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Resume: Sheri McGuinn Education: o Enrolled
in MS Administration, Professional Writing program, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ o MS
Education, Learning and Behavior
Disorders, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY o BA
Psychology, Sonoma State
University, Rohnert Park, CA o Course
Listing in portfolio
demonstrates full breadth of education Experience: o Freelance
writer as per www.sherimcguinn.com
2005-2011 o Teacher: rural, urban, and reservation public schools in
various locations 1995-2011 o Caseworker/Investigator Child Protection, Chautauqua County, NY 1991-1994 o Full detailed work history available on request Communication: o Excellent professional writing and editing skills demonstrated in legal reports,
educational assessments and individualized education plans, website design
and maintenance, and grant proposals –
samples in portfolio o Training and experience in adaptation of material for specific audiences, including simplifying
textbook material as needed for special education students at various
academic levels o Persuasive
and mediation skills honed
through officiating at individualized education plan meetings with parents,
students, educators, and other professionals as well as through Cornell CPS
Core Training and CPS work o Conflict
resolution skills highly
developed through both training and experience working with at-risk
populations o Presentation skills highly developed through years of
teaching o Coaching skills developed through theatre and behavioral
intervention work: includes drawing on
to the individual’s past experience to create required behavior in a new
situation or role Organization: o Superior time
management and independent
prioritization of tasks practiced as a child protection investigator,
teacher, and freelance writer o Developed
and implemented specialized
education programs including a credit-recovery program for special education
high school students and a reading program in a reservation junior high
school o Initiated individualized education plans for students as a
special education teacher (by conducting various assessments and developing
goals and intermediate objectives for learning and behavior) and then collaborated with other team members
to refine and implement the plans o Authored
a successful grant application
that involved expanding a modest idea to match what the granting organization
wanted to fund, co-ordination of
and collection of data from various interest groups, compilation of all data, and presentation
of the material in the required format o Portfolio has narrative from
grant application and letters of recommendation citing projects mentioned
above Research and Analysis: o Interviewing skills include: establishing rapport with
hostile subjects, use of open-ended questioning, verification of
understanding, evaluation and analysis of information obtained o Evaluation experience includes: assessing student academic
skills and behavioral issues (through informal and formal observation,
interviews, and testing) and assessing
child safety and family need for services (through interviews and observation
of immediate situation, behavior, and environment) o Developed,
conducted, and documented research
on the impact of music on student behavior o Portfolio has abstract on research project and other
samples to demonstrate these skills |