Melinda Williams
San Antonio,TX
Summary
Reliable and compassionate Teacher offering expertise in planning activities, maintaining safety and improving behavior. Well-versed in needs and behaviors of children between ages of 3 and 12. Skilled at coordinating events, directing craft times and setting up field trips to offer children numerous learning opportunities.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Nursery Assistant
North Bay Fellowship
01.2023 - Current
- Read stories, sang songs and facilitated creative play.
- Encouraged children's emotional and social development.
- Monitored children's activities to verify safety and wellbeing.
- Assisted in potty training and toilet hygiene.
- Provided support and guidance to children in conflict resolution.
- Dispensed snacks and meals to children in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
- Used positive reinforcement techniques to promote patience and other good behaviors in children.
- Documented children's growth and development.
- Responded to inquiries from parents and guardians.
- Created and implemented activities to promote language development.
Teacher/ Owner
Little Explorers Nature Academy
04.2021 - 01.2023
- Managed day-to-day business operations.
- Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
- Trained and motivated employees to perform daily business functions.
- Monitored market conditions to set accurate product pricing and take advantage of emerging trends.
- Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time.
- Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
Teacher
Aransas Pass ISD
05.2013 - 05.2017
- Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
- Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Supported student physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to achieve student participation and hands-on learning.
- Participated in parent teacher conference to discuss developments of students and increase support.
- Conducted evaluations to measure performance and progress of students, providing guidance for areas requiring improvement.
- Created and developed lesson plans to meet students' academic needs.
- Helped students explore concepts with engaging, learning-focused activities.
- Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
- Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students engaged.
- Prepared quizzes, tests and examinations to gauge how well students were learning.
- Fostered student curiosity and interest through creative hands-on activities.
- Created lessons and online testing materials to facilitate remote learning.
- Implemented reading and writing workshops to increase student literacy and support school reading programs.
Education
M.D. - Naturopathic Medicine
New Eden School of Natural Health
Indiana05.2025
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies
TAMUCC
Corpus Christi, Tx08.2013
Skills
- Parental and Guardian Assistance
- Feeding Guidelines Knowledge
- Positive Reinforcement Methods
- Healthy Learning Environment
- Safe Food Handling Practices
- Social Interaction Management
- Behavior Modification Techniques
- Classroom Observation
- Educational Materials
- Group and Individual Care
- Lunchtime Assistance
- Educational Strategies
- Behavior Redirection
Timeline
Nursery Assistant
North Bay Fellowship
01.2023 - Current
Teacher/ Owner
Little Explorers Nature Academy
04.2021 - 01.2023
Teacher
Aransas Pass ISD
05.2013 - 05.2017
M.D. - Naturopathic Medicine
New Eden School of Natural Health
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies
TAMUCC
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