Ellen Polster
EXPERIENCE
Special Education teacher in Biology, Watkins Mill High School, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD 08/06-present
- Teach Biology to students with learning and academic disabilities in both a self-contained and inclusion
setting
- Promote the assistance of students in situations involving drug and alcohol abuse and/or violence as
facilitator of the Student Assistance Program at Watkins Mill High School.
- Oversee the IEP process and play an instrumental role in the IEP process for over 10 individual students
throughout the school year.
Substitute Teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD 09/05-06/06
- Assumed short-term substitute teaching responsibilities in a variety of academic disciplines from the elementary
to the high school level
Special Education Student Teacher, Watkins Mill High School, MD 1/06-3/06
- Assumed total teaching responsibility in several MCPS classes
- Designed MCPS curriculum-aligned lessons and unit plans utilizing diverse modalities of instruction and assessment
EDUCATION
The George Washington University, Washington D.C. 05/05-current
- M.A.Ed. candidate, transition Special Education
- Teachers 2000 Fellowship
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD 01/01-05/05
- Bachelor of Arts 2005, Psychology
- Minor in Biology
St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD 08/99-12/00
SKILLS
- Word, Excel, Power Point
- Basic web design
