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Melissa Avila

Mission,TX

Summary


Organized teacher with seven years of hands on experience in the elementary. Understanding of day to day activities and opportunities to make a difference in the classrooms. Successful at working with any size classes to realize comprehensive growth. Kind professional looking to optimize individual student experiences into long-term success.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Paraprofessional

Sharyland Independent School District
04.2018 - Current
  • Supporting students and staff
  • Support student success and maintain a caring and positive instructional environment for all students
  • Provided support during classes, group lessons, and classroom activities.
  • Documented student behaviors, interventions, and outcomes
  • Maintained inclusive learning environment to enable students to gain maximum benefit from lessons.
  • Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
  • Administrative and Classroom Management
  • Supervising students during lunch
  • Assisting with arrival and dismissal

Daycare Teacher

Sharyland Independent School District
08.2024 - Current
  • Engaged with children on individual basis to build positive relationships and promote learning
  • Documented behavior, to enable tracking history and maintain accurate records.
  • Actively encouraged children to develop their communication, problem-solving and social skills.
  • Intervened in disruptive behavior, using positive reinforcement strategies to redirect and calm children.
  • Monitored classroom to verify safe and secure environment.

Education

No Degree - EC-6

ACTRGV
Pharr, TX
08-2025

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX
12-2017

Skills

  • Group supervision
  • Behavior modeling
  • Efficient under pressure
  • Classroom organization
  • Classroom management
  • Decision-making
  • Problem-solving
  • Group instruction
  • Literacy development
  • Visual supervision
  • Adaptability and flexibility
  • Loves children
  • Reliable
  • Child development
  • Positive reinforcement
  • Fluent in Spanish
  • Classroom instruction
  • Creative learning strategies

Timeline

Daycare Teacher

Sharyland Independent School District
08.2024 - Current

Paraprofessional

Sharyland Independent School District
04.2018 - Current

No Degree - EC-6

ACTRGV

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley