Mary Palmer
Educational Assistant
Watson Lake,YT
Summary
Dedicated Educational Assistant with two years of experience directing students and assisting teachers. Expert at restating lesson information, tutoring, and working with struggling students. Team-minded when collaborating with teacher to implement lesson plans and classroom activities. Reliable at maintaining clean and organized supplies, and record keeping. Eager to help students excel and thrilled to assist teachers with diverse needs to facilitate best possible learning environment. Energetic problem solver & creative thinker. Thrives on the challenge of delivering support to students with special needs and nurturing the development of all students. Top skills in organizing materials, prioritizing tasks and building relationships with staff, and students. Always ready to step in to positively impact student learning or teacher wellbeing with timely support.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Library Clerk
Johnson Elementary School
Watson Lake, YT
09.2017 - Current
- Received new books into system.
- Sorted and shelved books accurately.
- Answered questions from students and helped them to select appropriate reading-level books.
- Handled check-in and check-out processes of library books.
- Prepared and distributed past due notices,
- Created a library procedures & expectations document to smoothly enforce standards,
- Instructed and monitored students on proper care and handling of their library books,
- Conducted inventory and weeding as needed.
- Selected books including those requested by students and teachers and placed book orders accordingly while staying within budgetary limitations.
Personal Care Assistant
M. Isabel Welsh
Watson Lake, Yukon
11.2021 - 08.2022
- Provided private personal care to one young woman with profound physical and intellectual disabilities.
- Assisted with bathing, diapering, dressing and transferring client from bed to her wheelchair and back using a lift.
- Administered medications and meals via feeding tube.
- Entertained, conversed and read aloud to keep client mentally alert and calm.
- Built a strong relationship with my client to provide emotional support and companionship improving quality of life
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in client's health to my supervisor.
Library Clerk
Watson Lake Public Library
Watson Lake, YT
09.2017 - 08.2018
- Accurately placed books and DVDs on appropriate shelves.
- Handled check-in and check-out process of library books and materials at circulation desk.
- Worked as member of team to accomplish tasks and projects.
- Created comprehensive training manual.
English as a Second Language Tutor
Johnson Elementary School
Watson Lake, Yukon
07.2017 - 08.2017
- Worked with two children 6 and 8 years old learning English as a second language for three hours a week throughout the summer
- Helped them with reading stories out loud and completing written work in their workbooks
- Created a game to focus on sight words presenting persistent difficulties
- Engaged the children in conversation to improve their pronunciation and sentence structure
- Administered feedback to students using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage and build confidence.
Classroom Volunteer
Johnson Elementary School
Watson Lake, YT
02.2017 - 06.2017
- Worked with up to 8 children aged four years, three afternoons per week in Learning Together program.
- Worked with teacher to create safe, positive, supportive environment for children to learn school routines and social skills prior to entering kindergarten.
- Promoted healthy relationships by helping children solve their interpersonal conflicts by verbally asserting their needs.
- Provided general assistance to classroom teachers by cleaning up play areas.
- Prepared nutritional snack, instructed and assisted with hand washing, and cleaned up before & after.
Women's Shelter Worker
Help, Hope for Families Society
Watson Lake, YT
09.2004 - 06.2007
- Worked as part of team to create positive, supportive, calm environment for clients and their children in crisis.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently while maintaining strict confidentiality.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Actively listened to clients, handled concerns quickly and escalated major issues to supervisor.
- Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding before addressing concerns
Remedial Tutor
Watson Lake Secondary School
Watson Lake, YT
09.1999 - 06.2001
- Worked with grades 8 – 11 adolescents in math, wood shop, and science.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Marked multiple-choice portion of tests.
- Conducted after school math tutorials.
- Maintained filing system for math department.
- Learned and demonstrated safe operation of large and small power tools in wood shop for grades 8 and 9 students.
- Chaperoned school dances.
- Provided sounding board for students experiencing personal issues.
- Provided solutions to problems in math by identifying and filling gaps in basic math concepts.
Educational Assistant (Field Placement)
Adam Scott Vocational Institute, Community Living
Peterborough, ON
02.1999 - 05.1999
- Worked full time for four months with 13 adolescents with developmental disabilities who were functioning up to grade 3 academic level in third and final college field placement.
- Assisted students with breakfast preparation program.
- Took small groups of students on job placement opportunities.
- Took small groups of students on job placement opportunities.
- Chaperoned Valentines Day dance with our students and students from similar programs throughout Peterborough, fostering social and emotional growth.
Educational Assistant (Field Placement)
Adam Scott Intermediate School, Learning Strategies Class
Peterborough, ON
01.1999 - 02.1999
- Worked full time for six weeks assisting Learning Strategies teacher in my second college field placement.
- Helped grade 8 students improve computer keyboarding skills.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships with teacher and students.
- Supported student learning objectives from regular schools through personalized assistance.
- Prepared classroom materials for daily instruction.
Educational Assistant (Field Placement)
Otonabee Valley Public School
Peterborough, ON
09.1998 - 12.1998
- Worked 2 days per week for sixteen weeks in grades four and five in my first college field placement.
- Quickly acquired new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Demonstrated respect, teamwork and eagerness to learn in every situation.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to one grade four student and reported progress to teacher.
- Provided spelling test dictation, graded homework and tests, and recorded results following teacher's guidelines.
Education
Educational Assistant Diploma -
Sir Sandford Fleming College
Peterborough, ON05.1999
High School Diploma -
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute
Toronto, ON06.1980
Skills
- Helping Students with Special Needs
- Collaborative and Team-Oriented
- Organization and Prioritization
- Educational Games
- Reinforcing Learning Concepts
- Classroom and Clerical Support
- Creating Safe and Positive Learning Environment
- Caring and Empathetic Demeanor
Timeline
Personal Care Assistant
M. Isabel Welsh
11.2021 - 08.2022
Library Clerk
Johnson Elementary School
09.2017 - Current
Library Clerk
Watson Lake Public Library
09.2017 - 08.2018
English as a Second Language Tutor
Johnson Elementary School
07.2017 - 08.2017
Classroom Volunteer
Johnson Elementary School
02.2017 - 06.2017
Women's Shelter Worker
Help, Hope for Families Society
09.2004 - 06.2007
Remedial Tutor
Watson Lake Secondary School
09.1999 - 06.2001
Educational Assistant (Field Placement)
Adam Scott Vocational Institute, Community Living
02.1999 - 05.1999
Educational Assistant (Field Placement)
Adam Scott Intermediate School, Learning Strategies Class
01.1999 - 02.1999
Educational Assistant (Field Placement)
Otonabee Valley Public School
09.1998 - 12.1998
Educational Assistant Diploma -
Sir Sandford Fleming College
High School Diploma -
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute
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