Iris St. Andrews
Randolph
Summary
Dedicated professional with passion for working with children at multiple grade levels. Highly proficient in leading recreational and educational activities when providing head teachers support in all aspects of classroom management. Accomplished in building long-lasting relationships with students, parents and colleagues.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teacher Assistant
Gifford Medical Center
Randolph
06.2024 - Current
- Assisted lead teacher in creating and implementing lesson plans for various subjects
- Monitored student progress through regular assessments and provided reports to lead teacher and parents/guardians
- Created a positive learning environment by fostering strong relationships with students based on trust and respect
- Assisted in the preparation of instructional materials such as worksheets, handouts, and visual aids
- Maintained accurate records of student attendance, grades, and behavior incidents
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Vermont State Colleges
Brandon
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Utilized innovative teaching methods, including hands-on activities and technology integration, to enhance student engagement and understanding allowing for double the participation from previous months
- Provided individualized instruction to students requiring extra support or advanced challenges in math concepts
- Monitored student progress through regular assessments and adjusted instructional strategies accordingly
- Participating in one-on-one teaching for students who were noticing falling behind leading to three students to go from averages of 45 to 65 in three months
- Participated in parent-teacher conferences to discuss individual student goals, strengths, weaknesses, and action plans for improvement, by helping students reach their personal and academic goals
- Established clear expectations for behavior and academic performance, consistently reinforcing them throughout the school year, specifically working with multiple classes with multiple students who have IEPs and 504 plans
Sales Representative
Shaws Market
Randolph
04.2017 - 11.2020
- Processed customer transactions accurately and efficiently.
- Collaborated with team members to ensure excellent service delivery.
- Handled customer complaints and resolved issues promptly.
- Trained new staff on sales techniques and store policies.
- Used excellent verbal skills to engage customers in conversation and effectively determine needs and requirements.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics
Castleton State College
Castleton, VT05.2024
Skills
- Inclusion practices
- Assistive technologies
- Word processing
- Verbal communication
- Classroom behavior management
- Student-centered approaches
- Theme-based lessons
- Teaching
- Statistics
- Redirection
- Early childhood general education teaching experience
- Project-based lessons
- Microsoft Office
- Play-based learning instruction
- Consistent routines
- Spreadsheets
- Physical development
- Dramatic play
- Calculus
- Social-emotional development lessons
- Communication skills
- IEP
- Phone etiquette
- Google Docs
- Skill-based instruction
- Writing skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Play-based instruction
- Accounting
- Collaboration with specialists
- Numeracy-focused lessons
- Relationship building
- Social-emotional development
- Literacy-focused lessons
- Hands-on experiments
- Geometry
- Microsoft Word
- Project team coordination
- First aid
- Analysis skills
- 504 plans
- Piaget's cognitive development theory
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs
- Time management
- Data entry
- Math
- Customer service
- Algebra
- Microsoft Outlook
- Computer skills
- Negotiation
- HIPAA
- Unit planning
- Project coordination
- Typing
- Assessing student portfolios
- Activity-based lessons
- Parent-teacher conferences
- Organizational skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Classroom events
- Newsletters
- Lesson planning
Certification
• AED Certification
• First Aid Certification
• CPR Certification
• First Aid Certification
• CPR Certification
Languages
English
Timeline
Teacher Assistant
Gifford Medical Center
06.2024 - Current
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Vermont State Colleges
08.2023 - 05.2024
Sales Representative
Shaws Market
04.2017 - 11.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics
Castleton State College