Nilsa Tirado Mendez
Richmond
Summary
Caring and professional bilingual educator with excellent communication and coordination skills, demonstrated by approximately eight years of combined teaching and classroom experience. Committed to empowering, providing the necessary tools and fostering a firm educational foundation in an elementary school setting that enables students to develop the needed social and intellectual skills for future learning. Creative and energetic Early Childhood Education professional devoted to offering diverse activity plans and experiential learning opportunities to enhance individual development. Friendly, supportive and motivated with strong desire to promote student potential.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Bilingual Pre-K Teacher
Burton Elementary: Fort Bend Independent School District
07.2023
- Prepare lesson plans in accordance with the curriculum and considering the needs of each child
- Provided a clean safe, and fun environment for learning
- Encouraged growth and development of motor skills
- Taught children all the skills required to pass the Pre-K level and move on to the kindergarten level
- Establish and enforce rules of behavior for children in their classrooms
- Effective communication with parents has really helped me learn the children needs and how to best help them succeed
- Helping them to learn how to work on social skills
- How to understand the benefits of personal health habits, including serve lunches and/or snacks to students in accordance with school and district nutritional policies, and assist students with cleaning up after meal.
Bilingual Pre-K Teacher
Hunters Glen ELC: Fort Bend Independent School District
07.2021 - 06.2023
- Prepare and manage classroom activities, including curriculum-adapted lessons, using teaching materials that meet children's interests and learning styles
- Collaborate with others to implement lesson plans
- Track childrens’ progress and report to parents
- Provide tools and resources for children to use and explore during learning and play activities
- Provide basic needs for children
- Adhere to health / safety and sanitation procedures
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with children and parents
- Encourage children to interact with each other to develop social skills and also development of motor skills
- Provide children with all the resources and help them learn all the skills and abilities necessary to pass the Pre-K level and move on to the kindergarten level.
Bilingual Pre-K Teacher
Woodson PK-5 Elementary: Houston Independent School District
08.2019 - 06.2021
- Prepare weekly planning sessions to share ways to create writing activities based on the curriculum, students’ reading and writing levels and skills
- Help students understand the benefits of personal health habits, including serve lunches and/or snacks to students in accordance with school and district nutritional policies, and assist students with cleaning up after meal
- Arrange seating plans, take roll, keep attendance records, and implement school procedures
- Organize and lead games, arts and crafts, and other activities designed to help students learn, expend energy and work in groups
- Administer tests formal and informal assessments; evaluate students’ grade-level performance in accordance with school and district policies; meet with parents to discuss performance.
Bilingual First Grade Teacher
Shadydale Elementary School: Houston Independent School District
08.2015 - 07.2019
- Conduct weekly planning sessions to share ways to create writing activities based on the curriculum, students’ reading and writing levels and skills
- Promote critical thinking, creativity and communication skills through project-based learning
- Have successfully educated entire classes of children ages of six and seven to read, print and write sentences, resulting in 95% of my students achieving their language goals with grades of ‘B’ and higher
- Advocated the bilingual computer programs provided by the school to develop and educate the high-risk children
- In using these programs their learning capabilities have improved by 90%
- Observe that students in my classroom environment are deeply motivated, eager to learn and ready to implement their new-found language skills.
Bilingual Kinder – 4th Grade Teacher Assistant
Shadydale Elementary School: Houston Independent School District
10.2014 - 07.2015
- Utilized a variety of teaching methods including lectures, media, group discussions and role playing on an individual and small group setting to reinforce learning concepts, help complete assignments and improve performance during and after class
- Received high remarks from parents and faculty, for the creativity of classroom lesson plans and instructional techniques used to increase concentration, participation, and progress in students
- Instructed students under the direction and guidance of teachers and assisted them in implementing student discipline measures, enforcing rules for behavior and procedures to maintain order among a class of 25 students, decreasing classroom disruptions by 80%.
Volunteer
Youens Elementary School: Alief Independent School District
08.2014 - 05.2015
- I was volunteer 280 hours in the year 2014 -2015 for a first-grade class in the Alief Independent District
- I worked under Dr
- Alexaida Perez, recognized as teacher of the year.
Education
Intern Teachers ACP
01.2016
Bachelor Business administration- Management and Accounting -
Universidad del Este
01.2005
Bachelor Business Administration- Accounting -
Universidad Metropolitana
01.1998
Skills
- Early Childhood Education
- Progress and Tracking Reporting
- Bilingual in Spanish
- Group and individual instruction
- Play-Based Learning
- Motor Skill Development
Technology Proficiency
- Word
- Excel
- Power Point
- Smart Board
- TEAMS
- Zoom
Certificates And Certifications
- Texas Educator Certificate, Houston, Texas, 2016, Bilingual Education Supplemental – Spanish Grades (EC-6)
- Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas, 2016, Online Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Writing Certification
Skills Areas Of Expertise
- Bilingual Program Implementation
- International Baccalaureate Program Implementation
- Project-Based Learning
- Teaching all Content Areas
- Coaching 1st Grade Teachers
- Teacher Mentor
- Teacher-parent Communication
- Creating and Implementing Reading and Writing Workstations
- Administration Collections
- Communication Processes
- Motivating Others
- Excellent Mathematical Skills
- CHAMPS Behavior Program implementation
Timeline
Bilingual Pre-K Teacher
Burton Elementary: Fort Bend Independent School District
07.2023
Bilingual Pre-K Teacher
Hunters Glen ELC: Fort Bend Independent School District
07.2021 - 06.2023
Bilingual Pre-K Teacher
Woodson PK-5 Elementary: Houston Independent School District
08.2019 - 06.2021
Bilingual First Grade Teacher
Shadydale Elementary School: Houston Independent School District
08.2015 - 07.2019
Bilingual Kinder – 4th Grade Teacher Assistant
Shadydale Elementary School: Houston Independent School District
10.2014 - 07.2015
Volunteer
Youens Elementary School: Alief Independent School District
08.2014 - 05.2015
Intern Teachers ACP
Bachelor Business administration- Management and Accounting -
Universidad del Este
Bachelor Business Administration- Accounting -
Universidad Metropolitana
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