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Competent and Compassionate Special Education Paraprofessional offering wealth of experience of working with students with special needs. Experienced in implementing learning plans and providing one-on-one support in the classroom. Engaging personality offers strong task prioritization and time management skills. Passionate about education with desire to work with students across levels. Looking to bring further success to South Medford High School as a Special Education Resource Teacher.
· Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
· Conducted individualized assessments to determine students' academic progress.
· Built trust and rapport with students through positive reinforcement and strong communication skills.
· Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain a positive learning environment.
· Gave one-on-one attention to students, while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
· Developed professional relationships with school staff to contribute to a strong learning community.
· Supported teacher in development of individual learning strategies.
· Maintained a positive attitude and affirmatively communicated with each student.
· Established professional relationships with parents and other teachers to increase rapport and support.
· Managed complex calendars for multiple Resource Case Managers, verifying accuracy of all appointments.
· Organized and maintained student IEP access system to promote quick data finding for Teachers.
· Supervised students in common areas such as cafeteria, library and playground.
· Monitored student classroom and outdoors activities to promote student safety.
· Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.
· Distributed learning materials such as worksheets, textbooks and group assignments.
· Documented student behaviors, interventions, and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
· Assisted classroom teacher in supervising snack time and indoor and outdoor play.
· Oversaw groups of students at school and off-site locations, maintaining optimal safety, and security.
· Acted as first point of contact for visiting persons.
· Resolved visitor's issues quickly and notified supervisor immediately when problems escalated.
· Answered multi-line phone system and transferred callers to appropriate department or staff member.
· Maintained organized and clean entrance to create professional and welcoming environment for visitors and employees.
· Maintained confidentiality of sensitive data to protect students’ information.
· Welcomed visitors with friendly greetings, answered general questions, gathered nature of visit and directed to specific offices.
· Interacted kindly with patients and families and displayed positive, outgoing attitude, resulting in establishment of long-term, professional relationships.
· Administered prescribed drugs to high-volume patient caseload.
· Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
· Identified and reported medication errors to avoid distributing wrong medication to patients.
· Monitored medication storage area to maintain medication security and control.
· Documented medication administration into electronic medical records (EMR) to avoid duplication of medication dosages.
EDUCATION Student Government: Awarded Most Valuable Member of ASG. Math Club voted best overall school club, Ford Family Foundation Scholar, Inducted in Alpha Zeta Pi
SPECIAL EDUCATIONS created a database that allows Gen Ed teacher to access IEP Accomodations easier
NURSING Commended for chart accuracy and Implemented a new charting system for CNAs
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