Rebecca Perry is an experienced educator seeking a new teaching position. She has over 20 years of experience teaching various subjects to students from ages 11-19. She holds a Master's degree in Education and certifications in teaching and TESOL. Perry is proficient in areas like planning, management, relationship building, and technology. She has experience teaching in both the US and UK in roles like classroom teacher, intervention specialist, and special educational needs teacher. Perry is adaptable, organized, and skilled in innovative teaching strategies.

1. Rebecca Perry
81 Madeira Road, Holland-on-Sea, Essex CO15 5NE
Home Phone: 01255 814279 Cell Phone: 07999479123
Email: rebelsteps@gmail.com
Profile
Adaptable, dependable and fast learning, I am an enthusiastic, organised worker. Possessing QTS
and TESOL Certifications along with a Masters Degree in Education I have more than 20 years
teaching experience, 10 in urban American inner city schools. Having been required to write,
implement, revise and arbitrate legal documentation, I have also been accountable for providing
records compliance meeting governmental regulations. Specialising in finding creative ways to
surmount learning deficiencies, I am accustomed to identifying and implementing practical solutions,
including the use of technological adaptations, leading to student improvement and success.
Benefiting from a positive supportive attitude I now seek a varied and challenging position where I
can contribute my experience and skills while utilizing my expertise.
Areas of proficiency
• Planning – Solid experience organising and maintaining clear, up to date plans & records
• Innovative – working to understand situational needs using a variety of strategies
• Management - extensive administration including arranging and coordinating meetings between
staff and public, prioritizing assignments, supervising assistants & mentoring team members
• Report Writing – Highly developed report writing skills for the educational and governmental
agencies, ensuring legal compliances accurate and meticulous records
• Relationship Focus – striving to effectively communicate with people from diverse cultural
backgrounds and varying levels of educational experience, while building team strengths
• Computer Literacy- proficiently using Microsoft Office Products and social media
• Technological Preparation- training covering; internet, intranet, multiple mail programs, basic
web page design, Smart Board, Blackboard, Moodle, Board Maker; Web Questing; and more
Education and Qualifications
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, 2001
• Masters in Education, GPA of 3.9
VALLEY FORGE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, 1985
• Bachelor’s Degree GPA of 3.0
• Qualified Teacher Status granted June 2012
• TESOL Certification- 120 hour course completed March 2012
• Student Teaching Placements- 2nd,
7th,
and 8th
grades
• Ohio State Certifications- Interventions Specialist, Mild/Moderate Education, Elementary
• Professional Development- Stevenson Reading, Wilson Reading, Simple Math, Handwriting
Without Tears, Smart board, Approaches/Tools for Developing Web Enhanced Lessons, Black
board, Wed Quest, and more through Columbus Public Schools
• Graduate Studies- Reading Foundations, Understanding Phonetic Reading Instruction,
Differentiated Instruction
• Post Graduate Studies- Applied Behaviour Analysis, Assessment, differentiation, interventions,
intelligences, Multiculturalism, Middle Eastern Studies, Assistant Technology Disabilities

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Employment Events
Customer Service Settings
• Telephone call centres; taking orders, credit information services and support
• Retail roles; family owned book store, tailoring, counter help
• Care homes; night shift aid and laundry
• Food service; waitressing and counter help
• Community volunteer; parent lesion; leading USO tours and supervising meetings
Educational Settings
• Southwestern Assemblies of God College; Library assistant and switch board operator
• Bethel Academy; 1 year: teaching year 5 in small private school other roles covered
• Granville Village Schools; 1 year: support, reader, one to one instruction with autistic student
• Columbus Christian School; 1 year: teaching year 2, including art, recorder and PE
• Columbus City Schools: 10 years: teacher ages 11 and up, tutor and intervention specialist
• Prince George County Schools; 1 term: nonverbal instruction and applied behavioural analysis
• Essex Fresh Start: ½ term: year 10 and 11 behaviour modification and instruction adaptation
• Randstad Recruitment: 2 years: supply work various locations and settings
Relevant Instructional Responsibilities
Classroom Teacher Pupil Referral Unit for behavioural issues
• Teaching English, and Maths helping students earn entry level qualifications
• Working with student to obtain GCSE equivalencies & ECDL computer skills certification
• Responsible for out reach instructional assistants and two classroom assistants
Special Educational needs teacher higher functioning self-contained classrooms
• Two years teaching Science, English, Algebra and Geometry coursework ages 14 -19
• Four years teaching History, Geography, Business, Economic and Law to ages 14 – 19
• SENCO Statement Team Leader responsible for coordination of all statement services and
meetings, along with communication interactions between school and home
• Responsibility for writing and maintaining all government required documentation
• Supervised management of students behaviour including functional behaviour analysis and writing
behaviour intervention plans to support students emotional, social, or behavioural challenges
• Worked with a wide range of skill levels and abilities including non verbal and autistic
Intervention Specialist Tutor for Special Learning Disabilities
• Part time position responsible for students having specific learning disabilities with statements
• Tutored age 11 to 14 using inclusion class support, small group pullout, or one to one instruction
• Coordinated all meetings dealing with student statements, wrote statements and all paper work
• Collaborated with teachers to ensure that all assignments and tests are completed by the student,
along with formulating accommodations and modifications to any given assignments
Special Educational Needs Lower Function Classroom
• Taught functional living skills, including dressing & grooming, using applied behaviour interventions
• Supervised instructional assistants, assigning all their duties and responsibilities in the Classroom

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• Autistic Discrete Trials trained, data sheets recorded, skills broken down
Interests and Experiences
• Travel, Historical Sites, Games, Anime, Music, Architecture and Reading
• Helping out in my children’s classrooms has the room parent and teacher support
• Volunteering with the Lion’s International and Band Boosters to raise funds
• Helping with Girl Scouts and 4 H programs when my children where in them
• Teaching group classes in the home school group and being teacher of record
• Training or teaching someone in a way that leads them to success
• Watching historical programs to explore cultural perceptions in this country (UK)
• Interest based classes: Meteorology, and Windows on the World Wine course
• Watching American style football featuring the Buckeyes from The Ohio State University
• Listening to people to learn their stories, culture and history
• Tia Chi classes
• Volunteered on a project to construct worker housing for an orphanage in Jamaica
• Successfully Liaised with locals for the United Service Organisation (USO) on the US military base
in Fulda, Germany
• Participated in ASSE international student exchange program
o Worked at the summer language camp
o Hosted yearlong exchange student from Osaka, Japan
o Hosted yearlong exchange student from Black Forrest region of Germany.
o Hosted a summer student from Czech Republic
Biographical
• Graduated Centerburg High School in Ohio USA 1982
• Graduated VFCC College 1985: worked for the following year teaching first grade
• Married Alan Stephens 1986: divorced in 2010, he is a school psychologist in Columbus City Schools
• Military wife: living in California and then in Germany always living off the base to learn local life
• Stay at home Mom of 3 children:
o Laura 29 assistant sandwich shop worker;
o Ian 27 former Marine working in the security industry;
o Amber 23 peace corp volunteer
• Home Schooled: my older two children for five years
• Teacher of Record: authorised by the state to approve teaching methods and materials for Home
schooled students
• Presented: demonstration of original science ideas for the classroom teacher at Teaching convention
• Graduated The Ohio State University 2001: Masters of Education Primary teaching and Learning
• Earned Elementary Certification 2001: able to teach any subject for any student up to end of year 9
• Join Work Force: working with Special Education when my children were able to be more self-reliant
• Earned Special Education Certification 2005: self-contained classroom with two teaching assistants
• Courted: online and in person by a British gentleman I meet through online gaming
• Moved: to Maryland to be near a better airport and taking a job where I could leave mid-year
• Returned to Ohio; Planning and organising visa, wedding and overseas moving preparation
• Married: British citizen Stephen Perry February 2, 2012
• Imported: Joined new husband in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex in March 2012
• Supply work: to learn the education system locally
• Moved: Our first house together in Holland-on-Sea remodelling it to our taste.
References
Copies of past references from the United States and past evaluations can be provided now.
Current Referees: Can be given upon final consideration

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