STEPHANIE SAVALA
Pomona,Ca
Summary
With 31 years of experience, working alongside students and families from diverse backgrounds. Being in this field is an investment of desire to promote quality of education for all children. Experienced individual providing high-quality administrative support to various departments. Highly organized and detail-oriented with great multitasking and task prioritization skills. Talented goes above and beyond basic administrative tasks and takes on multiple projects at once. Excellent work ethic and strength in boosting company morale.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Early Head Start Teacher
Pomona Unified School District
03.2023 - Current
- Creates activities that are developmentally appropriate
- Teaches culturally appropriate practices, children’s social-emotional needs
- Develops child’s individual goal based on parents request , developmental screening scores, DRDP assessment, Classroom observations
- Referring children that are in need of early intervention
- Conduct ongoing assessments each year using child plus DRDP
- Ensuring all Standards of Conduct along with children's personal rights are used at all times to ensure safety of all children
- Maintain required assessments, contact logs, DRDP, Home Visit/Parent Conferences forms, and lesson plans
- Ability to work with any teacher in a cohesive group to establish great rapport with each other to ensure students best education
- Implemented age-appropriate curriculum to meet needs of young learners
Center Coordinator
Volunteers of America
06.2022 - 03.2023
- Overseen EHS/State Preschool with 94 children supervised 26 teachers and 5 staff
- Overseen implementation of agency policies and procedures regarding education, disabilities, and mental health services to ensure identified needs of children are met
- Maintained knowledge of relevant federal, state, local laws and regulations
- Communicated updates to Associate Director, Teachers, and all service area specialist
- Facilitated implementation and/or coordination of activities designed to meet compliance with regulations
- Provided leadership and supervision to assigned staff and communicates effectively expectations and desired outcomes
- Maintained effective internal and external relationships to ensure coordinated approach to service delivery and to address service, staffing, and compliance issues until resolved
- Provided ongoing written monitoring and activity reports to Education Specialist/mentor coach and prepares external reports as required
- Analyzed programs, reports, and records, adapting changes promptly with appropriate prior approvals
- Approved equipment material requests and purchase orders for each child development center
- Established effective line of communication inbetween centers and programs in order to facilitate coordination
- Assigned responsibilities to teachers and delegates authority required for them to execute such responsibilities
- Conducted classroom visits for observing classroom activities and provides on-site consultation to teaching staff, as appropriate
- Reviewed results with teachers on CLASS, ECERS monitoring
- Monitored/reviewed DRDP assessments. Guided teachers to make corrections on DRDP assessments as needed.
- Monitored IDP and IFSP as appropriate for each child
- Facilitated monthly staff meetings with teaching staff
- Made decisions on purchasing program material and equipment that are designed to stimulate learning
- Authorized purchases on approved budget
- Routinely inspects center facilities for health, safety, fire and occupancy violations and takes necessary corrective action to assure that clearances, permits, and licenses remain in force
- Interpreted agency policy in line with accepted directives, procedures, and personnel practices promulgated by Associate Director
- Prepared and submits reports on center activities promptly and accurately
- Attended all meetings required by agency management
- Developed and maintained calendars of all center activities and coordinates it with program calendar
- Edits, compiles attendance reports
- Conducts periodic personnel evaluations as required by personnel policies and procedures
- Reviews and evaluates education services component and center activities to ensure conformance to Head Start performance standards and other Federal, State, and local regulations
- Participates in training needs assessment for teaching staff.
- Hired, managed, developed and trained staff, established and monitored goals, conducted performance reviews and administered salaries for staff.
Child Development Teacher
Pomona Unified School District
08.2018 - 06.2022
- Passed Pomona Unified Federal Review 2022
- Developed Developmentally Appropriate lesson plans
- Individualized lesson based on need of each child
- Implemented Second Step Social Emotional Program to fidelity
- Used Creative Curriculum to fidelity, Intentional Learning Cards, Mighty Minutes, Learning Games, F2B, Class Dojo, and Parent Engagement Activities
- Complete ASQ-3 ASQ: SE-2 with parents to help determine if students need resources for disabilities, or mental health services
- Completed ongoing assessments using DRDP
- Ensured safety of children following standard code of conduct
- Provide leadership and guidance to other teachers that require and seek support on IDP, lesson plans, home visits, and conferences
- Ensuring all standards of conduct are used at all times while ensuring safety of all children, conducting monthly fire drills, and earthquake drills
- Using technology to maintain required assessments, contact logs, DRDP, home visit/parent conferences forms, and lesson plans
- Conducting two home visits, two parent conferences per year to establish and continue relationships with families to discuss their children’s needs and progress
- Able to multitask and remain well organized and efficient with require paperwork
- Ability to work with any teacher, campus supervisor in cohesive group to establish great rapport with each other to ensure students have best education
Education
MBA - Early Childhood Education In Leadership
University of Arizona Global Campus
180 S Arizona Ave Suite #301, Chandler, AZ 8522502.2021
Bachelor of Arts Early Childhood Education - Teacher Education
National University
CA10.2016
Certificates/Trainings/Skills
- Child Development Program Director Permit for State of California Valid 2/1/2025
- Budgeting Basics for Director Certificate
- Heart saver Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Certified
- Mandated Reporter AB1432
- Harassment and Discrimination California Employees SB1343
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Google Slides, Zoom
- Child Plus: Mobile App, Attendance Scanning, DRDP , Education, Monitoring, Uploading Documents
Timeline
Early Head Start Teacher
Pomona Unified School District
03.2023 - Current
Center Coordinator
Volunteers of America
06.2022 - 03.2023
Child Development Teacher
Pomona Unified School District
08.2018 - 06.2022
MBA - Early Childhood Education In Leadership
University of Arizona Global Campus
Bachelor of Arts Early Childhood Education - Teacher Education
National University
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