Stacy Brown
West Palm Beach
Summary
Seeking a position as a Kindergarten Teacher
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Instructional Leader
The Foundations School
West Palm Beach, FL
08.2024 - Current
- Facilitated collaborative learning environments to enhance student engagement and participation.
- Assessed student performance through formative and summative evaluations to inform instruction.
- Developed engaging lesson plans to foster creativity and critical thinking in young learners.
- Implemented effective classroom management strategies to create a positive learning environment.
- Collaborated with parents and staff to support student development and address individual needs.
- Utilized diverse teaching materials and technology to enhance educational experiences for students.
- Assessed student progress through observations and evaluations, adjusting instruction based on findings.
Paraprofessional
Connections Center for Autism
08.2022 - 07.2024
- Assisting the needs of toddlers with varying disabilities such as Autism, developmental delays, speech impairment, mental and physical impairment, Down Syndrome, hearing impairments, vision impairment, mobility impairment, and learning disabilities.
- Assisting toddlers at the ages of 2-5 years old with special needs such as mental, medical, and psychological.
- Observing toddlers at the ages of 2-5 years old for IEP data to assist in goal accomplishments.
- Small group instruction lessons for special needs with accommodations.
- Encourage play and social interaction through nonverbal communication boards.
- Assisting toddlers with disabilities with urinary and bowel incontinence.
- Assisting toddlers with challenging behaviors such as self injury, aggression, tantrums, disruptiveness, noncompliance, repetitive movements, OCD, Bipolar Disorders, ADHD, etc.
- Teaching coping strategies to toddlers that have tantrums and meltdowns with first then boards, visuals, breathing exercises, calming sounds or music, etc.
- Implemented behavior redirection methods to address problematic issues.
- Encouraged toddlers parents or guardians to incorporate the tasks that are done at school to do at home as well.
Assistant in Behavioral and Physical Needs
Palm Beach County School District
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Promoted language development skills through reading and storytelling with toddlers.
- Assisting toddlers with urinary and bowel incontinence.
- Collecting data and observing to assist in IEP goal accomplishments.
- Small group instruction lessons for special needs with accommodations.
- Teaching toddlers self help skills for independence such as dressing and feeding themselves.
- Encouraging coping strategies to meet their specified goals.
- Hand over hand assistance to strengthen adaptive skills.
Pre School ESE teacher
University Preparatory Academy
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Teaching toddlers with severe ADHD, OCD, and sensory integration issues.
- Established and maintained a safe environment for toddlers with disabilities.
- Teaching toddlers to share with others while playing and learning.
- Using accommodations in lesson plans for each toddler based on IEP.
- Teaching non verbal toddlers to request their needs with communication boards.
- Observations on toddlers development throughout the year.
- Conducted small group and individual classroom activities with students based on differentiated learning needs.
- Implemented daily self help developmental skills.
- Updated IEPs to reflect toddlers progress and development.
- Completed tasks and activities daily to work on toddlers goals.
Kindergarten ESE Teacher
Renaissance Charter School at Central Palm
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Creating effective lesson plans for students with IEP goals ages 4-5.
- Build positive relationships with students, team members, and caregivers.
- Teaching kindergarten standards with accommodations for students with special needs.
- Small groups instruction (one on one) for special needs.
- Gave parents daily routine, goal achievements, and discipline reports.
- Worked closely with the toddlers family, communicating with them daily, to ensure that their needs were being met.
- Worked with behavior, occupational, and speech therapists in order to set goals and assist the toddler in meeting those goals.
- Managed classroom activities and redirected problematic behavior.
Administrative Assistant
Renaissance Charter School at West Palm Beach (21st CCLC)
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Process Daily Attendance.
- Management of scholars.
- Assisting Teachers.
- Student data processing.
- Assisting the director of the program.
Education
BS Degree - Health Science
South University
Royal Palm Beach, FL12-2012
Skills
- Curriculum development
- Instructional strategies
- Special education
- Verbal and written communication
- Client relations
- Efficient task completion
- Data Entry
- MS Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Multitasking team player
- Interpersonal skills
Timeline
Instructional Leader
The Foundations School
08.2024 - Current
Paraprofessional
Connections Center for Autism
08.2022 - 07.2024
Assistant in Behavioral and Physical Needs
Palm Beach County School District
01.2020 - 01.2022
Pre School ESE teacher
University Preparatory Academy
01.2019 - 01.2020
Kindergarten ESE Teacher
Renaissance Charter School at Central Palm
01.2018 - 01.2019
Administrative Assistant
Renaissance Charter School at West Palm Beach (21st CCLC)
01.2016 - 01.2018
BS Degree - Health Science
South University