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School Counseling Experience & Skills

Monserrat Contreras is seeking a position as a school counselor. She has a Master's degree in Educational and Clinical Counseling from Azusa Pacific University and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the same institution. She has experience as a school counseling intern at Upland High School and El Monte City School District. Her experience includes establishing academic plans for students, consulting with families, monitoring student data, and providing counseling services to diverse groups of students. She is bilingual in Spanish and has skills in Microsoft Office, counseling theories, and multi-tiered systems of student support.

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School Counseling Experience & Skills

Monserrat Contreras is seeking a position as a school counselor. She has a Master's degree in Educational and Clinical Counseling from Azusa Pacific University and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the same institution. She has experience as a school counseling intern at Upland High School and El Monte City School District. Her experience includes establishing academic plans for students, consulting with families, monitoring student data, and providing counseling services to diverse groups of students. She is bilingual in Spanish and has skills in Microsoft Office, counseling theories, and multi-tiered systems of student support.

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Monserrat Contreras

Pomona, CA | monsec44@gmail.com | https://monsec44.wixsite.com/counseling

EDUCATION
Azusa Pacific University | Azusa, CA December 2021
Master of Arts in Educational and Clinical Counseling

Azusa Pacific University | Azusa, CA


Bachelor of Arts in Psychology: Minor in Sociology
Dean’s List Recipient
National Society of Leadership and Success

SCHOOL COUNSELING RELATED EXPERIENCE

Upland High School | Upland, CA Aug. 2021- Dec. 2021


School Counseling Intern
• Established a plan of action for successful learning by consulting with students regarding academic deficiencies.
• Partner with families to develop options for credit recovery regarding student’s academic completion and graduation
concerns.
• Interpreted attendance data and individually meet with students with chronic absenteeism to utilize motivational
interviewing to decrease truancy rates.
• Reviewed transcripts to ascertain A-G readiness in relation to graduation requirements and college admission.
• Monitored student progress through various tracking features from school information systems (Discipline, Attendance,
Scheduling from Aeries Software).
• Individually consulted with LGBTQ+ youth students in the participation of small counseling groups for inclusion within
their community.

El Monte City School District | El Monte, CA 2020-2021


School Counselor Intern
• Served economically disadvantage and English Language Learning students by providing comprehensive virtual
individual and group counseling services directed for educational, social, personal, and career development.
• Facilitated classroom support lessons to ensure student success retention/ through creating interactive monthly lesson
plans.
• Partnered with parents, families, teachers, and administrators by presenting community-based support resources and
develop classroom accommodations to advocate for student success.
• Published multitier resource and support such as Monthly Student Newsletters, Quarterly Staff Newsletters, Virtual
Resource webpages, and core curriculum classroom presentations.
• Provided school-based alternative solutions for the development of student’s issues, needs, and challenges through
school counseling program activities and interaction.
• Consulted with community stake holders to discuss student social/emotional needs and develop helpful practices and
resources
• Analyzed student preliminary and outcome response data in conjunction to guided classroom lessons and
individual/group counseling.

Upland Unified School District, Upland CA. 2019-2020


Paraeducator II- Special Education/ Moderate/ Severe
• Administered academic instruction to small groups within special and general education classrooms.
• Modeled off-site community-based instruction within the Adult Transition Program.
• Reviewed and Administered Individual Education Plan goals to support student’s instructional, social, emotional
development.
• Practiced self-regulation for behavioral, physical, and emotional challenges for student development.

SKILLS / TRAININGS
Bilingual in the Spanish Language (Speak, Write, Read) • Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Macintosh Programs •
Knowledge of office equipment Secretarial and Office Skills • Literacy tutor coaching • Proficient in Canva & Google
Suite • Knowledgeable in evidence-based counseling theories & Practices • Develop Multi-Tier Systems of Support
MTSS Resources & guided counseling worksheets through project websites•

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