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Paola Rodriguez

Summary

Certified School Counselor with over 5 years of experience working with students with disabilities and students who have experienced trauma. Proven track record of commitment to the Equity and Restorative Practice work. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Consistently seek to improve upon existing structures while identifying opportunities for innovation.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

School Counselor Grades K-5

Mott Haven Academy Charter School
Bronx, NY
08.2017 - Current
  • Provide individual and group counseling services to mandated and non mandated students.
  • Alleviate mental health and behavioral crisis.
  • Conduct risk assessment, develop safety plans, and collaborate with families, hospitals, and agencies to ensure the safety of students.
  • Develop IEP goals and progress monitor.
  • Refer students and families to outpatient clinics and follow-up on referrals.
  • Write lesson plans focused on building social-emotional skills.
  • Teach social-emotional learning topics tailored to the needs of the school.
  • Support families around decisions with CSE and provide psychoeducation around Special Education and Mental Health topics.
  • Participate in family conferences to discuss students' social-emotional, and behavioral needs.
  • Advocate for increased services for our student population.
  • Conduct professional development for staff focused on trauma and restorative practices.
  • Provide task supervision to school counselor and social worker interns.
  • Participate as an active member of the equity team.

School Counselor Grades 1-8

Colegio Agustiniano
La Vega, Dominican Republic
08.2016 - 06.2017
  • Conducted intake assessments and held orientations for new families.
  • Conducted interest inventory and aptitude tests to provide students with college and career guidance.
  • Monitored students’ social-emotional, behavioral, and academic progress.
  • Taught Social Emotional learning topics tailored to the needs of the school.
  • Participated in data driven meetings to review student progress and implement new strategies to target students with academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs.
  • Maintained active communication with students, parents, teachers, and community organizations affiliated with the school.
  • Provided teachers with support and the necessary tools to manage student’s behavior.
  • Created a mentorship program focused on relationship skills, confidence, advocacy, and leadership.

Parent Coordinator

Fairmont Neighborhood School PS
Bronx, NY
09.2014 - 06.2016
  • Facilitated workshops and classes for parents such as Home and School Connection, Parenting Groups, Anger Management, and Resume Building.
  • Conducted meetings with families to provide psychoeducation regarding their children academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs.
  • Collaborated with community program leaders and advocates to make resources accessible to those in need.
  • Held health fairs for families and the district 12 community.
  • Created calendars, newsletters, brochures, flyers, and letters.
  • Designed surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of the services provided to families.
  • Served as a liaison between the school, parent and community organizations.
  • Initiated, supervised, and monitored the Girl Scouts program.

Education

Master of Education - School Counseling

Brooklyn College of The City University of New York
Brooklyn, NY
08.2013 - 06.2016

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

SUNY New Paltz
New Paltz, NY
01.2010 - 05.2012

Skills

    Counseling and therapy

Crisis intervention

Progress monitoring

Team collaboration and leadership

Restorative practice

Trauma focused practices

Technical Skills

SESIS

MySchool

Google Classroom/Meet/Docs/Sheets/Slides/Forms

Microsoft Software

Zoom Meeting

Certification

School Counselor Permanent Certification

Accomplishments

  • Guidance Curriculum: Social Emotional Learning; Feeling Identification, Emotional Regulation, Advocacy, Conflict Resolution, Bullying Awareness and Prevention, Empathy, Diversity, Thankfulness, Friendship, Transition, and Career Awareness.
  • Student Individual Planning: Goal Development, Progress Monitoring, Behavior Plan, Safety Plan, and Transitional Support.
  • Responsive Services: Crisis and Behavioral Intervention, Risk Assessment, Safety Plan Development, and Family and Teacher Consulting.
  • School-wide Initiatives: Attendance Awareness, Bullying Awareness and Prevention, Girl Scout and Mentorship Program.
  • Professional Committees Participation: Equity Team, Social Emotional Team, Attendance Team, Child Study Team, and Restorative Practice Team.

Timeline

School Counselor Grades K-5

Mott Haven Academy Charter School
08.2017 - Current

School Counselor Grades 1-8

Colegio Agustiniano
08.2016 - 06.2017

Parent Coordinator

Fairmont Neighborhood School PS
09.2014 - 06.2016

Master of Education - School Counseling

Brooklyn College of The City University of New York
08.2013 - 06.2016

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

SUNY New Paltz
01.2010 - 05.2012

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