AMANDA SILVIS
Bellevue,ID
Summary
Adept School Counselor with at all three levels of K-12 schooling. Experience with counseling students on mental health, academics and interpersonal conflicts. Driven to help students achieve success by providing guidance on developmental norms as well as career options, higher education choices and life planning. Attentive in identifying early warning signs of harmful behavior in students to provide preventive counseling as well as being well versed in crisis response.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Middle School Counselor
Ernest Hemingway STEAM School - Blaine County SD
08.2021 - Current
- Deliver supportive and knowledgeable individual and group counseling to students with academic or personal concerns.
- Collaborate with parents, school faculty and staff to address problems and grow student success.
- Develop and deliver parent presentations on a variety of adolescent topics
- 504 Building Coordinator
- Building Leadership Team representative
- Provide classroom guidance lessons
- Collaborate with outside resources to connect students and families with needed services
High School Counselor
Wood River High School - Blaine County School Dist
08.2021 - 08.2022
- Supported students through challenging developmental milestones and crisis situations and coordinated outside service referrals for those needing extra assistance.
- Built academic schedules around students' strengths, requirements and long-term goals.
Classroom Teacher
Carey School - Blaine County School District
08.2020 - 08.2021
- Taught 2nd grade as the only grade level teacher
- Collaborated with all K-6 teachers and support staff
- Delivered instruction both virtually and in person
Teen Parenting Program Director
Silver Creek High School
08.2019 - 06.2020
- Managed the daily operation of BCSD teen parent daycare center
- Worked with State, Local and district officials to re-certify daycare to meet requirements of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
- Taught parenting/child development classes for daycare mothers as well as other interested SCHS students
- Provided care for 3-4 infants/toddlers, ranging in age from 2 weeks old - age 3
- Collaborated with various school staff to help ensure the success of teenage parents in relation to their academic and emotional well-being
Elementary School Counselor
West Canyon Elementary School
08.2015 - 08.2019
- Individual Counseling using solution focused, choice and cognitive behavioral approaches in order to address poor self-image, academic performance, behavioral issues, changes in family structure, suicide ideation, self-harm, grief and trauma
- Crisis Response Services
- Lead small groups for students struggling with success in the school setting
- Deliver and teach guidance lessons for grades 1-5 on topics ranging from Emotional Awareness, Mindfulness, Bullying, Academic Goal Setting, Self-Esteem, Peer pressure as well as Tobacco and Alcohol Awareness
- Building 504 coordinator
- Active participant in multiple committees: Leadership Team, AVID Site Team, PTSO, RtI team, Interviewing Team and Social Committee
- Lead staff advisor for the Student Council Program
- Appointed to a district wide 504 Advisory Team to help maintain procedures district wide as well as mainstream and simplify the process for K-12 coordinators
Classroom Teacher
Owyhee Elementary - Nampa School District
08.2006 - 08.2015
- Taught 3rd and 4th grades
- Acted as the Building Advisory Team chairperson for
- Grade level team lead
Classroom Teacher
East Canyon Elementary - Vallivue School District
08.2004 - 08.2006
- Taught 1st grade with a team of six other teachers
- Facilitated leveled workshops and intervention instruction
Skills
- Crisis intervention strategies
- Coping strategies
- Parent and teacher collaboration
- Social and emotional health
- Student advocacy
- Short Term Counseling
- Youth and adolescent development
Licensure
Idaho Education Credential - Standard Elementary
- All Subjects K/8
- Literacy K/12
Idaho Pupil Personnel Services Certificate (PPS)
- Counselor K/12
Membership Affiliation
- American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
- Idaho School Counselor Association (ISCA)
- Chi Sigma Iota (CSI)
Professional Development
- Idaho Counseling Association Conference, 2014
- Stronger Together Conference, 2023
- Idaho Prevention Conference, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2024
- American School Counselor Association Annual Conference, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
- Youth Mental Health First Aid, 2020
- Family and Community Engagement Conference, 2016, 2017, 2024
- General and Special Education Conference, 2018
- National Homeless Conference, 2018
- Restorative Practices for Educators, 2023
- Assessing and Treating Suicide Risk Training, 2022
- Non-Suicidal Self Injury Intervention for Schools, 2024
Timeline
Middle School Counselor
Ernest Hemingway STEAM School - Blaine County SD
08.2021 - Current
High School Counselor
Wood River High School - Blaine County School Dist
08.2021 - 08.2022
Classroom Teacher
Carey School - Blaine County School District
08.2020 - 08.2021
Teen Parenting Program Director
Silver Creek High School
08.2019 - 06.2020
Elementary School Counselor
West Canyon Elementary School
08.2015 - 08.2019
Classroom Teacher
Owyhee Elementary - Nampa School District
08.2006 - 08.2015
Classroom Teacher
East Canyon Elementary - Vallivue School District
08.2004 - 08.2006
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