Rhonda G.

Dennis
4551 S 1st Street, Louisville, KY 40214
502-363-1918
rd68936a@westpost.net
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EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR
Dedicated to guiding students/adults to success while inspiring a lifelong love
for learning
Certified teacher with a Rank I in Special Education coupled with 9 years experi
ence instructing middle, high, GED, and post secondary education students, secur
ing resources and implementing effective instruction. Background includes three
years in Freshman Academy at Valley High School.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
* An enthusiastic, creative, and passionate person, who believes that all childr
en can learn and thrive in a learning environment that is stimulating and approp
riate to their unique talents and abilities
* Specialization in Exceptional Child Education and Business Education
* Have worked with individualized education plans that included life after high
school
* Engage parents by working closely with them
* Provide students with consistency needed to develop to their highest potential
* Instruction was based on IEP's student performance, Kentucky Performance Stand
ards, and Jefferson County Curriculum Guides
* Taught on both PC and Macintosh
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Louisville, KY 02/08 to Present

Substitute Teacher in High School
NATIONAL COLLEGE, Louisville, KY 12/08 to 10/09
Adjunct Instructor in Financial Management and Planning
JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Louisville, KY 08/91 to 09/04
Moore High School Resource Teacher
* Taught ECE English
Valley High School Resource Teacher
* Taught ECE Algebra I and II, Geometry, Freshman English, Social Studies, Ameri
can History, World History, and Biology
* Taught self-contained and resource
* Worked in Freshman Academy for 3 Years
Meyzeek Adult Education Program GED Teacher
* Monitored individual study and assisted as needed
* Prepared worksheets to help the adult students use the text books more efficie
ntly on their own

Westport TAPP Program GED and Business Education Teacher

* Instrumental in the development of the GED Program
* Monitored and assisted the students in the GED Program
* Taught Keyboarding I and II and Electronic Office
Iroquois Middle School Self-contained ECE Eighth
Grade Teacher
* Taught eighth grade curriculum making modifications for individual students
* Trained ECE teachers and counselors on transition to high school and appropria
te paperwork
* In charge of make-up Career Assessment Testing for the eighth grade 1998-2000
* Taught eighth grade team word processing, spreadsheets, and databases 1999
* Worked with community volunteer and students to put in a fish pond
Wagner High School ECE Resource and Business Teacher
* Taught ECE English, Geography, American History, and Keyboarding
* Transition Facilitator; trained ECE teachers and counselors on transition afte
r high school
* Member Curriculum Task Force
EDUCATION
Rank I Special Education, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY - 1996
Masters of Arts in Teaching - Major: Business Education, University of Louisv
ille, Louisville, KY - 1996
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Major: Accounting, Universi
ty of Louisville, KY- 1982
CERTIFICATION
Provisional Certificate for Teachers of Exceptional Children- Learning and Behav
ior Disorders,
Grades 7-12
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Storecast Merchandising, Louisville, KY 02/06 to 05/07
Team Leader/Merchandiser
Lantis Merchandising, Louisville, KY 01/05 t
o 05/07
Product Merchandiser
RGIS Inventory Specialists, Louisville, KY 01/05 to 07/05
Inventory Auditor
The Pet School and Hotel, Louisville, KY 11/04 to 01/05
Kennel help