroom management, and curriculum adaptation. Proven ability to collaborate with colleagues and adapt to changing educational needs. Known for patience, empathy, and effective communication skills.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Resource Specialist
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District
12.2021 - 06.2025
- Resource Specialist at Meadowlark Elementary School (December 2021 – June 2025)
- Resource Specialist for 5th- 8th Grade for High Desert Middle School (July 2024 – June 2025)
- Duties include maintaining IEPs, facilitating IEP meetings, delivering lessons to meet student IEP learning goals and meet California Common Core State Standards, giving assessments, grading student work, maintaining a push-in and/or pull-out schedule for both resource and unique day class positions, maintaining effective classroom and behavior management, and supervising whole group, small group, and one-on-one instruction, and managing classroom aides.
Behavioral Technician
Behavioral Learning Center
09.2017 - 03.2022
- Behavioral Technician. Under direction of a program manager, I worked with children one-on-one inside their home, by using Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) practices to teacher the skills which included learning tasks within the house (i.e. clean room), learning tasks within the community (i.e. handling money when shopping), completing assignments for school such as homework, behavioral training using positive reinforcement and ABA methods. Other duties included reading goals for the individual child as written by the program manager, implementing these goals during an ABA session, and collecting appropriate data that is later used to update or create new goals.
Permanent Education Specialist
Castaic Union School District
11.2020 - 12.2021
- Permanent Education Specialist for Mild-to-Moderate Disabilities, serving as the First for Castaic Virtual Campus Elementary and Middle School during the COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequently transitioning to in-person instruction at Castaic Middle School. Duties include maintaining Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), delivering lessons to meet student IEP learning goals and California Common Core State Standards, administering assessments, grading student work, maintaining effective classroom and behavior management, supervising whole-group, small-group, and one-on-one instruction, and supervising classroom aides.
Long-term Substitute Teacher
Castaic Union School District
09.2020 - 11.2020
- Long-term Substitute Teacher in Mild to Moderate Disabilities for Castaic Virtual Campus Elementary and Middle School. Duties include maintaining Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), delivering lessons to meet student IEP learning goals and California Common Core State Standards, administering assessments, grading student work, maintaining effective classroom and behavior management, supervising whole-group, small-group, and one-on-one instruction, and supervising classroom aides.
Substitute Teacher
Castaic Union School District
08.2019 - 09.2020
- Substitute Teacher. Duties include delivering lessons, administering tests, grading student work, maintaining effective classroom and behavior management, and supervising whole-group, small-group, and one-on-one instruction. I also supervised classroom aides, led Physical Education, and assisted with pick-up and drop-off as needed.
Education
Preliminary Mild/Moderate Education Specialist Instruction Credential -
California State University of Northridge
Northridge, CA05.2020
BA - Liberal Studies
The Master’s University
Santa Clarita, CA05.2016
Mathematics
Sierra Community College
Grass Valley, CA05.2013
Skills
- First Aid/CPR/AED certified; typing speed of 54 WPM; excellent people skills; several years of experience working with children (ages 2-15); experience in lesson plan development, evaluation procedures, behavioral evaluations, IEP compliance, personalized instruction, assessment procedures, IEP plans, documentation and recordkeeping, individualized instruction able to manage pressure; approachable, dependable, and engaging
Timeline
Resource Specialist
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District
12.2021 - 06.2025
Permanent Education Specialist
Castaic Union School District
11.2020 - 12.2021
Long-term Substitute Teacher
Castaic Union School District
09.2020 - 11.2020
Substitute Teacher
Castaic Union School District
08.2019 - 09.2020
Behavioral Technician
Behavioral Learning Center
09.2017 - 03.2022
BA - Liberal Studies
The Master’s University
Preliminary Mild/Moderate Education Specialist Instruction Credential -
California State University of Northridge
Mathematics
Sierra Community College
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