Brandi Boykin Parker
Turbeville
Summary
Dynamic educator with a rich background in special and elementary education, notably with Clarendon County School District. District coordinator experience for gifted and talented education program in the former Clarendon County School District 3 schools previously. Excelled in fostering student growth, managing IEPs, and enhancing classroom engagement through exceptional motivational and organizational skills. Proven track record in multidisciplinary collaboration and non-violent crisis intervention, achieving significant improvements in student learning outcomes.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Special Education Teacher
Clarendon County School District
08.2020 - Current
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional, and social growth.
- Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
- Instructed students with cognitive disabilities.
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Write and implement Individualized Education Plans for students with disabilities.
- Partnered with standard education teachers from across academic departments.
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Yearbook Adviser including the creation of publication with management of all school photography,book sales, budget, and fundraising.
Special Education Teacher
Sumter County School District
08.2019 - 06.2020
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional, and social growth.
- Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
- Instructed students with cognitive disabilities.
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Partnered with standard education teachers from across academic departments.
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of diverse students.
Elementary Teacher
Florence County School District 3
08.2016 - 06.2019
- Helped students develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution, critical thinking, and communication.
- Worked one-on-one with students to determine strengths, weaknesses, and learning patterns.
- Communicated student progress, academic difficulties, or behavioral concerns to parents, guardians and administration using tact and professionalism to improve student academic performance.
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Yearbook Adviser and created yearbook publications for schools with budget management and in-school sales.
Yearbook Specialist
Herff Jones
06.2005 - 07.2015
- Managed over 50 school accounts annually to create and publish school yearbooks within eastern South Carolina.
- Motivated yearbook staff to achieve objectives under tight deadlines.
- Documented school activities, interviewed students and staff and wrote up feature information for yearbook sections.
- Coordinated with schools, staffs, and advisers to establish allotted pages, photographs required and accompanying text.
- Arranged yearbook to cover different aspects of school life.
- Managed budgets and billing invoices to align with school revenue and expenditures.
- Coordinated camps and training workshops to teach yearbook creation and photography with graphic design software.
- Scheduled deadlines and trained advisers and staffs to adhere to page submission.
- Edited writing and checked photographs to detect errors or unauthorized content.
- Edited and revised wide array of content for accuracy, clarity and consistency.
District Coordinator
Clarendon County School District 3
06.1999 - 06.2005
- District Coordinator of Gifted & Talented Education Programs including teacher of all grades.
- Managed eligibility and documentation of 100 students annually that received gifted & talented services throughout the district.
- District Coordinator of Public Information including writing school news articles for local publications and press releases for district announcements.
- Published monthly and quarterly news releases for the district.
- Entered data, generated reports, and produced tracking documents.
- Gathered and organized materials to support program.
- Oversaw appointment scheduling and itinerary coordination.
- Resolved issues through active listening and open-ended questioning, escalating major problems to manager.
Teacher
Clarendon School District 3
01.1997 - 06.2005
- Second Grade Teacher at Walker-Gamble Elementary from 1997 - 1999.
- Gifted & Talented Education Teacher at Walker-Gamble Elementary School & East Clarendon Middle High School from 1999 - 2005.
- High School Journalism Teacher at East Clarendon Middle High School from 2001- 2005.
- District Yearbook Adviser from 2001 - 2005.
- Middle School and JV Cheer Coach from 2000-2005.
- Prom Coordinator from 2001 - 2005.
- Created and developed lesson plans to meet students' academic needs.
- Increased educational expertise and knowledge by participating in instructor-oriented workshops.
- Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
Education
SC Read To Succeed Endorsement -
South Carolina
12-2023
Masters Plus 30 - Special Education - Learning Disabilities
Various SC Universities
South Carolina01-2019
Master of Public Administration - Health Administration
Troy University
Troy, AL12-1999
Gifted & Talented Education Endorsement
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC01-1999
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
Francis Marion University
Florence, SC12-1996
Skills
- Compliance of federal and state documents
- Excellent classroom management
- Motivating students
- Job readiness training
- Conflict resolution techniques
- IEP and BIP implementation
- Verbal and nonverbal communication
- Small group instruction
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Organization of meetings and schedules
- Non-violent crisis intervention (CPI training)
- Assessment administration
- Classroom management
Certification
- Elementary Education Certification
- Endorsement in Gifted & Talented Education
- Special Education - Learning Disabilities Certification
- Endorsement in Online Teaching
- Endorsement in Read to Succeed
Timeline
Special Education Teacher
Clarendon County School District
08.2020 - Current
Special Education Teacher
Sumter County School District
08.2019 - 06.2020
Elementary Teacher
Florence County School District 3
08.2016 - 06.2019
Yearbook Specialist
Herff Jones
06.2005 - 07.2015
District Coordinator
Clarendon County School District 3
06.1999 - 06.2005
Teacher
Clarendon School District 3
01.1997 - 06.2005
SC Read To Succeed Endorsement -
South Carolina
Masters Plus 30 - Special Education - Learning Disabilities
Various SC Universities
Master of Public Administration - Health Administration
Troy University
Gifted & Talented Education Endorsement
College of Charleston
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
Francis Marion University
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