Alicia Valenciana
Hawthorne,CA
Summary
Math and Reading Tutor with 5+ years of experience. Friendly, professional, and skilled in diverse instructional methods that foster group and individual learning. Committed to continually gaining and applying new expertise.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Tutor
One-on-One Learning
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Prepare fun, engaging educational activities based on each student’s talents and interests at multiple Title I sites.
- Tutored diverse groups of 5-8 students to strengthen subject comprehension, boost confidence, and build important learning skills.
- Worked closely with students on specific class struggles, closely reviewing materials and assignments to offer targeted help.
- Administered standardized tests to assess student strengths and weaknesses.
- Supported students in development of critical thinking skills and perseverance to persist with challenging tasks.
- Create individualized lesson plans for students according to their progress and learning styles, using curricula from One-on-One Learning.
- Introduce and aid in strengthening students' skills in phonemic awareness, segmenting, oral and word reading fluency, blending, and scaffolding.
- Closely monitor and document student progress and modify instructional methods as needed.
- Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
Tutor
Study Hut Tutoring
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Collaborated with students to complete homework assignments, identify lagging skills, and correct weaknesses.
- Motivated students towards learning and studying to build self-confidence and reduce fear of failure.
- Provided homework assistance using specific curriculum and materials.
- Supported students with helpful study habits and exam strategies.
- Tutored diverse groups of students to strengthen subject comprehension, boost confidence, and build important learning skills.
- Supported students in development of critical thinking skills and perseverance to persist with challenging tasks.
- Issued reports updating students, parents and teachers on student progress.
Tutor
Educare Foundation
08.2022 - 01.2024
- Prepare fun, engaging educational activities based on each student’s talents and interests at a Title I site.
- Create individualized lesson plans for students according to their progress and learning styles, utilizing Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA), Heggerty, and University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) curricula.
- Introduce and aid in strengthening students' skills in phonemic awareness, segmenting, oral and word reading fluency, blending, and scaffolding.
- Maintain a safe play environment for a class of 24 students.
- Observe and monitor children's play activities.
- Help students understand their behaviors and emotions, teach students how to change their responses to unfavorable situations, and assist students in developing healthier coping mechanisms.
- Build positive, productive relationships with diverse students, parents, and guardians.
- Collaborate with various teachers and departments to create practice tests for students.
- Closely monitor and document student progress and modify instructional methods as needed.
- Organized classroom materials and assisted with in-class preparation to help teachers prepare for daily instruction and activities.
- Instructed a first grade class of 29 students during Summer 2023, engaging students in fun arts and crafts activities, science experiments, and more.
- Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
Tutor
Super A+ Tutoring
06.2022 - 01.2024
- Established and run all aspects of this venture, providing math and reading individualized and group tutoring sessions to students.
- Introduce and aid in strengthening students' skills in phonemic awareness, segmenting, oral and word reading fluency, blending, and scaffolding.
- Helped 21 middle school students study and prepare for High School Placement Exam through a workshop.
- Reviewed practice test results with students to build on successes and discuss areas for improvement.
- Closely monitor and document student progress and modify instructional methods as needed.
- Build positive, productive relationships with diverse students, parents, and guardians.
- Create individualized lesson plans for students according to their progress and learning styles.
- Prepare fun, engaging educational activities based on each student’s talents and interests.
Cashier
Shattuck Market
01.2022 - 04.2022
- Schedule and receive food and beverage deliveries, checking delivery contents to verify product quality and quantity.
- Maintain food and equipment inventories, and keep inventory records.
- Estimate food, and other beverage consumption to anticipate amounts to be purchased.
- Record the number, type, and cost of items sold to determine which items may be unpopular or less profitable.
- Count money and make bank deposits.
Cashier
Chipotle
09.2021 - 01.2022
- Resolve customer complaints or answer customers' questions regarding policies and procedures.
- Discuss job performance problems with employees to identify causes and issues and to work on resolving problems.
- Consult with managers or other personnel to resolve problems in areas such as equipment performance, output quality, or work schedules.
- Confer with customers by telephone or in person to provide information about services, take or enter orders, or obtain details of complaints.
- Keep records of customer interactions or transactions, recording details of inquiries, complaints, or comments, as well as actions taken.
- Check to ensure that appropriate changes were made to resolve customers' problems.
- Determine charges for services, collect deposits or payments.
- Monitor compliance with health and fire regulations regarding food preparation and serving, and building maintenance in lodging and dining facilities.
- Greet guests, escort them to their seats, and present them with menus.
- Monitor food preparation methods, portion sizes, and garnishing and presentation of food to ensure that food is prepared and presented in an acceptable manner.
- Coordinate assignments of cooking personnel to ensure economical use of food and timely preparation.
- Perform some food preparation or service tasks such as cooking, clearing tables, and serving food and drinks when necessary.
- Test cooked food by tasting and smelling it to ensure palatability and flavor conformity.
Cashier/Delivery Driver
Domino's
06.2020 - 09.2021
- Confer with customers by telephone or in person to provide information about services, take or enter orders, or obtain details of complaints.
- Keep records of customer interactions or transactions, recording details of inquiries, complaints, or comments, as well as actions taken.
- Check to ensure that appropriate changes were made to resolve customers' problems.
- Monitor compliance with health and fire regulations regarding food preparation and serving, and building maintenance in lodging and dining facilities.
- Greet guests, escort them to their seats, and present them with menus.
- Monitor food preparation methods, portion sizes, and garnishing and presentation of food to ensure that food is prepared and presented in an acceptable manner.
- Coordinate assignments of cooking personnel to ensure economical use of food and timely preparation.
- Perform some food preparation or service tasks such as cooking, clearing tables, and serving food and drinks when necessary.
- Deliver food items in a timely and efficient manner to multiple customers at a time.
Tutor
BUILD
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Maintain a safe play environment.
- Observe and monitor children's play activities.
- Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
- Care for children in institutional setting, that being their schools.
- Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities.
- Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
- Perform general personnel functions, such as supervision, training, and scheduling.
- Create developmentally appropriate lesson plans at a Title I site. Help children with homework and school work.
- Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs.
Administrative Assistant
UC Berkeley Library
08.2019 - 03.2020
- Operate office equipment, such as fax machines, copiers, or phone systems and arrange for repairs when equipment malfunctions.
- Make copies of correspondence or other printed material.
Education
Sociology
University Of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CAHigh School Diploma -
Venice High School
Los Angeles, CA06-2019
Skills
- Develops positive workplace relationships
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Lesson planning
- Collaborative
- Group tutoring
Certification
Languages
Spanish
Advanced (C1)
Timeline
Tutor
Study Hut Tutoring
01.2024 - 01.2025
Tutor
One-on-One Learning
01.2024 - 01.2025
Tutor
Educare Foundation
08.2022 - 01.2024
Tutor
Super A+ Tutoring
06.2022 - 01.2024
Cashier
Shattuck Market
01.2022 - 04.2022
Cashier
Chipotle
09.2021 - 01.2022
Cashier/Delivery Driver
Domino's
06.2020 - 09.2021
Tutor
BUILD
09.2019 - 03.2020
Administrative Assistant
UC Berkeley Library
08.2019 - 03.2020
Sociology
University Of California, Berkeley
High School Diploma -
Venice High School
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