CHARLES GOONAN

**** **** ** ****** *** * Brooklyn NY 11234

347-***-****

New York City Department of Education Para-professional with 7 years of experience and a

record of successful achievement in Special Education of both middle school and elementary

school students.

EXPERIENCE:

T.A. in Preschool in Brooklyn - 10/2022 - 08/2023

Birch Family Services - Mill Basin Early Childhood Center

Assisted teacher in all classroom management and activities. Morning

Circle. Taught alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes and Sensory, Taught in

groups and One to One. Prepared breakfast and lunch, cleaned and

organized classroom after breakfast and lunch and at the beginning and

ending of school day, A.M. and P.M. bussing, transitioning to and from

gym and playground, assisted in gym and playground diapers.

- An actor in television, movies, commercials and theater - 2007 -

Present Singing, acting, playwright, and producer of stage productions.

-NYC D.O.E. Para-Professional -_1999 - 2006

Roy H. Mann Intermediate School - 2003 - 2006

One on one Crisis Para for an E.D. child in a M2 Self-contained Class One

on One Crisis Para for an Autistic Child in a M1 Self-contained classes.

Classroom Para in a M1 Self-contained Class.

Marine Park Junior High School - 2000 - 2003

One on one Crisis Para for an E.D. child in an Inclusion class.

Cunningham Junior High School - March to June 2000

One on One Crisis Para for an E.D. child in an Inclusion class

Substitute Para for various Elementary and Intermediate schools in Brooklyn from

September 1999 to March 2000

One on One Crisis Para, Learning Para, and Classroom Para for various Inclusion, M1 and M2

Self-contained classes.

Responsibilities included:

One-on-one or small group instruction as outlined by the

teacher

Reinforcement of behavior through the use of positive behavior supports

Aiding occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech teachers and adaptive

physical education providers during instruction

Guiding and assisting students in small group instruction settings with class routines

and in transitioning from one activity to the next

Teaching students, under direction of teacher in the following areas: recreation, motor,

vocational, socialization and communication utilizing the workshop model in Literacy and

Mathematics

Assisting students to and from buses, classroom, lunchroom, etc. Assisting in school wide

arrival and dismissal

Collecting data documenting student behavior for instructional purposes

Writing separate anecdotal information concerning a student=s behavior while they were

receiving 1:1 related services

Maintained open communication between teachers, students, parents and staff

EDUCATION:

NYSTCE - 090 ELEMENTARY ATS-W (Elementary Assessment of Teaching Skills)

(NYSATAS) test

-Brooklyn College 1997-1999 (English Major, Theater Minor) 62 credits

-James Madison High School

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