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Ada Rivera

Special Education Teacher
Kissimmee,Florida

Summary

Energetic special education teacher with good decision skills and familiar with district state requirements and driven to continue to learn. Seeking a varying exceptionalities position that will offer me the opportunity to keep growing in the education field. Always understandings and implementing various teaching strategies while working with different learning styles.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

IND/ASD Teacher

Bellalago Academy
Kissimmee, Florida
11.2017 - Current
  • Taught reading, language arts, math, social science and social studies in a self contained setting.
  • Developed interactive lesson plans to engage the students and their multiple intelligence.
  • Followed students' IEP and created individualized approaches to address their strengths and needs.
  • Provided assistance with developing and adapting curriculum materials and educational practices to meet the needs of students.
  • Developed and taught different strategies to support expected behaviors.
  • Communicated nonverbally with children to provide comfort, encouragement and positive reinforcement.
  • Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional and social growth.
  • Maintained IEPs, gradebook, Quarterly Reports and Progress Monitoring for my caseload
  • Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.

Varying Exceptionalities Teacher

Bellalago Academy
Kissimmee, FL
11.2017 - Current
  • Prepared lesson plans and executed different modalities to accelerate individual success.
  • Provided support facilitation in ELA and Math for students with disabilities to guide participation and enhance day-to-day success and performance on tests.
  • Assessed learning needs and developed IEPs, Progress monitoring, FBAs and PBIPs for students.
  • Evaluated student progress on their IEP goals.
  • Communicated with parents and faculty to develop strong sense of collaboration between teachers, students and parents.


Special Education Teacher

Department Of Education Of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
12.2009 - 11.2017
  • Instructed resource classroom students in core academic areas and specialized reading groups.
  • Created learning and content strategies to meet needs of mentally and physically disabled students.
  • Taught reading, math , language arts and social sciences in self-contained and resource classroom.
  • Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
  • Created individual and group assessments
  • Used outcome based instruction to implement a creative learning environment.
  • Implemented and assisted with the alternative evaluation for students with significant cognitive impairment.

Education

Master of Arts - Special Education

Metropolitan University of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
08.2010 - 06.2012

Bachelor of Arts - Special Education

Sistema Universitario Ana G Mendez - Universidad Metropolitana
Cupey, PR
04.2007 - 12.2009

Skills

Group and individual instruction

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Timeline

IND/ASD Teacher

Bellalago Academy
11.2017 - Current

Varying Exceptionalities Teacher

Bellalago Academy
11.2017 - Current

Master of Arts - Special Education

Metropolitan University of Puerto Rico
08.2010 - 06.2012

Special Education Teacher

Department Of Education Of Puerto Rico
12.2009 - 11.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Special Education

Sistema Universitario Ana G Mendez - Universidad Metropolitana
04.2007 - 12.2009

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