About
Anu Upadhyaya is a Virginia based educational pioneer with expertise in AI in education, Podcasting, YouTube content developer and influencer in special education, data analysis, and applied behavior analysis. He has managed school based special program and SLP, OT, PT staff. He has worked in wide variety of professional capacities in both public and private sectors. Anu has been busy being the missing voice on behalf of the exceptional children. It is at Longwood University, he was a founding father of the Alpha Phi Alpha chapter fraternity transcending boundaries and demonstrating leadership characteristics. Anu has spent a decade in special education classroom spanning from self-contained to full inclusion that led him to earn the nomination for teacher of the year. To further add to his educational portfolio, Anu returned to graduate school to earn the master’s degree in administration and supervision at Virginia State University. Managing work and graduate school, he was able to close out an ongoing investigation from the Office of Civil Rights case involving over identification in special education in a Richmond area public school division. This is just an example of Anu’s confident work and communication skills. During his tenure as Special Education Federal Monitor and Data Analyst with Virginia Department of Education, Anu employed the use of data made available by VDOE and used it to help the schools divisions.
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Expertise and Specializations
Supervised school-based speech therapist staff in several as special education director in several Virginia school divisions. Coordinated and contracted for speech tele-therapy with various vendors. Coordinated with local universities to ensure professional development of CEU for speech staff.
Skills
Work Experience
● Provide technical assistance with monitoring and implementing needs identified in a comprehensive needs assessment as well as ongoing professional development in support of division wide curriculum and instruction improvement plan
● Coordinate and collaborate to provide systematic support to administrators, teaching staff, paraprofessionals and classified staff on the interpretation of federal accountability and state regulations governing programs
● Prepare and present detailed data on results driven accountability and improvement process reports focusing on short-term and long term measurable goals by subgroups
● Provide ABA support to public schools
● Manage staff to support school services
● Provide professional development for school staff
● Create and conduct online asynchronous and synchronous learning modules for staff and parents
● Create interactive school resource platform for special education staff and administrators
● Coordinate and provide institution-wide strategic leadership planning for best practices based on current learning issues and trends to support services improvement planning and program evaluation
● School division representative and Chairman of the Community Policy and Management Team (CPMT) which establishes interagency support in providing wrap around community services for enhance special education support to students and family members
● Supervised the school based medicaid reimbursement process and contracted speech services for the school division
● Provided leadership with ongoing information-systems planning assistance and monitoring to school divisions (60 divisions) around the state in accordance with federal programs and policy
● Successfully lead a team to complete a research and strategic planning report of State’s Special Education Annual Performance Report to the US Department of Education
● Chaired special education eligibility meetings, implemented strategic planning and developed assessment in line with state wide policies
● Supervised school psychologists, social workers speech therapist and special education teaching staff
* Analyzed and disseminated standardized test results for students with disabilities
* Chair the technology committee
* Supervised the home schooling and homebound department
* Developed and implemented staff development for related services therapist (OT, PT, VI, HI and Speech)
Education
Educational Administration and Supervision
Undergraduate degree: Specific Learning Disability and Emotionally Disabled PreK-12
Classwork for BCBA certification
Awards & Recognition
Full teaching scholarship
Member and consultant
Expert Advisor and consultant for Guidepoint Network
Regional representative
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