Trena Gaffney
Carpendale,Qld
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to continue to work in the school environment helping students with special needs to be the best they can be. Strong work ethic, adaptability, patient and caring with great interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and always enthusiastic to learn and master new skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher Aide
Queensland Education
Carpendale, Qld
02.2014 - Current
- Maintained a safe and orderly learning environment for all students.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
- Prepared and maintained classroom environments appropriate for student learning and physical, social and emotional development.
- Developed and implemented lesson plans based on curriculum objectives.
- Managed student behavior in classroom by establishing and enforcing rules and procedures.
- Encouraged critical thinking skills and problem-solving strategies among students.
- Assessed student performance through tests, quizzes, and other assessments.
- Established positive relationships with parents to ensure effective communication regarding student progress and well-being.
- Supervised students throughout day, both in classroom and outside during breaks.
- Provided individualized instruction to meet the needs of all students.
- Encouraged student critical thinking and discussion using variety of teaching techniques.
- Monitored student behavior in classrooms, hallways, cafeteria, playgrounds.
- Engaged students and boosted understanding of material using focused instructional strategies and hands-on activities.
- Enforced school rules and regulations in order to maintain an appropriate learning environment for all students.
- Participated in professional development workshops related to teaching methods or curriculum changes.
- Utilized technology-based learning tools to enhance classroom instruction.
- Collaborated with colleagues to plan lessons that integrate various subject areas for students with special needs.
Education
Cert IV in Education Support
Sits
Logan City, QLD11-2021
Skills
- Interpersonal Communication
- Task Prioritization
- Data Entry- for students relating to permission slips for sporting carnivals, transport and medical information
- Recordkeeping, keep daily records for key students and update behaviour and educational progress on OneSchool
- Teamwork and Collaboration in staff meetings and with classroom teachers
- Attention to Detail, keeping detailed records for individual children in Reading Recovery Program (I4S)
- Problem-Solving - negotiating with student with special needs to gain the best outcome for academic progress
- Patience, understanding the needs of the child and their frustrations and helping them to scaffold a plan to feel accomplished
- Support students with special needs on excursions and sporting events
- Basic administration including newsletter, filing, photocopying, scanning students' work to files Telephone enquiries
Timeline
Teacher Aide
Queensland Education
02.2014 - Current
Cert IV in Education Support
Sits
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