NAOMI Karunanayake

• Develop weekly lesson plans and activities to engage children and promote learning.
• Apply play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
• Consult with parents to build and maintain positive support networks and support continuing education strategies.
• Observe children to identify individuals in need of additional support and develop strategies to improve assistance.
• Maintain well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviours.
• Monitor students' academic, social, and emotional progress and record in individual files.
• Attend regular staff meetings and professional development opportunities
• Sustainability Educational Lead
• Participate on excursions and adhere to child safety and risk assessment requirements.
• Ongoing critical reflection of practice and teaching
• Awarded Exceeding Rating, April 2025
• Casual employment 3y.o group Feb- April 2025
• Complete Parent Teacher reviews and TLDS

Due to a family circumstance and commitments a decision was unfortunately made at the end of term 1 to resign from employment

• Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
• Cultivated a safe and inclusive classroom environment that fostered respect, empathy, and cultural awareness among students.
• Fostered creativity in the classroom through art projects, dramatic play, storytelling exercises, and other imaginative pursuits.
• Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
• Contributed to staff meetings and professional learning communities, sharing insights and strategies for continuous improvement of teaching practices.

• Provide a welcoming, safe, inclusive and fun learning environment for students aged 6 months - 5 years and their families
• Familiarize students with age appropriate learning activities and curriculum to form an understanding of the basic concepts of music. Lessons support EYLF principles of learning through play and the capable child.
• Facilitate nurturing spaces to develop the whole child, celebrating their individual social, cognitive, physical and emotional milestones.
• Plan and execute targeted lesson plans with a sense of humour, dramatic play and a willingness to get down on the floor with the children.

• Mentor two 15 year old boys to support their spoken English capability
• Prepare and deliver regular zoom lessons with relevant and culturally appropriate material to allow students to practice their spoken English
• Provide communication and social support to the boys and their families through ongoing Whatsapp messaging.

• Assisted with the planning and delivery of programs for the Emu and Koala 3-year old Kindergarten groups including preparation of activities, support of child's engagement and the packing away of equipment and materials.
• Helped teachers set-up and organize inviting classroom and outdoor spaces with age-specific equipment and organization prior to classes starting.
• Supported child-led learning through play, adopting a shared curiosity to enhance children's understanding through investigation. Programs are grounded on Reggio Emilia philosophy.
• Cultivated positive relationships and worked collaboratively with administration, teaching staff, families and students.
• Identified characteristics, needs, abilities and problems of children through personal interaction and progress reports to optimise approaches.
• Supervised snack and lunch times.
• Worked with classroom teacher to learn about current standards and best practices.
• On-going self reflection and assessment of activities, actions and behaviours with a view to continually improve as an educator
• Worked collaboratively on an end of year Christmas production

• Provided care for toddlers and young children in a safe, supportive and stimulating environment.
• Formed comforting and nurturing relationships. Provided a warm and inviting welcome at opening to support smooth transition from home to care.
• Organised games and recreational activities
• Served and supervise food and meal breaks
• Communicated with peers and families to ensure optimal care and safety standards.

• Conferred with qualified teacher to establish instructional targets and prepare lessons to cover source topics.
• Supported students in literacy, numeracy and handwriting classes.
• Identified varying learning approaches to provide optimal teaching strategies
• Supported EAL students within the classroom
• Attended staff meetings
• Yard Duty

• Attended Classroom Helper's Training (2016)
• Provided additional support for student reading, numeracy and literacy tasks (2016)
• Supported program leaders with administrative support duties.
• Parent Classroom representative - ensure open two way communication between parent and the school
• 150yr Anniversary Celebrations Steering Committee
• School Councillor (2018)
• Supported engaging, fun and smooth-running events by helping with organization and planning.

• Assisted with special events or programs.
• Supported teacher in instructing core subjects, delivering supplementary lessons and coordinating materials.
• Attended Ready Read Success Workshop (2014) and Bounce Back Positive Education Workshop, Toni Noble (2013)
• Delivered group teaching in classroom setting and implemented individual student support.
• Prepared and cooked student lunches. WSQ Food Hygiene Qualification (2012)
• Planned and executed whole school Carols by Candlelight community event
• Supported Parent Association Fundraising programs including art auctions and movie nights.

• Provided transport for foster babies to meetings between foster parent and birth parent
• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.

• Developed solid working knowledge of products to understand benefits to potential customers.
• Articulated value proposition to assigned territory partners to maintain and increase share of partner business.
• Adopted and optimized tool usage among marketing teams to deliver business results.
• Drove and delivered sales leads to convert into new business.

• Boosted brand awareness and generated leads while managing internal and external marketing campaigns and programs.
• Created company brand messaging, collateral materials, customer events, promotional strategies and product commercialization.
• Managed workflow between staff, coordinating documents, planning and creative material distribution.
• Utilized market trends and target audience statistics to effectively and appropriately market products.