Alicia Willson
Austin,TX
Summary
I am self-motivated with strong planning, organizational, problem solving, and leadership skills and have an excellent ability to relate to the people I interact with. I am hoping to shift from my role as a full time stay at home parent to a community advocate. I have twelve years’ experience in education working in low socioeconomic schools. I stepped away from education amidst the COVID-19 outbreak and am currently raising my two children. My oldest child has cerebral palsy and I have been an advocate for him for fourteen years, navigating therapies, special education, and numerous doctors. I am an easily adaptable leader and facilitator with an innate ability to interact with diverse audiences and teams. I am diplomatic and charismatic and want to help people to feel valued by admiring their strengths, while challenging them. I have a strong desire to gain a position at a forward-thinking, inclusive environment that allows for personal growth and leadership opportunities.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Stay at Home Parent
Household
Austin, TX
05.2019 - Current
- Primary caretaker for two young children
- Managed schooling from home during school closures due to COVID-19
- Managed household; budget, groceries, meals, cleaning, etc.
- School volunteer for fundraisers, book fairs, weekly lunch service, and field trips.
- Classroom parent in charge of coordinating and sending emails for class trips, holidays, parties, etc.
Assistant Director/Teacher's Assistant
St. Mark's PreSchool
Austin, TX
05.2012 - 05.2019
- Assisted the director in daily tasks; answered phones, scheduled school tours, deposited tuition payments
- Filed all required teacher training hours and CPR/First Aid certifications
- Kept all student files up to date; required forms, immunization records, allergies, emergency contacts, etc.
- Kept all staff records up to date
- Assisted in the Pre-K classroom on a day to day basis
- Helped monitor classroom activities, centers, outdoor play, snack and lunch times
- Co-created weekly lesson plans with lead teacher
- Assisted with after school science enrichment
Classroom Teacher
Austin ISD: Blackshear Elementary
Austin, TX
07.2006 - 08.2012
- General Classroom Teacher: Taught at the Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and 2nd Grade levels
- Used a variety of strategies to facilitate comprehension in all core contents
- Instituted Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports to maintain disciplinary procedures and programs that worked to effectively handle challenging student behaviors
- Ensured positive and effective parent communication
- Facilitated and directed all daily classroom activities
- Created weekly themed lesson plans across all core contents
- Created common formative assessments, and collected and analyzed data to create interventions that met individual student needs
- Created enrichment plans for students
- Designed a system of rewards and incentives to celebrate students
- Focused a collaborative effort to ensure that all students had ample opportunity to succeed
- Tutored grades 3 and 5 after school to prepare them for the STAAR test
Sales Associate
Home Depot
Austin, TX
02.2002 - 07.2006
- Provided customer service in the paint and garden departments.
- Directed customers to products, answered questions about products, plants, paint techniques and services
- Assisted in purchasing decisions
- Mixed and matched paint samples
- Helped customers pick plants based on their wants/needs
- Watered plants, swept garden areas, other required stocking, organizing, cleaning
Education
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX05.2005
Skills
- Confidential Case Documentation
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Individual and Group Therapy
- Referrals and Networking
- Constructive Feedback
Certification
- SDE Conference for Pre-K Teachers
- Classroom Management: Inclusion for Diverse Behaviors
- Workforce Solutions Teacher’s Symposium
- Child Care Licensing for Directors and Assistant Directors
- DFPS Minimum Standards for Licensed Child Care Centers
- Applebaum Institute
- The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Schools
- TexTeams Developing Math Concepts
- TESOL
- Fostering Grit and Growth Mindsets in Children
- GT Foundations Institute
- Capital City Writes
- A Playful Childhood and Academic Readiness
Timeline
Stay at Home Parent
Household
05.2019 - Current
Assistant Director/Teacher's Assistant
St. Mark's PreSchool
05.2012 - 05.2019
Classroom Teacher
Austin ISD: Blackshear Elementary
07.2006 - 08.2012
Sales Associate
Home Depot
02.2002 - 07.2006
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies
Texas State University
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