About
Name: Jessica Phelps
Website: www.heartofsynergy.net
Degree: Master of Education Leadership preK-12, M.Ed.
Major: Education Leadership-concentration in Special Education Leadership
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Education preK-12
Major: Special Education
Graduate Certificate: Special Education Leadership
Graduate Certificate: Applied Behavior Analysis
Postgraduate Professional License, VA
(12 years teaching/leadership experience)
Institute of Multi-Sensory Education (IMSE)
Comprehensive (K-2) Reading IMSE Orton-Gillingham, Trained
Intermediate (3-5) Reading IMSE Orton-Gillingham, TrainedAbout:
About Me:
I received my undergraduate degree in Special Education from Bowling Green State University in 2012. After graduation, I began her career as a special education teacher at Charles County Public Schools in Maryland, then relocated to Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia. In 2017, I received my graduate degree in Educational Leadership with a concentration in Special Education Leadership from George Mason University. In 2023, I received my graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
I have held educational leadership roles throughout my teaching career, such as Local Screening Chair (committee member in qualifying students for special services) and Special Education Lead (overseeing the special education department). I teach various students with disabilities and implement research-based reading interventions. I have successfully case managed, mentored, and tutored students with dyslexia to ensure their academic success. As a continuing educator of 12 years I work with many students who demonstrate emotional regulation, anxiety, depression, and stress challenges. I have a passion for supporting these students and finding innovative strategies and techniques to target their area(s) of need and for them to transform into resilient individuals. This passion inspired me to become a certified and licensed Resilience Building Mentor and Certified Coherence Intervention Practitioner through the HeartMath Institute. My certifications through the institute allow me to teach students and adults research-based scientific techniques to improve their overall self-regulation and performance through heart coherence.