Samantha Boam
Rochdale,Lanchs
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate, equipped with strong communication and interpersonal skills and solid foundation in special educational needs principles. Proficient in delivering engaging and creative sessions across the curriculum and fostering inclusive classroom environments.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
SEN teacher
Newlands Primary School
Rochdale, Manchester
09.2013 - Current
- Experience teaching individuals in the Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, building strong rapports with children, colleagues and parents and carers to ensure the best possible nurture and support for pupils.
- Chaired multidisciplinary annual review meetings, reporting on medium tern targets, setting new EHCP outcomes and implementing individualised learning plans in the classroom.
- Written moving and handling, behaviour support and positive handling plans and well as sensory support, diagnosis support and ARFID support profiles for children. Applying, suggested strategies in everyday practise.
- Created schemes of work and contributed to assessment tools,
- Have up to date safeguarding, child protection positive handling, PREVENT and moving and handling training
SEN teaching assistant
Kingfisher Community Special School
Oldham, Lancashire
09.2008 - 07.2012
- Worked as part of the 'Creative and Expressive Arts' team, supporting children with a variety of needs across school
- Was able to develop positive therapeutic relationships with children through art, drama and developmental movement play sessions
- Participated in inclusion projects between the children at Kingfisher School and classes from other local primary school
- Supported and ran whole-school projects
- Participated in 'Creative Partnership' and developmental movement play research projects
Education
Post Graduate Certificate in Education - Primary Education
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester 09/2012 - 07/2013
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of York
York 10/2005 - 07/2008
Skills
- Able to deliver practical, multi-sensory and engaging sessions across the curriculum
- Knowledge and experience of Signalong, PECS and alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) methods
- Good understanding dis-regulation in children and of deescalation and behaviour management strategies
- Able to stay calm in challenging situations, reacting empathetically and with understanding, ensuring positive relationships are maintained
- Trained to handle and administer medications
Timeline
SEN teacher
Newlands Primary School
09.2013 - Current
SEN teaching assistant
Kingfisher Community Special School
09.2008 - 07.2012
Post Graduate Certificate in Education - Primary Education
Manchester Metropolitan University
09/2012 - 07/2013
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of York
10/2005 - 07/2008
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