Collaborate with General Education Teachers regarding lesson plans, learning goals and Classroom Management using a variety of strategies.
Ensure students accommodation is being provided, and students have all the tools and resources needed to be successful in their academic endeavors.
Assist students in completing assignments, academic goals and achieving excellence using a variety of teaching strategies.
Teach new skills to students using modeling and scaffolding techniques.
Perform assessments to measure a student’s academic goals.
Provide student’s instructions using a variety of educational technology and media.
ESE Inclusion/Access Point Teacher
Escambia High School
12.2020 - 05.2021
ESE Teacher
Escambia County School District
08.2020 - Current
Collaborate with General Education Teachers regarding lesson plans, learning goals and Classroom Management using a variety of strategies.
Ensure students accommodation is being provided, and students have all the tools and resources needed to be successful in their academic endeavors.
Assist students in completing assignments, academic goals and achieving excellence using a variety of teaching strategies.
Teach new skills to students using modeling and scaffolding techniques.
Perform assessments to measure a student’s academic goals.
Provide student’s instructions using a variety of educational technology and media.
Substance Abuse Counselor/ Teacher
Gateway Corporation (Century Prison)
01.2016 - 12.2020
Provided individual and group counseling sessions with the inmates in the drug treatment program.
Taught coping skills and other mental health classes. Including Cognitive Behavioral therapy.
Taught GED classes to the inmates.
Substitute Teacher
Escambia County School District
11.2014 - 03.2016
Teach general education K-12.
Teach ESOL in 6-8.
Taught ESE PreK-12.
Teach Autistic and hard of hearing PreK-5.
Child Protective Investigator
Florida Department of Children and Families
05.2014 - 11.2014
Investigate Child Abuse Allegations.
Investigate family members’ background.
Assess family’s functioning.
Assess parent’s protective capacities.
Compose assessments and reports to the courts.
Refer families to wrap around services to maintain the family unit and child’s safety.
Substitute Teacher’s Aide Special
Escambia County School District
01.2014 - 05.2014
Holmes Elementary PreK-5.
Deaf and hard of hearing classes.
Physically handicapped.
Autistic PreK.
Substitute Teacher
Escambia County School District
08.2012 - 01.2014
Taught general education K-12.
Taught ESE PreK-12.
AmeriCorps Vista
Pathways For Change
11.2012 - 11.2013
Capacity building.
Recruitment.
Community outreach.
Participate in agency fairs.
Create and maintain media brochures, flyers and newsletters.
Liaison between Pathways For Change and Catholic Charities to start a satellite site of the 'Circles Program' at The Family Center.
Grant writing.
Presentations and orientations for potential participants.
Intake, assessment and referrals of participant’s needs.
Social Work Intern
The Friary
Pensacola, FL
02.2012 - 05.2012
Provided individual assessment, treatment planning, and psychotherapy services to the socio culturally diverse adult population is diagnosed with substance dependence, depression, PTSD, and other affective disorders.
Provided crisis intervention and emergency services; co-led an array of group therapy sessions.
Participated in family therapy seminars and inpatient facility-wide in-service training.
Provided individual and group psychotherapy services to culturally diverse teens and adults diagnosed with substance dependence, major psychiatric disorders, attention disturbances, anxiety, and depression.
Collaborated with a treatment team of clinical social workers, Medical Director, LCSW, and Behavior Technicians to develop individualized treatment plans.
Led daily psychotherapy groups using multi-modal approaches: cognitive therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, psycho-educational, and expressive arts.
Pensacola, FL
Social Work Intern
Florida Guardian Ad Litem
Pensacola, FL
01.2010 - 04.2010
Collaborated with the family court support team of case managers, child protection investigators, and family court attorneys.
Make recommendations for case planning.
Attend weekly court hearings.
Write court reports.
Make recommendations to the Judge.
Attend facilitation meetings.
Monitor child’s needs.
Make recommendations to meet needs.
Pensacola, FL
Social Work Intern
Office of State Attorney 1st Judicial Circuit of Florida
05.2009 - 08.2009
Conduct risk assessments and safety planning with clients.