Melissa Yellowknee

New teacher with valuable lived and professional experience. Compassionate, creative and effective Teacher with some previous experience in classroom administration, professional development and project planning. Equipped with some background experience in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator and motivational coach. Competent at performing independently or as a member of the teaching team. Versed in classroom and online technologies and always open to new growth and learning to support classroom teaching.

Part of project development where I was responsible for deliverables and met these timelines as delegated. Created dialogue and relationships with educational institutions, allowing the organization opportunity to utilize for training for clients. Build relationship/rapport with students to ensure they feel connected and supported throughout training and development. Participate in meetings for student with multi-disciplinary team to get updates and ensure student on track for completion/graduation. Aid in ensuring service plans for individuals were appropriate and working efficiently. Supervise small groups, keeping them on task and ensuring duties are completed in a safe and appropriate manner. Ability to advocate for individuals in ensuring service providers were used effectively. Take accurate notes and information to share with team. Facilitated group learning in career development. Communicate between departments/agencies to ensure awareness of programming. Diplomatic and tactful when dealing with sensitive issues. Assessing information and created a starting point to ensure individual is on the right path and re-evaluating as program/training progressed. Ability to meet deadlines in an efficient manner. Able to learn and navigate through new computer systems and software quickly. Able to prioritize work in an efficient manner to ensure all aspects of duties are completed.

• Mental Health First Aid, 11/2017, Edmonton, AB
• Career Development Competency Certificate, 03/2016, Edmonton, AB
• Life-Role Development Group, Edmonton, AB