BjorgT.LeSueurMAEd
Arizona State University
Faculty Research Associate
WorkExperience
2013-present Faculty Research Associate. Project Manager, Profiles of Working memory
and Word learning for Educational Research. Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona.
480-965-2419.
2012-2013FacultyResearch Associate. Curriculum Coach, Teaching Early Language and Literacy Curriculum Grant. Arizona State University Tempe,Arizona.480-727-0604
2011-2012Early ChildhoodSpecialEducationLead.Kyrene SchoolDistrict, Phoenix, Arizona(480) 541-1000
2006-2012Early ChildhoodSpecialEducationTeacher.KyreneSchoolDistrict, Phoenix, Arizona(480) 541-1000
2003-2006EarlyChildhoodSpecialEducationTeacher.Scottsdale Unified SchoolDistrict, Scottsdale, Arizona (480) 484-6100
2002-2003Early ChildhoodTeacher, Arizona State University, Open Horizons, Tempe,Arizona(OpenHorizons closed2006)
Education
MasterofEducation:UniversityofPhoenix,Phoenix,ArizonaMajorField:CrossCategoricalSpecialEducation,April2005
BachelorofScience:ArizonaStateofUniversity,Tempe
MajorField:Psychology,Minor:ChildDevelopment.August2002
MentoringActivities
2012-2013CurriculumcoachforEarlyChildhoodSpecialEducationteachersparticipatinginaresearchprojectdesignedtostudytheefficacyofliteracyandlanguagebasedcurriculumasitisimplementedwithspecialeducationpreschoolstudents.
2011-2012On-goingsupportandin-servicetrainingsfortheEarlyChildhoodPreschoolTeachersintheKyreneSchoolDistricts
2007-2012On-goingsupportandmentoring,andin-servicepresentationsandskilldevelopmentofSpecialEducationteachers,andparaprofessionalsworkingwithstudentswithAutismintheKyreneSchoolDistrict. Activitiesincludeddevelopingandsupportingwithimplementationofinterventionstrategiestosupporttheneedsofstudents.
2007-2011MentorforstudentteachersfromvariousArizonaUniversities
ProfessionalDevelopment
TELLParticipatedintheTELLresearchprojectbothasacontrolsubjectandasanexperimentalsubject.IncludingprofessionaldevelopmentopportunitiesandtrainingtolearnTELLmethodologies.
Participatedintheexperimentalgroupduringthe2011-2012schoolyear(25hrs).
Continuing Education
Linking the Learning: Enhancing the Quality of the Preschool through Kindergarten continuum, ADE Professional Development, June 24th-26th, 2014 (20 hrs)
- Language and Literacy Development
- Aligning the Standards
- Approaches to Learning
- Dramatic Play
- Teaching Vocabulary
IntroductiontotheProgramGuidelines, ArizonaDepartmentof EducationEarly ChildhoodEducation, ADEProfessional Development,May 10th2012(2hrs.).
ChildCareCenterDirectorWorkshop.ProgramAdministration;Planning;Development;Management:BureauofChildCareLicensing,ArizonaDepartmentofHealthServices,December13,2011(3hrs.).
SocialThinkingandSocialCommunication,PamelaJ.CrookePH.D.ArizonaAssociationofSchoolPsychologists.October28th2011(3hrs.).
StructuredTeachingApproach:Theory,Evidence,andPractice;TEACCH,ABAandPBIS,GaryB.Mesibob,PH.D.ArizonaAssociationofSchoolPsychologists,October28th2011(3hrs.).
AutismSpectrumDisorders:AdvancedStructuredTeachingModel,Dr.GaryMesibov,SvanySvavarsKristjanssonandBirgitLurie.September26-27th2011inPhoenix,AZ.(11hrs.).
TeachingStrategies,GoldImplementation:2-DayLabExperienceforOnlineUsers(Teachers),DonnaFowler.TeachingStrategies,Inc.May18th2011(7hrs.)
OngoingProgressMonitoringPart1:ArizonaDepartmentofEducationEarlyChildhood EducationMay2011.(2hrs.).
EarlyChildhoodMathTraining,Numbersense:Computational,FluencyandProblemSolving,JodiPfeffer,2009-2010(21hrs.).
IntensiveDiscreteTrialTrainingWorkshop,LoriVincentM.Ed.,BCBAJessicaSheridanM.Ed.,November2009-January2010(24hrs).
MakingaDifference:MentoringMatters,ArizonaStateUniversity,CollegeofTeacherEducation
Leadership.September2009(5hrs)
What’stheProblem?PreventingBehaviorsinChildrenwithDisabilities,BarryM.Prizant,Ph.d.,CCC-SLP,March19th2009(5hrs)
SensoryIntegration(SI)SensoryProcessingDisorder(SPD),KathleenMorris,MS.CCC-SLP,December17th2008(6hrs)
StructuredEnglishImmersion(SEI)FullEndorsement,Educational TrainingSpecialists,LLC,June2008.(45hrs)
PracticalLiteracyStrategies(PreschoolandKindergarten),BureauofEducationResearch,February14th2008.(5hrs)
TEACCH,TreatmentandEducationofAutisticandRelatedCommunicationhandicappedChildren.FundamentalsofStructuredTeaching,DivisionTEACCH,Three-DayWorkshop,June13-15,2007(18hrs).
AutismSpectrumDisorderInstitute,SCERTSSummerInstituteTrainingSeries,ArizonaDepartmentofEducationExceptionalStudentServices,June18-20,2007(21hrs).
AutismSpectrumDisorderYear1Trainings:InstructionalStrategies,ArizonaDepartmentofEducationExceptionalStudentServices,April27-28,2007(14hrs).
AutismSpectrumDisorderYear1Trainings:Evaluation,ArizonaDepartmentofEducationExceptionalStudentServices,March2-3,2007(14hrs).
AutismSpectrumDisorderYear1Trainings:SocialSkills,ArizonaDepartmentofEducationExceptionalStudentServices,January19th2007(7hrs).
AutismSpectrumDisorderYear1Trainings:CharacteristicsofAutismCommunication,ArizonaDepartmentofEducationExceptionalStudentServices,November18th-19th2006.(14hrs)
AutismSpectrumDisorderYear1Trainings:CharacteristicsofAutismInstructionalStrategies,ArizonaDepartmentofEducationExceptionalStudentServices,September8-9,2006(14hrs).
TechnologySessiononCreativeCurriculum.net:ChristineJarvis,TeachingStrategies.PhoenixAZ,December62006.(Halfday)
TheCreativeCurriculumforPreschoolAssessmentSystem:ChristineJarvis,TeachingStrategies,TempeAZ,November7-8,2006.(12hrs)
Committees
Kyrene AutismTrainingTeam:Worked ondevelopingtrainings forteachers andstaff workingwithstudentswithAutism.This teamalsodeveloped interventionplans to support teachersandschools interveneappropriately with students. Attended IEP meetings tosupport schoolteams anddidobservationandongoing support in classrooms preschool-eighth grade. 2007-2012
PBIS(Positive BehavioralInterventionandSupport)Committee; KyreneSchoolDistrict, Attended trainings anddeveloped aPBISsystemtobeimplemented schoolwide.2011- 2012
Math andLiteracy NightCommittee:Developedactivities forstudents andparents to participate and learn waystoincorporatemath andliteracyactivitiesintheirdailylives. 20102011.
KyrenePreschoolRoundupCommittee:Participated indeveloping aPowerPoint presentationpresentinganoverviewoftheKyrenePreschoolProgram.2012
KyrenePreschool Transition Committee:ParticipatedindevelopingaPowerPoint presentation, presentingthe transition processfrompreschool tokindergarten.2012
PresentationsGiven
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Structured Teaching Model for Preschool 3-Day Training, Kristjanson & LeSueur, January 27-29 2014, Paradise Valley, Arizona.
TeachingEarly Literacy andlanguage:TheTELLcurriculumOverview. (2012).Training for researchcohortofearlychildhoodspecialeducators, Tempe, AZ.
TELLCurriculumBasedMeasures (2012).Trainingforresearchcohortofearlychildhood specialeducators, Tempe,AZ.
TELLClassroomEnvironment:EncouragingActiveEngagement. (2012).Trainingfor researchcohortofearlychildhoodspecialeducators, Tempe, AZ.
Understandingthe relationshipbetweenorallanguage andemergent literacyskills: Translatingresearch intopractice.(2012). Trainingforresearch cohortofearly childhoodspecialeducators, Tempe,AZ.
Usingstory time tofacilitate early literacyandlanguage skills inpreschoolchildren: Dialogicreading, print referencing, andthe SEERmethod(2012).Trainingfor research cohortof early childhoodspecial educators,Tempe,AZ.
Kyrene SchoolDistrictPreschoolMeeting,Preschool Structure andQualityPrograms, ConroyLeSueur,May 2012.
Kyrene SchoolDistrictPreschoolMeeting,Writinga CompliantIEP; ConroyLeSueur, February2012.
Kyrene SchoolDistrictParent Meeting, TransitionProcessfromPreschoolto Kindergarten;ConroyLeSueur, February2012.
Kyrene SchoolDistrictPreschoolMeeting,TransitionfromPreschooltoKindergarten; ConroyLeSueur, January2012.
Kyrene SchoolDistrictPreschoolMeeting,Engineeringthe Classroom,Proactive Behavior Strategies; LeSueur, November2011.
Kyrene School District Preschool Training; TeachingStrategiesGoldandProgressMonitoring;ConroyLeSueur, October 2011.
Kyrene SchoolDistrictPreschoolMeeting,TeachingStrategiesGold; Conroy andLeSueur, September2011.
Kyrene School District Preschool Meeting,Department ofHealth ServicesRegulations; ConroyLeSueur August 2011.
Instructional StrategiesforStudentswithAutismPresentationSeries, KyreneAutism TrainingTeam, Fall2011.
Instructional StrategiesforStudents withAutismPresentationSeries, KyreneAutism TrainingTeam, Spring2011.
Instructional StrategiesforStudents withAutismPresentationSeries, KyreneAutism TrainingTeam, Fall2010.
Structured TeachingModel3-daytraining, Instructional Strategiesfor Studentswith Autism;June2010.