Suzette Calzada
Milwaukee,WI
Summary
Warm Assistant Teacher with 6 years of experience and documented skills in classroom management and assignment creation. Friendly and energetic professional commended for adapting teaching methods and materials to meet students' varying needs and interests. Passionate about going above and beyond to nurture and encourage children.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Teacher
ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY
Milwaukee, WI
08.2021 - 01.2023
- Making copies and responding emails
- Setting up meetings via Zoom
- And assisting teachers with anything they needed
- Provided individualized instruction to students who needed additional assistance.
- Supervised small group activities.
- Helped maintain a safe and orderly learning environment.
- Encouraged positive behavior with rewards and incentives.
- Organized instructional materials, bulletin boards, displays, and demonstrations.
- Utilized technology such as computers, projectors, iPads. to enhance lessons.
- Maintained safe, educational environment for students during learning and free play time.
- Interacted positively with children to encourage development and involvement in activities, treating each child with dignity and respect.
- Assisted teacher with enrichment activities, correcting papers or supervising classroom to foster positive learning environment
Childcare Assistant Teacher
Prime Time 2 Children's Center
GRAYSLAKE, IL
03.2020 - 08.2021
- Assisted Lead Teacher in planning and implementing age-appropriate activities for children.
- Organized daily classroom routines, including snack time, story time, and outdoor playtime.
- Provided guidance to children on appropriate behavior during class activities.
- Attended staff meetings regularly to discuss new strategies for providing quality childcare services.
- Read books aloud to groups of children or individually as requested by Lead Teacher.
- Monitored the safety of children at all times while they were playing or engaging in activities.
- Helped with mealtime preparation, clean up and serving meals to the children.
- Maintained a clean and organized classroom environment that was conducive to learning.
- Assisted with potty training when needed.
- Collaborated with Lead Teacher in developing lesson plans that incorporated various teaching methods such as storytelling, music, art, and field trips.
Law Firm Receptionist
Harter & Schottland
Round Lake Beach, IL
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Updated daily log book with information about visitors entering the premises.
- Processed payments and updated accounts to reflect balance changes.
- Maintained daily calendars, set appointments with clients and planned daily office events.
- Greeted visitors and provided them with assistance.
- Answered incoming calls, took messages, and transferred calls to appropriate departments or personnel.
- Maintained a neat reception area by organizing materials and tidying up furniture.
- Managed all incoming mail distribution, courier services, faxes, and photocopying documents as requested.
- Provided administrative support to staff members including typing letters, filing documents, and scanning and copying documents when necessary.
Childcare Assistant Teacher
Shining Stars Learning Center
Milwaukee , WI
06.2016 - 08.2019
- Organized daily classroom routines, including snack time, story time, and outdoor playtime.
- Sparked creativity and imagination by helping children discover new things each day.
- Organized creative and fun activities, enhancing children's physical, emotional and social well-being.
- Instructed and assisted children in eating, toileting and resting to help develop healthy personal habits.
- Maintained daily records of individual activities, behaviors, meals and naps.
- Incorporated music and art activities to encourage creativity and expression.
- Read stories to children and taught painting, drawing and crafts.
- Identified early signs of emotional and developmental problems in children to bring concerns to parents' attention.
- Read aloud and played alphabet games to encourage early literacy.
Sales Associate
Party City
Gurnee, IL
05.2015 - 05.2016
- Greeted customers and provided exceptional customer service.
- Provided accurate information about products, prices and services.
- Organized stockroom shelves according to size, color or style.
- Restocked shelves as needed to ensure sufficient inventory levels.
- Handled customer complaints in a professional manner.
- Performed cashier duties such as accepting payments, issuing receipts and counting money back change.
- Ensured compliance with all safety regulations while handling hazardous materials.
- Maintained cleanliness of store environment including floors, windows, displays.
- Arranged new merchandise with signage and appealing displays to encourage customer sales and move overstock items.
- Assisted teammates with sales-processing tasks to meet daily sales goals.
- Tracked company inventories, moved excess stock and arranged products to improve sales.
Education
GED -
Round Lake High School
Round Lake, IL09-2015
Skills
- Customer service
- Excel
- Microsoft word
- Receptionist
- Scheduling
- Bilingual
- Filing
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Training
- Sales
- English
- Spanish
- Front desk
- Typing
- Cash register
- Translation
- Safe learning environment
- Teaching strategies
- Lesson Planning
- Positive Reinforcement
- Written Communication
- Skills Development
- Communication skills
- Cash handling
Certification
- Child Development Associate Certification
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Assistant Teacher
ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY
08.2021 - 01.2023
Childcare Assistant Teacher
Prime Time 2 Children's Center
03.2020 - 08.2021
Law Firm Receptionist
Harter & Schottland
09.2019 - 03.2020
Childcare Assistant Teacher
Shining Stars Learning Center
06.2016 - 08.2019
Sales Associate
Party City
05.2015 - 05.2016
GED -
Round Lake High School
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