Amanda Reynick

• Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
• Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules, and support lead teacher.
• Documented student behaviors, interventions, and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
• Cultivated connections and strong student rapport to foster classroom engagement, in addition to recording student progress to inform parents and school administration.
• Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.

• Provide instruction individually and in small groups by implementing lessons or instructional activities designed in collaboration with the classroom teacher to meet the students' academic needs.
• Work with the classroom teachers to develop a schedule for delivery of instructional services.
• Perform clerical functions directly related to the instructional assignment for the purpose of instructing students (i.e. preparing materials, maintaining instructional records for student files, communicating with teachers, etc.)
• Monitor and record student progress.
• Administer tests to assess student achievement.

• Assist children to improve their reading skills and abilities to reach grade level expectations.
• Develop and maintain a weekly tutoring schedule for students to allow for approximately 15 – 20 children to receive daily 20-minute reading tutoring sessions.
• Identify students who qualify for Minnesota Reading Corps tutoring services based on a Minnesota Reading Corps designed assessment and direction from the Internal Coach and Master Coach.
• Assess, with a high level of accuracy, students' continual progress through progress monitoring and benchmarking.

• Met the needs of Gifted and Talented students with advanced curriculum, challenging instruction and opportunities for growth.

• Created and implemented developmentally appropriate curriculum that addressed all learning styles.

•Independent classroom aide requiring minimal teacher direction. Provided customized assistance to children with a variety of special needs and made positive contributions optimizing learner engagement.

•Developed trust and rapport with children, providing assistance to teachers and engaging students in learning activities and positive behaviors to optimize their understanding of lessons.

•Developed innovative behavioral management approach. Often called upon to assist students during a crisis because of my ability to calm students and help them return to the classroom.

•Educated first through fifth grade gifted and talented small groups using research based learning, Junior Great Books and problem solving activities. Developed lesson plans based upon classroom learning targets.

• Assisted students to improve their reading skills and abilities to reach grade level expectations.

• Developed and maintained a weekly tutoring schedule allowing for approximately 15 – 20 kindergarten students to receive 20 minutes of small group instruction and 20 minutes of paired or one-on-one instruction each day using early literacy interventions.

• Supplemented the kindergarten tutoring schedule by providing daily 20-minute one-on-one tutoring sessions with 1st – 3rd grade students using prescribed literacy interventions.

• Assessed, with a high level of accuracy, students' continual progress through Progress Monitoring and Benchmarking.

• Interacted with and monitored students during various activities (e.g. play activities indoors as well as outside, snack time, homework, etc.) for the purpose of providing a safe and positive learning environment.

• Acted as a liaison between parents, staff, and school personnel; assist in conferring with parents regarding student performance and behavior as necessary.

• Monitored individuals or small groups of students; assured student understanding of program rules and procedures; maintain appropriate order and student conduct.