Olivea Wall
Baldivis,Australia
Summary
Dedicated professional with passion for working with children at multiple grade levels. Highly proficient in leading recreational and educational activities when providing head teachers support in all aspects of classroom management. Accomplished in building long-lasting relationships with students, parents and colleagues.
Versatile professional with several years of experience instructing students and supporting lead teachers. Highly skilled at reinforcing lesson information, tutoring, enforcing rules, and preparing materials. Team player well-versed in coordinating with teacher and carrying out established lesson plans and activities.
Organized Teaching Assistant focused on helping lead teacher with support and student instruction. Passionate about positively impacting students' lives and helping improve academic performance. Personable and kind with people of diverse backgrounds.
Motivated Teacher's Assistant with deep passion for helping students excel by supporting teachers and enhancing classroom environments. Proficient in organizing supplies, cleaning rooms and planning fun activities. Good tutoring, recordkeeping and time management skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Educator
Funarama
Madora Bay, WA
02.2025 - Current
- Worked one-on-one with special needs students to help navigate through school challenges.
- Received recognition for contributions to innovative concepts in classroom instruction.
- Encouraged critical thinking skills through the use of open-ended questions.
- Prepared lesson materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, and demonstrations to assist teachers in classroom preparation.
- Responded promptly to parent inquiries regarding their child's progress or behavior.
- Facilitated small group learning activities to reinforce lesson objectives.
- Participated in professional development workshops and training sessions.
- Led students through safety procedures inturder and fire drills.
- Facilitated small group instruction tailored specifically to the needs of each student.
- Supervised children and participated with children in activities.
Owner, Operator Makeup Artist
Face Artistry
01.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Owner, Operator Makeup Artist
- Keeping hygiene
- Providing services to a wide range of clients
- Keep stocked and up-to-date date kit
- Cleaning and sanitising station and tools
- Replying to enquiries promptly
- Updating social media
- Scheduling multiple clients
- Owner, Operator Makeup Artist
- Conducted market research activities and competitive analysis to facilitate implementation of aggressive company marketing strategy.
- Ensured compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
- Used excellent verbal skills to engage customers in conversation and effectively determine needs and requirements.
- Analyzed industry trends to develop competitive strategies.
Nanny
Self employed
Secret Harbour
10.2018 - Current
- Looking after children
- Assist with homework after school
- Following morning and afternoon routines
- Washing and general cleaning
- Taking children to school and from school
- Preparing meals when required
- Extended care when required (24/7 when parents away for work)
- Maintained discipline in accordance with parents' instructions while being sensitive to each child’s individual needs.
- Engaged children with games and puzzles to promote mental development and enjoyment.
- Instructed and assisted children in eating, toileting, and resting to help develop healthy personal habits.
- Tended to children's general needs while providing supervision for safety in day-to-day activities.
- Followed routines to foster stability and structure in children's lives during parental absences.
- Met and communicated regularly with parents to discuss children's activities and development.
- Aided with bathing, dressing, teeth brushing, and diapering to promote healthy personal hygiene and good oral health.
- Provided direct-care services for children of varying ages.
- Adapted care and activities to meet the needs of children with special requirements.
- Provided overnight care as needed, ensuring a safe and secure environment.
- Communicated regularly with families regarding daily events and any concerns that may arise.
- Monitored the children's playtime to ensure safety and wellbeing.
- Created an atmosphere of trust between myself and both the family and the kids I cared for.
- Bathed and dressed babies, changed diapers and prepared bottles and feeding equipment.
- Minimized TV and mobile device time by engaging children with games and physical books.
- Managed logistics of children's daily life, including transportation to and from activities.
- Researched new places or activities that would be interesting and beneficial for the kids.
- Developed positive relationships with each child by providing nurturing care.
- Helped children discover enrichment activities to inspire imagination and creativity.
- Developed lasting, professional relationships with families by encouraging open communication and delivering positive feedback.
- Provided safe transportation to and from activities and events.
- Planned age-appropriate activities to help foster physical, mental, and emotional development.
- Observed children during snack time to prevent choking.
- Engaged in after-school activities by assisting with sports practice and homework assignments.
- Took children to and from school and extra-curricular activities.
- Helped prepare meals for the children according to dietary guidelines set forth by parents or guardians.
Trainee Educator
Busy Bees
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Company Overview: Childcare
- Changing nappies
- Assisting with toileting and toilet training of children aged 2-5 years
- Assisting with mealtimes
- Making bottles (breast milk and formula)
- Creating educational activities that coincide with the age group
- Cleaning and sterilising toy, bottles, meal areas etc
- Assisting with dressing e.g. putting shoes and socks on
- Helping the children to self-help skills e.g., learning to put sunscreen on
- Helping to do the curriculum
- Maintaining a safe environment
- Help to implement the curriculum to over 30 children aged between 3 and 5 years
- Observing and assessing the children using a verity of tools to help further develop the children's ability e.g. taking their interest in colouring and making further activities to help facilitate the learning and understanding of colours.
- Providing 1 on 1 support for children with autism spectrum disorder and providing learning opportunities
- Working in conjunction with the families of the children with the room
- Helping to support the transition of the children coming up from the younger rooms
- Childcare
- Assisted lead teacher in managing classroom behavior and maintaining a positive learning environment.
- Assisted in the development of IEPs (Individualized Education Programs) for students with special educational requirements.
- Collaborated with colleagues to develop lesson plans that met curriculum requirements.
- Observed educators teaching various lessons, interacting with students and managing classrooms to gain insight and understanding of duties and responsibilities.
- Observed other teachers' classes and provided constructive feedback.
- Provided feedback on student performance, monitored progress and kept records of assessment results.
- Implemented questioning and discussion techniques to encourage student participation and knowledge acquisition.
- Created lesson plans and chose supporting materials to promote positive learning experiences.
- Received recognition for contributions to innovative concepts in classroom instruction.
- Educated clients on important life skills, housekeeping and food preparation.
- Coached students on study skills, test taking strategies and organizational techniques.
- Engaged in professional development workshops to enhance teaching skills and knowledge.
- Implemented differentiated instructional strategies according to individual learner needs.
- Managed classroom discipline issues effectively while maintaining a positive learning environment for all students.
- Created lesson plans to incorporate mandated topics and include immersive activities for student engagement.
- Conquered challenges of working with highly diverse student population to attain exceptional student achievement.
- Utilized technology and educational software to enhance teaching and student learning.
- Participated in faculty meetings and discussed strategies for improving student outcomes.
- Integrated cross-curricular themes into lesson plans to promote holistic learning.
- Prepared teaching materials and visual aids to support lesson objectives.
- Managed classroom procedures and organized resources to promote safety and learning.
- Assisted with extracurricular activities such as clubs, athletics or drama productions.
- Integrated current events into the curriculum to promote critical thinking skills among students.
- Facilitated small group instruction based on identified needs of students.
- Maintained accurate student records and prepared reports on student progress and behavior.
- Planned and implemented lessons using various teaching strategies to meet diverse student needs.
- Evaluated student portfolios periodically to ensure they meet established standards.
- Identified and documented learning achievements by reporting outcomes, performance information and program adjustments used to boost comprehension.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
- Assisted in planning and delivering lessons to students, using a variety of teaching methods.
- Observed lead teacher and provided constructive feedback for mutual professional growth.
Medical Administration
Bridge family practice and skin clinic
12.2022 - 06.2023
- Company Overview: medical administration
- Faxing and scanning documents
- Communication with doctors and specialists
- Scheduling appointments
- Answering phones
- Help patients
- Filing documents appropriately
- Collecting mail
- Providing the appropriate documents to the authorise in a timely manner
- Medical administration
Administration
Techworks Perth
03.2022 - 11.2022
- Company Overview: Administration
- Customer Service
- Data entry
- Reception
- Communication with external stakeholders
- Communication with customers
- Receiving stock
- Ordering stock
- Doing weekly, monthly, quarterly and end of year stocktake
- Administration
Data Entry and Administrative Assistant
JCB CEA
02.2022 - 03.2022
- Company Overview: data entry and administrative assistant
- Customer Service
- Stock Control and Re-stocking Shelves
- Assist with picking and packing when needed
- Cleaning office space
- Adhere to OHS regulations and guidelines
- Open and Close of warehouse
- Photocopying appropriate documentation
- Accurately entering data
- Communication with postal services, and customer when products are available for collection
- Receiving stock
- Retrieving necessary information/ documents
- Recording data
- Greeting all people that enter the warehouse office
- Data entry and administrative assistant
Education
Certificate 3 - Makeup
Perth Makeup Academy
01.2023
Certificate of Education - Year 12
Comet Bay College
Secret Harbour, Western Australia01.2016
Skills
- Customer Service Skills
- Communication Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Organisational Skills
- Flexibility
- Teamwork
- Time Management Skills
- Problem Solving
- Attention to Detail
- Lesson planning
- Classroom management
- Special needs support
- Curriculum development
- Child supervision
- Parent communication
- Team collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Professional development
- Conflict resolution
- Safety procedures
- Time management
- Engagement strategies
- Team teaching and collaboration
- Behavior management
- Interpersonal communication
- Material preparation
- Analytical thinking
- Audio-visual aids
- Active listening
- Multitasking Abilities
- Student support
- Feedback provision
- Multitasking
- Powerpoint presentations
- Progress monitoring
- Individualized instruction
- Social development
- Friendly and outgoing
- Child development
- Multicultural awareness
- Decision-making
- Effective communication
- Lifelong Learning
- Multitasking capacity
- CPR and first aid
- Cleaning and sanitizing
- Positive attitude
- Small group and individual assistance
- Classroom materials selection
- Schedule management
- Verbal and written communication
- Multicultural education
- Peer mediation
- Teacher support and collaboration
- Student and parent relations
- Professionalism
- Stress management
- Positive reinforcement
References
Provided apon request
Volunteer Experience
- St Johns Ambulance, Evening support night routine, feeding, bathing, putting children to bed, Training nights, Assist paramedics with basic care, Attend events as required
- Lions Club Lego Expo, Medication administration, Assist public with basic first aid, Set up/pack down, Help with children's play areas, Cash handling/efpos
Timeline
Assistant Educator
Funarama
02.2025 - Current
Trainee Educator
Busy Bees
01.2024 - 01.2025
Owner, Operator Makeup Artist
Face Artistry
01.2023 - Current
Medical Administration
Bridge family practice and skin clinic
12.2022 - 06.2023
Administration
Techworks Perth
03.2022 - 11.2022
Data Entry and Administrative Assistant
JCB CEA
02.2022 - 03.2022
Nanny
Self employed
10.2018 - Current
Certificate 3 - Makeup
Perth Makeup Academy
Certificate of Education - Year 12
Comet Bay College