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Hesperia, California, United States

In the active position as an Instructional assistant, I have collated classroom materials to help teachers prepare for daily instruction and activities. I continuously engage with classroom teacher to identify and target opportunities for instructional improvements on a weekly basis with the intent to deliver personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes of students ages 4-5. I have assisted in the development and implementation of daily strategies to improve student engagement, such as incorporation of breaks, finding suitable timeframes for certain tasks, and identifying potential of student to determine individual and reliant tasks. Other job duties while in this role consist of providing assistance to teacher with preparation of instructional material and displays on a weekly basis, clean, organize and restock classroom for daily learning, as well as engage with students diagnosed with mild to moderate autism to increase life skills, such as fine motor development, social/emotional skills, alongside regulation techniques.

Victorville, California, United States

While in this position, I tutored college math students of age 17+ with varying abilities by practicing helpful study habits and exam strategies of over 60 students a week. Assisted in fostering an encouraging environment for math concepts to help 10+ college students, a day, thrive and learn while utilizing diverse teaching strategies, such as example and practice problems, providing step by step depictions, visual and auditory support, alongside resources to help students better understand math concepts. I also encouraged students, 1 on 1, to explore new study and calculation methods to promote accountability and accommodation of individual needs while developing methods to motivate and engage students in learning.

Hesperia, California, United States

As a Substitute Bilingual Assistant, I maintained a clean classroom, arranged, and organized classroom materials and supplies, as well as neatly and properly sanitized for health of students and classroom efficiency. I sustained safety and security of approximately 24 students by monitoring and overseeing students indoors and outdoors, alongside managing bus loading and unloading of students. I arranged educating materials, helping teachers provide daily instruction, reviewed assignments and reviewed students individual progress to teacher to ensure students were meeting learning objectives.I also oversaw 20+ students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules and support lead teacher alongside reviewed lesson material with students 1 on 1, or in small groups of 5.

San Bernardino County, California, United States

As a Substitute Paraeducator, I assisted classrooms in sustaining inclusive learning environments to enable groups of approximately 10 students to gain maximum benefit from teacher directed lessons. I also developed means of communication for nonverbal students to deliver comfort, encouragement and positive reinforcement through the use of pictures and signs to express tasks and rewards.During this time, I would partner with special education teachers in strategies geared to improving instruction of students and to create customized classroom environment integral to students' needs.Alongside these tasks, I instructed students in 5 academic areas and specialized reading groups as directed by teacher, engaged with classrooms of 10-15 students ranging from mild to severe, such as Autism, emotionally disturbed, and behavioral, to enhance life skills, and fostered a positive and productive learning environment motivating students to participate in at least 3 discussions.

Bachelor'S Of Arts, Psychology: Minor In Child And Adolescent Studies, Senior

Activities and Societies: Allied Health Academy Intern and Undergraduate Trainee InternAttended CSUF for two years as a transfer student..

Associate'S Degree, Psychology, Sociology, Social And Behavioral Studies, Math/Science

Activities and Societies: Indoor and Beach VolleyballAttend for two years and completed four Associate's degrees during that time..

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