BAILEY THUNSTROM
Sterling,VA
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Coach
Lower Loudoun Girls Softball League
Sterling, VA
05.2021 - Current
- Provide equipment for players who can not afford equipment
- Set up equipment for practices and games
- Develop drills to help increase skills
- Provide encouragement to each player as they perform on and off the field
- Provide modifications to each exercise to ensure everyone is included
- Gain relationships with coaching staff and players
- Coordinate team parties and volunteer work for players
- Provide directions both verbally and visually so each player would grasp the direction given
- Promote self-confidence and teamwork to better the relationships between the players
Babysitter
House
Sterling, VA
06.2017 - Current
- Provide care for 5 different families during the summer time
- Create games and activities that incorporated educational material such as arts and crafts, reading, and science experiments
- Provide a safe and clean environment for each child
- Ensure child is fed, bathed and asleep upon parents arrival based on their schedule
- Increase child's social skills by taking them to the park to meet new friends
- Provide care for children with special needs and assure they get the support they need in daily tasks
- Clean house before parent arrival
- Incorporate rules that parents provide
Self Contained Autism K-2 Teacher Assistant
Potowmack Elementary
46465 Esterbrook Cir, Sterling, VA 20165
08.2022 - 06.2023
- Prepared materials upon student arrival.
- Helped lead teacher with pick up and drop off in car line and bus loop.
- Provided behavioral management support.
- Kept up with behavior plans, data, and IEPS.
- Helped provide strategies to de-escalate students who are overstimulated.
- Worked with students one on one or in small groups.
- Worked on social skills, fine and gross motor skills, IEP goals, reading, science, history and math.
- Collaborated with other teachers and therapist.
- Being flexible during the school day
- Assisted students
Sales Associate
Bed Bath and Beyond
Sterling, VA
09.2020 - 07.2022
- Provided customers with information about items and where they can be located
- Provided information to customers about deals, clearance sales and memberships
- Performed cashier responsibly and accurately
- Able to give correct amount of change to customers, can perform purchases and returns and coupon adjustments
- Completed and gathered all items for in-store and curbside orders
- Able to perform receiving duties such as, checking items into the system, unboxing the items, separating items by location in the store
- Performed CDS (FED EX and UPS) orders
- Gather items, box items, then print and label boxes
- Built relationships with coworkers and managers
- Performed positive encounters with customers and handle difficult situations in a positive manner
Teacher's Assistant
Potowmack Elementary
Sterling, VA
08.2021 - 06.2022
- Engaged one on one with behavioral students
- Led daily reading and math groups
- Provided support to children when working independently
- Led small group to reteach skills
- Worked under teachers direction to maintain a clean, safe and comfortable classroom
- Supported children in non-academic areas such as lunch and specials
- Collaborated with general ed teachers, special education teachers and teacher assistants to help better students with special needs
- Contributed to the schools community by volunteering at school events
- Provided assistance when delivering Backpack Buddies
- Created modified assignments for children with academic needs
- Collected progress and data for assessments
- Demonstrate flexibility in daily activities
- Maintained daily routine around the classroom each day
- Provided assistance for classrooms around the school as needed
- Fostered relationships with colleagues
- Established relationships with students
- Collected data for IEP goals
- Reinforced schoolwide PBIS and classroom supports to ensure child's safety
- Implemented various behavior strategies
Education
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA - EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION
Potomac Falls High School
Sterling, VASkills
- Teacher Support and Collaboration
- Relationship Building
- Small Group and Individual Assistance
- Helping Students with Special Needs
- Small Group Support and Assistance
- Attention to Detail
References
- Jakeb Steadman, (510)-329-6840, Jakebsteadman7@yahoo.com, Store Manager at Bed Bath & Beyond
- Kwaku Peprah, (703)-869-7101, Head manager at Bed Bath & Beyond
- Amy Richards, (703)-402-0203, Amy.Richards@lcps.org, Special Education teacher at Potomac Falls High School
- Maria Allen, (703)-740-7018, Mariaallenavon@gmail.com, Softball Coach
Timeline
Self Contained Autism K-2 Teacher Assistant
Potowmack Elementary
08.2022 - 06.2023
Teacher's Assistant
Potowmack Elementary
08.2021 - 06.2022
Assistant Coach
Lower Loudoun Girls Softball League
05.2021 - Current
Sales Associate
Bed Bath and Beyond
09.2020 - 07.2022
Babysitter
House
06.2017 - Current
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA - EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION
Potomac Falls High School