Teresa Castro
San Jose,CA
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
General Counselor
De Anza College
03.2024 - Current
- Serve students one-on-one with their educational goals by implementing a student educational plan.
- Provided information on transfer and associate degree paths through my familiarity with IGETC, CSU General requirements, and AA/AS General requirements
- Provide support to students who struggled with the transition from high school to college
- Collaborate with faculty members to identify at-risk students and develop intervention plans to optimize academic performance.
- Monitor student progress toward graduation requirements, ensuring timely completion of necessary coursework and units.
Puente Counselor
College Of Alameda
02.2024 - Current
- Developed educational plans to address the unique needs of each student and set achievable goals.
- Evaluated transcripts to recommend appropriate course placements for students.
- Taught career and life planning course that includes transition to college and requirements for obtaining degree and transferring.
- Taught students to navigate college and financial aid applications process.
- Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers, and course work.
- Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to achieve student participation and hands-on learning.
- Improved student retention in higher education institutions through proactive academic advising and support services.
- Identified struggling students early on to provide additional support through referrals to other resources on campus.
- Provided support and guidance to students experiencing academic and personal troubles.
International Student Programs Counselor
De Anza College
09.2023 - 12.2023
- Offer new and continuing students career, academic, personal, and transfer counseling
- Educate students on college admissions process and requirements for applying
- Assist students with academic goals and creating educational plans for degree or transfer track
- Deliver supportive and knowledgeable counseling to students with academic or personal concerns
- Problem solve ways to help student meet visa requirements when student fails to do so
- Empower students through counseling and skill-building exercises
- Collaborate with other ISP counselors to plan ways to set students up for success
- Work closely with immigration advisers to best serve students with visa questions, status updates and updating majors
- Advocate for students to access available resources catered to them for better adjustment to campus
- Help students transition to De Anza by recommending community groups, activities based on interests and showing them how to access tools on MyPortal site
Office of Outreach, Promise Counselor
De Anza College
10.2022 - 07.2023
- Provide personal, academic, career, and transfer counseling for new and prospective students
- Experience developing transfer and articulation agreements between two-year and four-year institutions
- Assist students in clarifying academic goals and selecting a major and establishing/maintaining enrollment priority
- Establish rapport with students; monitor and track students' academic progress to ensure attainment of educational goal
- Address counseling and advising needs of academically underprepared students; Prepare multi-year academic plans for graduation and transfer
- Specialize in serving first-year and continuing students in De Anza College Promise Program by providing availability through appointments
- Provide DAC Promise workshops on creating student education plans and collaborating with the Financial Aid office to complete applications
- Present DAC Promise to De Anza students, high school students, and other counselors
- Refer students, when appropriate, to other departments such as retention, financial aid, and transfer center to assist student needs
- Collaborate with other counselors in department to plan events for current high school students
- Provide support for students on academic probation
- Facilitate New Student Orientation for new incoming students and ease transition into college
- Outreach to local feeder high schools
- Assisted with planning and execution for the African American, AAPI, Latinx High School Empowerment Conferences
Education
Master of Arts - Counseling And Guidance
San Jose State University
05.2022
Bachelor of Arts - English
University of California, Berkeley
05.2018
Associate of Arts - English
De Anza College
06.2016
Skills
- Bilingual: Spanish
- Computer: SARs, Banner, DegreeWorks, Canvas
Timeline
General Counselor
De Anza College
03.2024 - Current
Puente Counselor
College Of Alameda
02.2024 - Current
International Student Programs Counselor
De Anza College
09.2023 - 12.2023
Office of Outreach, Promise Counselor
De Anza College
10.2022 - 07.2023
Master of Arts - Counseling And Guidance
San Jose State University
Bachelor of Arts - English
University of California, Berkeley
Associate of Arts - English
De Anza College
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