Ana Quesada

This is a professional position that provides leadership and program management to the Student Support Center (SSC) within a designated Rochester City School or Campus. The coordinator reports directly to the school Principal or his/her designee. The purpose of the SSC center is to provide immediate crisis response to disruptive behaviors and serve as a visible, easily accessible resource to students in need of social-emotional support or youth development activities that will ensure students stay in school, avoid suspensions, and progress to the next grade level.

• Select Highlights:
• Executed crisis interventions and mediation strategies to address student disruptions and promote a supportive school environment
• Facilitated weekly service delivery, case management, and referral follow-up to ensure continuity of support for students
• Coordinate service referrals and tracking services to students
• Removed barriers to deliver needed services
• Oversaw agency partnerships to enhance student support services
• Serve as the S&FSC liaison to School Counselors, School Social Workers, and Special Education Department
• Conduct an initial, in-depth needs assessment including surveys, focus groups, review of school data, and youth risk behavior data
• Provide social emotional lessons in the classrooms
• Facilitated school choice application process for students seeking enrollment.
• Established school links in classrooms for enhanced student support.
• Conducted individual annual reviews to assess student progress and needs.
• Home visits
• With the Principal, inform funders if any agency is not meeting the agreed-upon terms and conditions of the MOA

Provided immediate crisis interventions, ensuring safety and emotional support for students in distress.

• Executed positive behavior interventions, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment.
• Physical and academic support to an individual or group of students
• To assist in a self-contained classroom. Work with teachers to provide physical and academic support. Additionally, part of the job involves implementing behavioral intervention plans and positive behavioral interventions.
• Implementation of behavioral plans
• Record behavioral notes
• Supported routine exercises and daily academic tasks

• Overall responsibility for working with students in grades 7th through 12th who were kicked out of class and sent to a room called the Help Zone. My job was to build relationships with students instead of sending them to in-school suspension and identify the root cause of their issues. Once identified, I use restorative methods to help them cope with problems and get the resources needed to resolve their challenges.
• Resolve student conflicts through peace circles and mediations
• Facilitated student crisis interventions, connecting students with in-school and community services for comprehensive support.
• Conducted workshops to equip students with conflict resolution strategies, enhancing their ability to navigate interpersonal challenges.
• Delivered life coping skills to bilingual and monolingual students through restorative conversations, fostering resilience and self-management.
• Highlighted key student achievements during sessions.
• Assist in parent-teacher conferences
• Collect data of students' visits to determine the most common issues facing kids

• Developed and implemented behavioral modification programs for students in two elementary schools, improving student engagement and learning outcomes.
• Facilitated social emotional groups, enhancing students' interpersonal skills and fostering a supportive classroom environment.
• Executed crisis interventions, ensuring student safety and stability during challenging situations.
• Implementation of behavioral plans
• Application of applied behavioral analysis
• Positive Behavior Intervention
• Classroom observations
• Select Highlights:

• Responsible for working out in the community, providing Conducted HIV testing at local community sites to promote health awareness., counseling, education, adherence to medication sessions, referrals, and linkage for people living with HIV. Part of the job is to build relationships with people in the community and create strategic agency partnerships. I travel throughout Palm Beach County to community sites such as food kitchens and colleges.
• Select Highlights:
• HIV testing
• HIV and STDs workshops, and education sessions
• HIV one-on-one risk reduction counseling
• Adherence to medication sessions
• Provided referrals to community agencies to connect individuals with necessary resources.
• Established linkages for individuals living with HIV, ensuring access to ongoing care and vital resources.

• Overall responsibility for working with students in grades 7th through 12th who were kicked out of class and sent to a room called the Help Zone. My job was to build relationships with students instead of sending them to in-school suspension and identify the root cause of their issues. Once identified, I use restorative methods to help them cope with problems and get the resources needed to resolve their challenges.
• Facilitated restorative conversations to equip bilingual and monolingual students with essential life coping skills.
• Resolve student conflicts through peace circles and mediations
• Supported student crisis interventions and referred students to in-school and community services
• Host workshops to teach students how to cope with conflict
• Documented key student achievements during sessions to track progress and inform future interventions.
• Supported parent-teacher conferences to foster collaborative relationships and enhance student support.
• Collect data on students' visits to determine the most common issues facing kids.