Waruni Ekanayake

Teaching Assistant Skills and Experience

• Supported student development through age-appropriate activities that fostered social, emotional, intellectual and physical growth.
• Provided individual tutoring, homework help and exam support as part of additional teaching assistance duties.
• Collaborated with teachers to develop and implement engaging and interactive lesson plans.
• Assisted lead teacher to manage class schedule and breaks effectively.
• Ensured safety and equitable learning for special needs students.

• Supervised students in wider school environments, offering reliable dining room, library and playground support.
• Helped teachers with lesson plan development, class preparation and student mentoring.
• Fulfilled additional teaching assistance duties, providing individual tutoring, homework help and exam support.
• Drove social, emotional, intellectual and physical development through age-appropriate activities.
• Organised and distributed learning materials, ensuring students received relevant homework, textbooks and classroom supplies.
• Built strong rapport with students by attending to personal needs, including social, hygiene and welfare matters.
• Provided supervision to guarantee safety of students during group activities, events and school trips.

• Teaching English as a second Language (TESL)
• Prepared tests, examination papers and exercises to gauge student performance.
• Supported students in achieving personalised linguistic goals within desired timeframes.
• Implemented practical and theoretical lessons in language studies.
• Set and marked written and spoken language exams.
• Prepared students to take official exams, achieving high success rate.

• Implemented and optimised new curriculum and day-to-day instruction to align educational strategies with industry best practices.
• Observed other instructors and lecturers, learning new techniques for future lectures and courses.
• Assessed student capabilities and grasp of materials, testing students on materials presented in workshops and classes.