Nendisha Dhondoo

Speech & Language Support Experience

Start Date : 09.09.2024

•Appointed as the Responsible Person in charge, ensuring daily operations align with NQF, NQS, and EYLF standards.

• Lead and support a team of educators, promoting a positive team culture and ensuring consistency in care and education.
• Plan and deliver age-appropriate programs that meet individual children's developmental needs and interests.
• Conduct observations, learning stories, and developmental summaries to support individual child progress.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with families, promoting open communication and active family engagement.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and hygiene practices, including daily risk assessments and incident reporting.
• Plan and implement of School Readiness Program for preschool children , getting ready for Big School.
• Collaborated with a qualified speech pathologist to integrate speech and language development practices into the daily curriculum.
• Delivered tailored speech practice activities to support toddlers with communication delays and language development needs given by Speech pathologist.
• Used tools such as visual prompts, repetition, and simplified language to aid comprehension and verbal engagement.
• Recorded and tracked children’s progress in communication, providing feedback to the speech pathologist and families.
• Fostered a language-rich environment, encouraging responsive interactions and meaningful conversations throughout the day.

Start Date : 30.10.2023

• Created a nurturing and safe environment for 12 children to grow emotionally, socially, and academically.
• Helped create a culturally responsive room where all children felt valued and respected by incorporating diverse learning materials into daily activities.
• Participated in developing and implementing comprehensive plans.
• Plan and implement variety of activities in children interest.
• Participated in Summative Assessment of children.
• Consulted with parents to build and maintain positive support networks and support continuing education strategies.

Start Date : 04.10.2021

• Consulted with parents to build and maintain positive support networks and support continuing education strategies.
• Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
• Contributed to staff meetings and professional learning communities, sharing insights and strategies for continuous improvement of teaching practices.
• Cultivated a safe and inclusive room environment that fostered respect, empathy, and cultural awareness among children's.
• Maintained well-controlled room by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviour.
• Enhanced sensory and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory development, by employing both traditional and modern educational strategies and techniques.
• Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.