DARCI J. SIKORA

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715-***-****

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Responsible, Creative, Special Education Paraprofessional with excellent communication, and problem-solving skills.

• The ability to work closely with children and adults with different scenarios.

• Working with adults and children with disabilities. SKILLS

• Time Management

• Active Learning

• Negotiation

• Service Orientation

• Active Listening

• Critical Thinking

• Customer, and Personal Service

EDUCATION

• Renewed Special Education license April 2023

• Seizure training 2022

• Special education license 2018

• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training Certificate - 01/2018

• Child Care Provider Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Certificate - 04/2007

• Abuse and Neglect Managing Behaviors Certificate – 05/2005

• Assistant Childcare Teacher Certificate – 04/2000 UW Madison Extension

• Barbering and Cosmetology Practitioner – 03/2000

• Certified Nursing Assistant – 12/1998 WWTC Viroqua EXPERIENCE

Alma Center-Humbird-Merrillan school District

Lincoln Elementary School 2019-Present

Special Education Paraprofessional -2020-Present

Connecting with classroom teachers to form an educational plan, to work in and out of a classroom setting for Special needs Children

• Contacting appropriate officials when abuse is suspected

• Meeting with parents and teachers to discuss gains and struggles

• Recess Coordinator- Supervising different grade level students during their free time

• Cross walk- Making sure children get safely across the highway

• For behaviors, making sure we have a plan to follow when a break is needed Technology Aide 2019-2020

Making sure students use appropriate typing techniques.

Discovering new and exciting typing websites for the Elementary level

Teaching helpful materials to each grade to help them excel in class (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides)

Motivating students with contests and prizes

Helping students achieve appropriate words per minute goals Lincoln High School 10/2018-04/2019

Special Education Paraprofessional

• Working with students that have a wide variety of special needs.

• Teaching Students with Learning, Emotional, Mental, and Physical Disabilities.

• Helping children socialize in classroom and, other environments.

• Dealing with behavioral and/or other difficult situations.

• Communicating between child and parent on daily activities along w/progress.

• Assisting lead teacher in the learning process with children.

• Assisting with testing

Stanley-Boyd Elementary School Stanley, WI 2016/2018 Special Education Paraprofessional

• Working with students that have a wide variety of special needs.

• Teaching Students with Learning, Emotional, Mental, and Physical Disabilities.

• Helping children socialize in classroom and, other environments.

• Dealing with behavioral and/or other difficult situations.

• Communicating between child and parent on daily activities along w/progress.

• Assisting lead teacher in the learning process with children. Teacher-In Home Daycare 08/2007 to 6/2016

• Create developmentally appropriate lesson plans.

• Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging, and understanding of others and positive self-concepts.

• Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and Information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.

• Sanitize toys and play equipment.

• Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.

• Observe and monitor children's play activities.

• Dress children and change diapers.

• Maintain a safe play environment.

• Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents or guardians’ attention.

• Sterilize bottles and prepare formulas.

• Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, crafts, and songs.

• Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books.

• Regulate children's rest periods.

• Organize and store toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas.

• Organize and participate in recreational activities and outings, such as games and field trips. Sleepers to Sneakers Early Learning Center - Eau Claire, WI 08/2006 to 08/2007 Paraprofessional

• Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and procedures for maintaining order.

• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.

• Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.

• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore Manipulate and use, both in learning activities and, in imaginative play.

• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear and selecting activities of interest to them.

• Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.

• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.

• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.

• Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.

• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.

• Demonstrate activities to children.

• Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.

• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.

• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.

Independent Living Resources - Lacrosse, WI 06/2006 to 08/2006 Supportive Care Worker

• Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.

• Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and, in good spirits or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks.

• Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.

• Clean rooms and make beds.

• Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them. Vernon Area Rehabilitation Center (VARC) - Viroqua, WI 06/2004 to 05/2006 Residential Assistant

• Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.

• Administer prescribed oral medications, and injections under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine.

• Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, and automobiles

• Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing, and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care including dressing and grooming

• Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.

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