Omaira Ojeda
Asheville,NC
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Presenter
Infancy Institute
Asheville, NC
08.2023 - Current
- Provided guidance and support to new teachers on classroom management, curriculum development, and teaching strategies.
- Maintained accurate records of each toddler's progress in areas such as language skills, motor skills, problem solving abilities.
- Attended professional development trainings related to early childhood education topics.
- Implemented hands-on, play-based strategies for experiential learning.
- Identified children in need of extra support for emotional, health-related or developmental concerns and conceived improvement strategies.
- Communicated effectively with staff members regarding individual needs of toddlers in the program.
- Established indoor and outdoor safe play environments for toddler-age children.
- Collaborated with parents to develop and maintain strong support networks and build rapport to foster seamless communication.
Spanish tutor
Private Practice
11.2022 - 08.2023
- Private online Spanish tutor
- Work on development of listening, speaking and grammar skills
- Create and implemented Spanish curriculum for children.
- Assessed new students' levels of proficiency and outlined individualized plans of education.
- Designed instructional materials including worksheets, handouts, flashcards tailored specifically for each class taught by me or another teacher in order to enhance student comprehension of material being covered during lessons.
- Assisted Spanish-speaking students in developing their conversational and written language skills in Spanish.
- Integrated technology into lessons to facilitate student engagement with multimedia resources for learning Spanish.
Kinder Teacher/ Leader Area teacher
Colegio Albania IB School
Albania, La guajira, Colombia
08.2016 - 07.2023
- Plan and facilitate classes based on the PEP program
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team in the development of individual plans
- Plan and guide small group and differentiated individual activities
- Design training and professional development for teachers in collaboration with the leadership team.
- Facilitated team-building activities among faculty members to foster greater collaboration within the school community.
- Attended regular meetings with department heads to discuss progress towards meeting academic goals set by the board of education.
- Analyzed student performance data to identify areas of strength and weakness in instruction.
- Prepared and maintained classroom environments appropriate for student learning and physical, social and emotional development.
Counselor
Private Practice
01.2017 - 09.2019
- Developed crisis intervention strategies for individuals facing difficult situations or events.
- Provided individual and group counseling sessions for clients.
- Documented meetings, interventions and contacts with clients to optimize care.
- Assisted clients in developing healthy coping skills that could be used during times of stress or difficulty..
Teacher Infant and toddler
Basic trust Daycare
New york, New york
07.2014 - 07.2016
- Recognize and meet the emotional, social, physical and cognition needs of each child
- Keep an anecdotal account.
- Promote connections through a healthy and stimulating environment.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
Education
Master in Bilingual Childhood Education -
City College of New York
05.2015
B.A in Psychology -
Universidad del Norte
09.2005
Skills
- Teacher Training
- Project-Based Learning
- Foreign Language Instruction
- Teacher Mentoring
- Student Engagement
- Documentation
- Parent Communication
- Curriculum Development
- Intervention Support
- Interpersonal Skills
- Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration
Description
I am a happy and committed person with great ethics on my personal and professional life. I characterize myself for having great capacity of adaptation, communication, teamwork and leadership.
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Affiliations
Presenter in 2023 The Emotional Responsive School Conference. Workshop: “ERP in circle time”
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Presenter
Infancy Institute
08.2023 - Current
Spanish tutor
Private Practice
11.2022 - 08.2023
Counselor
Private Practice
01.2017 - 09.2019
Kinder Teacher/ Leader Area teacher
Colegio Albania IB School
08.2016 - 07.2023
Teacher Infant and toddler
Basic trust Daycare
07.2014 - 07.2016
Master in Bilingual Childhood Education -
City College of New York
B.A in Psychology -
Universidad del Norte
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