Salvador Chavez

Facilitate classroom lessons and collaboration with parents, teachers, and administrators. Provide individual counseling that is confidential, short-term counseling, to address students' needs and challenges. Facilitate small group sessions to help students develop skills, address issues, and make informed decisions. Deliver lessons on topics like social-emotional skills, academic planning, and decision-making. Help students understand their strengths, interests, and abilities, and guide them in creating academic and career plans.

Identify students and school-wide needs to inform counseling program planning and interventions. Review data analysis, and use data to assess the effectiveness of the counseling program, and identify areas for improvement. Partner with parents, teachers, administrators, and community resources to support student success.

• Instructed faculty on approaches to aid constructive transformation of student behaviors.
• Designed interventions using data from surveys and assessments.
• Designed and executed custom learning strategies for students with special needs.

Championed students' requirements in 504 and RTI meetings while executing a robust school counseling program.

Professional Development: Provide training for school staff on topics like classroom management, student behavior, and trauma-sensitive approaches. Confidentiality and Ethical Practice: Maintain confidentiality, adhere to ethical standards, and report suspected neglect or abuse.

• Provided individual, group and family counseling to students with emotional and behavioral needs.

• Designed educational programs to meet specific student needs.
• Streamlined the process of recording grades and attendance by adhering to policy guidelines.
• Guided students in reading and writing across several disciplines.
• Taught students effective behavior management for maintaining safe, positive classroom dynamics.
• Engaged faculty, parents, and external agencies using tailored communication strategies for special education discussions.
• Devised lesson plans aligned with state standards and IEP goals.
• Teamed up with educators and guardians to enhance programs for student learning.
• Incorporated diverse literature to promote awareness in classroom.
• Monitored student academic performance using data-driven assessment tools.
• Coordinated classroom activities to meet the physical, emotional and intellectual needs of special education students.
• Developed and implemented Individual Education Plans for students with disabilities.
• Conducted assessments of English language development for all special education students at least once per year.
• Planned differentiated instruction based on individual learner needs while ensuring alignment with Common Core State Standards.
• Assisted in developing Individual Education Plans for special education students.

• Assessed developer performance followed by actionable feedback.
• Worked with QA and DevOps teams to ensure project success.
• Managed issue-resolution meetings to ensure timely progress and alignment.
• Performed recurring evaluations of Development Team members.
• Conducted training sessions for new team members on coding standards.
• Led knowledge sharing through pair programming and tech talk sessions.
• Ensured consistent communication with team members regarding task progress and requirement changes.
• Ensured deadlines were met by managing and monitoring task progress.
• Prepared comprehensive documentation outlining newly developed features.
• Formulated and executed team strategies aligning with organizational goals.
• Recognized potential for procedural enhancements to reduce support inquiries.