Resilient Support Teacher with experience coordinating one-to-one and group learning assistance. Builds rapport quickly to identify student needs and tailor support to suit. Stimulates educational, emotional and social development to maximise student potential.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Learning Support Practitioner
The Forge Short Stay School
Redditch, Worcestershire
01.2022 - Current
Stimulate and enhance student confidence, manual skills, and coordination.
Encourage student independence and independent problem-solving throughout lessons.
Employ special educational strategies and techniques to develop student language skills.
Address and quickly resolve classroom conflict through prompt intervention.
Prepare instructional materials for group and one-on-one use, boosting comprehension.
Keep records of remedial work carried out with students for review purposes.
Teach self-help skills to students with SEMH needs.
Work with individual students, providing personalised educational, behavioural and emotional support.
Determine learning support required and executed plans to help affected students.
Encourage good behaviour through positive reinforcement and incentives.
Deliver speech and language interventions to assist students with speaking challenges.
Utilise visual aids, equipment and classroom displays to support mentor teachers' lesson delivery.
Help students to develop positive self-image, enhance self-esteem, and improve self-reliance.
Cooperate with support staff to create holistic intervention plans.
Plan and created range of teaching resources to meet various learning abilities.
Maintain student safety through extra-curricular activity supervision.
Encourage students to develop self-confidence and independence and reach individual potential.
Create and maintained displays and signs.
Report any safeguarding concerns to the DSL in a timely manner.
Be consistent in reading student's EHCPs to ensure I am providing the best support for them.
Complete reports regarding individual learning.
Nursery nurse
Little Miss Muffets
Redditch, Worcestershire
09.2018 - 01.2022
Regularly utilised multi-tasking expertise to ensure multiple children's needs were effectively met.
Advised parents on how to manage disruptive or unsocial behaviours at home.
Prepared daily activities to cover specific topics supporting children's educational, physical and social development.
Planned and led engaging activities for small groups of young children.
Set up equipment and materials ahead of recreational activities.
Supervised indoor and outdoor play, providing first aid as necessary.
Established and maintained positive relationships with parents, carers and nursery staff.
Prepared nutritional snacks to cater to individual dietary needs.
Arranged for entertainment and games to provide downtime between learning activities.
Engaged children in stimulating learning-based activities and games.
Observed children at play to monitor behaviour and social interactions, intervening in serious conflicts.
Maintained records of children's daily activities, meals and medications administered.
Worked with large team to complete daily tasks to schedule.
Helped children with personal hygiene needs and taught young children to independently complete care tasks.
Supervised groups of up to 8 children.
Closely monitored child wellbeing, regularly updating parents to assure continued safety and security.
Applied positive reinforcement and disciplinary techniques to improve behaviour and guide social development.
Promoted internal policies, external legislation and regulatory guidelines.
Encouraged children to share and communicate with peers to boost social development.
Created and maintained welcoming, safe and tidy space to promote children's development.
Safeguarded and protected welfare of young children.
Role-modelled desired behaviours, habits and actions.
Wrote up regular activity and observations reports, monitoring children's progress and development.
Read stories and lead activities to help children build foundational learning skills.
Supported children to identify and manage their feelings and behaviours.
Passionately promoted learning through play for optimum child development.
Upheld reliable routines to minimise children's stress and anxiety.
Provided kind, encouraging environments for children to learn and explore, aiding educational and social development.
Hair stylist
The Salon
Studley, Warwickshire
02.2013 - 07.2018
Registered new clients and updated information of existing clients on logbook.
Offered highly skilled cut, colour and extension services to customers.
Managed appointments and schedules to smooth workflow.
Updated customer files with colour notes, preferences and services delivered.
Maintained spotlessly clean salon workstations and tools.
Education
NVQ Level 5 - Early Years
University of Worcester
Worcester
09.2018 - 05.2021
NVQ Level 3 - Supporting Teaching and Learning
HOW college
Redditch
09.2017 - 05.2018
NVQ Level 3 - Hairdressing
HOW College
Redditch, Worcestershire
09.2001 - 05.2003
Skills
Behaviour management
Social development and integration
Activity planning
Educational assistance
Inclusive education
Classroom management
Communication skills
Problem-solving
Time management
Timeline
Learning Support Practitioner
The Forge Short Stay School
01.2022 - Current
Nursery nurse
Little Miss Muffets
09.2018 - 01.2022
NVQ Level 5 - Early Years
University of Worcester
09.2018 - 05.2021
NVQ Level 3 - Supporting Teaching and Learning
HOW college
09.2017 - 05.2018
Hair stylist
The Salon
02.2013 - 07.2018
NVQ Level 3 - Hairdressing
HOW College
09.2001 - 05.2003
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