Melissa Smythe

Co-teaching with a general education preschool teacher

Following Frog Street curriculum and modifying to support students' unique needs.

Developing fun, engaging activities to work on IEP goals.

Followed four different curriculums in the areas of social emotional, prewriting, literacy and math.

Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to assess student progress and adapt instructional strategies.

Various roles over the years including being an Autism-Specific Teacher, Non-categorical Teacher and Assessment Center Teacher.

Administered medical treatments, took data to demonstrate progress and write new IEP goals, created engaging lessons to work on students' areas of deficits.

Worked in a bilingual (Spanish) preschool classroom with students with the eligibility Speech and Language Impairment.

Used students' home language, repetition, visuals, and thematic material to increase students' receptive and expressive language skills.