Alexander Rocha

Full-Stack Web Developer

About

Aspiring web developer seeking an opportunity to demonstrate my understanding of various programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MYSQL, MongoDB, Express JS, Node JS and React JS. Seeking to join an organization where opportunity for growth and professional development is embraced and encouraged. A quick and enthusiastic learner of complex subjects who is eager to put these competencies into practice.

Experience

East Brunswick School District: Middle & High School Teacher
Date: August 2015 to Present Day

Supervised and instructed middle school and high school students in math, science, physical education, language arts and social studies classes.

Provided in-class support and personalized instruction for students with Individualized Education Program (IEP's) and special needs.

Assuming regular teaching duties and instruction during short term periods of teacher’s absences.

North Plainfield High School: Social Studies Teacher
Date: September 2016 to July 2017

Instructed five high-school level Modern-Day United States History II courses.

Responsible for developing lesson plans that followed the approved curriculum and modifying tests and assignments to meet personal needs of special education students.

Organized and supervised North Plainfield History Honor Society (Rho Kappa).

North Plainfield Harrison School: Adult Education Teacher
Date: September 2016 to July 2017

Instructed United States History I, United States History II, World History, Civics & Economics courses in small group and classroom settings.

Responsible for developing lesson plans that followed the approved curriculum and modifying tests and assignments to meet personal needs of special education students..

Ensured academic goals were met by carefully and personally counselling students individually.

Protocol Education: Secondary School Teacher
Date: January 2014 to August 2015

Instructed Key Stage 4 secondary school Religious Studies, Political Science & History of The Cold War (1945-1991).

Instructed Key Stage 5 college level social studies course History of Weimer Germany.

Responsible for preparing students for United Kingdom GCSE & GCE advanced level social studies national exams.

Global Indemnity Insurance: Data Input Manager & Insurance Executive
Date: June 2010 to December 2013

Organizing and archiving expiring policies and client records.

Working with insurance sales staff and management to ensure client records are regularly updated and properly secured.

Selling property and casualty insurance to local businesses and individuals.

Education

Rutgers University: Full-Stack Web Development Certification
Date: August 2019 to February 2020

An intensive 24 week long bootcamp dedicated to designing and building web applications by acquiring skills such as:

Deployment (Git and Heroku)

Database (MySQL, MongoDB and Firebase)

Back End Server Side Technologies (Node.js, Express.js)

Front End Technologies (HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 4, JavaScript, jQuery, Handlebars and React)

Kean University: Bachelor's Degree in History & Education
Date: August 2019 to February 2020

Grade Point Average (GPA): 3.62

Phi Alpha Theta: National History Honor Society

Kappa Delta Pi: International Honor Society in the Field of Education

Lambda Alpha Sigma: Honor Society for Arts & Sciences (Kean University)

Projects

COVID-19-Tracker

A react-based application using Covid-19-Tracker API that logs updated numbers of people infected with the Cornavirus around the world.

GitHub Code Launch COVID-19-Tracker
React Google Books Search

A react-based application using the Google API. The application is designed to look up any literary book found in Google, save any book of interest and redirect the user to the Amazon website if the user is interested in purchasing the book of their choice.

GitHub Code Launch Google Books Search
Soccer Scores 365

A soccer application that gives updated scores from some of the top soccer leagues and competitions around the world. This application was created using React JS.

GitHub Code Launch Soccer Scores 365
Gif-Tastic

Gif-tastic is a web application which uses the Giphy API to generate GIFs on request, where the user can store their favorite GIFs locally in the 'Favorites' section so that they can come back to them at a later time.

GitHub Code Launch Gif-Tastic
Sonic Emerald Collector

The Emerald Collector game is a guessing game using jQuery. If the player successfully matches their total score to the random number they win, if the player's total score is above the random number the player losses, either way the game restarts. When the game is restarted, the player will be shown a new random number, all the crystals will now have four different hidden values, and the player's total score is reset to zero.

GitHub Code Launch Sonic Crystal Collector

Skills

  • Git
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • SASS
  • Javascript
  • jQuery
  • Express.js
  • React.js
  • Handlebars
  • Node.js
  • Bootstrap
  • VS Code
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Firebase
  • Heroku

Resume & Contact Information


Download: Resume


Skype: alexander.rocha13


Phone Number: 908-313-3381


Email: Rocha8524@gmail.com