Assistant High School
Resume:
JOSHUA PRENSKY
Burlington, MA 01803
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Educational Settings:
Reading Memorial High School (Assistant SPED Teacher/Student Support
Program), Duties include: tutoring/counseling students with social and
emotional disabilities, 2009 to 2011
Triumph Center Summer Program (Counselor), Duties include: Implementing
camp activities for autistic/aspergers children, 2010 and 2011.
Coolidge Middle School Reading MA (Assistant SPED Teacher/Resource Room),
2009
The Education Cooperative (Assistant Middle-School SPED Teacher) Weston HS,
2007 to 2008.
Memorial Spaulding Elementary School (Teacher's Aid/ Inclusion Facilitator
and After School Program Supervisor) Duties included: co-teaching fourth
grade class, working with a special needs child in adapting with a daily
curriculum, 2004 to 2005.
Rivers Day Camp (Camp Counselor) Duties include: implementing / organizing
camp activities and field trips; Swimming / Sailing instructor, 2004,
2008, 2009.
Germaine Lawrence School/Residential for girls (Supervisor). Duties
included supervision of staff and clients, arranging and supervising
activities, counseling, mediating, and working along with doctors and
clinicians/psychologists in implementing treatment plans, 2003 to 2004.
Dearborn Academy (Teacher/Assistant Teacher) Duties include: teaching a
computer shop class for at-risk adolescents and assistant teaching other
academic subjects, 2001 to 2003.
Institute for Family Life and Living (Behavioral Specialist) Duties
included: counseling at-risk teenagers in the residential and educational
divisions, use of reality therapy control theory for behavior management
and counseling, co-supervised an adoption resource group, 1999 to 2000.
New England Home for Little Wanderers (Childcare Counselor): 1997 to 1999.
Alternative Supports Corporation (Vocational Specialist): Duties included:
preparing curriculum for and teaching vocational skills including
interviewing and resume writing; and job coaching, 1996.
LABBB Collaborative at Lexington High School (Special Education Classroom
Assistant): Duties include: academic tutoring, vocational
training/supervising, and counseling; professional training in Reality
Therapy, 1994 to 1996.
Music Instruction:
The Real School of Music (Drum Instructor), 2008 to 2009.
Minuteman Music Center (Drum Instructor), July 2006 to 2008.
Lexington Music Center (Drum Instructor), 2005 to July 2006.
Medical:
Chaulk Ambulance (EMT): Received service excellence award, 1992 to 1993.
EDUCATION:
Cambridge College: Courses toward Bachelor of Science in Psychology with
Emphasis on Special Education, 2007; Previous coursework in Counseling
Psychology, 1999 to 2003.
Instruction in Reality Therapy and Behavior Management & Control (Basic and
Intensive): Incorporated Lectures, Discussions and Roll Playing, 1995 and
1996.
Northeastern University: Emergency Medical Technician Training 1991;
Refresher Courses 1993 and 1996; Re-certified November 1997.
Berklee College of Music: Berklee Scholarship for Performance
Achievement, 1989 to 1991.
MUSIC:
Played/Worked in wedding bands, session gigs, studio work, and
private lessons
Berklee School of Music alumni (scholarship recipient).
High School "Advanced Jazz" drummer/percussionist (placed second in
the National competition during the 1989 "Music Fest" competition in
Philadelphia).
Student of the late Alan Dawson (director of percussion at Berklee,
drummer for Dave Brubeck and Count Basie).
Invited to perform at Boston's Hatch Shell by Boston's Mayor 1989.
OTHER INFORMATION:
Familiar with American Sign Language
Experience with Pediatric Suctioning and Seizure Monitoring
Touch Typist
Proficient Drummer - Various Styles of Music (Rock, Funk, Latin,
Jazz, Afro Cuban, Reggae)
Enjoys Sailing, Swimming, and Martial Arts
Basic Familiarity (self-taught) with German and Spanish
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