Lilia Cervantes
Glendale,AZ
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Kindergarten Teacher
Glendale Elementary School District
Glendale, AZ
07.2022 - 05.2024
- Developed lesson plans consistent with established guidelines and goals.
- Established and reinforced rules for behavior policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- Used wide range of instructional strategies and technologies to meet and enhance needs of diverse student population.
- Implement language instruction and support for ELL students.
- Translated English to Spanish newsletters to parents.
- Monitored, documented and reported students' progress and performance.
- Prepared students for state required achievement assessments.
- Implemented focused lessons for literacy readiness highlighting phonics, language comprehension and writing abilities.
- Employed evidence-based methods of classroom teaching and direction.
- Worked closely with peers to devise and utilize advanced technology and smart boards.
- Created and maintained safe learning environment for students.
- Improved students' reading independence using methodical sensory lessons on phonemic awareness and strategies for decoding by sounding out words.
- Supervised students on school grounds, field trips and during various school functions.
- Fostered language development, comprehension and vocabulary using traditional poetry, nursery rhymes and riddles.
- Documented and shared important milestones with each student's parents and guardians.
Student Teaching Intern
Glen F. Burton Elementary School
Glendale, AZ
01.2022 - 05.2024
- Kept classroom neat, clean and well-organized, enabling students and teachers to quickly find needed materials.
- Observed educators teaching various lessons, interacting with students and managing classrooms to gain insight and understanding of duties and responsibilities.
- Attended and contributed to staff meetings.
- Collaborated with teacher to plan and achieve instructional goals and objectives.
- Developed deeper understanding of teaching strategies with increasing responsibility for student learning.
- Observed teachers in classrooms to improve skills and communication.
- Engaged students and boosted understanding of material using focused instructional strategies and hands-on activities.
- Offered students personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support.
- Followed school schedules and policies to promote safety and learning.
- Selected instructional goals to develop lesson plans that demonstrated knowledge of content.
- Accepted constructive criticism and feedback with positivity in areas requiring improvement.
- Remained calm and patient in student interactions to support individual growth and development.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ05-2022
Skills
- Curriculum Planning
- Classroom Management
- Classroom Instruction/Group and individual
- Social skills
- Communication
- Emotional Support
- Parent Communication
Languages
Spanish
Elementary
Timeline
Kindergarten Teacher
Glendale Elementary School District
07.2022 - 05.2024
Student Teaching Intern
Glen F. Burton Elementary School
01.2022 - 05.2024
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
Northern Arizona University
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