Selena Drincic

• Assisted and supervised 20 children through entire school day.
• Consulted with parents to build and maintain positive support networks and support continuing education strategies.
• Worked with teaching staff to evaluate individual progress and recommend appropriate learning plans.
• Monitored students' academic, social, and emotional progress and recorded in individual files.

• Developed weekly lesson plans and activities to engage children and promote learning.
• Established positive communication with parents in daily conversation and formal conferences.
• Maintained organized, fun and interactive classroom to help children feel safe.
• Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
• Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers, and letters.
• Established positive relationships with students and families.
• Guided students to develop social, emotional and physical skills.
• Modeled positive behavior and communication skills for students.
• Utilized creative teaching strategies to engage students in classroom.
• Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.

• Maintaining attendance logs, health care checks, meal count logs, incident reports and general classroom logs and safety assessments

• Weekly/biweekly cooperative lesson planning

• Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
• Engaged with children on individual basis to build positive relationships and promote learning.
• Created safe and nurturing learning environment for preschoolers.
• Modeled positive behavior and communication skills for students.
• Consulted with parents to build and maintain positive support networks and support continuing education strategies.
• Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers, and letters.

• Assess family needs and identify parent/guardian goals for family. Work with families to develop a plan towards meeting needs and achieving goals.  Refer families to resources to support referrals on a regular basis.
• Coordinate parent meetings and workshops to educate parents in the area of child health, mental health and development.  Assist parents in establishing a “medical home” and “dental home” for their children to ensure access to consistent health care.  Coordinate transition program to Kindergarten .
• Review attendance on a regular basis to identify patterns of absenteeism.  Determine supports needed to support regular attendance and connect parents to resources as appropriate. Educate parents about benefits and importance of regular attendance.
• Contributed to court proceedings, advocating for family's best interests and recommending balanced solutions.
• Worked with educational team to develop Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for students.
• Reported child abuse in accordance with legal standards of mandatory reporters.