Summer Dunivan
Alvarado,TX
Summary
Dedicated educational support professional with expertise in behavior management and classroom support. Demonstrated success in creating inclusive learning environments and tailoring strategies for diverse student needs. Proficient in organizational tasks, empathy-driven communication, and data tracking to boost student achievement and enhance team collaboration. Aspires to further develop innovative approaches to educational support.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
In-Home Trainer
Alvarado ISD/ Johnson county schools
Alvarado, TX
08.2019 - Current
- Support autistic children and behaviorally challenged students at home with parents to enhance success at home and school.
- Provide resources and training for parents on visual schedules, communication strategies, de-escalation techniques, and chore charts.
- Engaged families in problem-solving discussions to support their children effectively.
- Promote student independence by teaching self-help skills and coping strategies.
Behavioral Aide
Alvarado Intermediate School
Alvarado, TX
08.2018 - Current
- Provide support for children in an emotional state.
- Modify lessons and classwork to accommodate students' 504 plans and BIPS.
- Keep students on task with proactive behavior modifications, positive reinforcement strategies, and providing coping skills.
- Provide instructional support in the classroom.
- Provide emotional support, trust, and rapport to deescalate situations.
- Created a designated sensory floor area for students and adults.
- Provide strategies for handling difficult situations with students in classrooms.
- Help develop and implement behavior intervention plans for students.
- Utilize positive reinforcement techniques to encourage appropriate behaviors.
- Implemented crisis intervention strategies when needed to deescalate situations involving aggressive behaviors.
- Enforce rules consistently while providing support and understanding when necessary.
- Collaborate with co-workers and administrators on providing the best support for behavior strategies.
- Maintaining daily logs documenting behaviors exhibited by the student, interventions used, and outcomes achieved.
Tween Library Board Club Team Lead
ALvarado Intermediate
Alvarado, TX
08.2018 - Current
- Active team member of the Tween Library Board Club at Alvarado Intermediate School for seven years.
- Team lead of the Tween Library Board Club for the past two years.
- Promote reading awareness across our campus.
- Supervise students organizing shelves in the library.
- Coordinate monthly meetings with activities that enhance the love of reading.
- Assisted in introducing our campus and other campuses in the district to the North Texas Teen Book Festival.
- Coordinate the yearly field trip to the North Texas Teen Book Festival for our campus.
- Support students in finding their genre of books to read.
- Assist in introducing students to new authors.
1st Grade Teacher Aide
Alvarado South Elementary
Alvarado, TX
10.2016 - 05.2018
- Provided support for students in the classroom.
- Monitored student behavior, providing positive reinforcement when appropriate.
- Assisted in preparing lesson materials and bulletin board displays.
- Facilitated small group instruction sessions focusing on specific topics or skills identified by the teacher.
- Supervised students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, gymnasiums, and field trips.
- Gave individual attention to those who needed extra help understanding concepts or completing work assignments.
- Provide support for a student who needed one-on-one attention by modifying work, assisting with eating, walking, writing, and bathroom needs.
Substitute Teacher
Alvarado ISD
Alvarado, TX
08.2014 - 05.2016
- Provided instructions for students in core subject areas.
- Kept accurate and current attendance records, assignments, and sheets to maintain file compliance.
- Kept students on task in class.
- Maintain positive, friendly, and professional relationships with students, faculty, and administrations.
- Requested repeatedly as a substitute teacher by teachers and school campuses across Alvarado.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Bachelors of Science Management
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ05-2025
Skills
- Organized
- Supportive
- Patient
- Behavior Management
- Classroom management
- Team collaboration
- Data collection
- Mental health understanding
- Professional demeanor
- Communicating
- Creative
- De-escalating techniques
- Calm in escalating situations
Certification
- CPI-Crisis Prevention Intervention
- Educational Aide
Affiliations
- I love taking pictures
- Diamond painting
- Reading
- Dress up days at school.
Accomplishments
- Inducted in to the National society of Leadership and Success November 2024.
- Deans lists-Fall semester 2024.
- Indian Pride Award at Alvarado Intermediate School 2019 and 2024.
- Support Staff Member of the month several times at Alvarado Intermediate School.
Timeline
In-Home Trainer
Alvarado ISD/ Johnson county schools
08.2019 - Current
Behavioral Aide
Alvarado Intermediate School
08.2018 - Current
Tween Library Board Club Team Lead
ALvarado Intermediate
08.2018 - Current
1st Grade Teacher Aide
Alvarado South Elementary
10.2016 - 05.2018
Substitute Teacher
Alvarado ISD
08.2014 - 05.2016
- CPI-Crisis Prevention Intervention
- Educational Aide
Bachelor of Science - Bachelors of Science Management
University of Phoenix
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