Teacher assistant
Resume examples

Floated between classrooms, assisting a wide range of students including infants, toddlers, pre-school, age 7-9, and age 9-12. Supported struggling students, specifically those with learning disabilities and special needs. Incorporated a wide array of materials and resources to accommodate multiple intelligences and students' various academic needs.

• Collaborated with School Counselors and parents to devise and adhere to Individualized Education Plans.
• Provide additional supervision for students during class, lunch, recess, between classes, and on class outings or field trips.

Serve as a floater within the public elementary school for grades 1-6, assisting special education teachers and students within self-contained (resource) as well as inclusion classrooms. Adhere to school policies, teacher guidelines, and student IEPs to ensure student safety and achievement of learning outcomes.

• Teach small reading groups to meet Common Core Standards for grades 3-5 (reading and math)
• Help teachers with lesson planning and preparing for the lesson.
• Assist teachers with record-keeping such as grades and progress monitoring.
• Guide students choose books for their reading level from the media center
• Monitor children during whole group instruction to keep students focused
• Serve as ISS Instructors (In-School Suspension) an intervention for keeping students in a school with bad behavior instead of sending them home.
• Prepare folders to go home, one with work completed and one with homework.
• Helped students with their homework after school hours for students who have parents that are unable to be home with the student.
• Commended by teachers and school principal for creative instructional activities and a calm, nurturing approach that helped foster an environment conducive to student success.