Carl Robinson
Jenkintown,PA
Summary
With strong problem-solving abilities, a willingness to learn, and excellent communication skills, well-equipped to contribute to team success and achieve positive results. Poised and ready to tackle new challenges, advancing organizational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher's Assistant
A Step Up Academy
10.2024 - Current
- Supported student learning objectives through personalized and small group assistance.
- Maintained safety and security by overseeing students in recess environments.
- Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules, and support lead teacher.
- Kept classrooms clean, neat, and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
- Helped teachers recognize learning issues evidenced in one-to-one support instruction.
- Documented student progress and communicated with parents to keep informed.
Behavior Manager
LifeWorks-Doylestown, PA
10.2023 - 10.2024
- Assist staff in defining and measuring behavior; understanding principles of reinforcement; teaching new behavior; implementing strategies for weakening behavior; and identifying antecedents
- Facilitate team meetings with the identified student's teachers and parents for the purpose of completing a Functional Behavioral Assessment
- Facilitate team meetings that design Behavior interventions Plans; address classroom organization, effective instruction, social skills instruction, and ethical issues; School-wide Positive Behavioral Support; and factors that affect effectiveness including social validity and treatment integrity
- Work with individual teachers, groups of teachers and/or the entire staff on issues such as crisis intervention, learning and collaboration issues, and factors that can affect development and implementation of interventions
- Promote highly specialized positive behavior interventions in which 'at risk' students thrive: behavior instruction that is explicit, intensive, accelerated and provides ample practice
- Use ongoing assessments to maintain a record of student progress
- Develop a repertoire of assessment strategies consistent with instructional goals, teaching methods, and individual student needs to more accurately assess student behavior skills and understandings
- Regard assessment as a joint venture through which both student and teacher understanding is enhanced
- Create fair and equitable assessments to assess higher-order thinking and problem solving as well as individual skills, knowledge, and understandings
- Model good assessment processes that assist students in assessing their own work and behavior
- Provide recognition of a variety of student accomplishments and positive behaviors
- Work cooperatively with building administrators to promote positive student behavior by providing professional development that targets research, strategies and modeling of instructional practices to support teachers in their implementation of positive behavior support in their classrooms
- Continually supervise students to ensure a safe, non-threatening, nurturing environment where students can thrive
- Engage in on-going professional development to increase knowledge and skills of positive student behavior support for all students, targeted students and students who represent sub-group populations
- Engage parents in the 'student behavior intervention plan' process and empower parents by providing them with skills and techniques to support the positive behavior development of their child
- Conduct conflict resolution and peer mediation
- Participate in building meetings, as appropriate
- Attend professional development opportunities to maintain high level of skill and knowledge of current research and practices
- Serve as a consultant to administrators, teachers, and parents
- Organize and schedule time commitments to meet demands of the job
- Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures; report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources
- Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve District, building, departmental and/or grade level goals
- Provide leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill.
Mental Health Technician (MHT)
Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital-Fort Washington, PA
10.2022 - 09.2023
- Providing child, adolescent, or adult therapeutic behavioral health support
- Assists in the maintenance of a safe environment that enhances engagement in treatment, and/or educational effectiveness
- Track any behavioral changes in patients that may be of use to healthcare providers
- Chart patient observations following prescribed procedures and standards
- Participate in the development and implementation of patient treatment programs
- Maintain confidentiality of patient records
- Transport patients to and from appointments, clinics, laboratories and/or treatments as needed
- Perform initial patient evaluations to determine treatment priorities, such as taking vital signs, weight, as well as urine, stool and sputum specimens
- Ensure the safety and wellbeing of the patients
- Conduct patient monitoring and observation (Q-15minute checks) according to facility policy and procedures
- Ability to react therapeutically in a crisis situation and respond to patients with empathy and with positive interpersonal skills.
Support Staff (1:1 Paraprofessional)
THE QUAKER SCHOOL AT HORSHAM-Horsham, PA
10.2021 - 10.2022
Private Swim Instructor
Kicksmart-Doylestown, PA
11.2021 - 07.2022
- Schedule lessons with individual clients
- Assess their swimming capabilities
- Develop training regimens or goals for your client
- Being able to encourage students and make them feel comfortable
- Being able to stay calm in emergency situations
- Responsible for swimming instruction on multi levels from infant to adult level, including special needs and developmentally disabled children
- Ability to do advance lesson planning and instruction of children, and communication to parents of children
- Performed and provided progress report reviews to parents of students and developed tailored lessons based on student needs to ensure advancement in swimming level
- Plan and effectively organize class time for maximum practice accomplished through weekly lesson plans
- Teach with encouragement and positive reinforcement.
Paraprofessional
GreenWood Charter School-Roxborough, PA
10.2021 - 05.2022
Paraprofessional
ABINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
09.2019 - 01.2020
- Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials
- Monitor student work and supervise curriculum-based testing
- Tutor and assist students with makeup work
- Review material with students one-on-one or in small groups
- Ensure students follow school and class rules
- Prepare for lessons by gathering materials or setting up equipment
- Track attendance, correct papers, and calculate grades
- Perform clerical work to document student grades and other paperwork
- Enforce school-wide safety procedures, disciplinary codes, and rewards
- Perform classroom maintenance and instructional duties as assigned
- Assist in activities like field trips, academic support sessions, fundraising, and other events and programs
- Supervise students in class, between classes, during lunch and recess.
Special Needs Camp Councilor
Abington YMCA
06.2016 - 01.2020
- Life Guard
- Monitors activities at the pool to prevent accidents
- Cautions swimmers regarding unsafe practices and safety hazards; enforces and adheres to pool rules and regulations
- Inspects facilities for cleanliness; completes general pool cleaning and maintenance duties
- Determines chlorine content and pH value of water, using water testing kit, and record readings
- Teaches swimming lessons
- Knowledge of lifesaving methods and procedures, including first aid and standard resuscitation measures
- Skilled in the application of lifesaving techniques
- Skilled in swimming
- Ability to react quickly and calmly in emergencies
- Ability to perform rescue actions, administer first aid and CPR
- Child Care Staff
- Assist staff with both long- and short-range activities in accordance with curriculum objectives, developmentally appropriate practice, and program philosophy
- Maintain daily communication with parents
- Maintain confidentiality
- Maintain a safe and healthy environment
- Assist children with mental and behavioral problems
- Ability to problem solve and deescalate crisis situations
- Special Needs Camp Councilor
- Assist in program planning based on pre-arranged educational/recreational themes
- Adapting programs to include all campers
- Providing emotional support and encouragement to campers
- Familiar with the special needs, medical conditions, dietary concerns, and/or behavioral problems of the campers and act according to directions provided by the Camp Medic/parent or guardian
- Provide personal care, feeding, and toileting for campers as required.
Education
Associate Degree in Nursing - Practical Nursing
PITC
Wyncote, PA02-2025
PSYCHOLOGY - undefined
MANOR COLLEGE
Jenkintown, PA05.2019
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - undefined
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Blue Bell, PA05.2017
ARTS & TECHNOLOGY - undefined
JENKINTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
Jenkintown, PA06.2016
Skills
- Pool Maintenance
- Swimming
- Lifeguard
- Childcare
- Experience Working With Students
- Sports Coaching
- Special Education
- Classroom Management
- Special Needs
- Tutoring
- Teaching
- Writing Skills
- Math
- Time Management
- Organizational Skills
- Merchandising
- Research
- Small Group Supervision
- Progress Reporting
- Lunch Supervision
Certification
- AED Certification
- Lifeguard Training
- CPR Certification
- First Aid Certification
Affiliations
- (NBNA) National Black Nurse Association INC.
Timeline
Teacher's Assistant
A Step Up Academy
10.2024 - Current
Behavior Manager
LifeWorks-Doylestown, PA
10.2023 - 10.2024
Mental Health Technician (MHT)
Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital-Fort Washington, PA
10.2022 - 09.2023
Private Swim Instructor
Kicksmart-Doylestown, PA
11.2021 - 07.2022
Support Staff (1:1 Paraprofessional)
THE QUAKER SCHOOL AT HORSHAM-Horsham, PA
10.2021 - 10.2022
Paraprofessional
GreenWood Charter School-Roxborough, PA
10.2021 - 05.2022
Paraprofessional
ABINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
09.2019 - 01.2020
Special Needs Camp Councilor
Abington YMCA
06.2016 - 01.2020
PSYCHOLOGY - undefined
MANOR COLLEGE
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - undefined
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ARTS & TECHNOLOGY - undefined
JENKINTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
- AED Certification
- Lifeguard Training
- CPR Certification
- First Aid Certification
Associate Degree in Nursing - Practical Nursing
PITC
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