Maria Medina
Westhoff,TX
Summary
Dynamic professional with extensive experience in educational and legal support roles. Excelled in providing personalized educational support and managing classroom environments, leveraging skills in classroom organization and exceptional communication abilities.
Highly motivated team player with passion for helping others. Possesses excellent organizational and communication skills and provides individualized assistance and support. Experienced in delivering guidance and education on various topics such as academics, behavior management and technology.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Paraprofessional
Gonzales ISD
08.2024 - Current
- Prepared instruction materials, and set up work areas.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Reported on student progress, behavior, and social skills to teacher.
- Monitored students, and group movement to keep youths safe in transition from classes and in public settings.
Paralegal
Gonzales County Attorney's Office
04.2014 - 06.2024
- Assisted attorney's in preparing cases, providing documentation, and information for discovery request.
- Conferred with victims and other involved parties to gather and track case information as a bilingual translator.
- Office Bilingual translator
- Conducted detailed intakes and entered information into database.
- Precinct 1,3,&4 Discovery request and preparing cases for traffic court.
Paraprofessional
Gonzales High School & Gonzales East Avenue
08.2012 - 12.2014
- Prepared instruction materials, and set up work areas.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Reported on student progress, behavior, and social skills to teacher.
- Monitored students on movement from class to class.
- Kept classrooms clean, neat, and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
- Assisted classroom teacher in supervising snack time and indoor and outdoor play.
- Tailored lesson plans for students with emotional and cognitive disabilities.
- Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules, and support lead teacher.
- Enforced rules and instructions to maintain discipline.
- Helped teachers manage bus loading and unloading.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Elementary Education
Wharton County Junior College
Wharton, TXSome College (No Degree) - Elementary Education
Victoria Jr. College
Gonzales, TXHigh School Diploma -
Nixon-Smiley ISD
Nixon, TX05-2003
Skills
- Special education
- Classroom management
- Disability awareness
- Activity planning
- Small group and individual assistance
- CPR and first aid
- Life skills training
- Helping students with special needs
- Computer skills
- Case file organization
- File organization
- Victim/defendant communication
- People skills
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Paraprofessional
Gonzales ISD
08.2024 - Current
Paralegal
Gonzales County Attorney's Office
04.2014 - 06.2024
Paraprofessional
Gonzales High School & Gonzales East Avenue
08.2012 - 12.2014
Some College (No Degree) - Elementary Education
Wharton County Junior College
Some College (No Degree) - Elementary Education
Victoria Jr. College
High School Diploma -
Nixon-Smiley ISD
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