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GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
Summary

Education professional driven to create an environment that promotes hands-on learning for children at all stages of the learning process.Being a school counselor in collaborating with teachers and parents to best meet each student unique needs. Attentive to the physical, emotional, intellectual and social needs of each student.

Core Qualifications
  • Experience working special needs students
  • Effectively work with parents
  • Motivating students
  • Parent/teacher conferences
  • Instructional best practices
  • Positive atmosphere promotion
  • Classroom management
  • Learning style assessment
  • Performance assessments
  • Behavioral/cognitive skills
  • Innovative lesson planning
  • Creative lesson plan development
Achievements
  • Ida S. Baker Minority Educator of the Year Award
  • Elementary Guidance Counselor of the Year Award
Professional Experience
07/2009 to Current
Guidance Counselor Clair Mel Elementary School - Tampa, Florida
  • Coordinating and implementing a comprehensive school guidance program to provide academic advisement, career and social/emotional development for all students.
  • Responsible for the oversight and daily operation of the school's comprehensive guidance program.
  • Work collaboratively with administrators, teachers, school personnel, parents and various community agencies to meet the educational planning needs of students.
  • Provide ongoing individual, small group and large group counseling services.
  • Interpret and utilize school data and records.
  • Addressed individual student needs requiring instructional consideration and refers to appropriate school personnel as needed.
  • Initiate the involvement of parents in the education of their students, including assisting in parent/teacher/counselor conferences.
  • Provide activities to assist students in developing self-understanding, self-acceptance, effective interpersonal skills, career exploration and educational planning.
  • Participates in articulation programs with receiving schools.
  • Serves as chairperson of or participates in school Child Study Team (CST).
  • English Language Learners (ELL) Committee, Problem Solving Leadership Team(PSLT) that focuses on a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Response to Intervention (RTI) and/or the Section 504 Team, School Advisory Council (SAC), Positive Behavioral Support (PBS) Team and Check and Connect Mentor.
07/2000 to 07/2009
Guidance Counselor Philip Shore ( Elementary Magnet ) - Tampa, Florida
  • Coordinating and implementing a comprehensive school guidance program to provide academic advisement, career and social/emotional development for all students.
  • Responsible for the oversight and daily operation of the school's comprehensive guidance program.
  • Work collaboratively with administrators, teachers, school personnel, parents and various community agencies to meet the educational planning needs of students.
  • Provide ongoing individual, small group and large group counseling services.
  • Interpret and utilize school data and records.
  • Addressed individual student needs requiring instructional consideration and refers to appropriate school personnel as needed.
  • Initiate the involvement of parents in the education of their students, including assisting in parent/teacher/counselor conferences.
  • Provide activities to assist students in developing self-understanding, self-acceptance, effective interpersonal skills, career exploration and educational planning.
  • Participates in articulation programs with receiving schools.
  • Serves as chairperson of or participates in school Child Study Team (CST).
  • English Language Learners (ELL) Committee, Problem Solving Leadership Team(PSLT) that focuses on a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Response to Intervention (RTI) and/or the Section 504 Team, School Advisory Council (SAC), Positive Behavioral Support (PBS) Team and Check and Connect Mentor.
12/1999 to 05/2000
Special Education Teacher Sligh Middle School - Tampa, Florida
  • Instructed physically impaired students in grades 6th through 8th.
  • Modified curriculum and instruction for special needs students based upon their Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
  • Prepared daily lesson plans and activities that focused on social and life skills.
  • Coordinated and conducted Individualized Educational Plan reviews with parents and pertinent resource staff annually.
  • Supervised classroom paraprofessionals.
08/1996 to 12/1999
Senior Prime Caregiver The Children's Home, Inc - Tampa, Florida
  • Provide supervision to children placed in a therapeutic residential treatment foster care facility.
  • Designed and implemented individualized treatment plans.
  • Presented psychiatric reviews and child progress reviews.
  • Trained new incoming agency staff.
  • Facilitated child psycho-educational groups.
  • Assisted campus supervisor and acted as lead staff in the absence of director.
  • Liaison between program and sponsors.
  • Planned and implemented activities on and off campus.
  • Managed cottage budget.
  • PTA member for campus school.
Education and Training
Training: Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect Tampa, Florida
2001
Master of Science: School Guidance and Counseling Nova Southeastern University - Tampa, Florida
05/1995
Bachelor of Arts: Psychology & Sociology University of South Florida - Tampa, Florida
Certifications
  • CPR/AED/First Aid
  • State of Florida Certification Guidance and Counseling PK–12
Skills
  • Administrative Management
  • Classroom Instruction and Management
  • Community Involvement
  • Counseling
  • Creative Lesson Planning
  • Curriculum Development
  • Family Involvement
  • Goal Setting and Implementation
  • Instructional Methods and Learning Strategies
  • Parent/Teacher Conferences
  • Program Development for Special-Needs students
Affiliations
  • Hillsborough Counseling Association
  • Elementary Guidance Leadership Committee
  • Professional Development Taskforce
  • Elementary Guidance Area Representative
  • Hospitality Committee
  • Mental Health Liaison
  • Parent Teachers Association
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Clair Mel Elementary School
  • Philip Shore ( Elementary Magnet )
  • Sligh Middle School
  • The Children's Home, Inc

School Attended

  • Nova Southeastern University
  • University of South Florida

Job Titles Held:

  • Guidance Counselor
  • Special Education Teacher
  • Senior Prime Caregiver

Degrees

  • Training : Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
    Master of Science : School Guidance and Counseling
    Bachelor of Arts : Psychology & Sociology

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