A teacher at Duval Early Learning Academy resigned Monday after hitting and slamming a three-year-old student at the East Gainesville school in December.

While surveillance video of the incident just recently came to light, officials from the State Attorney's Office, Gainesville Police and Alachua County Public Schools were aware of the incident since it happened on December 11 of last year.

The teacher, Renee Guertin, 31, can be seen hitting Brayden, 3, then picking him up and slamming him back into the bench in the cafeteria.

"I just wanted to get to my baby," said Jasmine Wade, Brayden's mother. "I just wanted to make sure he was okay."

TV20 spoke with Wade Friday evening. She said she became overwhelm with frustration after seeing the video.

"When I saw that video, I won't lie to you, I wanted to jump through [the screen]. I was so mad, I couldn't believe my eyes," Wade said. "To see something so disturbing like that. That's a grown woman hitting a three-year-old."

The school's principal called GPD. An officer filed a sworn complaint of child abuse to the State Attorney's Office, however the office decided not to press charges.

State Attorney Bill Cervone said the incident did not meet the level of child abuse.

"That is child abuse," Wade said. "You're telling me it's okay to hit on kids, it's okay to sling them around?"

TV20 also spoke with Jackie Johnson from Alachua County Public Schools. She said Guertin had received a proper background check, and had gone through training.

"What this employee did was completely unacceptable, and it certainly violates policy that we have in place with the district to protect the safety and well-being of students," Johnson said. "It's certainly unethical from a professional point of view."

ACPS was in the process of terminating Guertin when she resigned on Monday. Johnson confirmed the teacher would no longer qualify for employment with ACPS.

Now, Jasmine said Brayden is struggling in school and is scared.

"My son don't have a voice," Wade said. "I have a voice for him. So I will make sure that I don't give up on this case because there's somebody else out there that's going through the same thing and I want to be able to help somebody else."

Johnson said something like this hasn't happened at Duval in recent memory.