Resume

Gina Carson
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Disability Services Specialist, Accessibility/Assistive & Instructional Technology/Transition Consultant, Education Coach and Webmaster

Education

09/2005 – 12/2008 William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
M.Ed. Developmental Disabilities

01/2001 – 05/2004 William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Teacher of the Handicapped Certification

08/1995 – 08/1999 University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
B.A. Sociology

Professional Experience

09/2008 – current Disability Services Specialist Passaic County Community College

  • Review disability documentation to determine eligibility for services and requests for reasonable accommodations
  • Assess impact of student’s disability with academic environment in order to facilitate equal access
  • Provide disability-related information, referral, support, training and assistive technology consultations to applicants, students, faculty and staff
  • Created and help maintain confidential ODS database
  • Help to update and maintain ODS web presence at  pccc.edu/ods
  • Created and maintain Student Disability Support Services LibGuide & Universal Design, Web Accessibility & Assistive Technology LibGuide
  • Taught College Experience (COL-102) class

10/2005 – 06/2008 Teacher Passaic County Technical Institute, Wayne, NJ

  • Taught state award-winning 9th & 10th grade Special Needs HSPA Preparatory class at the county’s only vocational high school
  • Work closely with several teaching assistants and Child Study Teams on a daily basis
  • Mentored senior teachers in use of new CMS

07/2004 – 06/2005 Teacher Bergen County Special Services, Hackensack campus

  • Taught 9th grade class at a public school program for students who are all classified emotionally disturbed.
  • Responsible for daily English, mathematics, earth science, and study skills classes

08/2002 – 06/2004 Teacher High Point School of Bergen County, Lodi, NJ

  • Taught an 11th grade at a private school for public school students who are all classified under special education laws, mostly emotionally disturbed and psychiatrically involved.
  • Facilitated the school’s computer assisted curriculum, which is supplemental and individualized for each student.

10/2000 – 05/2002 Site Manager Latchkey Program, New Milford, NJ

  • Oversaw district-wide after-school program, including: arranging daily activities for 200+ students, solving immediate problems, communicating with parents and program director

Professional Development

June 2011: Creating Accessible Tables, Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI) *won scholarship for this 4-part webinar series

May 2011: Creating AT Policies & Procedures in Higher Education, Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)

January-March 2011: Certificate of Proficiency in Web Accessibility, Georgia Institute of Technology

December 2010: Distance Matters – Accessible Distance Learning, Disability Access Information and Support (DAIS)

October 2010: Accessible LMS – Moodle, Desire2Learn, Sakai & Blackboard, Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI) *won scholarship for this 4-part webinar series

May 2010: Better Learning by Design (UDL) Conference, The University of Vermont

February 2010: Transition to College – Best Practices for New & Transfer Students, Ocean County College

December 2009: Transition Conference – NJ Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Learning Disabilities, New Jersey City University

Understanding Poverty workshop

Differentiated Learning workshop

Adapting Instruction for Students with Mild Disabilities workshop

Strengthening Content Area Learning Using Cutting-Edge Technology Projects workshop

Behavior Management and Social Skills Training workshop

Therapeutic Interventions for the Noncompliant, Violent and Aggressive Child workshop

Anger Control Made Easy workshop

Introduction to Strategies for “In-Class Support Instruction” workshop

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® training via Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc.

Differential Instruction in Mathematics workshop

AirLiners in the Classroom workshop

Character Education workshop

Strategies to Prepare Special Education Students for the HSPA workshop

An Array of HSPA Activities and Alternative Forms of Assessment workshop

Volunteer Work

Hilltop Haven Family Shelter, Paterson Task Force, Paterson, NJ
The Christian L. DeSimone Foundation
A Journey for 9/11

Webmaster Work

GoneBananasFL.com
EHChesnutJrDDS.com
MiaKnitwear.com
SonnyCoachesCorner.com
PimpedOutHair.com
SYGFitness.com

Memberships

National Association of Special Education Teachers
Pi Lambda Theta
NJ AHEAD