Jake Bowman

Working with those who have mental, and physical handicaps requires patience and understanding for each individual. Responsibilities include being able to adapt to different circumstances at any given point, being aware at all times what each student is doing, and being able to maintain a professional, and friendly relationship with students at the same time.

• Collaborated with other instructional assistants and teachers to provide comprehensive support to students and deliver instruction aligned with curriculum standards.
• Monitored student achievement and gathered evidence to deliver individualized instruction and support aligned to student's goals.
• Modeling appropriate social skills
• Flexibility to adapt to many different classroom environments
• Taking students out for community based instructions.
• Handling behavioral problems or sudden outbursts which may be violent in some cases.

• Learned and implemented skills to overcome objections.
• Quickly build rapport and loyalty with customers during first interaction.
• Engaged in friendly conversation with customers to better uncover individual needs.

• Provided positive reinforcement and motivation to increase student confidence and performance.
• Plan, prioritize, and organize a variety of lessons while scheduling and rescheduling 10+ swim lessons a day
• Excellent time management to ensure there was time to get from one lesson to another, and
  also assuring lessons would not overlap
• Ability to work with people of all ages and temperaments
• Communicated clearly and positively with parents to ensure expectations were met and exceeded.
• Provide superior customer service in accommodating clients.

• Excellent social skills when interacting with parents and students
• Restored customer loyalty by resolving complaints with workers, activities or services rendered.
• Organizing employee schedules
• Assisting in employee training which involved safety, procedure, and what to do in
  emergencies