Costia Thomas K.
Middle School ELA Special Education Teacher & Case Manager
- Role
- Middle School Ela Special Education Teacher at District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Costia Thomas K.
French (native fluency)Experience as Lead Teacher in Gen Ed, Full Inclusion, Partial (pull out) Inclusion, Intervention, and Self Contained rolesFamiliar with K-12 Common Core standards, developing standards-based integrated curriculum, International Baccalaureate (IB), International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC), Responsive Classroom, and Restorative Justice approach to school community building and conflict resolution. Two years assistant soccer coach (ITDS-2016+2017 city champions)One year head middle school soccer coach (ITDS - Fall \'22 undefeated season, Spring \'23 undefeated and Fields at RFK DC Scores Tournament Champions)Fall \'23 + Spring \'24 DCSC Rec League U7 Brookland FC Head Coach (undefeated)Familiar with:Zinn Education ProjectStanford History Education GroupDiscovery Education Curriculum (Social Studies)OER Project NewsELACommon LitLindamood-Bell reading intervention (Seeing Stars)Words Their Way (Pearson)Expressive Writing (Engelmann and Silbert/SRA-McGraw-Hill)Teachers College Reading and Writing Project - Lucy Calkins Writing WorkshopsFountas & Pinnell LiteracyScholastic Guided Reading ProgramReading A-ZFlocabularyIXLBrainPopTCI K-12 Curriculum (Social Studies)Reading Mastery (National Institute for Direct Instruction)i-Ready Instruction for Math and ELAenVision Math (Pearson)digits Math (Pearson)TouchMathCalendar Math (Houghton Mifflin)PARCC/CAPE Test Proctor and AdministratorNWEA MAP Growth Assessments STEP AssessmentsNAEP AssessmentsPowerSchool for admin and for Special Education servicesMicrosoft Office SuiteGoogle Classroom - Docs/Drive/etc.WordPressAble to write press releases, scripts, PSAs, obituaries, etc.Excellent communicator with varied demographicsDual Citizen (EU)5 years Shakespearean acting training under Royal Society of the Arts (London) Fellow Victoria McKeePassed MTEL Communications & Literacy Skills in Reading and WritingTrained in Nonviolent Intervention (Crisis Prevention Institute), expired
Experience
Middle School Ela Special Education Teacher
District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)
Oct 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US
2023-24- Case Manager for 12-15 7th grade students with IEPs- Inclusion teacher for four 7th Grade English classes - Lead teacher for one 8th Grade Extended Literacy class 2024-25- Case Manager for 12-15 8th grade students with IEPs- Inclusion Teacher for three 8th grade English classes - Intervention Teacher for two 7th grade Extended Literacy classes2025-26- Case manager for 12 6th grade students with IEPs- Inclusion teacher for three 6th grade Literacy classes - Intervention teacher for three 6th grade Reading classes
Education
University of the District of Columbia
Master's of Arts in Teaching, Elementary Education (1-6)
2018 — 2019
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
BA, Fine and Performing Arts Major, Public Relations (English) Minor
2007 — 2011
Falmouth Academy
High School Diploma
2002 — 2007
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