School Assistant

Melina Lamarche acqws9@r.postjobfree.com 917-***-****

EXPERIENCE

Jan 2012-Present: Elementary School Teacher (Kindergarten - 4th grade)

Mary McDowell Friends School (for students with learning disabilities)

City and Country School (a progressive school)

Bankstreet School for Children (a progressive school)

Design, plan and teach reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, and socio-emotional curriculum.

Collaborate and co-teach various subjects with other teachers.

Differentiate lessons and create individual learning plans for students in order to support their academic and social-emotional needs (including various learning disabilities) by using a number of multi-sensorial strategies, programs and modalities.

Collaborate with school psychologist, language and occupational therapists to design and apply academic and behavioral plans in order to support students’ academic, physical and socio-emotional demands and goals.

Communicate with parents and conduct parent-teacher conferences to discuss students’ performance and goals in school.

Mar 2012-Aug 2013: Spanish Camp Head Counselor

Bankstreet School for Children (a progressive school)

Plan and implement various multimodal age appropriate activities that promote Spanish language awareness and vocabulary.

Organize numerous educational indoor activities and outdoor trips.

Supervise assistant counselors and junior counselors.

Communicate and collaborate with other teachers and parents about academic plans and student performance.

Sept 2010-Jun 2012: Teacher Assistant and Sub, and After-school Tutor (Pre-K – 6th grade)

Various Charter and Private Schools

Develop lessons plans and support head teachers in developing and implementing age appropriate lesson plans and activities that advance the intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development in accordance to the schools’ curriculum standards and philosophy.

Provide additional and specialized support to students individually or in small groups in various subjects in order to help them meet their personalized academic goals.

Translate for teacher and parents in meetings and conferences.

Maintain communicate with parents, and provide guidance when necessary.

Melina Lamarche acqws9@r.postjobfree.com 917-***-****

2006-2009: Media Professional

Discovery Networks

2008-2009: On-Air Media Planning Coordinator (Discovery & Animal Planet Channels)

Increase the performance of the networks by developing strategies for placing promotional material to achieve audience retention and rating goals.

Organize and maintain database of promotional material (shows, interstitials, and events).

Manage campaign operations that support the overall vision of the networks and foster alignment across all platforms, on-air as well as off-air.

2006-2008: Traffic Coordinator (various channels)

Plan daily log combining scheduled programs with all interstitial materials and commercial spots.

Check correctness, identify, and troubleshoot issues with programming, promotional material, and advertising spots.

Collaborate with Creative, Programming, Media Planning, Advertising Sales, and Broadcast department to maximize air time, accommodate special requests, make planned and last minute changes, and resolve conflicts among departments.

2003-2005: Picture Researcher

Christie's

Search and select pertinent images from the Christie's proprietary auction catalog databases and internal web sites to satisfy internal requests or external client orders for images to be used in publications and media from books to advertising to exhibitions.

Research and apply copyright laws to issue licenses to use images under copyright.

Manage and facilitate client liaison activities.

SKILLS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND MEMBERSHIPS

Certification: General Childhood Education -grades 1-6, Bilingual Ed. Ext.

Software: Microsoft Apps: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Educational Apps: SmartBoard, Startwrite, Mimio Board.

Adobe Apps: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Captivate (beginner).

Bilingual: Fluent in English and Spanish.

Membership: Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education.

EDUCATION

December 2013 M.S.T. Childhood Education grades 1-6 with Bilingual Ext. -Pace University

May 2004 B.F.A. Communication & Advertising Design -Fashion Institute of Tech. (F.I.T.)

May 2000 A.A. Fine Arts -LaGuardia Community College

Course Work

Art (studio and history), photography, graphic design, computer-aided design (CAD), philosophy, psychology, marketing, childhood literacy, mathematics and science teaching methods, language and global perspectives, human development, bilingual education, and special education.

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