para educator

teacher

elementary school teacher

high school teacher

life skills trainer

Aurora Public Schools

• Responsible for the full operation of the Media Center and the school technology systems at an elementary school. Promote and encourage reading and technology integration for both enjoyment and information; Communicate with Media Services, administrators, and teachers regarding curriculum and the APS pacing guides, to plan activities with students while teaching students researching skills, suggesting and locating media- and technology-related materials and equipment.
• Assist staff by researching, suggesting and locating media- and technology-related materials and equipment that follow along with the Colorado Literacy Standards. Provide and or assist with Professional Development to staff on current Technology, such as Promethean boards. Instruct and support students and staff by teaching media, Internet and television production skills
• Instruct students and staff in computer and technology-related areas. Provide technical support to staff in software and hardware use. Answer requests from staff regarding technology questions. Forward technical request to district technical services as needed. Assist with training, delegating work, directing work and evaluating students in work study jobs. Schedule and set up labs for technology classes.
• Teach computer skills to general and special needs primary and upper elementary students. Skills taught include, however not limited to, keyboarding, word processing, PowerPoint, integration of graphics and Internet research.
• Set up and maintain computer labs, student personal computers, and peripherals including repairing or replacing hardware, installing and upgrading operating systems and software. Serve as building technology facilitator, including tracking software and hardware inventory and technical requests, setting up, troubleshooting, repairing and replacing hardware, software, printers and peripherals for staff and students. Maintain network connectivity for access to all district and school systems, including maintaining hardware, software, user databases, and wiring closet. Test, review, recommend, install and maintain software packages as appropriate.
• Maintain servers including back-up system. Design and maintain school web sites, including photographs, graphics, text and templates. Provide support to web content providers, liaison with hosting companies, update news and events. Install, maintain and troubleshoot all building computer-based inventory, check out staff and student information systems.

The day would start at seven, so that I could get ready and pack a lunch and get there by 8:00. Officially, my job starts at 8:30, but there is usually always something extra to do before the kids get there. After unlocking the door, I put down all the chairs from the tables, clean the tables, fill up the water table with water, toys and soap. Every other week I would be in charge of taking the toys outside on the playgrounds.
I would make sure there are enough supplies for the day and prepare snack early. Checking email should be something we do constantly. At 9:45 the kids come in. Both the teacher and I greet the students in and I make sure they hang up their coats and wash their hands. When they're all here, we go outside for half an hour.
This was my most favorite part of the day. Sometimes I helped organize small games like duck, duck, goose, or London bridge, sometimes they organize those games themselves.
 We come inside and have group time. Then they have choice time. This part may have been the hardest, since the kids are all around the room and I have to keep my eye on all of them as well as hold a small group with a few of them. It became more nerve wrecking when I had to be observed and evaluated during choice time too.
Then we have reading time, snack time, where I clean the tables again and serve snack. Finally they go home.
I get to have lunch for 40-ish minutes. It depends how long it takes the parents to pick up the kids. Then the next class starts at 12:30 and I do the whole thing all over again.
When the day comes to an end and the rest of the kids have left, I stay in the classroom to pick up any toys, clean the tables, pick up the chairs, empty the water table and anything else the teacher might need. Throughout the entire day I was also supposed to have taken notes about what the kids did or something new they could do. I have to put in these notes on Wednesdays to fill up a chart with the teacher.
The teacher I worked with was very honest with me and told me when I was messing up. I appreciated her advice and told her so, as well as acting upon it to the best of my abilities. There was some drama going on with her and the principal, but other then lending an ear, I didn't get involved. Other than that, I was able to get along with almost everyone.
It was a lot of work, and I managed to finish the school year, but since I was accepted to attend CU Denver for 3-D animation classes for the fall, I had to quit.

A typical day is one that requires me to work from home. As a recruiter I receive leads from surveys that come from the schools in my districts. I review the surveys and search for those families that qualify for our program. I set up an interview with the familiea to gather more information and if they are eligible for our program then I sign them up for services for their children in school. When they are approved, I begin to work with the families to assess their children's educational needs and to provide the sevices that their children might need to help them to become more successful in school. I track their services and keep records and report on a weekly basis to the program. I colaborate with the schools, school districts and community organizations to gather information and provide the services to the students. I also search for other places to locate families that might be eligible for the program. Some days are for staff meetings, team meetings, and professional development.
I have learned that to have a mission statement in an organilzation is not enough, the main mission and purpose is to serve and to spend the funds on those that are in need of services and make it the best possible experience for them. Our program recently went through a re-organization due to the economy and the drop in student recruitment. it has been a challenge to work from home instead of an office as was accustomed to before. There were many setbacks, but everything is working out. Since there was a re-organization the management is also reoganized and the process continues to develop.
My coworkers are mixture of veterans in the program and new hires. This has been an experience of learning since I was placed in another position. It has also been an opportunity to develop the skills of the new hires and help them to do their job better.The hardest part of the job is to work from home and the most enjoyable part of the job is to be out in the community.

Overall, I feel like I had a good experience at Aurora Public Schools and I had a lot of great experiences that helped me develop my skills. However, it is a very large district and experiences can vary drastically from building to building. 

The Mental Health team leadership is generally very supportive and knowledgeable. The professional development opportunities had improved from the first year that I had gotten there and I ended up learning a lot from professional development near the end of my time there. 

This is the first district that I had worked at where there was more than one mental health provider in a building and it is a great opportunity to learn from other professionals in your area of expertise. 

The biggest drawback to working at APS is that there is a lot of institutional stress and a lot of people can't handle it (including building admin), so if there is not good leadership in the building, the workplace culture can become toxic very quickly. While I do believe the Mental/Behavioral health team does a lot to support its workers, I feel like some principals/asst principals and deans are in dire need of mentor leaders. Beware of placements in "turnaround" buildings where the leadership is under pressure to improve scores and buildings with brand new principals or deans.  Also, widespread trauma and behavioral issues make it a very demanding place to be for any mental health provider. 

My work day begins at 7:30 and ends at 4:30 monday through friday. Day starts with answering a multiple of emails. Emails consists of request for records, help with our district programs, or questions on reports. I collect data for our department reports as well as for state reporting. We scan documents into our district web. We send out record request within a 24 hour window. Greet families and students of APS. We work with a multiple of programs at once. (Microsoft office window, Microsoft excel, docuware, colorbar, Microsoft Outlook, Infinite Campus, Enrich, Internet, Dymo labeling)

Coworkers are sometimes difficult but what makes is easy for me is accepting everybody for who they are and keeping an open mind. Using patience. I enjoy everybody's friendship and working relationship.

The hardest part of my job is not having enough hours in the day for all our job responsibilities. Management has helped me grow. They have helped me develope great skills with time management, and I try to show my appreciation through my work and respect. My supervisor relies alot on me for reports and creating cheat sheets for the staff after a training. I have a large amount of patience for training. I enjoy learning and bringing it back to my coworkers.

The most enjoyable part of the job is working with families. Helping them by becoming their bridge of communication with the district.

My over all review concerning working for Aurora Public Schools is that they are an awesome company to work for.
I work in the kitchen where we prepare breakfast and lunch for the students. A typical day at work is getting breakfast and lunch prepared for the students. I learn a whole lot everyday in the kitchen because I've never worked inside the school. I've alway been a school bus driver.
My co-workers are great but I'll never have the same co-workers every year unless I get contracted with the school (which is up to the supervisor) that I'm working at only because I'm a sub. Even if I like the school where I'm at and want to stay because I am a sub they can send me to any school they want to at anytime.
The hardest part of the job is leaving for the day because we have to clean up. When we think everything is taken care of and clean as we are walking out of the door it never fails as we are doing are check around the kitchen we discover something else needs to be taken care of.
The most enjoyable part of the job is working with my co-workers and seeing the smiles on the students faces as they come through the line to eat breakfast and lunch.
For some students breakfast and lunch are their only meal til the next day when they come back to school.

I was responsible for all functions involved in school transportation. Develop and manage 6+ million-dollar budget.  Supervised 150+ school transportation personnel including scheduler/dispatchers, bus drivers and bus assistants, relief bus drivers and bus assistants, mechanics, and office staff.  Developed the Transportation Department budget of approximately$6.7M.  Responsible for the safe and efficient operation of all school buses.  Responsible for the maintenance of all school district operated vehicles and small engine equipment.  Provided safe and efficient transportation services to 1 P-20 campus, 6 high schools, 7 middle schools, 3 P-8 schools, 3 Early Childhood Centers and 28 elementary schools.  Transported over 5500 students daily.  Responsible for the recruitment, hiring, training, and evaluation of all transportation staff.  Responsible for developing vehicle specifications and the purchase of all district vehicles.  Provided safe and efficient transportation to special needs students by providing necessary specialized equipment and employee training.  Effectively problem-solve with parents, citizens, school administrators, and others.  Provided effective leadership and a working relationship with district customers both internal and external.

As far as subbing goes, you got it made man...you make alot of money and the application process is fairly simple...as opposed to others I've seen throughout Colorado and the United States.  The only problem with this district is the "GOOD BOYS CLUB".  If you've never heard of the phrase, Google it and look it up.  If you don't know or associate with the right people, you can feel uncomfortable alot of the time...because you don't know if you're being set up, watched, lied on, or other things of that nature.  If you choose not to be part of the clique in a building where all the power is, you become an enemy and can be fired or harassed to the point where you end up practically quitting.  I've run across so many administrators in this district that should never work in education again, but they seem to stay employed.  These are administrators that have already messed up BADLY in the district, and they either keep their job or are moved to another department in the district.  How do I know this, because I was a substitute that conversed with any and everybody that worked in this district for the last 6 years.  Again, this is the district where the "GOOD BOYS CLUB" is rampant, and it sucks...because it's not helping the students or the educators who have to put up with it!

I took this position as a temporary position while I transferred medical licensure from Michigan to Colorado. It turned out to be such a wonderful experience. The children's job was to "break it" and my job was to "fix it". And fix it I did. It did not take long to develop a fondness for the entire group to include facility, students and their families. The teachers said that I was the freebie in the hall. The children were not allowed to talk or "goof off" in the hall but if Miss Lynda was around, it was ok. I joked that I get at least 30 hugs per day! The best part of the job was educating the students about our American Flag and its heritage. Many of the children were from another country and English was their second language. Soon parent were sending notes to school asking me to write down the Pledge of Allegiance so they could learn it too. It was a very rewarding experience. The hardest part of the job was to terminate one of the night custodians. As difficult as it was, it was a regretfully necessary event. Organizing the custodial and mechanical maintenance, budgeting, repairing, managing , and student/staff interactions made this temporary position a very busy yet rewarding experience.

I worked two years in Aurora Public Schools and then as a substitute in Jefferson County to the present.  I love education and the joy of the students.  My resume may be a bit confusing but basically, I taught Denver Public Schools-full-time, Jeffco part-time, Aurora 2 and half years full-time and then back to Jeffco as a sub.  I would like to transfer into the private sector as a receptionist or similar position.  I have done that in the past for short-term and would like to continue doing that.  
Opinion:  Arrive 6 a m and leave 4 pm.  Taught French to 150 kids every day.  Loved it.
   I learned that everyone has something to offer.  I loved the diversity and the development potential of all students.  
   I was extremely competent in my classroom.  I keep a strict structure.  Management from the top depended on the principal and staff.  Great variations.  Some better than others.  
   Hardest part of the job:  seeing kids with so many personal problems that learning became a real challenge for them.
   Most enjoyable part of the job was seeing young faces everyday who were eager to learn.  Exciting and fun.  I love the kids.  Makes teaching and the data tracking all worth it, just to see them smile and learn.

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