Brittany Almonte

Graduate student in Early Childhood Education and assistant preschool teacher with hands-on classroom experience. Passionate about supporting young children's development and motivated to grow as an effective educator.

Assistant Teacher at Family Services of Westchester (2025-08 – Present)

• Support the lead teacher in implementing both lessons plans and classroom activities
• Assist students in small group lessons to reinforce learning concepts
• Supervise students during meal times, playground, circle time and other activities
• Help maintain a clean and organized classroom environment
• Help manage classroom behaviors
• Prepare instructional materials and equipment needed for classroom activities
• Support students with special needs and learning differences under the guidance of a teacher

School Aide at New York City Department of Education (2024-10 – 2025-06)

Provided administrative support on the day to day basis such as:

• Ensuring that the cafeteria is ready for the students by pulling tables together and making sure that the seats are down
• Making sure that are all of the trash containers are out to be ready to use
• Actively monitor students by going up and down the table aisles making sure that they are seated and cleaning up their area
• Sitting in the security desk in the morning and handing out student late passes
• Lunch duty: Supervising assigned class by actively monitoring students by walking up and down the table aisles and making sure all students are sitting and cleaning up their area
• playground duty: Walking around the playground monitoring students and engaging with them
• Data Entry
• Organizing and providing classroom supplies that are requested by teachers
• Making photocopies
• Recording attendance for teachers, faculty and students
• File away student documents
• Excel
• Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Helped facilitate events for the upcoming holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas
• Decorated and served food for Thanksgiving to staff. Then helped clean up after the event ended
• Decorated the hallway for Christmas, putting up Christmas trees and decorations
• Assisted with Christmas activities for the students before winter break ended. Set up a karaoke party and Christmas treats
• Created flyers and reminders for parent events and decorated for these parent events

Master's degree in Early Childhood Education With A Bilingual Extension – CUNY Lehman College (2025-08)

Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies – CUNY York College (2019-08 – 2023-12)