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Portrait of Haylee Walz

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Haylee Walz

Youth Development Professional at Boys and Girls Clubs of Utah County

  • Special Education, Autism Studies
  • Class of 2024
  • UT

Member since November 2022

About

My name is Haylee Walz, and I am a senior at Utah Valley University. I am studying Special Education with a K-12, mild/moderate/severe emphasis with a minor in Autism Studies. I am passionate about the education of all children, especially those who are disabled or neurodivergent. I am an advocate for inclusion, accessibility, and access for those with disabilities to the general education curriculum, their communities, and the world around them. Many individuals with disabilities have shaped the trajectory of my life and life’s work and I owe everything to them. Here’s to creating a more inclusive world because inclusion MATTERS!

Education

  • Utah Valley University

    Bachelors of Science in Special Education, minor in Autism Studies

    2018 – 2024

Honors and awards

  • Dean’s List

    2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

  • Special Education Program Student of Excellence

    2023

Goals and interests

Career goal

I intended to teach Special Education in a severe secondary education setting. I am passionate about teaching students with disabilities academics and functional life skills to set them up for success to live more independently after they age out of the education system.

Graduate school interests

After graduating with my Bachelors of Science in Special Education, I plan to receive my Masters Degree in either Special Education Law, or Transition Planning for Post-secondary Special Education students.

Experience

  • Youth Development Professional

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Utah County

    May 2023 – Dec 2023

  • Special Education Paraprofessional

    Nebo School District, K-5th Severe EEC unit

    Nov 2022 – May 2023

  • Special Education Paraprofessional

    Lakeview Academy

    Nov 2021 – May 2022

  • Special Education Paraprofessional

    Nebo School District, 9th-12th Severe, Medically fragile Cluster unit

    Jan 2021 – Nov 2021

Volunteering

  • Volunteer, Migrant Summer School

    Nebo School District

    Jun 2014 – Jul 2017

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced

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