Emma-Jane Longley
Louth,Lincolnshire
Summary
Versatile professional with a strong foundation in education, adept at leveraging transferable skills such as problem solving, adaptability, and effective communication. Demonstrates exceptional time management and collaboration abilities, coupled with resilience and perseverance. Skilled in assessing, reviewing, and altering strategies to meet diverse aims and situations. Committed to fostering positive interpersonal relationships and delivering outstanding customer service.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
EYFS/SEN Teaching Assistant
Walter Halls Primary School
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
09.2002 - 01.2024
- Implemented tailored support for children with diverse ASD/ADHD and safeguarding needs
- Frequent parent meetings with outside agencies, SENCo and DSLs to achieve high educational experience being sensitive, addressing each pupils’ individual needs.
- Co-ordination of timetables for individual pupils, designing, utilising social stories including strategies to support concentration and social skills.
- Providing charts, techniques and support to help with behaviour within school and at home in collaboration with parents.
- 10 years experience in Early Years including complete restructure from 15 place nursery to 120 place purpose built unit with large outdoor area, woods including implementation of Forest School.
- Contributions to wider activities including school trips, camps (including week long residential), Forest School sessions within community allotments, art club, tennis sessions, after schools’ clubs, PTA. school fayre, running parent’s coffee mornings, drop-ins for parents with children with SEN and special assemblies.
- Parents evening meetings discussing sensitively children's attitudes and abilities at school.
Student Teaching Assistant
Horsendale Primary School
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
09.1998 - 09.2002
- Prepared classrooms for 30 pupils daily activities and tidied up afterwards, keeping surroundings neat and presentable at all times.
- Utilised creative teaching aids whilst assisting main teacher during lessons, making subject matter more interesting for students.
- Maintained clean, safe classroom environments by performing regular organisation and cleaning tasks.
- Identified disruptions to learning and discretely addressed issues where possible.
- Maintained child safety, security and good behaviour during classroom and outdoor activities.
Retail Accounts Cashier
Paul Smith Ltd
Covent Garden London, City of London
02.1995 - 06.1998
- Entered financial information into corporate database for easy access and retrieval regarding shop takings.
- Prepared daily takings for banking
- Receipt reconciliation and foreign currency exchanging.
- Managed petty cash transactions, safeguarded company resources.
- Conducted 30 sales representative credit card reconciliations regularly to maintain accurate records.
- Assisted in monthly closings, ensured timely completion of tasks.
- Input sales, purchase and cash transactions.
- Completed daily and monthly bank reconciliations and noted any discrepancies.
- Balanced 9 cashier drawers from 4 shops at end of shifts and logged any discrepancies.
Accounts Cashier
Maclaren Warner/Actons solicitors
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
10.1993 - 07.1996
Education
NVQ Level 3 (Cache NNEB) - Education/Childcare
Basford Hall College
Nottingham 09.1998 - 07.2000
GCSEs - Various
William Crane Comprehensive
Nottingham 09.1986 - 07.1991
Skills
Versatile professional with extensive experience in education, leveraging strong foundations of transferable skills including:
- Problem solving
- Adaptability
- Effective communication/customer service/meetings
- Exceptional time management
- Collaboration
- Interpersonal skills
- Assess, review, alter effectively depending on situations/aims
- Resilience
- Perseverance
REFERENCES
Joanne Glover
Senco/Deputy Head
Walter Halls Primary School
Querneby Road Mapperly Nottingham
senco@walterhalls.nottingham,sch.uk
Caroline Gilby
Teacher
Walter Halls POrimary School
Querneby RToad Mapperley Nottingham
c.gilby@walterhalls.nottingham.sch.uk
Timeline
EYFS/SEN Teaching Assistant
Walter Halls Primary School
09.2002 - 01.2024
Student Teaching Assistant
Horsendale Primary School
09.1998 - 09.2002
NVQ Level 3 (Cache NNEB) - Education/Childcare
Basford Hall College
09.1998 - 07.2000
Retail Accounts Cashier
Paul Smith Ltd
02.1995 - 06.1998
Accounts Cashier
Maclaren Warner/Actons solicitors
10.1993 - 07.1996
GCSEs - Various
William Crane Comprehensive
09.1986 - 07.1991
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