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Grow Your Own Teacher -Paraprofessional for the 2025 School Year
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Heather Hamline

O’Fallon,MO

Summary

My primary objective is to provide a safe and nurturing learning environment that encourages student growth and development. I aim to facilitate engaging and challenging instruction that fosters a love for learning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Paraprofessional

Fort Zumwalt School District: Westhoff Elementary School
08.2016 - Current

Resource Support: 1st and 5th grade Push in Services

Pervious Year Essentials Classroom Paraprofessional.

Nominated for Employee of the Year (January 2025)

Worked on Academic and Behavioral Goals

Data Collection

Regulation of emotions

Paraprofessional

Extended School Year (ESY)
06.2012 - 08.2025
  • Summers from 2019-Summer 2025
  • Helping students with retention of skills during the summer months.

Y-Club
09.2019 - 11.2022

As a Y-Club leader, I helped provide before and after care for students of Westhoff Elementary School. We provided the students with daily lesson, social-emotional activities and exercise routines to keep their minds and bodies healthy and fit. On days school was off, the YMCA provided a "School's Out" day program. I worked Thanksgiving and several days over winter break. The students had activities, games, crafts and swimming provided to them on these days.

Paraprofessional

Mike Clemens Center
08.2015 - 05.2016
  • Half Day program while at Pheasant Point Elementary. Worked on social, emotional and regulation of emotions.

Paraprofessional

Fort Zumwalt School District: Pheasant Point Elementary School
08.2014 - 05.2016
  • May 2016 Social Emotional Learning Foundations Program (SELF)
  • Worked on:
  • Circle of control
  • size of a problem
  • zones of regulation
  • strategies for Regulation of emotions
  • Daily data entries and worked on debriefing nightly with staff.

Respite Care Provider

Community Living
02.2011 - 07.2014

Provided in-home and informal care for families on a temporary basis. Tasks included meal preparation, feeding, and medication schedules, helping assist in transports to and from wheelchair, toileting and hygiene.

Paraprofessional

Fort Zumwalt School District: North Middle School
12.2007 - 05.2014
  • Nominated for Employee of the Year (January 2014).
  • Worked in the Essentials Program.
  • Assisted with transferred, hygiene, feeding, toileting.
  • Monthly CBI trips: Grocery Shopping, purchasing food from restaurants, work and learn programs
  • Life skills lessons: Cooking, dishes, laundry and basic hygiene skills.
  • Also assisted in academics and specials with students

Behavioral Aide

Center for Autism Education
06.2008 - 08.2012
  • This was a summer job, providing one -on-one applied behavioral analysis, working with staff to implement behavior plans, and helping supervise individuals in the day-program to promote independence.

Education

Fort Zumwalt North High School

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Missouri State University
09.2025

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Lindenwood University
01.2005

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St. Charles Community College
05.2003

Skills

  • Emotional support
  • Family collaboration
  • Disability awareness

  • Teamwork and cooperation
  • Continuing education
  • Problem-solving

Hobbies and Interests

Hobby #1: Journaling, Hobby #2: Set a reading goal each year and try to surpass it (My goal for this year is 65 books. I am currently at 12 books)., Hobby #3: Watching movies and documentaries with my husband., Hobby #4: Going on day trips, learning about small town history and events.

Grow Your Own Teacher -Paraprofessional for the 2025 School Year

At the end of the 2025 school year I was selected for the Grow Your Own Teacher Program for Paraprofessionals. Only one Paraprofessional district-wide is given this honor. This program offers me support, financial assistance, mentorship, and helps in guiding me in my path to certification and job placement. 

Timeline

Y-Club
09.2019 - 11.2022

Paraprofessional

Fort Zumwalt School District: Westhoff Elementary School
08.2016 - Current

Paraprofessional

Mike Clemens Center
08.2015 - 05.2016

Paraprofessional

Fort Zumwalt School District: Pheasant Point Elementary School
08.2014 - 05.2016

Paraprofessional

Extended School Year (ESY)
06.2012 - 08.2025

Respite Care Provider

Community Living
02.2011 - 07.2014

Behavioral Aide

Center for Autism Education
06.2008 - 08.2012

Paraprofessional

Fort Zumwalt School District: North Middle School
12.2007 - 05.2014

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Missouri State University

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Lindenwood University

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St. Charles Community College

Fort Zumwalt North High School
Heather Hamline