Reshmi Nair
Kitchener,ON
Summary
Bilingual Special Education Teacher with focus on individual student needs across academia and emotional development. Empathetic and accommodating in design and implementation of hands-on lessons, catering to diverse learning abilities. Proficient in employing constant communication, patience and positive reinforcement in team efforts to deliver exceptional educational tools, fostering academic achievement.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Special Education Teacher
Scholars Hall School
07.2023 - Current
- Create and manage IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
- Modify general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
- Deliver effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
- Teach students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Partner with standard education teachers from across academic departments.
- Work with students with mild to moderate autism to increase life skills.
- Led activities that developed students' physical, emotional, and social growth.
- Redirect students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- Develop and implemented behavior management plans to improve student behavior.
- Work closely with parents and guardians to address students' issues on multiple fronts.
- Implement behavior modification techniques to improve student social and academic performance.
Special Educator
The British School
01.2022 - 03.2023
- Differentiated instruction
- Functional and Life Skills
- Behaviour redirection
- Adaptability, Collaboration
- Dealing with diverse populations
- First-aid certification
- Reading and Writing assessment, Teaching SEN students with Specific Learning Disabilities (Dyslexia/Dysgraphia/Dyscalculia) and ADHD (Attention Deficit
- Hyperactivity Disorders) across IB year groups using multi-sensory teaching and learning strategies, including a range of educational technology tools
- Developing and strengthening reading and writing skills in primary year groups using RWI Inc
- Methodology of teaching
- Responsible for formulating IEPs (Individual Education Plans) following informal student assessments, teacher and parental input as well as psycho-educational reports
- Planning and delivering skills lessons as per the student IEP goals on a regular pull out basis and providing in-class subject support as required and monitoring his/her performance
- Co-ordinating and collaborating with the concerned subject teachers, parents, school counsellors and leadership to discuss the progress, individual learning & behavioural needs and plan the way forward for the best benefit of students on SEN support
- Provide a variety of differentiated learning strategies including exam-taking strategies to enhance the academic skills of
- SEN students and equip them to meet the curriculum demands
- Conducting informal assessments to determine the extent of learning difficulties on the basis of referrals by mainstream teachers and decide on further course of action as per the school
- SEN policy
- Procuring and creating customised learning and teaching resources to aid multi-sensory teaching and learning
- Ensure that the SEN students receive classroom and exam/assessment accommodations as applicable, to cope with the curriculum expectations
- Provide inclusive training to in-house subject teachers to create awareness and equip them to support SEN students at their best, as part of ensuring total inclusion
- Extending the knowledge and understanding of special education beyond the organisation by conducting external teacher training as part of the ‘Inclusive Training Series’, an online initiative started by the school SEN department
- Leading a debate club as part of the school Enrichment Club
- Playing a crucial role in conducting major House events as the Aura House in-charge.
Teaching Assistant
The American Embassy School
07.2018 - 12.2021
- Working 1:1 with special need students with varying needs like ADHD, dyslexia, mild autism, learning disability, social-emotional needs etc
- Team teaching in classrooms
- Keeping a track of accommodations and modifications for student learning assessments
- Tracking student data, scores and other details on Powerschool as and when needed
- Using different audio-visual and kinesthetic aids for successful learning
- Teaching the ELD students 1:1 as and when needed
- Using French language skills to teach and guide the French population in school
- Using specific need-based strategies for students
- Making IEPs
- Follow-up and evaluation of the lesson plans being used
- Attending all learning support department meetings
- Working as a part of the School's Socio-Emotional-Behavioral team
- Proctoring for all major exams like ACT, SAT, MAP etc
- Taught Freshman Seminar Grade-9 for an entire year
- High School examiner for the WIDA testing program
- Organizing and participating in Student Support Team meetings(SST) to plan and implement specific strategies for students
- Teach and groom the secondary school students in the ALI institute (Academic Language Institute) run every summer in the school for the development of the ELD population in school
Counselor
Mindtrack
04.2014 - 03.2015
- A halfway home
- Dealing with addicts for recovery from different forms of addiction
- Dealing with patients of all sorts of psychological problems ranging in all degrees through different psychotherapies
- Dealing with special children with LD, Autism and Behavioural difficulties etc using ABA therapy
Life Skills Teacher
St Angels School
04.2013 - 01.2014
- Conducting different indoor as-well as outdoor activities for children as per the ten life skills mentioned in the CBSE curriculum and making individual reports of each child
- Tracing the progress of each child in the respective skill and providing guidance
- Counseling parents and teachers about each child's needs and advising them
- Conducting group workshops on important topics like Internet abuse, stress
- Management, exams etc
- Dealing with special children with LD, Autism and Behavioural difficulties etc using ABA
Assistant Psychologist
The Swashrit Society
04.2012 - 03.2013
- Dealing with people of all age groups through face-to-face counseling
- Handling psychological problems like stress, depression, anxiety, anger, marital issues etc through different therapies
- Dealing with children of special needs Taking workshops in schools and offices
Preschool Teacher
Bumblebees School
09.2011 - 03.2012
- Teaching kids via a theme-based approach
- Understanding the different emotions of children and handling them accordingly
- Interacting with parents 'one-on-one' during Parent Teacher
- Conferences
- Dealing with queries of parents in need
- Certification under process
- Adaptive Schools Foundation
- Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy Certification from Geneva center for
- Autism, Canada
- Course Restitution Parenting Training
- Several short-term training sessions on 'Cultures of Thinking'
- Executive functioning, Supporting children with Dyslexia Basic
- Hypnotherapy Course from California Hypnosis Institute
- Child Safeguarding and Protection training
- POSH(Prevention Of Sexual Harassment training)
- Visualization & Verbalisation (Lindamood Bells), Educator, Advanced Educator
Education
Bachelors in Education - Special Education
CRSU
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of Madras
Skills
- Bilingual(English and French)
- Student Records Management
- Instructional Strategies
- Behavior Modification
- Differentiated Instruction
- Visualization and Verbalization therapy
- RWI Inc(Reading and Writing program)
- Lesson Planning
- Learning Style Assessments
- Conflict Resolution Techniques
- Data Management
- Motivating Students
- Special Education
- Small Group Instruction
- Behavior Modification
Certification
Ontario College of Teachers License(under evaluation)
Visualization and Verbalization therapy
Adaptive Schools training
Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy training
Basic hypnotherapy course
MS educator and advanced educator
Timeline
Special Education Teacher
Scholars Hall School
07.2023 - Current
Special Educator
The British School
01.2022 - 03.2023
Teaching Assistant
The American Embassy School
07.2018 - 12.2021
Counselor
Mindtrack
04.2014 - 03.2015
Life Skills Teacher
St Angels School
04.2013 - 01.2014
Assistant Psychologist
The Swashrit Society
04.2012 - 03.2013
Preschool Teacher
Bumblebees School
09.2011 - 03.2012
Bachelors in Education - Special Education
CRSU
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of Madras
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