Samiyah Zahid
35 Brook Hey Avenue,BOL
Summary
A highly positive, efficient and driven Teaching Assistant with 14 years of experience working with children in Early Years.
Working within Teaching has enabled me to develop and skills and knowledge which I am keen to utilize in a different job role, where I can further develop my skills and be able to work within an effective team.
Throughout my career I have developed strong verbal communication skills through teaching, liasing in team meetings and engaging with parents.
I am an organized and a dependable individual successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude and a willingness to take on added responsibility to meet team goals and deadlines.
I am knowledgeable, flexible and a quick learner with the ability to problem solve when dealing with challenging or unexpected situations.
Developing creativity and being ale to adapt to create engaging and meaningful learning experiences for children.
I have the ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues to ensure we meet the day to day needs of all children as well as supporting staff with their roles and responsibilities.
I am seeking to maintain a full time position that offers professional challenges utilizing my interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem solving skills.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Teaching Assistant Level3/4
Pikes Lane Primary School
09.2016 - Current
- Being able to take full responsibility in covering classes, planning and teaching lessons.
- Supporting and developing children's learning and development through careful planning with the team and enhancing the provision to ensure all children's learning needs are met.
- Assisting and liaising with colleagues and working closely with the class teacher to ensure classroom management, displaying children's learning through class displays which provides a variety of learning that children have experienced.
- Supporting and carrying out classroom activities, group time for all subjects taught within EYFS, and reviewing children's learning to assess progress and develop next steps to support learning further.
- Working as part of a large team, taking part in weekly staff meetings to discuss planning, taking part in training days as a whole school to develop my own CPD (Continuing Professional Development.) sharing knowledge and good practice amongst the team.
- Working very closely with the class teacher to plan and implement learning opportunities for all children based upon the EYFS curriculum and that of children's interests.
- Excellent organizational skills to ensure the day to day running of the classroom. Supporting colleagues to ensure resources, and the learning environment both indoors and outdoors is that of a high standard tailored to the children's learning requirements.
- Observing children on a regular basis using Tapestry which is an app where children's observations/learning is recorded and this enables us as staff to see what children are learning and the progress they are making, also this app enables parents to access their own child's learning profile.
- Working very closely with parents on a daily basis, engaging in excellent communication skills with parents to develop good parent working relationships with staff and the school to enable every parent to be a part of their child's learning, this is done through regular parent meetings, Family Friday sessions in the mornings, having an open door policy for all parents, and liaising with parents in regards to their child's learning or keeping them up to date with general school information which is carried out in the mornings and at the end of the school day.
- Excellent use of initiative, being able to work above and beyond my role and expectations to ensure I carry out my job to the best of my ability.
- Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
- Excellent at building good relationships with children, parents and staff.
- Excellent IT skills, being able to use and create documents on Excel, Microsoft etc...
- Great at time keeping and ensuring my roles and responsibilities are fulfilled.
- Being able to value constructive criticism and taking into account of opinions and ideas that of others.
- Managing behavior and modelling communication skills through activities and role modelling.
Early Years Practitioner
Bolton School Nursery
09.2015 - 09.2016
- Delivered high-quality educational environment and nurtured children from the age of 0 to 4 years.
- Operated through high levels of communication with teaching teams and administrative office.
- Verified safety of children by surveying indoor and outdoor equipment and communicated concerns to director, also carried out risk assessment of the indoor and outdoor provision.
- Supervised and interacted with children and planned and implemented age-appropriate activities.
- Maintained health standards for food distribution, changing nappies and medication administration.
- Developed individual key worker group files with children's individual learning and end of year reports.
- Liaised with parents on a daily basis.
- Carried out parent meeting sessions to discuss each individual childs learning and progress.
- Provided enhancements within the provision to support and challenge children.
- excellent IT skills to prepare resources and develop filling systems to organise planning etc...
- Taking part in training sessions to develop my own knowledge and skills further.
- Taking part in team meetings.
- Maintained organized, fun and interactive classroom to help children feel safe.
- Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Addressed behavioral and learning issues with parents and daycare management.
- Worked with teaching staff to evaluate individual progress and recommend appropriate learning plans.
- Modeled positive behavior and communication skills for all children.
- Collaborated with teachers, parents and administrators to facilitate positive outcomes for every child.
- Organized and supervised large and small group activities.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Early Years And Childhood Studies
Bolton Univercity
Bolton07.2017
Degree - Early Childhood Studies
Bolton University
06.2015
Diploma - Child Care And Development
Bolton College
Victoria Road Horwich BL6 6ED09.2005
GCSE - English, English Literature, Maths, Science,
Essa Academy (Hayward Secondary School)
Lever Edge Lane Bolton BL3 3HH07.2005
Skills
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Problem solving
- Self-management
- Planning and organizing
- Knowledge and use of IT
- Initiative
- Open to learning new things
- Time keeping
- Adaptability
- Creating a good working environment through supporting colleagues, and working together to ensure deadlines are met
- High level of accuracy and atrention to detail
Timeline
Teaching Assistant Level3/4
Pikes Lane Primary School
09.2016 - Current
Early Years Practitioner
Bolton School Nursery
09.2015 - 09.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Early Years And Childhood Studies
Bolton Univercity
Degree - Early Childhood Studies
Bolton University
Diploma - Child Care And Development
Bolton College
GCSE - English, English Literature, Maths, Science,
Essa Academy (Hayward Secondary School)
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