Carmin Lopez
Fort Worth,TX
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher
Crowley ISD
Fort Worth, TX
08.2024 - Current
- Conducted assessments and academic monitoring while supporting team initiatives and administrative tasks.
- Conducted regular assessments to track student progress, identify areas of strength and weakness, and modify instruction accordingly.
- Improved students' reading independence using methodical sensory lessons on phonemic awareness and strategies for decoding by sounding out words.
- Established and reinforced rules for behavior policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- Coordinated with special education staff to support students with special needs.
- Provided individual support for struggling students by creating differentiated learning activities tailored to their needs.
Special Education Resource Teacher
Harmony Public Schools
Fort Worth, TX
08.2022 - 05.2024
- Advocated for needs of the students with disabilities.
- Conducted small group and individual classroom activities with students based on differentiated learning needs.
- Created behavior management plans to help improve the socialization skills of special needs students.
- Developed individual educational plans designed to promote educational, physical and social development.
- Offered hands-on learning opportunities to develop student self-esteem and life skills.
- Facilitated communication between home and school by disseminating important information about academic performance or behavior issues.
- Collaborated with general education teachers to include students in classroom activities.
- Reviewed test results, academic reports, and teacher observations to determine eligibility for special education services.
- Created Individual Education Plans tailored specifically to each student's unique learning needs.
- Participated in ARD meetings to ensure that IEPs were developed and implemented as required by law.
Special Education Inclusion Teacher
Crowley ISD
Fort Worth, TX
08.2021 - 05.2022
- Adapted instructional techniques to appropriate ages and skill levels of supervised students.
- Collaborated with general education teachers to include students in classroom activities.
- Established and maintained dynamic working relationships with students and parents to support classroom objectives.
- Maintained student records in accordance with district standards.
- Enhanced students' sensory- and perceptual-motor skills through hands-on activities.
- Advocated for needs of the students with disabilities.
- Developed and maintained individualized skill-appropriate lesson plans to promote and build student confidence.
- Created a safe and supportive environment for all students within the classroom setting.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management
Tarleton State University
Stephenville, TX12-2020
Skills
- Language proficiency
- Social-emotional learning
- Early childhood education
- Student counseling
- Literacy development
- Visual aids creation
- Creative teaching
- Play-based learning
- Disciplinary techniques
- Student records management
- Assessment strategies
- Parent-teacher communication
- Social skills
- Early reading
- Special needs support
- Bilingual instruction
Certification
- Bilingual E-6
- Special Education EC-12
- Reading Academies
- ESL
Languages
Spanish
Professional
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher
Crowley ISD
08.2024 - Current
Special Education Resource Teacher
Harmony Public Schools
08.2022 - 05.2024
Special Education Inclusion Teacher
Crowley ISD
08.2021 - 05.2022
- Bilingual E-6
- Special Education EC-12
- Reading Academies
- ESL
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management
Tarleton State University