Educator, Social Worker, Advocate, Communicator, Salesperson, PR
Resume:
SANDRA FUENTES
Highland Home, AL 36041
Email: adxli1@r.postjobfree.com
Experience
Instructor
Varsity Tutors ONLINE
Present - Oct. 2022
• Working from home, using internet connection and online video platform with PK-12 students and adults
• Preparing lessons and working one on one with students or in group classes teaching online for these subjects: Spanish, English, Elementary Reading or ESL
Asst. Director
Healthy Kids Daycare (FT)
July 2021-Aug. 2021
• Oversee the daily operation of the daycare and PK program; Following all policies and procedures; Assist Director in all areas of business from recruiting, hiring staff to training to subbing for absent teachers; administrative duties as needed;
• Conducting PK Teacher training
EL Consultant & Interpreter (35 hrs/wk)
Butler County Board Of Education
August 2018 to June 2021
• Passed Praxis ESOL 2019.
• Teaching, Reteaching and Tutoring in all subject areas for PK-12 students at 4 campuses and Remotely for 2 years during Pandemic.
• EL Consultant facilitating ESL language acquisition using EL Dual Language Teaching Strategies and
accommodations for PK-12 grade ELL students.
• Bilingual Liaison between teachers, administration and parents facilitating enrollment, student registration, and IELP meetings and parent conferences.
• Community Interpreter for parents and school with local NGO's, County Health Dept. Medical clinics for dental, vision screenings, etc. as needed to promote student wellness and well being for academic success.
HT Shelter Manager
Certified Human Trafficking Victim Advocate (PT)
Family Sunshine Center - Montgomery, AL
October-December 2020
• Mentor HT victims
• Administrative duties writing up reports and updating records for grant renewal
• Prepare/ Serving hot/cold nutritional meals
• Providing structured activities for the residents to do
• Provided assistance to clients, resources, education, life skill training, etc…
Retail Customer Service Associate (PT)
Priester's Pecans - Greenville, AL
April 2019 to May 2019
• Sales, cashier, cash and credit card transactions.
• Customer service, professional and public relations.
• Serving hot/cold food, handling/ stocking merchandise.
• Provided assistance to clients
Career Specialist (PT)
Goodwill Southern River Career Center, Opelika - Opelika, AL June 2019 to August 2019
• Facilitate cohorts of job seekers in their job search and provide ongoing support and coaching.
• Enroll job seekers in job development skills training and employment training programs offered by Goodwill to West GA and East AL.
• Facilitate classes on soft skills to enhance job seeker's' knowledge and marketability.
• Organize and promote area wide job fairs.
• Customer service at the front desk
• Assisting clients in all phases of job seeking with job leads, interview practice, ethics and employee
rights in the workplace, etc…
ELL Instructional Aide
AmeriCorps - Greenville, AL
October 2018 to April 2019
• Middle and High School Bilingual instructional Aide - provided language and tutoring support for English limited learners in all core classes on a daily basis 5 days a week.
• Interpreted for all school communication and parent communication to the school and partners
Outreach Specialist (FT)
Family Sunshine Center - Montgomery, AL
June 2018 to September 2018
• Public Relations, public speaking, awareness outreach to agencies, businesses at community-wide events, distribute DV and SA brochures; and conduct presentations about family violence for various community agencies to law enforcement, police academy cadets, church groups, schools, university organizations, ER's, hospitality industry, etc... in English or Spanish.
• Returned in 2020- Feb. 2021 attended remote training and was certified as Human Trafficking victim advocate. Worked with clients who were in HT shelter needing legal services and local resources as a HT Shelter Manager. Mentoring and teaching life skills to clients as needed, light housekeeping and maintaining program documentation. Substitute Teacher K-12 (PT)
Lee County, Auburn City Schools, Montgomery County BOE - Montgomery, AL August 2016 to May 2018
• Supervising students K12
• Administrative tasks of attendance
• Reviewing or reteaching
• Following lesson plans as directed by absent lead teacher
ESL Teacher Aide & Bilingual Office aide & Program Mgr (PT) SPUR, Appleton Talent Education Employment agency - Montgomery, AL August 2016 to December 2017
• Working in Special Needs Department with Latino ELL children as an ESL Tutor assisting them in
understanding assignments in core subjects.
• Attending and interpreting in IEP meetings, parent conferences and for Latino parents and children.
Community interpreter
Aspire Staffing - Montgomery, AL
March 2015 to December 2015
• Substitute Interpreter for HSI clinic in adult, pediatrics, dental and women's pavilion.
• Intake interpreter for facilitating client/medical staff relations, and WIC office, appt.setter Substitute Interpreter (Temp)
Regional Medical Center Montgomery, AL
Aspire Staffing Temp Agency
• Interpreter for Adult Med, Pediatrician, Dental, Vision, Psychologist, Women’s Medicine
• Communicating with physicians to clearly interpret medical conditions and treatments for patients
• Greet & Interpret patient’s rights and HIPAA forms so patients understood and signed forms during the intake and registration process
Lead Teacher
Macon County HeadStart
March 2016- Oct. 2014
• Supervision of children, lesson planning and Instruction for PK students
• Parent Meeting presenter
• Admin duties:Assigning students age and developmentally appropriate activities and lessons; Grading students and record keeping of attendance and nutrition count for the day Bilingual Parent Educator, Social worker
Family Guidance Center of Alabama - Montgomery, AL June 2012 to October 2014
• Bilingual Spanish and English
• Case mgr
• Recruiter
• Mentor and
• Advocate for families of all ethnic groups in Bullock and Macon County.
• Providing support, parenting education and resources in the community to help strengthen family resilience, SMILE developmental activities to support healthy growth and preschool readiness for newborns, infants and toddlers, informal screenings for depression, children's vision and hearing, etc... to
refer clients if red flags are observed. ESL methods were used for language activities for latino families. A pre-reading foundation was a key skill presented in every visit for all children with fun literacy experiences and a book of the month to build their own home libraries.
• Other administrative duties included: Regular team meetings, extensive case management, documentation on database; monthly mileage, time sheets, phone logs; setting appointments and going to home visits; work from home with minimal supervision; delivering food bank boxes, diapers, and other resources as needed.
Education
Passed Praxis
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) 2019 Masters of Education Curriculum & Instruction
American InterContinental University Schaumburg, IL 2010 B.A. Communications
1995 Minor Bilingual Education
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, TX 2003
References
ANGELA HARRIS
coworker
LESLIE FLOWERS
Teacher
LISA NIMMER
Exec Director
Healthy Kids
Daycare
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