Substitute Teacher at Simi Valley Unified School District – Substitute Unit (2024-12 – Present)
- Responsible for the students' well-being and safety, taking attendance, maintaining a functioning classroom, using classroom management skills, leaving the classroom clean, and teaching the provided curriculum.
- Adhering to the curriculum and lesson plans assigned by the primary teacher.
- Followed procedures and achieved lesson goals, working with grades 6-12.
Substitute Teacher at Simi Valley Unified School District – Substitute Unit (2026-02 – Present)
Student Teacher at J.F. Kennedy High School (2024-08 – 2024-12)
- Planned, organized, and delivered lessons consistent with the 10th-grade general Biology curriculum.
- Provided maximum classroom support during students' activity time within the host teacher's class periods.
- Taught and graded two periods (4th and 5th) while working on my EdTPA assignment.
Teacher at Calabasas High School (2023-09 – 2023-06)
- Planned, organized, and delivered lessons and labs consistent with the 9th-grade Biology and 11th-grade Physiology with Anatomy curriculum.
- Provided maximum classroom support during students' activity time within the class period.
- Taught learning skills that transferred to the completion of the science tasks.
- Motivated students to be science aware and provided everyday science life examples.
- Taught and graded 140 students and did all other administrative tasks within a teachers' scope.
- Actively participated in 504 and IEP meetings due to my previous experience in that field.
Substitute Teacher at Los Angeles Unified School District – Substitute Unit (2023-04 – 2024-04)
- Responsible for the well-being and safety of the students, taking attendance, maintaining a functioning classroom, utilizing classroom management skills, leaving a clean classroom, and teaching the provided curriculum.
- Adhering to the curriculum and lesson plans assigned by the regular teacher.
- Followed procedures and achieved lesson goals.
- Worked with grades 8-12.
Substitute Teacher at Simi Valley Unified School District – Substitute Unit (2023-08 – 2023-09)
- Responsible for the well-being and safety of the students, taking attendance, maintaining a functioning classroom, utilizing classroom management skills, leaving a clean classroom, and teaching the provided curriculum.
- Adhering to the curriculum and lesson plans assigned by the regular teacher.
- Followed procedures and achieved lesson goals.
- Worked with grades 8-12.
Student Teacher at Patrick Henry Middle School (2022-01 – 2022-06)
- Planned, organized, and delivered lessons consistent with the 8th-grade integrated science curriculum.
- Provided maximum classroom support during students' activity time within the class period.
- Taught learning skills and activities, which transferred to completing the science tasks.
- Motivated children to be science aware and provided everyday science life examples.
- Oversaw grading, thus, familiar with Mastery grading.
Behavior Intervention Specialist (BII) at McRory Pediatric Services Inc (2019-01 – 2022-01)
Van Gogh Street Elementary School, Granada Hills, California AND Frost Middle School, Granada Hills, California
- Assisted a child with a developmental condition to develop social skills and improve his/her ability to learn in school.
- Helped him/her to eliminate or replace disruptive, harmful, or negative behaviors with positive actions.
- Observed and assessed the challenges an individual faces when functioning in daily life.
- Monitored and evaluated progress and took relevant daily data to provide necessary information for the purposes of developing annual IEP goals and objectives for assigned student(s).
Director for Serbian Diaspora Youth at American Serbian Association for Prosperity (2020-08 – 2022-03)
- Planned and supervised programs and activities for children and adolescents at a church, community outreach organizations, or social service programs.
- Trained and oversaw volunteers.
Teacher Aide at Castlebay Lane Elementary School (2014-01 – 2014-06)
Volunteer
- Assisted teacher and reinforced the instruction taught in the classroom to students.
- Reviewed lessons individually with students who needed more help.
- Answered questions and explained in detail for better understanding.
- Graded assignments.
- Wrote an IP assignment at the end of the volunteering time for the sociology class.
Vice President of Membership, Public Relations, & Social Media at Beta Gamma Sigma, International Business Honors Society (2017-09 – 2018-11)
- Coordinated initiatives to improve organizational membership.
- Assisted in developing members into professional leaders.
- Liaised between student and alum members.
- Generated tactics to build an organizational reputation.
- Created and published digital content for publicity and outreach.
- Maintained social media accounts by filtering images, videos, and written content to targeted audiences.
Director of Communications, Outreach, & Recruitment at Professionals in Human Resources Association Student Chapter (2018-01 – 2018-11)
- Led recruitment efforts by attending school job fairs and "Meet the Clubs" informational sessions, visited related classes and spoke on panels for promotional purposes.
- Tracked recruitment numbers.
- Ensured outreach programs aligned with recruitment goals.
- Orchestrated outreach and recruitment efforts to attract, obtain and retain members.
- Maintained organizational bulletin boards and other communication tools.
- Created and disseminated fliers.
- Publicized upcoming programs.
Academic Peer Mentor at CSUN – College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (2017-09 – 2018-05)
- Assisted with orientation, counseling, and class registration.
- Served as a peer liaison and referred students to appropriate campus resources, assisted in identifying relevant resources by referring to engagement/involvement opportunities.
- Motivated and helped them set goals to be successful ultimately.
- Helped students with their schedules and classes in one-on-one advising sessions.
- Clarified program requirements, policies, and procedures, and helped them adapt to a new academic environment faster.
- Worked with confidential data.
