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Paola Puleo

Broken Arrow,OK

Summary

Enthusiastic and creative individual with solid understanding of student development and learning styles. Possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills and connects with students from diverse backgrounds. Experienced developing engaging lesson plans and assessments to measure student progress. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

3rd Grade Elementary Teacher

Union Public Schools
04.2010 - Current
  • Employed visuals consistent with needs and capabilities of students.
  • Established and maintained highly structured classroom culture where students demonstrated respect, responsibility and dedication to studies.
  • Guided learning process through use of clearly established goals and objectives to meet student and district goals and objectives.
  • Established and adjusted instructional goals and objectives to reflect district or school goals, curriculum policies and progress and needs of students.
  • Created classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate to development and skill level of students.
  • Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
  • Prepared materials for lessons, assignments, and assessments, and evaluated, corrected and graded student performance to identify gaps in skills or knowledge and set realistic goals.
  • Communicated student progress, academic difficulties, or behavioral concerns to parents, guardians and administration using tact and professionalism to improve student academic performance.
  • Worked one-on-one with students to determine strengths, weaknesses, and learning patterns.
  • Helped students develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution, critical thinking, and communication.
  • Provided individualized and diversified instruction to support student comprehension and assist with navigating challenges.
  • Collaborated with administrators on classroom policies, management strategies, and discipline.
  • Developed and implemented discipline strategies to maintain classroom order.
  • Adapted lessons to differentiate instruction and meet students' diverse learning needs and abilities.
  • Implemented classroom management improvements to enhance class morale and engagement.
  • Assessed student progress by administering tests and evaluating results.
  • Kept classroom clean, organized, and safe for students and visitors.
  • Organized classroom supplies and decorated walls to create fun, nurturing settings, and meet learning needs.

Translator and Interpreter

Union Public Schools
04.2010 - Current
  • Translated documents from English to Spanish.
  • Worked with other translators to facilitate real time conversations.
  • Supported Special Ed. Department by translating key documents and internal communications.
  • Listened to recordings and translated confidential information.
  • Provided verbal summaries of non-English documents or conversations to diverse audiences.
  • Repeated and restructured complex translations to optimize understanding.
  • Applied cultural understanding to discern specific meanings beyond literal written words.
  • Provided verbal summaries of non-English documents or recording for immediate use.
  • Replicated flow, style, and overall meaning of original texts.

Parenting Classes

Union Public Schools
08.2017 - Current
  • Built solid and trusting rapport with children and families, fostering trust and communication to meet case needs.
  • Assisted families in navigating the social services system, including applying for benefits, accessing resources and connecting with other family support services.
  • Facilitated meetings for Hispanic families to ensure communication and collaboration between school and the child's home.
  • Implemented research-based interventions and strategies to support positive behavior and social-emotional development (Love and Logic Classes)
  • Collaborated with school personnel, parents and mental health providers to make sure we were providing what our Hispanic families needed at the time.
  • Implemented strategies to reduce and prevent family conflict.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Education

Instituto Profesional De Providencia
Santiago, Chile
12.2008

Skills

  • Individualized Support
  • Teaching Expertise
  • Recreational Activities
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Lesson Planning
  • Student Interaction
  • Community Outreach
  • Mental Health
  • Time Management
  • Customer Service
  • Classroom Management
  • Advocacy

Accomplishments

  • Named "Teacher of the Year" at Grove Elementary in 2017.
  • Mentor Teacher
  • Curriculum Design - Designed, developed and implemented daily lessons for 80+ students.
  • ESL Literacy - Increased ESL students' reading levels by integrating multiple strategies in the classroom for students needing extra guidance.
  • Curriculum Implementation - Taught reading, language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, art and physical education to pupils utilizing course of study adopted by the Board of Education.

Certification

  • Oklahoma Certification Elementary Education
  • Oklahoma Certification Spanish
  • Oklahoma Certification English as a Second Language

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Parenting Classes

Union Public Schools
08.2017 - Current

3rd Grade Elementary Teacher

Union Public Schools
04.2010 - Current

Translator and Interpreter

Union Public Schools
04.2010 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Education

Instituto Profesional De Providencia

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