Rachel Ellis

2444 ½ E Lambourne Ave., Salt Lake City UT, 84109

801-739-6218
Rachelellis912@gmail.com

Professional Summary:

Responsible educator with years of experience including tutor, paraprofessional, teacher’s aide, and
assistant. Hard worker in all pursuits and currently studying in the field of Special Education. Passion for
helping others, especially young students and those with learning and other disabilities.

EDUCATION:

University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah

Current
Bachelor of Science in Special Education: Emphasis in Mild to Moderate Disabilities & ESL endorsement.

Utah State University Logan, Utah

08-14 to 05-15

AREAS OF EFFECTIVENESS:

 Fluent Spanish speaker  Service oriented

 Teaching and tutoring  Creative lesson plan development
 Pursuing BS Special Education  Interactive teaching/learning
 Pursuing ESL endorsement  Effectively works with parents
 Classroom management  Dependable coworker
 Hard worker  Punctual

WORK HISTORY:
Beautiful Mind Tutoring Salt Lake City, UT
Tutor 05-17 to Current
Currently work as a certified Dyslexia tutor. This job includes working one-on-one with children ranging
from ages 5-12. Focus as a tutor is in reading, writing, and spelling.

Granite School District, Hilda B. Jones Center Salt Lake City, UT

Paraprofessional 01-17 to 06-17
Worked as a paraprofessional for disabled high school students. Bused a group of 4 autistic students to
Smith’s Marketplace and taught them how to work in such a workplace. In the classroom, taught how to
have good social and work skills.

Cache County School District, Greenville Elementary Logan, UT

Teacher / Student Aide 09-14 to 05-15
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Worked in a 3 grade classroom by helping the teacher. Sat with students who had trouble in focusing
and helped them stay on task. Helped the students with their homework and did any other job the
teacher needed.

St. Mark’s Hospital: Orthopedic Billing Wing Salt Lake City, UT

Assistant to CEO 01-14 to 06-14
Worked by filing the bills and checks sent to the company, pulling charts from Physical Therapy, sorting
checks and entering them into the computer, checking patient’s, and doing co-payments for the nurses.