Norma Domínguez
El Paso,USA
Summary
Obtain the opportunity to continue working in public education as a Spanish Language Arts Teacher and collaborate with parents, teachers, and administrators to promote student success.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Mountain View High School
01.2017 - Current
- Provide Social/Emotional Education and interventions particularly regarding: David’s Law, Regulation Skills, Zen Zone, effective positive coping strategies, problem solving, conflict resolution, etc.
- Work in conjunction with the school counselors and campus MTSS team to provide Tier II and Tier III social emotional supports
- Systematically use campus data such as discipline referrals to provide targeted social/ emotional education in the areas of Self Awareness, Self Management, Relationship Skills, Responsible Decision Making and Social Awareness
- Provide faculty, staff and community with Professional Development opportunities regarding social, emotional, career/college education
- Work closely with special populations such as foster students, McKinney Vento, EB students to ensure academic and social emotional success to include monthly check- ins
- Assist students in SAC with goal setting, graduation requirement education and regulation skills
- Assist with problem processing model for First Offender Program
- Help to establish a college, career, military rich environment and school culture
- Provide self awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision making education to students and their families
- Consult with school counselors, parents, teachers, administrators and other relevant individuals to enhance and assess student progress
- Conduct parent conferences when necessary
- Attend professional development trainings, workshops, in-service training and conferences related to social work and or school counseling functions
- Support the goals and objectives of the school district, school counseling department and follows all district policies
- Provide optimal customer service to all students, employees, parents, community, members and any other stakeholders of the district
- Maintain emotional control under stress
- Provide staff development to fellow school counselors, CIS, SEL/PBIS Leads, administrators, etc
- Responsible for AVID students and their post-secondary education advisor
- Provide academic, personal, and social guidance and counseling for students and their parents
- Guide students and parents to develop student’s personal graduation plan and post secondary education
- Meet periodically with students to monitor their academic performance, grades, credits, attendance, and personal-family issues
- Build, develop, modify, and maintain Master Schedule and students’ schedules as needed
- Maintain continuous communication with students, parents, and school personnel concerning those students who are at risk of non graduating on time due to lack of credits, excessive absences, or state exams
- Inform students and parents of tutoring, summer school, and credit redemption programs to ensure student’s graduation
- Work collaboratively with students, parents, school personnel, and the community to meet students’ needs and to promote students’ academic and personal success
- Serve as a member of the Section 504, LPAC, ARD, RTI, and Attendance Committee
- Assist with EOC and STAAR Test
- Responsible for administering PSAT to 8th and 9th grade students
- Work in collaboration with other counselors to pre-register students to plan for the following school year
- Register students according to their Personal Graduation Plan and personal academic needs
- Coordinate Parental Involvement
- Responsible for Dual Credit and work in conjunction with El Paso Community College
- Transcribe mexican academic boletas and transcripts as well as other international academic transcripts
- Create Personal Graduation Plans for at risk students
- Maintained positive relationships with students, faculty, alumni, and administration
- Provided crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust, and rapport to deescalate situations.
SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Ricardo Estrada Junior High
01.2010 - 01.2017
- Provide academic, personal, and social guidance and counseling for students and their parents
- Guide students and parents to develop student’s personal graduation plan and post secondary education
- Meet periodically with students to monitor their academic performance, grades, credits, attendance, and personal-family challenges
- Build, develop, modify, and maintain Master Schedule and students’ schedules as needed
- Maintain continuous communication with students, parents, and school personnel concerning those students who are at risk of non graduating on time due to lack of credits, excessive absences, or state exams
- Advocated for students to access available resources.
- Work collaboratively with students, parents, school personnel, and the community to meet students’ needs and to promote students’ academic and personal success
- Serve as a member of the Section 504, LPAC, ARD, RTI, and Attendance Committee
- Facilitated classroom discussions to emphasize bullying prevention and college readiness.
- Responsible for administering PSAT to 8th and 9th grade students
- Work in collaboration with other counselors to pre-register students to plan for the following school year
- Partnered with parents and guardians to promote student success in school environment.
- Assisted administrators with Grade Placement Committees for 8th graders
- Assisted administrators with Summer School
- Developed and implemented individualized behavior plans to assist students with achieving academic and behavioral goals.
Spanish Teacher
Mountain View High School
09.1999 - 01.2010
- Helped high school students from all levels (NN thru AP) be successful in the areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing
- Conducted foreign language exams to determine fluency and comprehension.
- Assisted in development of extracurricular activities and special events.
- Develop and implement lesson plans that fulfill the requirements of the district’s curriculum program
- Prepare lesson plans that reflect accommodations for differences in student learning styles
- Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning styles, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of students assigned
- Work cooperatively with Special Education Teachers to modify curricula as needed for special education students
- Use technology to strengthen the teaching learning process
- Be a positive role model for students and create a classroom environment conductive to learning and manage student behavior
Spanish Teacher
Montwood High School
07.1998 - 07.1999
- Helped high school students from Spanish level one Non-Native acquire the basic skills necessary to survive in real life situations and become familiar with grammatical Spanish structure, verb conjugations, vocabulary expansion, etc
Education
Master of Education - School Guidance and Counseling
University of Texas At El Paso
El Paso, TX05.2010
Guidance and Counseling Internship -
Mountain View High School
05.2010
ESL Endorsement - undefined
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX06.2006
Bachelors - Spanish/Minor in Secondary Education
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX05.1998
Student Teaching - undefined
Montwood High School and Montwood Middle
05.1998
Student Teaching - undefined
Hanks High School
12.1997
High School - undefined
Socorro High School
El Paso, TX05.1989
Skills
- Fluent in English
- Fluent in Spanish
- Coping strategies
- Mediation and crisis intervention
- Counseling and therapy
- Career advising
- Individual and family support
- Classroom guidance
- Parent-teacher collaboration
- Group counseling
- Student advocacy
- Adolescent counseling
Certification
- Principal Alternative Certification Academy, Region 19, 08/2013, Passed TExES examination
- Master of Education in School Guidance and Counseling, University of Texas at El Paso, 05/2010, Passed TExES examination
- Bachelors in Spanish/Minor in Secondary Education, University of Texas at El Paso, 05/1998
- ESL Endorsement, University of Texas at El Paso, 06/2006
Timeline
SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Mountain View High School
01.2017 - Current
SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Ricardo Estrada Junior High
01.2010 - 01.2017
Spanish Teacher
Mountain View High School
09.1999 - 01.2010
Spanish Teacher
Montwood High School
07.1998 - 07.1999
ESL Endorsement - undefined
University of Texas at El Paso
Bachelors - Spanish/Minor in Secondary Education
University of Texas at El Paso
Student Teaching - undefined
Montwood High School and Montwood Middle
Student Teaching - undefined
Hanks High School
High School - undefined
Socorro High School
- Principal Alternative Certification Academy, Region 19, 08/2013, Passed TExES examination
- Master of Education in School Guidance and Counseling, University of Texas at El Paso, 05/2010, Passed TExES examination
- Bachelors in Spanish/Minor in Secondary Education, University of Texas at El Paso, 05/1998
- ESL Endorsement, University of Texas at El Paso, 06/2006
Master of Education - School Guidance and Counseling
University of Texas At El Paso
Guidance and Counseling Internship -
Mountain View High School
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