Demetrius Rogers
Houston
Summary
Caring educator with years of experience in multiple areas of instruction. Expert in closely monitoring student progress while implementing modern educational techniques into daily practices. Committed to long-term student success through well-rounded educations.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Paraeprofessional, Special Education
HISD- Northforest High School
12.2023 - Current
- Kept classrooms clean, neat, and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
- Monitored students on field trips, handling roll call, and group movement to keep youths safe in public settings.
- Tailored lesson plans for students with emotional and cognitive disabilities.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules, and support lead teacher.
- Administered tests and assessments to evaluate student progress and performance.
- Assisted with school field trips and special events by collecting permission slips and payments.
- Assisted students in developing deeper understanding of course concepts by providing one-on-one support.
- Demonstrated specific skills and activities for students to improve understanding and take excess workload off teachers.
- Took part in professional development workshops to boost skills.
Children Church Teacher
Foundation Church International
- Employed variety of instructional aids, methods, and materials to provide for creative teachings, helping children grow spiritually.
- Adapted bible verses and lessons into stories and activities to help children comprehend scriptures.
- Led faith-based life to provide example for students between ages [Number] and [Number].
- Maintained Sunday School area through providing decoration and literature.
- Incorporated technology into classroom teachings to engage students and make learning more interactive.
- Encouraged class participation to build student confidence and interest in church teachings.
- Organized and labeled materials and displayed students' work by ages and perceptual skills.
- Offered guidance and support to help students navigate challenges and succeed academically.
QMHP (Qualified Mental Health Professional)
United Human Services
08.2023 - 02.2024
- Evaluated patients and implemented comprehensive treatment plans to enhance mental health.
- Provided clients with recommendations to community resources.
- Documented client progress in confidential files.
Teachers Assistant/Special Education
Lyons Elementary
03.2021 - 08.2023
- Assist the teacher in the classroom with whatever they need.
- Work with the kids on their skills and continuing the development of skills.
- Supported teacher in development of individual learning strategies.
- Alerted instructor to student behavior or issues requiring intervention.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Interacted physically and verbally with students throughout each day.
- Collaborated with teacher to create customized classroom environment integral to students' needs.
- Maintained positive attitude and affirmatively communicated with each student.
- Documented student behaviors, interventions, and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
- Offered student support through special accommodations, extra assistance, and assessments.
- Established professional relationships with parents and other teachers to increase rapport and support.
Social Work Intern
Crisis Text Line
10.2021 - 04.2022
- Provide emotional support to clients that were in crisis situations.
- Offered community resource guidance to clients to meet family needs for assistance.
- Conducted outreach to local referral sources to build strong partnerships for supportive services.
- Maintained client reports to track client progress, record interventions and provide relevant data for analysis.
- Interviewed clients to assess needs and determine most suitable needs and services.
- Responded to crises and emergency situations to provide immediate assistance to persons in need.
Site Lead
YMCA of Greater Houston
10.2018 - 11.2020
- The age range I had while working here was 5-12 elementary age.
- I was responsible for running the afterschool program out of an elementary school.
- Setting up the program for the day, making sure state folders were up to date, managing schedules for both the program and coworkers.
- Building communication with the school staff and my staff as well.
- Engaging and effectively communication with parents.
- Trained new team members on site policies and procedures.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems.
- Participated in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
Group Leader
Extend-A-Care for Kids
03.2015 - 12.2015
- With an age range of 4-5 years old and a group of about 10-12 students.
- My responsibilities included, setting up centers, snack time, restroom breaks, homework time, outside time and creating and managing schedules.
- Attended staff development meetings and workshops and applied information from those events into daily activities.
- Trained new team members by relaying information on company procedures and safety requirements.
- Maintained high-quality child care standards based on developmentally appropriate practices.
- Kept constant child headcount and oversaw sign-in and sign-out process for parents to maintain child care and safety.
Fitting room associate
Ross Stores
11.2014 - 03.2015
- Collected discarded merchandise, sorted and returned to display racks.
- Cleaned and maintained fitting rooms regularly.
- Maintained high customer readiness standards by delivering clean, neat and easy-to-shop store environment.
- Repackaged and tagged returned items for sales floor.
- Used PDT to process customer returns and reticket merchandise.
- Organized clothing and accessories that customers had returned to fitting room desk.
- Checked garments for damage and placed tags prior to returning items to sales floor.
- Reduced theft by limiting number of items that each customer took into fitting rooms.
- Checked fitting room stalls and sorted merchandise to racks.
- Monitored customers for signs of theft.
- Led customers to right aisles and shelves to provide information on available clothing items and accessories.
Education
Master of Social Work - Social Work
Our Lady of The Lake University
San Antonio, TX05.2020
BACHELOR OF ART - Sociology
Huston Tillotson University
Austin, TX05.2017
Skills
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Flexibility
- Time Management
- Active Learning
- Establishing Rapport
- Research
- Cleaning and sanitization
- Group and individual instruction
- Lesson development
- Parent-teacher collaboration
- Records management
- Progress reporting
Timeline
Paraeprofessional, Special Education
HISD- Northforest High School
12.2023 - Current
QMHP (Qualified Mental Health Professional)
United Human Services
08.2023 - 02.2024
Social Work Intern
Crisis Text Line
10.2021 - 04.2022
Teachers Assistant/Special Education
Lyons Elementary
03.2021 - 08.2023
Site Lead
YMCA of Greater Houston
10.2018 - 11.2020
Group Leader
Extend-A-Care for Kids
03.2015 - 12.2015
Fitting room associate
Ross Stores
11.2014 - 03.2015
Children Church Teacher
Foundation Church International
Master of Social Work - Social Work
Our Lady of The Lake University
BACHELOR OF ART - Sociology
Huston Tillotson University
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