Liz E. Del Valle
Quantico
Summary
Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums and teaching methods covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive online instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Homeschool Educator
HomeFun Learning
09.2019 - Current
- Adapted teaching methods to meet learning styles of each of my children.
- Graded homework, quizzes, classwork and exams to report on progress of my children's achievements.
- Researched and chose appropriate curriculum to meet my children's abilities and grade levels.
- Led and coordinated educational activities to develop my children's physical, emotional and social growth.
Teacher
Tinkergarten
12.2022 - 03.2023
- Advised and counseled students to help them develop skills and knowledge required to succeed.
- Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students engaged.
- Helped students explore concepts with engaging, learning-focused activities.
- Fostered student curiosity and interest through creative hands-on activities.
Kindergarten Teacher
Urban Promise Ministries
08.2015 - 04.2019
- Created, managed, and participated in variety of learning environments and activities to support opportunities for students to develop full potential and achieve learning objectives.
- Identified characteristics, needs, abilities, and problems of each child through personal interaction and progress reports to optimize approaches.
- Reported to parents and administration about student progress.
- Exercised good classroom management focused on positive behavior support by clearly articulating fair and consistent expectations along with appropriate natural consequences.
- Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor, and establish personalized learning plan for each student.
- Delivered structured lessons on readiness skills by emphasizing phonics, language skills, literature, and handwriting.
- Created and supervised variety of hands-on learning activities for fun and engagement.
- Produced strong readers ending Kindergarten each year. 90% of children were reading and some were reading past Kindergarten level.
- Delivered instruction and managed classroom with students from 4 years old to 7 years old.
ABA Home Therapist
Lovaas Institute
11.2013 - 02.2015
- Developed and maintained clear, individualized documentation on each patient/child.
- Acquired baseline data and implemented approved programs using behavioral technology appropriately, neutrally, and consistently.
- Performed behavioral therapy assessments and treatments in children's homes with and without direct supervision.
- Developed individualized treatment plans based on ABA principles to help children and families reach goals.
- Implemented individualized treatment plans developed by clinical supervisors to serve neurodivergent children with diverse needs.
- Implemented behavior intervention plans, increasing positive behaviors and reduce challenging behaviors.
- Developed and implemented treatment plans to improve gross and fine motor coordination, movement, and functioning of upper extremities, self help and social skills.
- Collaborated with other ABA therapists to implement plans that fostered continuity of treatment to help children and families reach their goals.
Preschool Teacher
Bright Horizons
02.2010 - 11.2013
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
- Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers, and letters.
- Developed weekly lesson plans and activities to engage children and promote learning.
- Created safe and nurturing learning environment for preschoolers.
- Implemented age-appropriate curricula to meet needs of young learners.
- Utilized creative teaching strategies to engage students in classroom.
- Taught and cared for 17-20 children in one classroom with the help of teacher aids.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education
Inter American University of Puerto Rico Arecibo
06.2012
Skills
- Differentiated Instruction
- Instructional Methods
- Program Development
- ESL- English as Second Language
- Lesson Planning
- Curriculum Implementation
- Learning Strategies
- Innovative lesson planning
- Literacy development
- Curriculum Development
- Motivating students
- Faculty Collaboration
- Alternative Learning Methods
Certification
- TESOL Certified
- Camp Lejeune Leadership Seminar Certified - [Timeframe]
Additional Information
I worked as TEFL teacher abroad in Eastern Europe in the country of Georgia during the year 2012-2013. I worked with children from K-12th grade and I also taught my host family English. I was able to design a curriculum and assessment with the materials given to me by the Ministry of Education of Georgia.
Currently, I homeschool my children. When I first began homeschooling I designed my own curriculum for them and created worksheets for them to practice and to assess their learning. Along the way I have found different online platforms to create such worksheets and have got familiar with many of their features.
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Teacher
Tinkergarten
12.2022 - 03.2023
Homeschool Educator
HomeFun Learning
09.2019 - Current
Kindergarten Teacher
Urban Promise Ministries
08.2015 - 04.2019
ABA Home Therapist
Lovaas Institute
11.2013 - 02.2015
Preschool Teacher
Bright Horizons
02.2010 - 11.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education
Inter American University of Puerto Rico Arecibo
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