Amy Bowar-Litten is seeking a teaching position in special education at the elementary, middle, or high school level. She has over 18 years of experience as a special education teacher and case manager in Wisconsin and Alaska. Her experience includes collaborating with regular education teachers, developing IEPs, implementing behavioral and academic programs, and assisting students with disabilities. She has training in areas such as cooperative learning, differentiated instruction, assistive technology, and formal assessments.

1. Amy A. Bowar-Litten
418 South Parker Drive, Janesville, WI 53545 (608) 371-3207
anthonydlitten@hotmail.com [Website]
Objectives
To Secure employment in an Elementary, Middle School, or High School, Alternative High School
in Special Education
designed to guide students in becoming Quality Providers, Self-Directed
Learners; Collaborative Workers; Complex Thinkers; and Community
Contributors.
Experience
Date of Employment : 08/2004 to 11/07/2012
School District: School District of Beloit, Beloit Memorial High School
1225 4th Street Beloit, WI 53511,
Contact: BMHS Principal, Dr. Thomas Johnson, (608) 361-3002
Assistant Principal Mr. Brad Witt, (608) 361-3012
Job Title: Special Education Teacher/IEP Case Manager
 2005-2006 One example as team player that made the most impact in my classroom was when I
collaborated with a Guidance counselor, and implemented positive learning environments to students
with emotional behavioral disabilities by implementing a successful program where students were
engaged in learning United States History, meeting the standards based on project based learning.
 2004-2012 Collaborated, and cooperated as a team player with regular content teachers, making sure
accommodations were followed with students with disabilities so they would be given a positive
learning environment and be successful in their learning.
 I assisted students with Learning Disabilities, Cognitive Disabilities, Emotional Behavioral Disabilities,
and students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with homework completion, and
organization, mentoring all students, in all content areas during lunch and afterschool.
 2012 I adopted a classroom procedure from a book "Oppositional Defiant Disorder", (which was
approved, and proven to be successful) for my students with emotional behavior disability to correct
their behavior in a positive environment. In this model students chose to take a break, calm down, and
decide to make the right choice. Included with this classroom management, I also taught students
social skills and anger management; and natural consequences were used if wrong choices were made.
 2004-2012 As a mentor and as a member of the IEP team, I assisted in guiding students to alternative
programs that would individualize student learning. So that the student could be academically
successful and graduate with their class.
 2005-2012 Collaborated and Cooperated, as a team player in the Mathematics department where I
collaborated with content Algebra, Geometry teachers to differentiate lessons reaching all students at
different abilities, learning styles and multiple intelligences. I presented lessons to students using the
Smart board, and assisted in developing kinesthetic, hands-on puzzles when learning proofs. I also
developed vocabulary flashcards and a sorting activity where students had to identify types of
quadrilaterals based on marked properties on the quadrilateral.
 2011-2012 Participated in Challenge Day and was a Facilitator in a small group of students, showing and
modeling support to students when discussing experiences in being a victim of bullying.
 2005-2012 Collaborated, and cooperated with Counselors to transition High School students
successfully to post secondary institutions by inviting post secondary representatives to attend
Individual Education meetings (with signed consent of course). Assisted students in gathering college
information and contacting college representatives to answer important questions.

2. Amy A. Bowar-Litten
418 South Parker Drive, Janesville, WI 53545 (608) 371-3207
anthonydlitten@hotmail.com [Website]
 2005-2012 Collaborated and Cooperated as a team player with administration keeping parents
informed and calm, resolving parent and teacher conflicts, and student and teacher conflicts.
 2005-2012 Assisted in reviewing transcripts for 9-12th graders, adjusting schedules according to what
the student needs both in the line of needed required classes and elective credits to graduate.
 2005-2012 As an IEP team player, I collaborated in developing Behavior Intervention Plans, based on
Functional Behavior Assessments and data, that focused on positive intervention strategies instead of
punishment based consequences for students with emotional behavioral disabilities.
 2005-2012 Collaborated as an IEP team member in Individual Education Plan meetings, to develop
annual Individual Education Plans, and 3 year evaluations. Effectively evaluated students, reviewed
files, gathered data, before describing strengths, weaknesses, writing present levels of performance,
academic behavioral goals, transition goals to post secondary education, and accommodations.
 2005-2012 Effectively used case manager skills to collaborate, cooperate with other team members in
eligibility meetings, for students who were initially identified with a student who has a disability.
 2005-2012 Effectively used case manager skills to collaborate, cooperate with other team members in
filling paperwork out for a student going up for administrative hearing, and participating as a team
member of Manifestation Determination Meetings.
 2005-2012 Gathered data from other IEP members, including Classroom Teachers, Administrators to
monitor student grades, behavior; and to use the information to share with students in a study hall to
assist in homework completion and fill out quarterly and weekly reports on students’ academic
progress.
Experience
Date of Employment : 2003-2004
School District: Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District
7106 South Avenue
Middleton, WI 53562,
Contact: Special Education Coordinator, Susan Piazza (608) 829-9617
Job Title
 Guided and Mentored Adult student in with taking MATC business classes and teaching pertinent
daily living skills, including budgeting, shopping-locating items in a store, filing out job applications,
and how to conduct oneself on a job interview. Discussions were held with the student regarding the
planning of further education, based on students career interest for the future.
 Collaborated, cooperated with regular education teachers and taught a 7th grade student regular
education curriculum basic content, for 1 semester in an alternative placement setting. Instruction
also included teaching problem solving skills and social skills.
 Collaborated, Cooperated with Special Education teachers, and regular educators, as a team player to
implement a positive learning environment by using the Dubuque Management System, a system
using positive reinforcements and a social skills curriculum. with other team members, I assisted in
developing role play lessons, where students earned free time, and tokens for students who applied
good social and study skills
 Effectively used case management skills to design, implement, review, and collaborate with team
members in writing Individual Education Plan goals to develop Individual Education Plans.
 Collected and charted data on inappropriate behaviors which was used to collaboratively write
positive Behavior Intervention Plans for students with emotional behavioral needs.
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3. Amy A. Bowar-Litten
418 South Parker Drive, Janesville, WI 53545 (608) 371-3207
anthonydlitten@hotmail.com [Website]
Experience
Date of Employment : 2000 to 2003
School District: Lewis Angapak Memorial
119 Village Road
Tuntutuliak, Alaska 99680 Contact: Pam Vernor (907) 256-2415,
Special Education Director, Linae Saenger (907) 543-4870
Job Title
 Effectively used case management skills to: Collaborate, cooperate in reviewing and writing Individual
Education goals and objectives and Individual Education plans for students with disabilities.
 Effectively used case management skills to: Collaborate and cooperate with Individual Education Plan
team members to discuss if a student meets eligibility requirements for a student with disabilities.
 Collaborated, cooperated with Specialists: Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy, Physical
Therapy, Vision Specialist, Orientation and Mobility Specialist via phone, once a month in person to
discuss progress in the programs for students with disabilities.
 Effectively implemented Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy programs for
students who had Down ’s syndrome, age 9, and a girl with Traumatic Brain Injury who was age 8.
 Effectively implemented Orientation and Mobility program for a student who was visually impaired-
blind.
 Effectively guided, supervised, collaborated, cooperated with 4 paraprofessionals, and one Associated
Teacher. Each student, the student with Down ’s syndrome, Traumatic Brain Injury, the 14 year old
boy with Cognitive and Behavioral disability, and the student who was blind had their own
paraprofessional to assist them in learning. The Associate Teacher was responsible for implementing
and running the Speech and Language program in (Yup’ik Eskimo) immersion program.
 Assessed, evaluated, developed lessons of a life skills curriculum, including a reading and math
program for a 14 year old boy with a Cognitive and Behavioral Disability.
Professional Education
Dates of Attendance: 1996-1999
University or College: University of Minnesota Duluth
1049 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
Degree/Diploma Obtained
 Special Education License Learning Disabilities/Emotional Behavior Disabilities K-12
GPA: Overall 3.7
Academic Education
Dates of Attendance :
9/1/1984 To 6/1/1990
School name
University of Wisconsin Whitewater
 Art Teaching License K-12
 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art
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4. Amy A. Bowar-Litten
418 South Parker Drive, Janesville, WI 53545 (608) 371-3207
anthonydlitten@hotmail.com [Website]
Training Experience in Specific Educational Areas
 Taught and Self-trained/Trained in sign but not to the hearing impaired.
Taught sign language to Cognitive Disabled students with Down’s Syndrome
and Traumatic Brain Injuries.
 Taught and was Trained in multi-age and multi-grades; Harry Wong.
 Received Mentorship training.
 Taught and was trained in Cooperative Learning: Collaboration/Team
Teaching.
 Taught, was trained, an implemented activities from TRIBES
 Was trained and implemented the Dubuque Management System.
 Trained in various ESL/ELL Strategies and Techniques including "The Language
Model" by Jim Mc Dormik: an ESL/ELL approach.
 Received 6-1 Writing Traits
 Trained in Multiple Intelligences and Differentiated
Instruction.
 Trained in Level 1 use of the Smart board and other technology.
 Taught and was trained to administer the Woodcock Johnson III, and Key
math as well as other formal assessment instruments.
 Obtained experience in administering the WKCE Testing and participated in
leading the WKCE study group to 10th graders.
References are available upon request.
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