Additional Learning Support Teacher
Last Updated: 7th June 2018 (over 4 years ago)
Summary
Being a highly adaptable and versatile educator, I enjoy the opportunity to teach a diverse group of children, including those with ADD/ADHD, Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, Speech & Language Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Learning Disabilities, and physical challenges. These experiences have helped me blossom into a well-rounded and compassionate individual, who takes each student’s unique goals, needs, and interest into account, and creates effective lesson plans and activities to accommodate them.
My greatest capability is facilitating all styles of learners. I develop multi-sensory lesson plans to meet the needs of auditory, visual, tactile, and kinaesthetic learners. Being a Microsoft Innovative Educator, I also incorporate various forms of technology, manipulatives, group work, and thematic units to teach new concepts and materials.
I have gained more than 6 years of experience in creating, designing, executing and maintaining Individualized Education Plans and I am well versed with the knowledge of conducting Workshops for a group of students, parents, professionals and doctors.
Education
Bachelors in Rehabilitation Therapy
Jun 2007
— Jun 2011
Experience
Additional Learning Support Teacher
Feb 2016
— Current
• Manages the behaviour of learners in an instructional setting to ensure that the environment is conducive to the learning process, and assists and participates in management of student behaviour in other parts of the school
• Stimulates children’s self-awareness & emotional and social abilities by creating activities using play therapy techniques to enable children to feel comfortable and relaxed
• Designs brain gym activities to integrate body & mind to bring about enhancements in concentration, memory, reading, writing, organising, listening, physical coordination and more
• Helps plan, coordinate and document the school's arrangements and strategies for supporting and identifying students who require Learning Support
• Engages in a wide variety of hands-on teaching and learning strategies from Handwriting Without Tears and Get Set for School to appeal to all senses, making them appropriate for addressing different styles of learning (visual, auditory, tactile, kinaesthetic) which makes learning both effective and enjoyable
• Determines appropriate kind and level of material, manages allotted learning time to maximize student achievement, and utilizes the available multi-media and computer technology to enhance learning
• Continually communicates with students on instructional expectations to keep them informed of their progress in meeting those expectations
• Communicate with parents through conferences and other means and collaborates with other professionals to carry out schoolwide instructional or related activities as needed
• Participates in in-service and professional development activities and staff meetings, as required or assigned and commits to an ongoing programme of professional development, both formally and informally
Additional Learning Support Teacher
Jul 2014
— Feb 2016
Pediatric Rehab. Therapist/ Lead Coordinator
Jun 2011
— Apr 2014