Nicole Covington

Providing support to students with diverse learning needs as well as supporting the classroom teacher to provide assistance with varied tasks, relating to classroom management and learning. Providing support to enhance the learning and wellbeing outcomes of the students. Interacting with the students in a positive, encouraging manner, while implementing the Catholic Ethos of loving, caring and respecting one another.

Tasks included:

• Guided reading groups
• Scaffolding students who need extra support, both academically and emotionally
• Individual and small group interventions
• Behaviour management
• Marking students work
• Attendance at year 5 Canberra excursion
• Providing emotional support to students
• Providing personal care to students
• Phase 2 Letters and Sounds assessment
• Assisting the class teacher with lesson preparation
• Liaising with parents and caregivers at school
• Simplifying tasks and instructions to supported
• students
• Establishing and Implementing personalised visual aids
• Managing emotional disregulation in students

• Develop and implemented age appropriate lesson plans for dance classes.
• Assessed student progress through observation and feedback during class sessions.
• Managed student behaviour in classroom by establishing and enforcing procedures.
• Teaching Children from 2 years all genres of dance.
• Choreographing routines for competitions and concerts.
• Preparing and entering students for Examinations with A.T.O.D, with a 100% pass rate.
• Staff Management - Teachers
• Staff Management - Clerical Staff
• Accounts Payable/Receivable
• Costume Design
• Timetable Management
• Public Relations
• Concert Management

Providing support and supervision to participants in the Community Life and Leisure programs at various sites, centres and in the community. Participants have low to severe disabilities and may also have autism, psychiatric conditions and/or physical disability and declining mobility.

Support includes:

• Personal Hygiene Care
• Administering medication to participants
• Documenting daily activities and actions for participants
• Assisting and encouraging participants with activities both in the community and within the centre.
• Using disability aids and equipment such as wheelchairs, disability hoists.

• Accounts Receivable
• Banking
• Sending and Sorting Mail
• Parent Liaison
• Providing care to children 3-5 years

• Staff Management
• Data Entry
• Client Liaison
• Record Management
• Preparing letters and reports
• Implementing and maintaining procedures/office administration systems