Deborah Brown
La Mirada,CA
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Professional educator with experience in supporting special education environments. Skilled in adapting to diverse learning needs and fostering collaborative team dynamics. Known for reliability, flexibility, and strong focus on achieving positive outcomes. Proficient in behavior management, individualized instruction, and communication with both students and staff.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Substitute Paraeducator, Special Education
NLMUSD
01.2024 - Current
- Offered students personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support.
- Served as classroom aide to teachers and worked one-on-one with special needs.
- Monitored students' progress in skill and personal behavioral development and reported on findings to teachers and parents.
- Worked cooperatively with special education teachers to modify curricula for special education students according to Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
- Maintained focused, inclusive and supportive learning environments.
- Helped teachers manage classroom and workload.
- Managed distracting or inappropriate classroom behavior.
- Provided instruction to individual or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by a teacher.
- Instructed students in basic academic skills such as reading, writing, math, science and social studies.
- Assisted teachers with record keeping tasks such as attendance taking and grading papers.
- Assisted teachers in preparing materials for lessons and activities.
- Supported students throughout academic instruction and assignments.
Preschool Teacher
Heights Christian Schools
09.2014 - 11.2024
- Encouraged children to be understanding of others, show good manners and instructed in other social development behaviors.
- Taught children foundational skills in colors, shapes and letters.
- Implemented hands-on, play-based strategies for experiential learning.
- Developed professional relationships with parents, teachers, directors and therapists.
- Established indoor and outdoor safe play environments for toddler-age children.
- Conducted classroom activities to stimulate physical, mental, and social development of preschool students.
Clerk/Typist
NLMUSD
09.1999 - 09.2014
- Responded to telephone and email requests for information.
- Directed clients and guests to correct departments, rooms and staff members.
- Filed documents alphabetically and numerically in paper files.
- Composed standard letters, memoranda, forms and other documents from dictation or instructions.
- Operated office equipment such as computers, copiers, scanners and fax machines.
- Performed data entry tasks into computer systems accurately with a high degree of speed.
- Typed finished documents from rough drafts and dictation.
- Entered data in numerical and alphabetical order.
Education
Associate of Arts - Early Childhood Education
Cerritos College
Norwalk, CA06.2007
Skills
- Fundamental clerical skills
- Record keeping
- Document organization
- Effective telephone communication
- Document creation
- Facilitating group instruction
- Curriculum development
- Effective classroom management
- Child development expertise
- Interpersonal skills enhancement
- Childhood education expertise
- Student oversight
- Emotional assistance
- Strengthening interpersonal interactions
- Certified in first aid
- Sensory processing skills
- Specialized education expertise
- Personal hygiene support
Education and Training
La Mirada HS - Graduated 1990
Rio Hondo College - EMT course completed
Certification
CPR and First Aide
Timeline
Substitute Paraeducator, Special Education
NLMUSD
01.2024 - Current
Preschool Teacher
Heights Christian Schools
09.2014 - 11.2024
Clerk/Typist
NLMUSD
09.1999 - 09.2014
Associate of Arts - Early Childhood Education
Cerritos College
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