| CAREER
- EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE |
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| August
'08 to Present |
Loudoun
County Public Schools -
Ashburn, Virginia |
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- Special Education
Teacher managing students with Emotional
Disturbances
at a Secondary School.
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| July '10 to September '10 |
Johns Hopkins University |
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- Intern to Dr.
Erica Sibinga in the Department of Pediatrics; assisted her with a
Mindfulness study with middle school students in an urban school
setting.
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| September
'08 to May '10 |
George
Mason
University - Fairfax, Virginia |
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- Graduate Research
Assistant to Dr. Margaret King-Sears in
the College
of Education and Human Development.
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| July
'05 to August '08 |
Inova
Kellar School - Fairfax,
Virginia |
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- Special Education
Teacher and Camp Director at a
Therapeutic
Secondary
School. During that teaching assignment, taught several core academic
classes and two elective courses in
meditation and yoga.
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| April
'03 to November '05 |
Inova
HealthSource - Falls
Church, Virginia |
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- Yoga Instructor for several yoga and
meditation classes to young adults, older adults, and patients with
cancer. Presented corporate lectures on stress management, yoga, and
meditation.
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| CAREER -
BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE |
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| October '01
to December '02 |
Northern
Virginia Community Hospital - Arlington, Virginia |
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- Marketing Assistant and Physician Liaision for the hospital
system. Managed and coordinated the internal and external communication
of the hospital system.
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| August '00 to
December '00 |
Impact
Innovations Group - Columbia, Maryland |
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- Project Manager for energy utility based projects. Wrote,
presented, and managed grant and project proposals to generate new
business.
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| October '99
to June '00 |
PowerTrust.com
- Reston, Virginia |
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- Billing & Interface Manager of over 20 employees and
two departments. Managed over $1M in cash receivables and payables per
month in utility bills and oversaw the development of the billing
software system for the company.
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| October '98
to October '99 |
ICF
Consulting Corporation - Fairfax, Virginia |
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- Senior Product Consultant for six clients with a budget of
$500K each. Managed the implementation and training of new energy
settlement software package to new and existing clients.
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| August '96 to
May '98 |
GTE Service
Corporation - Stamford, Connecticut |
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- Health & Fitness Specialist to the top executives of a
Fortune 50 company. Developed and taught several exercise classes,
health programs, and stress reduction classes to
the clientele.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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Solar, E.
(2011). Prove them wrong: Be there for students with emotional or
behavioral disabilities. TEACHING
Exceptional Children, 44(1), 40-45. |
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| MAJOR
PROJECTS IN PROGRESS |
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| Manuscripts Submitted for Publication |
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Solar, E. (2011). An
alternative approach to behavior interventions: Mindfulness-based
stress reduction. Beyond
Behavior. |
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Solar, E. (2010). Teacher
to administrator: Is it a good idea? Journal of Cases in
Educational Leadership. |
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| GRANTS |
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King-Sears,
M.
E., & Solar, E. Teaching adolescents with
emotional
or behavioral disorders to meditate as self-management. Research grant
submitted APRIL 2009 to George Mason University Center for
Consciousness and Transformation ($29,000). Grant unfunded. |
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| NATIONAL, STATE, AND
LOCAL PRESENTATIONS |
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Brawand, A.E., Solar, E.,
& King-Sears, M.E. (2012, February). Do secondary
co-teachers share equal responsibilities? Paper presented at the 2012 Celebrating
Effective Teaching symposium of the Virginia Council for Learning
Disabilities, Harrisonburg, Virginia. |
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Solar, E. (2011,
November). Prove them wrong: Be
there for the
student with emotional or behavioral disabilities. Paper
presented at the 34th Annual Conference of Teacher Educator
Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, Austin, Texas. |
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Solar, E. (2011,
September). Prove them wrong: Be
there for the
student with emotional or behavioral disabilities. Paper
presented at the 9th Biennial International Conference on
Children and Youth with Behavior Disorders, New Orleans, Louisiana. |
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Solar, E. (2011,
September). Dialogue thinking:
Developing the school of tomorrow. Paper presented at the 9th
Biennial International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavior
Disorders, New Orleans, Louisiana. |
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Solar, E. (2010,
October). Prove them wrong: Be there
for the
student with emotional or behavioral disabilities. Poster
session
presented at the 32nd International Conference on Learning
Disabilities, Myrtle Beach, SC. |
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Solar,
E. (2008,
June). Go. Fly.
Be Free. (Keynote Address). The Kellar School, Inova Kellar Center,
Fairfax, VA. |
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| PROFESSIONAL
REVIEW ACTIVITIES |
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Guest Reviewer with Dr.
King-Sears for Manuscript Submitted for Publication, Intervention in
School and Clinic - January 2010. |
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| AWARDS |
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| November
2008 |
Selected as recipient of a
4-year
federally-funded Special Education Leadership Grant for the GMU
Ph.D. in Education Program |
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| May
2008 |
Selected for an Academic Award
from the Special Education Programs (major in emotional disturbance and
learning disabilities) from GMU's College
of
Education and Human Development |
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| February
2008 |
Received the
Virginia Teachers of Promise Institute |
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| September
2007 |
Received the Outstanding
Achievement Award from the Inova Kellar
Center |
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| CONFERENCES
AND TRAININGS |
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Center for Consciousness and
Transformation, GMU (August, 2010). Mindful Education Focus Group. |
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Center for Consciousness and
Transformation, GMU (August, 2010). Contemplative Educator Summit. |
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Council of Administrators of
Special Education (July, 2010). Summer Educational Leadership Seminar,
4-day training. |
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Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction (MBSR), 8-week class (May to June, 2010). |
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Biegel, G. (January, 2010).
Intro to Mindfulness for the Adolescent for Professionals, 4-hour
online training session. |
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| CERTIFICATIONS |
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Commonwealth
of
Virginia, Department of Education, certified as a K - 12
as a Special Education teacher with an endorsement in Emotional
Disturbances and Learning Disabilities (June 2006 - Present)
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Certified in The Mandt
System - Level 1 (August 2008 to present) |
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Certified in The Mandt
System - Level 2 (January 2010 to present) |
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Second
Degree
Certificate in Usui Reiki (Hands on Healing) (June 2003 - Present) |
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Certified
in
Yoga from the Aerobics & Fitness Association of
America (2004 – 2007) |
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| PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS |
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American Educational
Research Association (2010 to present) |
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Association for
Contemplative Mind in Higher Education (2010 to present) |
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Council
for
Exceptional Children (CEC) (2009 – Present)
- Council of Administrators of
Special Education
- Council for Children with
Behavioral Disorders
- Division of Research
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Virginia
Education Association (2008 - Present) |
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Member
of the
International Association of Reiki Practitioners (2003
– 2007) |
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Member
of the
Aerobics & Fitness Association of America (2004
– 2007) |
