Juana Leal
Greenacres,USA
Summary
Experienced autism paraprofessional with a solid background in providing support to children in public school settings. Strengths include developing individualized educational plans, fostering social skills, and implementing behavior modification strategies. Known for the ability to provide compassionate assistance while maintaining an environment conducive to learning, leading to improved communication and social interaction skills in students with autism.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Behavioral/Phys Needs II
School District of Palm Beach - Manatee Elementary
Lake Worth, United States
11.2022 - Current
- Assists students with physical needs.
- Assists with the physical mobility of students individually and/or as part of a team.
- Assists students with behavioral issues.
- Performs bus, lunchroom, and playground responsibilities as assigned by the teacher.
- Assists the teacher in preparing, organizing, disbursing, and storing equipment, materials, and supplies necessary to perform their job functions.
- Assists in keeping the classroom and school environment neat and attractive.
- Assists in ensuring that the overall environment is designed for the overall safety, care, and enrichment of the children.
- Maintains professionalism in all school matters.
- Helped students learn to persevere with challenging tasks and build resilience for later educational efforts.
Counselor – Afterschool
School District of Palm Beach - Manatee Elementary
Lake Worth, United States
10.2021 - Current
- Provide direct supervision of students.
- Ensure the safety, security, and care of children.
- Implements emergency evacuation procedures and first aid when necessary.
- Takes attendance, distributes snacks, assists with homework completion, and oversees the use of facilities, materials, and equipment.
- Documents students' accidents and injuries, and completes accident reports.
- Identifies student misconduct, and completes incident reports.
- Assists in keeping facilities neat and clean.
- Maintains professionalism regarding school affairs.
Food Service Assistant I
School District of Palm Beach - Manatee Elementary
Lake Worth, United States
11.2019 - Current
- Inventories of food, condiments, and supplies are conducted to ensure the availability of items required to meet projected menu requirements.
- Performs the functions of other nutritional services positions, as requested by the supervisor, for the purpose of ensuring adequate staff coverage within food and nutrition services operations.
- Performs other related duties as assigned, for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
- Cleans utensils, equipment, and storage, as well as food preparation and serving areas, for the purpose of maintaining required sanitary conditions.
- Inspects food items and/or supplies for the purpose of verifying the quantity and specifications of orders and/or complying with mandated health standards.
- Maintains equipment, storage, food preparation, and serving areas in a sanitary condition for the purpose of complying with current health standards.
- Monitors kitchen and cafeteria areas for the purpose of ensuring a safe and sanitary working environment.
- Prepares food and beverage items for the purpose of meeting mandated nutritional and projected meal requirements.
- Serves one or more items of food for the purpose of meeting nutritional requirements and/or requests of students, and school personnel.
- Arranges food and beverage items for the purpose of serving them to students and staff in an efficient manner.
- Attends site meetings, in-service training, workshops, etc.
- For the purpose of gathering information required to perform job functions.
- Monitors equipment malfunctions and/or damage for the purpose of notifying the supervisor of the need for repair and/or replacement.
Supervisor / Waitress
El Bodegon
West Palm Beach, United States
01.2013 - 01.2018
- Company Overview: West Palm Beach, FL
- In charge of auditing the cashiers daily, and resolve possible errors
- Prepared coffee, sandwiches, salads and juices
- Monitor dining area to ensure best customer experiences
- Assist customers with their inquiries and resolved issues promptly
- Consistently check on customers to ensure satisfaction with each food course and beverages
- Effectively communicated with all staffs regarding new protocols
- Manage opening and closing duties
- West Palm Beach, FL
Senior Project Coordinator
Eficacia Corp Group
Cali, Colombia
12.2010 - 11.2012
- Company Overview: Colombian Business Process Outsourcing.
- Performed tests for developing systems for the implementation of automated reports of events.
- Managed staff, payroll, and receipts.
- Submitted structured work plans for the project, proposing improvements.
- Tested and found inconsistencies in the program, and provided a list of requirements to the developers, clients, and account executives.
- Provided support and conducted training for account managers to better manage the program.
- Provided on-site visits and received feedback directly from the client, and implemented new strategies for the project based on meetings and discussions with them.
- Researched industry trends and best practices in order to develop more efficient processes for completing projects.
Education
Master’s Degree - Business Administration, Management
University Santiago de Cali
ColombiaSpecialized Degree - Finance and international business
University Santiago de Cali
ColombiaSkills
- Compassionate understanding
- Behavioral intervention
- Crisis management
- Time management
- Data collection
- Behavior reduction strategies
- Visual supports
- Emergency procedures
- Classroom organization
- Student supervision
- Team collaboration
- Professional communication
- Microsoft Office Professional
- Power BI
Languages
English
Professional
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Certification
RBT 40-Hour Training
Timeline
Assistant Behavioral/Phys Needs II
School District of Palm Beach - Manatee Elementary
11.2022 - Current
Counselor – Afterschool
School District of Palm Beach - Manatee Elementary
10.2021 - Current
Food Service Assistant I
School District of Palm Beach - Manatee Elementary
11.2019 - Current
Supervisor / Waitress
El Bodegon
01.2013 - 01.2018
Senior Project Coordinator
Eficacia Corp Group
12.2010 - 11.2012
Master’s Degree - Business Administration, Management
University Santiago de Cali
Specialized Degree - Finance and international business
University Santiago de Cali
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