Assistant Director of Social Emotional Learning

• Sep 2022 - Present

Director of School Counseling

• Jul 2020 - Sep 2022

BILINGUAL PSYCHOLOGIST/EVALUATION SPECIALIST

• Oct 2017 - Jul 2020

BILINGUAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST

• Jan 2002 - Sep 2017

Facilitator in various building-wide committees including: Crisis Intervention Team, Instructional Support Team, Positive Behavior Intervention, Mental/Physical Health and Building Leadership Teams Modify instruction to optimize student progress via culturally responsive practice Manage academic and behavioral interventions within the intricacies of culture Deliver professional development to teachers, parents, and other professionals on trauma, child development, ELL issues/strategies, and second language acquisition Collaborate with school professionals, including ESL staff, in order to maximize student leraning within, and outside the classroom setting Collaborate with teachers to help identify classroom-based problems and implement data-base academic and behavior interventions Collaborate with the principal and other school personnel to identify systemic concerns and promote systems-level change in addressing the needs of all students and families Design and implement crisis response plans for students Provide counseling, social skills training, academic, and behavioral interventions in English &/or Spanish Implement school-wide programs to build positive connections between students and adults Data-based decisions regarding both academic and behavioral interventions at the individual, classroom, school and district level Translate (oral and written) educational and psychological assessments, Special Education Law, ESL Regs, to parents (English/Spanish) and respective committees Translate Individualized Education Plans and school records for students of Spanish Speaking countries Involved in various district-wide (Albany) planning committees Expert in RtI and AIMSWeb data management system for academic interventions

LEARNING DISABILITY SPECIALIST

• Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

Support the implementation of accommodations for students with learning disabilities and helping students maximize their learning potentials by: Communicating with college professors, staff and other university offices regarding the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students with disabilities Employ an informal assessment of individual strengths and weaknesses and help student’s develop a personal “action plan” that meet culturally responsive practices as well as individual preferenceHelp students develop their own learning strategies dependent upon their own strengths and weaknessesDeliver direct intervention services in accordance to the needs to linguistically diverse college studentsDiscuss and help each student implement and individualized plan for organization and work completionHelp culturally and linguistically diverse students do research, create outlines, edit writing drafts etc. for continuous writing skill development Maintain record keeping information regarding session topics and time spent with culturally and linguistically diverse studentRefer students to other on-campus services (i.e., counseling center, academic affairs, writing center etc.) when needed

LEARNING SPECIALIST/INSTRUCTOR

• Jan 2002 - Jan 2008

Prepared students for the demands of college life through the teaching of an Interdisciplinary College Level-PrepCourse which included the development of a syllabus and materials related to:The development of critical thinking skills as it relates to being an active learner within a college environmentDeployment of organization and time management skillsOngoing development of reading and writing skills (i.e., How to research paper using different citation styles-Chicago, APA, MLA etc.) How to create PowerPoint presentations and debate an argument during an oral defenseStudy skill development and stress managementHow to relate and search out advice and dialogue from professorsACADEMIC/PERSONAL COUNSELOR HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM (HEOP), SIENA COLLEGE 2002, 2005, and 2006 (Summers Only) Provided academic and personal counseling services to upcoming Freshmen of low social-economic status (SES)Assisted students in coping with the demands of college life including test-taking, test anxiety, study skills and organizational skillsHelped students navigate through personal feelings related to familial stressors, “home-sickness” and feeling of guilt for leaving their families behind, as the first generation to be attending collegeCoordinated meetings, workshops etc. for the students in collaboration with college professorsLead workshops for students related to time management, picking a major, rapport building, diversity issues, accessing campus resources, academic integrity, security measures, and legal, ethical and moral standards etc.