1. MARTHA CHASE
21411 Campbell Road, Spencerville, IN 46788 cell:260-437-0343 meyerchase@metalink.net
SUMMARY
Well-rounded and compassionate Special Education Teacher adept at incorporating student’s
unique needs and creating effective lesson plans to accommodate them.
HIGHLIGHTS
 Teaching, tutoring, counseling
 Experience working with special
needs students
 Performance Assessments
 Parent teacher conferences
 Creative lesson plan development
 Excellent classroom management
 Differentiated Instruction
 Creative lesson plan development
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Material Development
 Created thematic cross-curricular lesson plans for learning disabled students
Education Strategies
 Employed special education strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the
development of sensory/perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory
Plan Development
 Planned and conducted activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration,
and work time that provided students with opportunities to observe, question and invest-
igate
Parent Communication
 Regularly met with parents to discuss student issues, course weakness areas
and progress
EXPERIENCE
Long-term substitute teacher for severe/profound Special Education teacher
East Allen County Schools, New Haven, IN
Nine month position
 Followed IEPs designed to promote educational, physical, and social development
 Conducted small group and individual classroom activities and lessons with
students based on differentiated learning needs

2. Teacher of day reporting and incarcerated students
Allen County Juvenile Center, Fort Wayne, IN
One year position
 Designed lesson plans focused on age and level appropriate material for High School
students who were below grade level in Reading
 Taught GED test skills and materials
Teacher of elementaryemotionally and mentally disabled students
Crossroad Children’s Home, Fort Wayne, IN
One year position
 Created and enforced child-based hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and
receptive learning
 Combined discipline plan with effective measures and various lesson plans to increase
concentration , participation and progress student accountability
 Wrote and presented documents for IEP process
Elementary Resource Room Teacher
Fort Wayne Community Schools, Fort Wayne, IN
10 years
 Established and enforced rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order
among classes of 2 to 12 students
 Designed cross-curricular lesson plans based on themes for all levels of skills
 Wrote and presented documents for IEP conferences
 Communicated regularly with parents and other teachers
Substitute teacher in all grades and classes
EACS and NACS and DeKalb East
10 years
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts: Elementary Education
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
 Coursework in Health and Safety for Children
 Emphasis in Child Development
Master of Arts: Special Education
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
 Education in Reading training