HIGHLY DEDICATED MONTESSORI CERTIFIED TEACHER WITH 8 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
05/2014 – 08/2017: Teacher, Casa dei Bambini, Menlo Park, CA, USA
10/2015 – 12/2015: Volunteer for children with special needs, OSF, Cupertino, USA
02/2012 – 04/2014: Coordinator, Montessori School of Downtown, Houston, USA
02/2011 – 04/2014: Front Desk Management, Montessori School of Downtown, Houston, USA
02/2010 – 04/2014: Lead Teacher, Montessori School of Downtown, Houston, USA
02/2009 – 02/2010: Assistant Teacher, Montessori School of Downtown, Houston, USA
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EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
B.Sc., Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Vidyasagar University, India, 2006
H.S., Science, WBBHSE, India, India, 2001
Secondary, General, WBBSE, India, 1999
[B.S., Education (Major in Math.), University of Houston, USA, completed 3 semesters as transfer student, 2014].
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CERTIFICATION
12+ Early Childhood Education Units, De Anza College, USA, 2016
International Montessori Teaching Diploma, NAMC, USA, 2011
Preventive Health & Safety Training, EMSA, USA, Exp. 06/18/2019
Pediatric, First Aid & CPR, EMSA, USA, Exp. 06/18/2019
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AWARDS & SERVICES
• Academic Accomplishment Award by College of Education, University of Houston, USA, 2014
• Academic Accomplishment Award by College of Education, University of Houston, USA, 2013
• Production Assistant, Winter Program, Montessori School of Downtown, Houston, 2013
• Excellence in Teaching Award, Montessori School of Downtown, Houston, May 21, 2011
• Teacher Appreciation Award, Montessori School of Downtown, Houston, May 15, 2010
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KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:
• Successfully attracted many new students through creative teaching and special care.
• Extraordinary reputation in normalizations of the children who are attending school for the first time.
• Financial management with highest responsibility of food and school supply inventory.
• Taught general education students as well as individuals with learning challenges and special needs within a mainstreamed, inclusive classroom.
• Consistently commended for ability to redirect students exhibiting behavior problems by replacing disruptive, unproductive patterns with positive behaviors.
• Actively served on a variety of school committees and task forces focused on curriculum development and fundraising.
• Successfully organized school’s most attractive International Festival and Winter Program as a part of fundraising program.
• Established positive relationships with students, parents, fellow teachers and school administrators/staff.
• Many of my students got admission in Gifted and Talented program in highly reputed schools of Houston and many other states.
