Nancy Garita
Norwalk,CA
Summary
Dedicated Para Educator at the Early Head Start program at NLMUSD with 17 years of comprehensive experience in Preschool and currently with Infant and Toddlers. Leveraged instructional methods and excelled in parent and student communication to foster a positive learning environment. Skilled in behavior management and educational strategies, Significantly contributed to tailored student success and collaborative faculty efforts, ensuring classroom safety and effective learning outcomes.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Para Educator
NLMUSD
06.2001 - Current
- Assisting teachers and students in and outside classroom by maintaining safe and inclusive learning environment.
- Implementing differentiated instructional strategies according to individual needs.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Documented behaviors, implemented interventions using observational notes
- Collaborated with teachers to help with classroom and workload management.
- Assisted classroom teacher in supervising indoor and outdoor play during teacher break time.
- Engage and care for children's learning experience
- Assisted with conducting parent conferences and home visits in preschool program
- Follows program policies and procedures
- Planned and created lesson assignments according to each child's needs
- Build professional relations with families
- Cleaned, organized and restocked classroom/play settings for upcoming classes.
- Encouraged student independence in toileting
- Participate in professional staff developments
- Actively participated in monthly PLC meetings
Special Education Assistant
NLMUSD
08.2013 - 07.2014
- Support teaching staff with instructional methods
- Maintaining open Parent and Student Communication
- Support with Behavior Management
- Elaborate social stories
- Co-Teaching and Co-Planning
- Faculty Collaboration
- Classroom Safety Practices
- Positive Learning Environment
- Manage supplies for classroom
- Adaptive Strategies
- Educational Strategies
Education
6 College Units - Infant And Toddler Development
El Camino College
Torrance, CA03.2023
Associate of Arts - Early Childhood Education
Cerritos College
Norwalk, CA06.2019
Certificate of Achievement - Early Childhood Education
Cerritos College
Norwalk, CA05.2015
High School Diploma -
Bell Gardens High School
Bell Gardens, CA06.1999
Skills
- Parent and Student Communication
- Co-Teaching and Co-Planning
- Classroom Safety Practices & management
- Student Evaluation
- Positive Learning Environment
- Assessment tool
- Adaptive Educational Strategies
- Collaborative Teamwork
- Enriched Small Group activities
- Data Collection
- Curriculum Implementation
- IFSP familiarity
- Literacy support
Certification
- CPR certified
- First Aid certified
- AED certified
- Child Development teacher Permit
Timeline
Special Education Assistant
NLMUSD
08.2013 - 07.2014
Para Educator
NLMUSD
06.2001 - Current
6 College Units - Infant And Toddler Development
El Camino College
Associate of Arts - Early Childhood Education
Cerritos College
Certificate of Achievement - Early Childhood Education
Cerritos College
High School Diploma -
Bell Gardens High School
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