Teddi L. Benson
Phone: (307) 745-8615
E-mail: teddibenson@yahoo.com
1410 LaPrele St.
Laramie, Wyoming 82070
WORK EXPERIENCE
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Montgomery County Schools
Teacher Full Inclusion
Virtual Public Schools Classroom teacher
Biology, American History, Math
West Montgomery High School
Mt Gilead, NC
August 2013-June 2015
Albany County School District #1
Teacher Full Inclusion
Laramie High School
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Laramie, Wyoming
August 2010-June 2013
Full inclusion means that all students, regardless of handicapping condition or
severity, receive instruction in a regular classroom full time. I co-teach with
general educators to provide this instruction to students with identified
disabilities, as well as any other students requiring special instruction in their
classrooms; classes have included Modern American Studies, Basic Math
Review, Applications of Biology, Survey of Fiction, Writing Skills, Conceptual
Physics
Make sure accommodations and modifications of individual educational plans are
met for 18 students on my caseload, e.g. reading tests aloud in a separate location,
providing extended time, breaking assignments into smaller chunks, providing
needed technology
Supervised three Master’s level graduate students during practicum experiences in
regular high school classrooms
University of Wyoming
Assistant Instructor/Liaison Between Regular
Education Faculty and Special Education Faculty
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Laramie, Wyoming
August 2008-2010
The University of Wyoming received a major grant from the U.S. Department of
Education to bring Response to Intervention (RtI) to schools across the state. RtI
is a process of academic and/or behavior intervention used to provide early,
systematic assistance to children who are having difficulty learning. RtI seeks to
prevent academic failure through early intervention, frequent progress
measurement, and increasingly intensive research-based instructional
interventions for children who continue to have difficulty. I worked with
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university faculty and the Wyoming Department of Education to assist schools in
implementing RtI and Positive Behavior Instructional Support across the state
Guest speaker in regular college classes explaining co-teaching models, full
inclusion model, accommodations and modifications in the regular classroom,
participation in IEP meetings, Response to Intervention and Positive Behavior
Instructional Support
Albany County School District #1
Teacher of Students with Emotional Disabilities
Laramie High School
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Laramie, Wyoming
August 2006-2008
Used the principles of structured teaching, positive discipline, and behavior
management to facilitate students (identified with a primary or secondary
eligibility of emotional disability) in completing academic assignments and
learning social skills and anger management
Worked with social service organizations and legal system in transitioning
students between the high school environment and any outside placement
Member of School Based Intervention Team
Member of Staff Development Committee
Facilitated book study on the works of Ruby Payne
Montgomery County Schools
Lead Teacher/Director
Child Development Center
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Troy, North Carolina
December 1999-June 2006
The Child Development Center (CDC) was a separate special education preschool
program, housed in its own facility, serving preschool children, age 3 to 6 years,
who were identified as having special education needs or were developmentally
delayed.
Supervised three additional teachers, four paraprofessionals, a full-time speech
therapist, a part-time physical therapist, and a part-time occupational therapist
Each of the four classrooms had between ten and sixteen students, as we added
new children when they reached their third birthday
Used the principles of structured teaching, positive discipline, phonemic
awareness and brain compatible learning to design, write and implement
curriculum
Designed and implemented individualized educational programs (IEPs) for
children with various developmental delays, multi-handicaps, visual
impairments/blindness, hearing impairments and autism
Worked with social service organizations to transition identified children into the
program and coordinate testing for children not yet identified
Chaired all meetings – referrals, intake, IEPs, annual reviews, reevaluations
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Lead mentor for CDC and Troy Elementary School – supervised all mentors
Teacher of Resource Classroom
West Middle School
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Mt. Gilead, North Carolina
August 1994-December 1999
Classroom teacher for students identified with learning disabilities in grades 6-8
math and language arts
Chairperson of Exceptional Children’s Department
Teacher of academically gifted students in grades 6-8 before school and during
teacher planning block
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Teacher
Irwin Avenue Elementary School
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Charlotte, North Carolina
August 1993-1994
Taught 3rd/4th grade combination class with a partner teacher in a school with an
“open” philosophy
Teacher
A Child’s Place
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Charlotte, North Carolina
August 1991-1993
Taught a classroom designed for homeless children ages 5 to grade 6. This was
housed in a downtown church the first year until I advocated the classroom be
moved to Irwin Avenue Elementary School. The children for this classroom
came from homeless shelters for battered women, Salvation Army Shelter, and
families living in cars or parks. Children came for two days or six months. Some
days I had 6 children, but mostly I had between 10 and 20 students.
Responsible for designing assessment and curriculum that could quickly be
implemented
Private Preschool
Assistant Director
Myers Park Baptist Through-the-Week School
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Responsible for registration, billing, supervision of seven half-day preschool
classrooms and three full-day classrooms, teacher training, onsite administrator of
afternoon daycare and morning preschool
Preschool Teacher
Myers Park Baptist Through-the-Week School
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Charlotte, North Carolina
August 1989-June 1991
Charlotte, North Carolina
September 1985-August 1989
Taught Toddlers through age 4 at various times
Designed and implemented curriculum for 2 day, 3 day and 4 day morning
preschool program
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Southwestern City Schools
Resource Teacher
Prairie Lincoln Elementary School
Grove City, Ohio
September 1973-October 1977
 Taught self-contained class of elementary students identified as learning disabled
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EDUCATION
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Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Bachelor of Science in Education, August 1973
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio;
Coursework concentrating in special education 1976
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming; Master of Arts in Education, May 2008
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming; Doctor of Philosophy in Special Education,
May 2012
Additional Training/Certification
National Board Professional Teaching Standards
National Board Certification
Middle Childhood Generalist 1999, renewed 2008
Greensboro College, Greensboro, North Carolina
Coursework leading to add-on certification in preschool education 2003
North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina
Coursework leading to certification in visually impaired 2002
Division TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communicationhandicapped Children) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Training in CARS and PEP-R Assessment Tools January 2001
Training in classroom strategies 2005
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching
Cultural Immersion on Ocracoke Island March 2000
Brain Compatible Learning, Chicago, Illinois
Studied with Eric Jensen 1998
Various North Carolina conferences, workshops, and trainings
Culminating in certification in academically gifted 1996
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North Carolina Teacher Academy, Raleigh, North Carolina
Mentor Training 1995
Technology and advanced technology 1994, 1996
Certifications
Learning Disabilities Pre K-12
Academically Gifted Pre K-12
Visually Impaired Pre K-12
Regular Education Pre K-6
Other Professional Experience
National Board of Professional Teaching Workshops
Ellbogen Foundation
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Laramie, Wyoming
July 2006 – present
Through the Wyoming National Board Certification Initiative the Ellbogen
Foundation offers support for statewide actions designed to strengthen the quality of
classroom teaching in Wyoming’s public schools by increasing the number of
national board certified teachers to a level of national leadership
I am a consultant to the Ellbogen Foundation and present two Running Start
Workshops each year training Wyoming teachers how to successfully complete
portfolios and prepare for the assessment center portion of the process
Provide support and consult with Wyoming teachers at 3 work sessions each year;
read portfolio entries, view classroom videos, analyze student work
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