Guidance Counselor School

Alvaro Quesada

******@***.*** 917-***-**** **** 90street Jackson Heights, NY, 11372

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To obtain a School Guidance Counselor position with the New York City Department of Education. Assisting all students by supporting them in academics and all of their school endeavors. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Paraprofessional

Nyc Department of Education, New York, NY / Sep 2014 - Present Worked with individual students to provide personalized educational, behavior and emotional support. Support student learning objectives through personalized and small group assistance to support classroom instructions.

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Guidance Counselor - Summer Rising

Nyc Department of Education, New York, NY / Jul 2021 - Aug 2021 Provide Psychological support to students. Monitor progress by making sure they were staying focus during their class. Evaluating the student's IEP with teachers to better understand them. And to see what tools were necessary to help them improve. Special Needs Coordinator when a special need arises.

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School Counselor - Intern

Nyc Department of Education, New York, NY / Sep 2019 - May 2020 Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators, and other professionals to discuss children's progress, resolve behavioral, academic, and other problems, and to determine priorities for students and their resource needs.

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

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• Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools. Counsel individuals to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations. Lastly, I also was able learned to work closely with STARS and ATS.

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Volunteer

Queens Hospital Center- Radiology Department, Jamaica, NY / Jun 2014 - Sep 2014 Assisted in helping Radiologists analyzed Xrays in the CT- Brain scan area through Technology - electronic equipment. Communicating with patients, ensuring that medical information was kept private.

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EDUCATION

New York University Steinhardt

GPA: 3.6

New York, NY

Master of Arts (M.A.) Counseling and Guidance (Jun 2020)

Awards & Honors

• Valedictorian

St. John's University

Queens, NY

Completed coursework towards Master of Science

(M.S.) Mental Health Counseling (Feb 2011)

Touro College

Manhattan, NY

Bachelor of Arts Psychology (Jan 2008)

Awards & Honors

• Dean's List

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Excellent Spanish

Bilingual Skills

CREDENTIALS AND LICENSES

New York State Pupil Personnel Services, School

Counselor K-12

Queens Hospital -Volunteer Certificate

New York State School Attendance Teacher American School Counselor Association Certificate of Appreciation - Information Technology High

School

New York State Teaching Assistant New York State Dignity for all Students Act Workshop, Child abuse Workshop and school

Violence intervention Workshop

Kappa Delta Pi - Phi Delta Kappa Professional

Development Courses

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