Alex Mateo Email & Phone Number

Elk Grove Village, IL

• Prepares and delivers lessons and activities based on principles based on Montessori and multiple intelligences
• Leads class in exploring the environment, crafting motor skills, developing appropriate social skills, and practicing basic academic skills
• Effectively uses engaging activities, songs, dance, and humor to help students enjoy learning
• Manages behavior of a group of young children

Rochester, NY

• Administers classrooms of varying grade levels and subjects in regular teacher’s absence
• Instructs prepared lessons accurately to ensure student’s uninterrupted learning
• Adopts appropriate lesson delivery and teaching style to different classrooms as necessary
• Communicates daily lesson progress and students’ successes and behaviors to regular teacher

Camillus, NY

• Taught entire units for math and social studies
• Coordinated literary discussions for three different levels of reading groups
• Assumed responsibility as the substitute teacher for an entire day in sponsor teacher’s absence
• Attended professional development meetings and facilitated transfer of student with Tourette’s syndrome

Dewitt, NY

• Planned structured lessons adhering to the curriculum and state standards
• Assessed students using organized rubrics in order to plan instruction
• Differentiated instruction to meet students’ various learning styles and needs
• Led daily morning meetings and routines with enthusiastic games, songs, and dance
• Formed strong relationships with students through nurturance and respect

Syracuse, NY

• Delivered developmentally appropriate lesson plans based on the Creative Curriculum for Preschool
• Engaged 2-5 year old students in various transdisciplinary play-based learning tasks
• Developed modifications for students with cerebral palsy, autism, and communication disorders
• Adapted to a variety of inclusive preschool classrooms, children, and teaching teams
• Performed evaluations using developmental assessment protocols (Bracken, DAY-C, HELP-Strands, Westby Play Scale)
• Wrote initial teacher evaluations, annual review reports, and developmental profiles following observations and testing

• Managed classroom of high school students with severe and profound disabilities
• Provided 1:1 assistance in functional life skills and independent work for a 16 year old with autism
• Gave 1:1 accommodations to a child with numerous physical demands

• Raised money and awareness for people with mental and physical disabilities

• Mentored young teenager with intellectual disabilities in verbal, math, and typing skills
• Assisted foreign children in learning English as a second language

• Facilitated 7 year old child with autism in verbal, math, and social skills
• Worked closely with parent and supervisor to develop programs specifically targeting child’s needs

• Guided class of children, ranging from ages 2-5, in behavioral and social skills
• Instructed children in math and verbal comprehension
• Directed extracurricular activities with other teachers

• Assisted research in the identification of the genes that govern a plant’s reaction to pathogens
• Prepared samples for study in the genetics of resistance of certain crop species to disease
• Cleaned and organized laboratory equipment

Master'S Degree, Early Childhood Special Education, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology, Japanese, 3.47

Activities and Societies: Japanese National Honor Society - College Chapter, Asian Christian Fellowship, Anime Exploration Team, Spotlight.