Sridurga Mandepudi
Dublin,CA
Summary
Para Professional with experience supporting elementary and middle school students in diverse classroom settings. Proficient at assisting in lesson implementation, providing support to students, maintaining a well-organized and effective learning environment. Skilled in fostering student engagement, promoting academic growth and collaborating with educators to ensure the success of all the students. Strong communicator with a focus on student success and development.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Para Educator
The Steppingstones Group
02.2023 - 06.2024
- Worked as a paraprofessional in special education at Pleasanton Unified School district under the supervision of professional service provider to directly or indirectly assist and support in the provision of services to students with disabilities.
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Assisted teachers and worked individually with students with special needs, helping each navigate the education system.
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Monitored student classroom and outdoors activities to promote student safety.
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Collaborated with students with multiple degrees of special needs to accomplish various tasks.
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Kept classrooms clean, neat, and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
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Worked with students with mild, moderate to severe autism to increase life skills.
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Support students to find necessary information and facilitate the use of the interactive computer programs in the internet.
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Support the development of communication skills.
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Provide the special education teacher with information about general education assignments, activities and student participation and behavior.
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Provide supervision and assistance on playgrounds, in lunch area, classroom transitions and other locations as directed for special education students.
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Accompany and assist medically fragile students in all settings where the district is responsible.
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Recognize and respond to critical symptoms.
After School Lead Teacher
Kids' Country
12.2021 - 02.2023
- Leadership support to the site director in managing the classroom Programming, in service of achieving the mission: To support a child's natural curiosity and love of learning in safe and inspired environment
- Ensure safe and healthy environment for Kid's country community (kids, parents and staff)
- Support and foster engaging parent and community experience
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results
- Worked within applicable standards, policies, and regulatory guidelines to promote a safe working environment
- Tailored lesson plans for students with emotional and cognitive disabilities
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes
- Reported on student progress, behavior, and social skills to parents
- Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules
- Assisted students in developing a deeper understanding of course concepts by providing one-on-one support
- Enforced rules and instructions to maintain discipline
- Developed and implemented strategies to improve student engagement
- Laminated teaching materials to increase durability under repeated use
Pre School/Pre-K Teacher
Livermore Area Recreation and Park District
10.2015 - 03.2020
- Fostered a safe and nurturing environment
- Developed and implemented lesson plans and instructional activities to meet the needs of children
- Promoted sensory development by providing access to different textures
- Provided varied opportunities using multiple learning styles for children's active participation experimentation and problem-solving within structured settings
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning
- Supervised students and enforced discipline during classroom and playground activities
- Maintained organized, fun, and interactive classroom to help children feel safe
- Identify signs of emotional and developmental problems in children
- Established positive communication with parents in conversation and formal physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth of children
- Maintained a clean and tidy classroom consistent with health and safety standards
Education
ECE Units - ECE Units
Folsom Lake College
Folsom, CAMaster of Arts - English as A Foreign Language and Literature
Nagarjuna University
Diploma in Computer Applications - Computers
Skills
- Academic Support
- Student Needs
- Classroom Management
- Teacher Support
- Behavioral Improvement
Timeline
Para Educator
The Steppingstones Group
02.2023 - 06.2024
After School Lead Teacher
Kids' Country
12.2021 - 02.2023
Pre School/Pre-K Teacher
Livermore Area Recreation and Park District
10.2015 - 03.2020
Diploma in Computer Applications - Computers
ECE Units - ECE Units
Folsom Lake College
Master of Arts - English as A Foreign Language and Literature
Nagarjuna University
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