Yadira Dejesus

3350 South Front St.| Whitehall, PA 18052

ydejesus@live.esu.edu | (347)824-9722
Link to other online properties: http://614495453876905053.weebly.com/

Profile
Enthusiastic, dedicated educator with innate ability to understand and motivate children.
Superior interpersonal and communication skills to foster meaningful relationships with students,
staffs, and parents. Accustomed to working in a multicultural environment that emphasizes
inclusion.

Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE | MAY 2017 | EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY
Major: Early Childhood Education
Minor: Dance
GPA: 3.87/4.0 4.0/4.0

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE | DECEMBER 2014 | LEHIGH CARBON COMM.

COLLEGE
Major: Early Childhood Education

Teaching Experience
SMITHFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL| EAST STROUDSBURG, PA
Student Teacher: March May 2017

o Developed and prepared a reading and math lessons that corresponded and aligned with
the PSSA and state standards.
o Used and implemented weeks worth of lesson plans from Reading Wonders.
o Developed and taught a unit study on the Solar System.
o Observed students take Reading and Math PSSAs.
o Assessed the students understanding on units of measurements.

B.F MOREY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL| STROUDSBURG, PA

Student Teacher: January March 2017

o Design an effective classroom management system that initiates good behaviors.

o Executed a social studies unit plan of lessons on What is in our Neighborhood?
o Assessed the students comprehension of the content using formal and summative
assessment.
o Facilitated a technology-based projects on elements using PowerPoint.
o Modified instruction, handouts, for both ESL students and students with IEPs.
PDS: Professional Development Student: Fall 2016

o Developed and implemented a science unit plan on the structure and life cycle of plants.
o Designed an interactive bulletin board on multiplication and division facts.
o Prepared and taught reading lessons that corresponded with different reading strategies
including inferencing, visualizing, comprehending, problem solving, and
asking/questioning.
o Prepared and taught a review math lesson on telling time, and a reading instruction lesson
for the PSSA.

STROUDSBURG HIGH SCHOOL| STROUDSBURG, PA

Region 9 TSA Conference: Judge February 2015

o Observed and judged middle school students promotional designs artifacts.

o Evaluated on the artifact submissions.
o Worked and collaborated with other judges to compromise on a region winner.

SMITHFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL| EAST STROUDSBURG, PA

PDS: Professional Development Student: Fall 2015

o Implemented a case study on a student with a high reading level.

o Prepared and taught several interactive read aloud on a kindergarten level.

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Teaching Employment
DANCE TILL DAWN| BROADHEADVILLE, PA
Choreographer August 2015-
Present

o Taught different dance styles such as Contemporary, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Jazz Funk.
o Trained students ages fifth-teen and older.
o Planned and implemented dance classes that trained students physically, and mentally to
dance.
o Trained students to develop flexibility in dancing.
o Choreographed multiple of dance routines performed in competition, events, and recitals.
o Designed mini warm-up combinations for students to develop an understanding on each
style of dance.

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Affiliations, Awards, and Certificates

Kappa Delta Pi- International Education Honor Society Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
 o Member of the East Stroudsburg University chapter.

East Stroudsburg University Dance Team Fall 2015 May 2017

East Stroudsburg University Step Team Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
Scholarship Award Education and Dance (2016/2017)