Ironely Valdez Cuevas
Hamden,CT
Summary
Compassionate Special Education Teacher offering excellent skills in devising student strategies and monitoring classroom activities. Pursuing a Special Education Teacher position where a well-qualified individual with an understanding of autism spectrum disorder and learning disabilities is highly sought. Certified and licensed in New York and Connecticut.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Bilingual Service Coordinator
Rehabilitation Associates
Shelton, United States
11.2022 - Current
- Coordinating performance of evaluations and assessments.
- Informing families of their rights and procedural safeguards
- Facilitating and participating in development, review, and evaluation of individualized family service plans (IFSP).
- Assisting families in identifying available service providers.
- Coordinating and monitoring delivery of services.
- Informing families of availability of advocacy services.
- Coordinating with medical and health providers.
- Facilitating development of transition plan to pre-school services, if appropriate.
- Completing ongoing paperwork requirements of Birth to Three System.
- Ensuring proper information is collected as required by lead agency for accessing third-party reimbursement for early intervention services identified in IFSP, including private insurance, Board of Education and Services for Blind (BESB), and Medicaid.
- Assisting families in locating services outside of Birth to Three System.
- Facilitating development of transition plan to other community services
- Assisting family to contact other families if requested
Bilingual Developmental Therapist Birth to Three
Rehabilitation Associates, Inc.
Shelton, United States
09.2022 - Current
- Evaluate and assess children and family outcomes.
- Develop, implement review family IFSPs (Individualized Family Service Plans).
- Coaching families/caregivers on learning activities that promote child's acquisition of skills in variety of developmental areas, including motor development, cognition, communication, personal social interaction, and self-help skills.
- Schedule visits in accordance with family/caregiver daily activities and needs whenever possible.
- Assist families with accessing information and community resources.
- Document all records and forms in timely, accurate, complete, and legible manner.
- Communicate details of each child's progress and development with all IFSP team members.
- Attend regional, staff, and team meetings.
- Complete and maintain records.
- Data collection.
- Comply with federal and state laws, regulations, guidelines best practices related to Birth to Three early intervention services.
- Perform other related duties as required.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness willingness to help wherever needed
Special Education Teacher/ABA Therapist
All About Kids Agency
New York, NY
10.2021 - Current
- Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques, strategies, and technologies.
- Offered guidance and support to families of children with disabilities or developmental challenges.
- Developed strategic approaches to foster appropriate child development.
- Established and provided discipline-specific instruction to patients, families, caregivers and staff.
- Developed and maintained clear, individualized documentation on each patient.
- Implemented behavioral plans for students with behavior disorders or other special conditions to present and reinforce learning concepts.
- Worked with students to promote learning and pro-social development.
General Education Teacher
Department Of Education
New York, New York
09.2021 - 09.2022
- Conducted skills assessments to uncover performance gaps.
- Utilized multimedia strategies to facilitate learning and increase student engagement.
- Taught students subject-specific material, learning strategies, and social skills.
- Helped students develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution, critical thinking and communication.
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Promoted exploration of building blocks of learning by leading diverse, hands-on activities.
- Planned lessons according to district standards to cover requirements and prepare for standardized tests.
- Gave one-on-one attention to each student while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
Paraprofessional
Department of Education
New York, NY
05.2012 - 06.2021
- PS 189 and PS 73 Assist teachers with classwork and/ or with daily care of students with emotional, cognitive, physical handicaps, autism, and other special needs
- Develop and implement activities that improve student learning
- Guide and assist students in small group instruction settings through class routines and teacher monitoring Provide language assistance for bilingual students Reinforce appropriate behavior through use of positive behavior supports
- Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules and support lead teacher.
- Supported teachers in development of individual learning strategies.
- Documented student behaviors, interventions and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
Parent Coordinator
Department Of Education, Rockaway Park High School
New York, NY
08.2010 - 04.2012
- Promoted parent participation in their children’s education
- Organized meetings and events as liaison between school administration and parents
- Assisted Parents Association by establishing bylaws and holding elections
- Served as translator in Spanish and helped organize parent-teacher conferences
- Provided administrative support and arranged appointments for parents
- Offered friendly and efficient service to Parents and students.
- Helping Handling challenging situations with ease.
- Engaged families in beneficial activities targeted at improving bonds and interactions.
School Aide/ Health Aide
Department Of Education, Cascade High School
NEW YORK, NY
12.2004 - 08.2010
- Maintained and Updated students’ medical records Administered vision screening Prepared weekly attendance outreach calls and letters to families Input data utilizing ATS systems
- Assured compliance with food service regulations
- Provided Spanish translation
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Bilingual Education Extention
The College of Saint Rose
Albany, NYMaster of Science - Early Childhood General And Special Education
Concordia College
Bronxville, NY05.2020
Bachelor of Science - Community And Human Services, Family And Child
State University of New York Empire State College
New York, NY10.2017
Skills
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Interdisciplinary team collaboration
- Student Progress Reporting
- Differentiated Instruction
- Behavior Improvements and Modification
- Lesson Planning
- IEP compliance
- Group and individual instruction
- Biliterate and Bilingual in English/Spanish
- Client Advocacy
- Proficiency in Office programs
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Planning and Coordination
- Community liaison
- Service monitoring and evaluation
- Individualized Family Service Plans
Certification
- New York State Student With Disabilities, Birth-Grade 2 Certification
- New York State Early Childhood Education, Birth-Grade 2 Certification
- Connecticut State Integrated Early Childhood/Elementary Education, Nursery - Grade 3 and Special Education, Nursery - Kindergarten (113) Certification
- New York State Level 3 Teacher Assistant Certification
- Child Abuse Identification Certificate
- School Violence Prevention Certificate
- Dignity for all Student Act Certificate
- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools Training
- Pre-K for All Thrive Training
- Module/ Tier 1 ABA Training
- Service Coordinator Certificate
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
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Timeline
Bilingual Service Coordinator
Rehabilitation Associates
11.2022 - Current
Bilingual Developmental Therapist Birth to Three
Rehabilitation Associates, Inc.
09.2022 - Current
Special Education Teacher/ABA Therapist
All About Kids Agency
10.2021 - Current
General Education Teacher
Department Of Education
09.2021 - 09.2022
Paraprofessional
Department of Education
05.2012 - 06.2021
Parent Coordinator
Department Of Education, Rockaway Park High School
08.2010 - 04.2012
School Aide/ Health Aide
Department Of Education, Cascade High School
12.2004 - 08.2010
Some College (No Degree) - Bilingual Education Extention
The College of Saint Rose
Master of Science - Early Childhood General And Special Education
Concordia College
Bachelor of Science - Community And Human Services, Family And Child
State University of New York Empire State College
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