Amanda Hokanson
Summary
A devoted Special Education Teacher Assistant of 8+ years seeking a new position. An organized and motivated individual, eager to utilize time management and organizational skills across diverse settings.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher Assistant
OLV Human Services
Lackawanna, New York
04.2024 - Current
- Created learning materials such as worksheets, games, projects.
- Provided individual assistance to students as needed.
- Collaborated with teachers to identify areas of improvement for struggling students.
- Maintained a safe environment conducive to learning at all times.
- Attended staff meetings to discuss student progress and strategies for improvement.
- Supported teachers in preparing materials for lessons and activities.
- Organized classroom materials, including books, supplies, and equipment.
- Helped monitor student progress by tracking grades and attendance records.
- Monitored student behavior during class time and assisted with discipline issues when necessary.
- Coordinated with teachers to identify and support students with special needs.
- Enter data for behavioral tracking
Teacher Assistant
St. Mary's School of the Deaf
11.2019 - 04.2024
- ABA classroom 12:1:3
- Sign Language.
- Work with deaf and blind students.
- Work 1:1 with students.
- Manage and support behaviors.
- Understand and follow IEP.
- Plan and set up lesson plans.
- Track students' attendance and schedules.
- TCI training.
- CPR training.
- Lead class with help from the teacher, or when absent.
- Sub in various classrooms, including MS/HS.
Teacher Assistant
The Summit Center
12.2016 - 06.2017
- Integrated Preschool classroom
- Assist Teacher
- Worked with non-verbal and verbal students
- ABA training- collect data of educational goals
- Track behaviors
- Worked in various settings including self-contained
- Manage and support behaviors
- Improve students' everyday goals
- TCI training
- Behavioral Plans
- Maintain a safe classroom
Legal Assistant
The Law Office of Melissa Reese & Dean Puelo
Cheektowaga, New York
05.2013 - 05.2015
- Answered phones promptly while providing courteous customer service.
- Prepared summaries of depositions, interrogatories and testimony for attorney review.
- Reviewed and prepared legal documents, such as contracts, pleadings, motions, briefs, memoranda of law and discovery requests.
- Provided administrative support to attorneys by managing calendars; scheduling appointments; organizing files; preparing correspondence; filing court documents; and obtaining necessary signatures.
- Processed incoming mail on a daily basis.
- Organized exhibits for trial proceedings.
- Ensured that all paperwork was properly filed according to established procedures.
- Scanned physical documents into electronic format for storage in a secure database system.
- Updated databases with new information received from attorneys or clients.
Education
Associates of Applied Science- Criminal Justice -
Bryant & Stratton College
05.2012
Bachelors of Applied Science - Psychology -
Hilbert College
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with children with Autism and disabilities
- Sign language
- TCI Trained
- ABA Trained
- SummitUP
- Computer Literacy
- Leadership
- Assistant
- Behavior Management
- Classroom Technology
Personal Information
Title: Teacher Assistant
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Teacher Assistant
OLV Human Services
04.2024 - Current
Teacher Assistant
St. Mary's School of the Deaf
11.2019 - 04.2024
Teacher Assistant
The Summit Center
12.2016 - 06.2017
Legal Assistant
The Law Office of Melissa Reese & Dean Puelo
05.2013 - 05.2015
Associates of Applied Science- Criminal Justice -
Bryant & Stratton College
Bachelors of Applied Science - Psychology -
Hilbert College
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