Special Education Paraprofessional

Galda Ortiz

***** ********* *** #*** **********@*****.***

Hawthorne, CA 424-***-****

Translator

Interest: Certified Spanish Language Court Interpreter

Skills and Qualifications

Excellent communication skills: listening, speaking, writing, reporting, following instructions

Multilingual in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German

Experience in Special Education instruction, coaching students in organizational and life skills

Extensive Customer service experience working directly with students and parents

Ability to perform all duties as Translator, including:

Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.

Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations.

Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms.

Read written materials, legal documents, reports, and rewrite material into specified languages.

Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors.

Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and consistent.

Refer to reference materials, dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, terminology banks, to ensure accuracy.

Educate students, parents, staff, and teachers about the roles and functions of educational interpreters.

Compile information on content and context of information to be translated and on intended audience.

Proofread, edit, and revise translated materials. Check original texts or confer with authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material.

Discuss translation requirements with clients and determine any fees to be charged for services provided.

Adapt translations to students' cognitive and grade levels, collaborating with team members.

Adapt software and accompanying technical documents to another language and culture.

Travel with or guide tourists who speak another language.

Experience

Instructional Aide Centinela Valley Union HSD, Lawndale CA 02/2000 to 07/2020

Special Education Instruction, under the supervision of certificated staff provided students with one-on-one or group instruction and support in the following areas: implementing students' IEP goals, community-based instruction skills; work skills within stores or office settings; emotional support in implementing behavioral goals.

Additional Experience

Sales Associate Banana Republic, Santa Monica CA 03/2009 to 06/2009

Sales Associate Sears, Santa Monica CA 06/2008 to 08/2008

Production Assistant Fortune Fashions, Carson CA 05/2004 to 08/2004

After School Instructor MECHA Society, Lennox CA 08/1998 to 06/1999

ESL Aide Orville Wright Middle School, Los Angeles CA 08/1997 to 06/1998

Fashion Design Intern Mark Gregory Montano, Jersey City NJ 05/1995 to 06/1996

Fashion Design Intern John Robert Miller, New York NY 04/1994 to 09/1995

Administrative Assistant Act-One Staffing Services, New York NY 03/1993 to 09/1997

Senior Data Entry Specialist New Jersey City Courthouse, Jersey City NJ 08/1992 to 07/1996

Education

Loyola Marymount University 2000/06

FIDM, Fashion Design Major, Los Angeles CA

Spanish Language, Los Angeles, CA

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