Stephanie Kongenske
Cabot,AR
Summary
Competent Special Education Paraprofessional offering wealth of experience in small group instruction with children of diverse ages. Passionate about education with desire to work with students across levels. Understands importance of teaching solid study habits for testing success.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Special Education Paraprofessional
Cabot Middle School North
08.2013 - 07.2023
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Documented student behaviors, interventions, and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
- Monitored student classroom and outdoors activities to promote student safety.
- Supported teacher in development of individual learning strategies.
- Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.
- Alerted instructor to student behavior or issues requiring intervention.
- Created positive and inclusive classroom environment by helping students develop social skills and relationships.
- Responded to emergency situations to resolve immediate safety concerns or direct appropriate personnel for resolution.
- Helped feeding and daily living skills to support physical and emotional well-being.
- Observed students' performance and recorded relevant data to assess progress.
Stay at Home Mom
Self-employeed
07.2011 - 08.2013
Executive Assistant
Hurley And Whitwell, PLLC
12.2010 - 07.2011
- Handled confidential and sensitive information with discretion and tact.
- Screened calls and emails and responded accordingly to support executive correspondence.
- Updated spreadsheets and databases to track, analyze, and report on performance and sales data.
- Updated and maintained confidential databases and records.
Education
Associate of Science - Business
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology - Okmulgee
Okmulgee, OK04.2007
Associate of Science - Pre-Education/Secondary Education
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology - Okmulgee
Okmulgee, OK 08.2005 - 04.2007
Skills
- Collaborative Environments
- Maintaining Work Areas
- Seizure Disorders
- Small Group Support
- Tutoring and Student Assistance
- Teacher Assistance
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Social Development Support
- Instructional Support
- Social and Academic Development
- Student Supervision
- Developing Social Skills
- Personal Hygiene Assistance
- Activity Oversight
- Self-Contained Classrooms
- Ability to Adapt
- Behavior Redirection
- Educational Settings
- Fine Motor Skills
- Field Trip Supervision
- Autism and Spectrum Disorders
Timeline
Special Education Paraprofessional
Cabot Middle School North
08.2013 - 07.2023
Stay at Home Mom
Self-employeed
07.2011 - 08.2013
Executive Assistant
Hurley And Whitwell, PLLC
12.2010 - 07.2011
Associate of Science - Pre-Education/Secondary Education
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology - Okmulgee
08.2005 - 04.2007
Associate of Science - Business
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology - Okmulgee
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