Danielle Speed

Special Education and Mathematics Teacher

6947 Lionshead Parkway Lone Tree, CO 80124
720-231-5465 I deprice2007@gmail.com

Self-assessment

● Currently serving as a part-time special education teacher as well as a mathematics teacher.

● Communicate well with colleagues and administrators.
● Well respected by students, families, colleagues, and administrators.
● Need to improve my IEP writing skills
● Need to improve my time management and work-life balance.

Goals
● Serve as the Inclusion Teacher in Mathematics classes
● Bridge the gap between Special Education and Mathematics Intervention creating a responsive
school-wide RTI/MTSS model.
● Become a Dean of Instruction

Strategies
● Complete the Special Education Endoresemnt
● Serve two to three years as a special education teacher
● Continue to work with both Mathematics and Special Education Departments to develop a responsive
Mathematics Intervention program
● Learn more specific coaching techniques.
● Purchase Education Leadership Magazine Subscription

Resources
● DPS Leadership Week Training
● Feldman: Grading for Equity
● DPS Learn to Lead Administration Program
● Colorado Council for Disabilities

Conferences I would like to attend

● NCORE (National Conference on Race and Ethnicity)
● Critical Mixed Race Studies
● YouCubed: Mindset mathematics

Timeline
● In six months: Pass Elementary Praxis, and complete SPED Master’s at CU Denver
● In one year: secure a job in special education and a mentor. Build and grow mathematics Intervention
program
● In three years: begin working on course work needed for dean position
● In five years: apply for and pursue Instructional Dean Positions