Direct Support Professional

• Mar 2021 - Present

• Support individuals (aged 16+) in all aspects of daily living skills including but not limited to personal care, time management, household cleaning tasks, meal preparation, safety awareness, laundry, etc. • Teach and provide assistance with money management • Promote advocacy • Provide verbal support at recreational activities • Provide verbal direction at volunteering sites • Assist families with adapting life goals from year to year • Assist with deescalating behaviors • Support individuals (aged 16+) in all aspects of daily living skills including but not limited to personal care, time management, household cleaning tasks, meal preparation, safety awareness, laundry, etc. • Teach and provide assistance with money management • Promote advocacy • Provide verbal support at recreational activities • Provide verbal direction at volunteering sites • Assist families with adapting life goals from year to year • Assist with deescalating behaviors

Direct Support Professional

• Mar 2017 - Present

• Support individuals (aged 16+) in all aspects of daily living skills including but not limited to personal care, time management, household cleaning tasks, meal preparation, safety awareness, laundry, etc. • Teach and provide assistance with money management • Promote advocacy • Provide verbal support at recreational activities • Provide verbal direction at volunteering sites • Assist families with adapting life goals from year to year • Assist with deescalating behaviors • Support individuals (aged 16+) in all aspects of daily living skills including but not limited to personal care, time management, household cleaning tasks, meal preparation, safety awareness, laundry, etc. • Teach and provide assistance with money management • Promote advocacy • Provide verbal support at recreational activities • Provide verbal direction at volunteering sites • Assist families with adapting life goals from year to year • Assist with deescalating behaviors

Special Education Teacher

• Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

• Develop and implement individualized education program for each student (aged 16+) • Identify and implement goals tailored to the student's individual needs and abilities • Coordinate with parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, teaching assistants and various service providers that include speech, occupational and physical therapies and counselors for students with Autism • Modeled, trained and consulted teachers on modifications and accommodations to instruction and materials ensuring the diverse needs of every student are successfully carried out. • Actively supported teaching assistants and paraprofessionals on effective work strategies with students • Employed diverse techniques to promote active learning, including individualized instruction. • Exercised flexibility within the classroom addressing individual student's needs

Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2015 - Aug 2019

• working 1-1 with students to learn and master goals (aged 9-21) • Supporting the teacher in planning and presenting lessons • Making sure classroom is clean, safe and organized • Set up classroom • Track student progress • Escort and assist students to bathroom, kitchen, gym, art, music, and job sites • working 1-1 with students to learn and master goals (aged 9-21) • Supporting the teacher in planning and presenting lessons • Making sure classroom is clean, safe and organized • Set up classroom • Track student progress • Escort and assist students to bathroom, kitchen, gym, art, music, and job sites

Lead Preschool Teacher

• Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

Leave replacement for a Preschool class • Lead classroom lessons based on school curriculum • guide children while working and playing to ensure learning • assess student progress • Prepare classroom materials based on school curriculum • assist with potty training Leave replacement for a Preschool class • Lead classroom lessons based on school curriculum • guide children while working and playing to ensure learning • assess student progress • Prepare classroom materials based on school curriculum • assist with potty training

Student Teacher

• Feb 2014 - May 2014

Student Teacher

• Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

Cookin' Specialist and Transportation Coordinator

• Jun 2008 - Aug 2013

SUMMER POSITION• Prepare daily cooking lessons for camp groups, 2-12 years of age• Adapt lessons to accommodate a range of abilities• Drive bus route picking up & dropping off campers

Teacher's Assistant and Transportation Coordinator

• Sep 2011 - May 2013

• Prepare classroom materials• keep classroom clean and organized• guide children while working and playing to ensure learning• assist with potty training• Prepare classroom materials• keep classroom clean and organized• guide children while working and playing to ensure learning• assist with potty training• Drive bus route picking up & dropping off students

Graduate Assistant

• Aug 2011 - May 2012

Desk Attendant

• Oct 2009 - May 2011

Performing duties such as signing in and out guests, filling out lost key forms for residents and overall keeping the building as smooth running as possible Performing duties such as signing in and out guests, filling out lost key forms for residents and overall keeping the building as smooth running as possible

Personal Care Assistant

• Jan 2009 - May 2011

Assist a young woman who has disabilities with everyday tasks Assist a young woman who has disabilities with everyday tasks