Teacher
Resume:
Nelia Luis
DTI Instructional Assistance
Naugatuck, Ct 06770
*********@*****.***
SKILLS
● Conversational in Portuguese and Spanish.
● Staff training for Head Start in Waterbury for ten years.
● Organized schedules, accounts payable and accounts receivable for A.S. Luis builders and Waterbury Day Nursery.
EXPERIENCE
Darcey School, 1689 Waterbury Rd. Cheshire, Instructional Assistant/DTI instructional assistant
December 2002-present
● Responsible for facilitating daily lesson plans throughout the day.
● Implement learning activities and modify lesson plans for special education children.
● Assisted the teacher with evaluations and inventories skills mastered by children.
● Implemented lesson plans to develop social, emotional, physical and self-help skills.
● Assisted in transitioning special education students from preschool curriculum to kindergarten curriculum.
● Assisted special education students with tech communication. Head Start, Waterbury, Ct, Certified Head Teacher
December 1991-2002
● Responsible for twenty plus preschool children throughout daily activities.
● Planned and implemented lesson plans in areas of language arts, science, social skills, art and music.
● Documented in children’s file progress and developing skills.
● Performed Battle Screenings, hearing and vision screenings.
● I referred children with specific needs to receive services.
● Completed home visits and established rapport with families.
● Planned age appropriate field trips and followed the Head Start guidelines for safety.
● Used positive redirection for challenging behaviors in managing the classroom.
● Responsible for training staff in the classroom setting and assisting in developing curriculum standards.
● I carried out individual plans for children with IEPs and special needs.
Waterbury Day Nursery, Waterbury,Ct., Infant/Toddler Coordinator
● Supervised staff within the infant/toddler program.
● Planned and implemented age appropriate lesson plans to develop language, social, physical and self help skills.
● Maintained a clean, safe environment and documented daily events.
EDUCATION
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Ct - Bachelor’s Degree in liberal arts, minoring in Sociology and Psychology. With a concentration in Early Childhood Ed.
Training at Darcey School, Cheshire, Ct. in the following:
● Dana box communication device to facilitate language development.
● Moonwalker system to facilitate physical development.
● Motorized transportation unit for transitions and life long independent skills.
● Walking sticks for physical development.
● Peces picture communication system.
● Configured wood boxes for gross motor skills for curriculum.
● Planned and implemented creative art/fine motor skills. CERTIFICATIONS
Head Start, Waterbury, Ct, Certification for Head Teacher PMT training, Cheshire, Ct.
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