Enthusiastic educator with communication and interpersonal skills necessary to lead classrooms and execute lesson plans. Provides instruction and guidance to students of all ages. Creates positive classroom environments and effectively manages student behavior.
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Toni Bercha
Guilford,CT
Summary
Overview
24
years of professional experience
Work History
A.W. Cox Elementary School
Building Substitute
02.2024
Job overview
- Substitute teach any elementary or related arts classes, as needed
- Assist students who need one to one interventions, as needed
- Perform any other duties that contribute to the overall needs of the students and teachers.
Mary R. Tisko Elementary School
Intern and Student Teacher
09.2022 - 06.2023
Job overview
- Student taught in a first grade classroom for the spring semester
- Substitute taught any classes in grades pre-k through 4 as needed
- Served as a substitute paraeducator, as needed
- Performed any other duties that contributed to the overall needs of students and teachers.
University Center on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Connecticut
Research Associate
07.2020 - 05.2021
Job overview
- Served as a liaison for a Connecticut early childhood special education community college inclusive curriculum project
- Liaison to the state of Mississippi for an early childhood personnel training center grant
- Developed the contents of an inclusion resource website for early childhood
- Data collector for various research projects in early childhood special education.
Southwest Tennessee Community College
Assistant Professor, Department of Education
01.2003 - 01.2009
Job overview
- Sample of Courses Taught: Introduction to Exceptional Learners, Introduction to Education, Child Psychology, Schooling in a Multicultural Setting, Introduction to Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Curriculum, Safe Healthy Learning Environments, Language and Literacy in Early Childhood, Creativity and the Young Child, Math and Science in Early Childhood Education
- Assisted students with career and education planning
- Led project to design and create podcasts for use as educational tools
- Supervised and evaluated students seeking the Child Development Associates license
- Led Child Development Associate licensure trainings for outside groups
- Created and maintained departmental licensure and department of education data
- Served as departmental faculty senate representative for the period between 1/04-5/09
- Co-authored Academic Audit for the Associate of Applied Science in Early Childhood Education
- Served on the board of Tennessee Early Childhood Training Alliance at STCC
- Served on the board of the Tennessee Association for the Education of Young Children
- Maintained student records.
LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center
Early Intervention Specialist
04.2001 - 12.2002
Job overview
- Provided educational services and parent training for families with special needs
- Taught and consulted in integrated-needs classrooms
- Created home intervention programs for parents of children with special needs
- Assessed the development of children using various established developmental profiles
- Served on IEP and IFSP teams
- Supervised interns and volunteers.
Youth Villages FAMILIES programs
Child Counselor and Behavior Specialist
05.1999 - 02.2001
Job overview
- Conducted individual counseling sessions with juveniles in therapeutic foster care
- Developed and implemented behavior management plans for children and youth
- Provided in-school behavior modification instruction to children and adolescents
- Served as a liaison between the treatment program and the school system
- Served on IEP and IFSP teams.
Education
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, Connecticut
Master of Arts in Teaching with Initial Certification
12.2024
University Overview
Wheelock College at Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts
Master of Science in Human Development: Child Life and Family Centered Care
01.1997
University Overview
Delta State UniversityCleveland, Mississippi
Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences: Early Childhood Education
01.1996
University Overview
Skills
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Lesson Planning
- Assessment Strategies
- Differentiated Instruction
- Group and individual instruction
- Student-Centered Learning
- Verbal and written communication
- Organizational abilities
- Critical Thinking
- Motivating students
- Classroom Management
- Child Development
Timeline
Building Substitute
A.W. Cox Elementary School
02.2024
Intern and Student Teacher
Mary R. Tisko Elementary School
09.2022 - 06.2023
Research Associate
University Center on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Connecticut
07.2020 - 05.2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Education
Southwest Tennessee Community College
01.2003 - 01.2009
Early Intervention Specialist
LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center
04.2001 - 12.2002
Child Counselor and Behavior Specialist
Youth Villages FAMILIES programs
05.1999 - 02.2001
Sacred Heart University
Master of Arts in Teaching with Initial Certification
Wheelock College at Boston University
Master of Science in Human Development: Child Life and Family Centered Care
Delta State University
Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences: Early Childhood Education
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