Summary of Professional Experiences: 

 Caroline has been a teacher for over fifteen years and has a wide array of experiences. Her first years of teaching were in elementary music and she was a high school and middle school band director for seven years.

Caroline moved into special education in 2015. She worked for several years as a teacher in setting I and II in a local charter school before building their cross-categorical setting II/III program. Caroline’s last teaching position before joining TCEC was in an integrated mental health setting IV EBD and ASD program. Joint with Canvas Health and Northeast Metro 916, this program integrated day treatment into the education setting. In this role, Caroline co-taught with a clinical therapist and worked to align best practices in mental health with best practices in education. Caroline’s professional interests include looking at behaviors through multiple lenses, building creative programming that supports both students’ needs and teacher well-being, and using restorative justice/restorative practices to teach mental health skills. 

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How can Caroline help you?  

Caroline is passionate about helping teams build sustainable programming that supports both students and teachers. She can help with many areas of special education: evaluations, IEP’s, data collection systems, interventions for difficult behaviors, autism, setting III programming, selecting appropriate curriculum for social emotional learning, writing functional behavioral assessments through a skills-based lens, etc. Caroline is excited to support you and your team!