Ruth Barros
New Windsor,NY
Summary
Passionate teacher, Early after my graduation Date I found my passion to teach kids with special needs. Now with more than 6 years of experience as a Teacher Assistant I'm really fascinated helping them. My deep Understanding and Experience as a Foreign Teacher graduated helps me in assisting teachers with classroom functions, lesson planning and individual and group instruction.
Talented in using various strategies to model positive behavior and maintain classroom discipline.
During this Time I learned also ABA principles, I have been trained from ABA therapists, bringing it to me Skills to redirect, and guide our Students.
The School Director and the Teacher Supervisor on 09/2021 promoted me to be in charge and in control of the School bussing system to improve safety and organization between Students and The Bus Company.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher's Assistant
Los Ninos Services
04.2018 - Current
- Maintained safety and security by overseeing students in recess environments.
- Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules, and support lead teacher.
- Supported student learning objectives through personalized and small group assistance.
- Kept classrooms clean, neat, and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
- Helped teachers recognize learning issues evidenced in one-to-one support instruction.
- Copied, organized and distributed classroom assignments or other paperwork.
- Monitored student actions and applied established interventions to redirect behavior and resolve conflicts.
- Helped classroom teachers achieve instructional objectives.
- Documented student behaviors, interventions, and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
- Collated classroom materials to help teachers prepare for daily instruction and activities.
- Helped children safely board and disembark from bus.
- Promoted safety of students on and off bus by identifying potential conflicts.
- Communicated with classroom teachers, principals and parents to discuss student backgrounds, medical problems and behaviors.
- Monitored government regulations and standards to provide alignment with company policies and procedures.
- Provided mental, emotional and physical support to children with special needs using positive reinforcement.
- Assisted in potty training and toilet hygiene.
- Instructed children in crafts and other activities to promote gross and fine motor skills.
- Handled daily administrative tasks efficiently to minimize time away from children.
- Dispensed snacks and meals to children in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
- Used positive reinforcement techniques to promote patience and other good behaviors in children.
- Read stories, sang songs and facilitated creative play.
- Maintained group discipline through positive reinforcement, behavior modeling, and collaboration with parents.
- Responded to inquiries from parents and guardians.
- Developed lessons and activities to promote children's physical and emotional development.
Teacher
SIREDIS
12.2017 - 02.2018
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional, and social growth.
- Taught multiple subjects to students with intellectual or emotional disabilities.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
- Instructed students with physical and cognitive disabilities.
Teacher
Universidad Catolica De Cuenca
02.2016 - 03.2016
- Attended workshops to learn about student motivation and engaging learning activities.
- Developed and taught ESL curriculum to improve students' conversational abilities.
- Educated students in basics of English grammar and conversational speaking.
- Supported students holistically to achieve academic success.
- Facilitated small group and individual instruction to maximize student learning.
- Modified curriculum plans with colleagues to meet changing student needs.
- Managed several internet-based language programs.
- Assigned lessons and corrected homework.
Education
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EDUCATION SCIENCE, ENGLISH - EDUCATION, SPECIAL NEEDS
UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CUENCA
CUENCA, AZUAY ECUADOR09.2017
Skills
- Classroom Management
- Student Engagement
- Data Collection
- Student Health and Safety
- Supervising Student Activities
- Cleaning and sanitizing
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Collaborative Teamwork
- Effective Communication
- Special needs education
- Behavior redirection
- Error Correction
Certification
- Level 1 ABA online Training Course (Autism Basic), [Special Learning INC] - June 2020
- Strategies to use Bilingual Students, Los Ninos Service
Languages
English
Professional Working
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Teacher's Assistant
Los Ninos Services
04.2018 - Current
Teacher
SIREDIS
12.2017 - 02.2018
Teacher
Universidad Catolica De Cuenca
02.2016 - 03.2016
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EDUCATION SCIENCE, ENGLISH - EDUCATION, SPECIAL NEEDS
UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CUENCA
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