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Kristin Benavidez

Hebbronville,TX

Summary

Highly motivated employee with a desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Kindergarten Teacher

WEBB CISD
10.2023 - Current
  • Develop and implement lesson plans that align with kindergarten curriculum standards and promote academic, social, and emotional growth.
  • Create a nurturing and stimulating classroom environment conducive to learning and exploration.
  • Utilize a variety of instructional strategies and resources to engage young learners and accommodate diverse learning styles.
  • Assess student progress through observation, informal assessments, and formal evaluations, and provide constructive feedback to students and parents.
  • Foster positive relationships with students, parents, and colleagues to support student success and well-being.
  • Collaborate with other teachers and staff to plan and coordinate school-wide events, activities, and initiatives.
  • Maintain accurate records of student attendance, behavior, and academic performance, and communicate regularly with parents and administrators.
  • Participate in professional development opportunities to enhance teaching skills and stay abreast of best practices in early childhood education.

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

WEBB CISD
07.2022 - 05.2023
  • Establish and enforce rules of behavior for children in their classrooms
  • Provide basic needs for children
  • Provide tools and resources for children to use and explore during learning and play activities
  • Adapt teaching methods and materials to meet the interests and learning styles of children
  • Develop and maintain positive relationships with children and parents
  • Manage classroom activities including lessons, play, breaks, and meals
  • Track children’s progress and report to parents
  • Maintain a clean and tidy classroom
  • Help children reach developmental milestones
  • Collaborate with others to implement lesson plans
  • Encourage children to interact with each other to develop social skills
  • Always provide appropriate supervision for children
  • Maintain inventory system for classroom materials and supplies
  • Facilitate various activities for children including songs, games, and storytelling
  • Adhere to health/safety and sanitation procedures.

SPED Paraprofessional

WEBB CISD
09.2020 - 07.2022
  • Assist teachers with daily classroom activities
  • Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning material
  • Ensure students follow school and class rules
  • Supervise students during class, between classes, and during lunch and recess
  • Review material with students or in small groups.

Social Service Worker

Border Region Behavioral Health Center
09.2019 - 09.2020
  • Help clients handle everyday life
  • Assist clients who have issues caused by neglect, abuse, domestic violence, and parental substance use
  • Assess clients and gather relevant information about their case
  • Provide crisis intervention
  • Offer information and support clients and their families.

Substitute teacher

Jim Hogg County ISD
01.2019 - 03.2019
  • Guide students through planned activities and tend to them
  • Maintain order in the classroom
  • Monitor the activities of students while maintaining a clean, safe, and educational environment
  • Address any student behavioral problems, calming disruptive students and escalating to the principal as needed
  • Communicate effectively with teachers, counselors, and parents to determine the best way to present information for individual class need.

Education

B.A. in Psychology -

Texas A&M University-Kingsville
08.2019

Hebbronville High School -

06.2013

M.S. in Counseling and Guidance -

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Skills

  • Strong listening and communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
  • Work well under pressure and as part of a team
  • Polite, respectful, and courteous manners
  • Committed to providing total quality work
  • Group and individual instruction
  • Social-emotional learning
  • Special Needs Support
  • Classroom Management
  • Lesson Planning
  • Calm and patient
  • Social Skills Development
  • Student Counseling
  • Observational skills
  • Child Safety Procedures
  • Effective listening
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Behavioral plan management
  • Student Supervision
  • Caseload Management
  • Client Advocacy
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Case Documentation
  • Team building
  • Problem-solving abilities

Awards And Acknowledgements

  • Volunteer, American Cancer Society-Relay for Life, 2012
  • Honor Student, 05/2013
  • President of Student Council, 08/2011 - 05/2011
  • President’s List, Spring 2019

Coursework

  • 27 credit hours of psychology courses including physiological psychology, health psychology, and social psychology.
  • 15 credit hours of sociology courses including statistics for the behavioral sciences, race relations, and principles of sociology.
  • 6 credit hours of communication including introduction to oral communication and business communication.
  • 9 credit hours of counseling and guidance courses including professional orientation and ethical practice, theories of counseling, and human growth and development.

Timeline

Kindergarten Teacher

WEBB CISD
10.2023 - Current

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

WEBB CISD
07.2022 - 05.2023

SPED Paraprofessional

WEBB CISD
09.2020 - 07.2022

Social Service Worker

Border Region Behavioral Health Center
09.2019 - 09.2020

Substitute teacher

Jim Hogg County ISD
01.2019 - 03.2019

B.A. in Psychology -

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Hebbronville High School -

M.S. in Counseling and Guidance -

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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