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Dinithi Tilakaratna

Berwick,VIC

Summary

An experienced teacher with proven teaching, guidance, and collaborating skills. Ability to be a team player and resolve problems and conflicts professionally. Skilled at communicating and working with children including children with special needs and different cultural backgrounds. Looking to contribute my knowledge and skills in a school.

Work History

Special Needs Teacher

Forrest Parade School
Bellamack, NT
  • Manage students’ behaviour while developing and teaching behavioural strategies to support students’ self-control
  • Assess student abilities and limitations; design lesson plans and educational programs to suit
  • Maintaining class records and updating pupils' progress reports
  • Creating schedules for teaching assistants
  • Train pre-service teachers to
  • Communicate openly with parents and collaborating with other professionals improves educational outcomes
  • Help children express their emotions and build positive relationships to accommodate their learning and communication impairments
  • Using PODD/ LAMP and other devices as a communication resources
  • Working with mobility impaired kids
  • Creating Teacher resources (Eg: Literacy resources)

Assistant Principal

Forrest Parade School
, NT
  • Loretta.brown@education.nt.gov.au
  • Samantha Watts

Senior Teacher

Forrest Parade School
, NT
  • Samantha.watts1@education.nt.gov.au
  • Bianca Chisholm, Bianca.chisholm@education.nt.gov.au
  • Annie Keighran
  • Principal- Forrest Parade School, NT
  • Annie.keighran@education.nt.gov.au 0427806482
  • Loretta Brown, Samantha.watts1@education.nt.gov.au
  • Bianca Chisholm, Bianca.chisholm@education.nt.gov.au

Preservice teacher

Leanyer School
Darwin
01.2021
  • Prepared Lessons and delivered successfully in a Classroom Environment
  • Adept with Windows Software and SMART Board Lesson Development
  • Recognized for ability in creating lessons to increase student participation and motivation in Learning through collaboration and various activities and games
  • Collaborated with the mentor and other teachers in developing effective plans for students and designing new activities to enhance engagement of students.

Preservice Teacher

Malak Primary School
Darwin
01.2019
  • Regularly engaged with students during mat times and developed team-building activities during brain breaks to enhance students’ focus and collaboration
  • Created and implemented lesson plans that increased student engagement
  • Effectively helped struggling students to improve numeracy targets.

Preservice Teacher

Avondale Primary School
Melbourne
01.2019
  • Effectively helped children with special needs students to improve learning goals
  • Implemented literacy lessons that allowed students to improve listening, writing, reading, collaboration and performing skills
  • Established numerous activities that taught students self-reliance and independent learning.

Preservice Teacher

Goodstart Early Learning
01.2020
  • (Moulden), Preschool Room (, ) and Goodstart Early Learning (Durack), Nursery Room (2021)
  • Effectively used Early Years Learning Framework to plan activities for the children, considering the diversities among them
  • Adhered to centres’ policies and guidelines and Australian Quality Standards when engaging with the children, supervision and carrying out wellbeing and child safety practices.

Education

Bachelor of Education - Early Childhood Teaching

Charles Darwin University
2021

Certificate of Human Resource Management - undefined

Institute of Personnel Management
2013

Skills

  • Communication
  • Excellent in engaging with children & active supervision
  • Modern Classroom Technology
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Pre-School Teacher Assistant (Volunteer)
  • Malak Primary School (2018)
  • Managed to experience and support pre-school environment
  • Provided active supervision and care for all students
  • Contributed to student learning and development by collaborating with the staff in planning
  • Engaged with the students by building a rapport with them
  • TECHNICAL
  • SKILLS
  • Early Childhood Educator (Casual)
  • Goodstart Early Learning Centre (2016- 2017)
  • Engaged warmly with children, families, and fellow staff members
  • Worked with children of all age-levels across nursery, toddler, and preschool rooms
  • Always implemented child-safe practices while constantly monitoring the environment and supervising children
  • Worked closely with other educators and parents to deliver an effective program
  • Experience in applying Early Years Learning Framework to plan and deliver effective play-based curriculum
  • Microsoft Office Skills
  • School Apps (SeeSaw/ ClassDojo/ Story Park)
  • SMART Board
  • Communication Devices
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Timeline

Preservice teacher

Leanyer School
01.2021

Preservice Teacher

Goodstart Early Learning
01.2020

Preservice Teacher

Malak Primary School
01.2019

Preservice Teacher

Avondale Primary School
01.2019

Special Needs Teacher

Forrest Parade School

Assistant Principal

Forrest Parade School

Senior Teacher

Forrest Parade School

Bachelor of Education - Early Childhood Teaching

Charles Darwin University

Certificate of Human Resource Management - undefined

Institute of Personnel Management

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