Early Childhood Educator in Toronto, Ontario

Professional Summary: • Passionate about Montessori way of teaching. I enjoy and foresee the development of child in a very natural way through this method. • Exhibit love, respect and dignity towards each child. • Positive and amicable interactions with parent, teachers and administration team. Core Qualifications: • Always focused on the developmental needs of the child. • Able to further modify each activity in a way which is interesting to the child, giving scope for repetitions and leading to conceptualization. • Keen observer and well expressed written report. Certification: • AMI Montessori Certified Teacher - Netherlands • Bachelors of Education - Mental Retardation from Osmania University India • Bachelors of Art - Osmania University India TEACHING EXPERIENCE: School : PEBBLE CREEK LIFE SCHOOL Thumkunta, India. Designation : Resource Teacher and also as a Special Educator Duration : Sep 2016 – Till Present Roles and Responsibilities as RESOURCE TEACHER • To build strong relationship with students by gaining their faith and trust. • Facilitated positive relationships between students, teachers and other staff. • Developed appropriate Individualized lesson plans. • Assessed learning outcomes in multiple aspects on a regular basis. • Customized assessment as per the individual learning curve for the feeling of success in children. • Constant parent interaction (verbal, written or meeting) to plan student’s daily activity, progress and action plan. • Maintain a productive learning environment by setting the classroom rules, holding students accountable for their actions, and implementing consistent and fair consequences to drive them towards positive action plan. • Inviting guest speakers every quarter to further educate and help parents triage the difficulties of their children. • Encourage other teachers, administration staff, support staff and people in and around the community to attend the lectures. Roles and Responsibilities as SPECIAL EDUCATOR • Created and implemented Individualized Education Program • Held training and awareness session with school staff and parents for positive understanding and handling of children. • Taught students to improve desired behavior by creating effective plans. • Conducting regular parent teacher meetings to discuss the effectiveness of IEP and to set realistic and achievable future goals. • Developed strong relationships with students and families through advisory, planning daily activities, tracking student progress, and generating action plans for struggling students. • Sensitizing school children to accept, understand and to be tolerant towards children with special needs. School : PEBBLE CREEK HIGH MONTESSORI SCHOOL Hyderabad, India. Designation : Montessori Directress Duration : 2012 Sep - Nov 2014 Roles and Responsibilities as Montessori Directress • Prepare Child centric environment, conducive to development. • Planning Presentations according to the developmental needs or when the child exhibits his/her readiness for the activity. • Providing ample scope for repetitions of the activity through innovative exercises. • Observing and monitoring each child's development. • Conscious effort to observe each student to gauge their ability and the area of interest and provide tailor made exercises which suits their specific developmental needs. • Recording daily reports, observations of the children and preparing monthly plans. • Being a role model to children, making sure ground rules (can’t harm oneself, can’t harm others and can’t harm the material/environment) are followed by all for safer environment. • Conducting yellow line time for rhymes and news period for the entire group. • Settling the new child (new admission), prior to that preparing parents, of the appropriate help needed from their end to smoothen the process of settling. • Biyearly submission of individual remarks (report) on each child which is handed over to the parent as an overall feedback document. • Absolute privacy of student information. • Conducting regular Parent-Teacher meeting to discuss the child’s over all progress and the partnership of parent for the future developmental needs. • Active participation in school functions such as orientations, annual day, sports day, science exhibition, Montessori awareness week, celebration of different religious festivals, and many more. • Organizing events like field trips, talent show, and grandparents’ day and preparing soft boards. • Training Assistant teachers, helpers and support staff so that they are aware and ready to deliver their responsibilities. • Administrative job like maintaining the classroom supplies and stock, keeping record of attendance register, dispatching circulars as and when needed. • Participating in interview process for hiring new teachers. • Attended educational workshops conducted by AMI trainer and senior directress of different Montessori schools to hone my teaching skills. School : INDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL - KUWAIT Designation : Worked as class teacher for standard 1 (CBSE-I {International}) Duration : 2011 Sep – 2012 June • Teaching proceeds as per the lesson plan. • Giving more inputs to children by showing videos, audios and more pictures related to the lesson/topic. • Conducting scheduled exams, recording academic progress report and behavioral reports of children. • Interacting with parents during PTA meetings. • Handling children with special needs (like autism) Prior to this, I was a subject teacher for Kindergarten classes.