Imelda Mejia
Brunswick,MD
Summary
Passionate and driven educator with a background in communication, customer service, care, and teaching. Proficient in technology and efficient in work processes. Enthusiastic Teaching Assistant dedicated to student success, helping teachers manage high workloads by handling diverse support tasks. Goal-oriented Teacher offering support to students of different learning levels and backgrounds, always ready to positively impact student learning or teacher wellbeing with timely support.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Instructional Assistant
Lincoln Elementary School
11.2022 - Current
- Instructional Assistant that assists children and their teachers in helping with teaching small groups and helping individual students.
- I also assist children with behavioral support and children with a learning disability.
- I also help with interpreting in meetings and with parents.
- I also tutor children in math and reading before and after school.
- I am part of the leadership team and in charge of ensuring the rest of have the tools to help aid the teachers and provide the best care and education for the class or individual students.
- Supported student learning objectives through personalized and small group assistance.
- Copied, organized and distributed classroom assignments or other paperwork.
- Developed materials for classroom teachers to support instruction, lab work or in-class activities.
- Organized materials in classroom spaces based on lecture plans, activity stations or other requirements outlined by teachers.
- Provided support during classes, group lessons, and classroom activities.
- Collated classroom materials to help teachers prepare for daily instruction and activities.
- Delivered curriculum in both one-on-one lessons and group learning environments.
- Monitored student progress to identify areas requiring extra support and implement action plans to meet needs.
- Supported English Language Learners (ELLs) to deliver high-quality education for students learning English.
- Taught courses under guidance of senior instructors.
- Handled class records for attendance, assignment grades and course participation scores.
- Encouraged small groups to discuss topics and explore concepts through hands-on activities.
- Mentored and tutored individual students needing additional help.
- Maintained safety and security by overseeing students in recess environments.
- Assisted with classroom technology to prepare students with skills needed to succeed in technology-rich world.
- Supervised extracurricular activities to provide students with opportunities to explore interests and develop new skills.
Lead Pre-k Teacher
Bright Horizons Child Development Center
01.2021 - 10.2022
- The Lead Elementary Teacher provides children with a safe and nurturing environment that supports their social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development.
- They design and implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum by Bright Horizons' guidelines while maintaining positive relationships with families, children, and colleagues.
- Assisted and supervised 15 children through entire school day.
- Assisted and supervised 15 children through entire school day.
Early Childhood Educator
Bright Horizons
06.2016 - 03.2020
- As a Lead Teacher for children aged two to four, it is essential to model exemplary behavior with children, parents/guardians, and colleagues.
- Provide a safe and nurturing environment that encourages children's social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development.
- Take the lead in guiding the team to develop clear classroom goals that support a quality program.
- Implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum according to guidelines established by Bright Horizons.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
- Sanitized toys and play equipment each day to maintain safety and cleanliness.
- Communicated with parents and other staff about student progress.
- Enhanced sensory and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory development, by employing both traditional and modern educational strategies and techniques.
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Maintained and fostered positive and constructive interactions with staff, families, and children.
- Implemented developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum for children, creating positive, and safe classroom environments.
- Worked with teaching staff to evaluate individual progress and recommend appropriate learning plans.
- Supported students in developing self-esteem and self-confidence.
- Organized activities to teach preschool children foundational learning skills such as letters and numbers.
- Developed innovative activities to engage young children in learning process.
- Guided students to develop social, emotional and physical skills.
- Developed and implemented behavior management plans.
- Planned and executed activities to stimulate physical, social and intellectual growth.
- Assessed student progress and provided feedback on educational development.
- Monitored classroom to verify safe and secure environment.
- Established positive relationships with students and families.
- Increased student satisfaction by frequently communicating with students about needs and adapting lessons to interests and classroom progress.
- Created safe and nurturing learning environment for preschoolers.
- Modeled positive behavior and communication skills for students.
- Collaborated with teachers, parents and administrators to facilitate positive outcomes for students.
- Incorporated music, art and literature into curriculum.
- Implemented age-appropriate curricula to meet needs of young learners.
- Helped new preschool children get used to classes by giving one-on-one support.
- Encouraged use of technology to support student learning.
- Protected children in-class, at recess and off-site with observational skills and positive reinforcement for good behavior.
- Organized and supervised large and small group activities.
- Utilized creative teaching strategies to engage students in classroom.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education Leadership, Child Development
Rasmussen University
Minneapolis, MN03-2025
Associate of Science - Early Childhood Education, Child Development
Rasmussen University
Ocala, FL03-2021
Skills
- Interpreting
- Tutoring
- Experience with Children
- Classroom Experience
- Teaching
- Customer Service
- Sports Coaching
- Lesson Planning
- Dancing Coach
- Curriculum development
- Supervising experience
- Lesson development
- IEP adherence
- Classroom support
- Classroom inclusion
Certification
- Early Childhood, Rasmussen University - 11/5/2019
Timeline
Instructional Assistant
Lincoln Elementary School
11.2022 - Current
Lead Pre-k Teacher
Bright Horizons Child Development Center
01.2021 - 10.2022
Early Childhood Educator
Bright Horizons
06.2016 - 03.2020
Bachelor of Science - Early Childhood Education Leadership, Child Development
Rasmussen University
Associate of Science - Early Childhood Education, Child Development
Rasmussen University
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