GUADALUPE LEYVA
Santa Ana,CA
Summary
Professional educator with strong focus on K-12 instruction and classroom management. Adept at fostering collaborative learning environment, ensuring students' needs are met, and adapting to dynamic educational settings. Skilled in curriculum development, student assessment, and implementing individualized learning strategies. Known for reliability, teamwork, and achieving educational goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Substitute Teacher, K-12
Orange County Department Of Education, OCDE
08.2024 - Current
- Follow classroom plans left by class teacher to continue student education and reinforce core concepts.
- Repeatedly requested as substitute teacher by teachers based on excellent past referrals and trusted performance.
- Keep students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Manage classroom behavior effectively, implementing clear expectations and consistent consequences for all students.
- Took over class for regular classroom teacher, managing assignments, student needs, and recordkeeping.
- Maintain day-to-day classroom management and discipline to promote learning initiatives.
*Promotion Community Resource Specialist
Orange County Department Of Education, OCDE
02.2024 - 07.2024
- Case Management for at-promise youth addressing specific community needs such as housing, employment, or mental health support.
- Established strong rapport with students through empathetic listening skills, creating an atmosphere of trust and support during difficult times in their lives.
- Enhanced community engagement by organizing and facilitating workshops, seminars, and events.
- Provided crisis intervention services when needed, ensuring immediate safety and connecting individuals with appropriate resources.
- Developed partnerships with local organizations to increase the availability of services for community members in need.
- Facilitated information sessions within the community on available resources and how to navigate social service systems effectively.
Title I Bilingual Family Community Liaison, Alternative Education Division
Orange County Department of Education, OCDE
04.2015 - 01.2023
- Build strong partnerships and connections between family, school, and community-based agencies to support student social-emotional well-being and achievement
- Collect, organize, and distribute community resources to families and students
- Prescreen, intake and manage family and student accounts for individualized resources
- Coordinate and plan parent/student engagement events and opportunities
- Provide social-emotional support for families and at promise students and provide a welcoming and open environment
- Plan, coordinate and participate in Parent Advisory Committee meetings, Local Control Accountability mandated meetings, School Wide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT), and Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS)
- Plan, coordinate, provide feedback and follow up on a variety of parent family intervention meetings and work with families and students on individual academic social-emotional goals
- Identify eligible Mckinney-Vento and probation students, assess needs of families and students and provide individualized resources and support and follow-up
- Process requests for Assembly Bill student exemptions, determine proper procedure per exemption and process credit evaluations for eligible AB 1806 Homeless exemption students
- Coordinate local food drives during the Covid-19 pandemic and provide up to date food drive/pantry resources and additional resources to families and students
- Served as a liaison between different departments internally ensuring maximum efficiency in addressing community needs.
- Strengthened community partnerships by organizing and attending collaborative events.
Substitute Student Records Technician/Administrative Assistant/Family Community Liaison
Orange County Department of Education, OCDE
03.2014 - 04.2015
- S1S summer substitute student records technician
- Managed and organized enrollment for over 3000 students
- Substitute administrative assistant in various divisions assisting with phone coverage, data entry, and special projects
- Substitute family community liaison connecting students and families with resources, organized parent teacher conferences and interpreting in meetings including: parenting classes, DELAC and GPAC meetings
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies - emphasis in Sociology
Vanguard University of Southern California
Costa Mesa, CA05.2011
Skills
- Excellent leadership and team-work skills
- Strong family engagement/community partnership relationships
- Culturally proficient
- Excellent work ethic
- Positive mindset
- Self-starter
- Ability to handle multiple tasks
- Effective communication skills
- Computer proficiency
- Welcoming
- Personable
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships
- Detail oriented
- Creative
- Innovative
- Teaching methodologies
- Relationship building and management
- Adaptable
Certification
- Family/Community Parent Engagement Professional
- CBEST
- Substitute Teaching Permit
- Student Attendance Review Board
- Restorative Practice
Timeline
Substitute Teacher, K-12
Orange County Department Of Education, OCDE
08.2024 - Current
*Promotion Community Resource Specialist
Orange County Department Of Education, OCDE
02.2024 - 07.2024
Title I Bilingual Family Community Liaison, Alternative Education Division
Orange County Department of Education, OCDE
04.2015 - 01.2023
Substitute Student Records Technician/Administrative Assistant/Family Community Liaison
Orange County Department of Education, OCDE
03.2014 - 04.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies - emphasis in Sociology
Vanguard University of Southern California
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