Jinny M. McIlvaine
Passionate. Educated. Inclusive. Community Builder.
Honolulu,HI
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Residential Life Advisor
Kamehameha Schools, Residential Life Department
10.2021 - Current
- Support vulnerable students’ social and emotional development through daily advisory groups and relational mentoring, encouraging reflective practice, interpersonal effectiveness, and healthy expression of emotions within a communal living setting.
- Apply culturally responsive practice by integrating discussions of identity, heritage, and personal values into wellbeing programming, demonstrating sensitivity to cultural context in students’ emotional and behavioural experiences.
- Develop and coordinate cultural outings and life skills lessons that promote community engagement, student leadership, independence, communal living, and self-awareness, aligned with the school’s mission.
- Design and deliver workshops on conflict resolution, emotional regulation, and communication, supporting students to develop self-regulation skills and constructive relational patterns.
- Promote holistic development by providing academic mentoring and individualised study planning (Years 7–12), collaborating with teachers, counsellors, and specialists to integrate educational progress with students’ emotional and social needs.
Inclusion Special Education Teacher
Clifton Public Schools Board of Education, Department of Special Education
09.2018 - 06.2021
- Designed and delivered differentiated, developmentally appropriate lessons for Kindergarten to Year 2 students that supported sensory needs, emotional regulation, and diverse learning styles.
- Created and maintained a safe, structured, and emotionally attuned classroom environment (both in-person and virtual), promoting regulation, belonging, and positive peer interaction among neurodiverse learners.
- Supported students’ social-emotional development through guided peer interactions, conflict resolution, and modelling of communication skills, helping children develop empathy, self-awareness, and relational competence.
- Collaborated closely with teachers, specialists, administrators, and families to develop and implement Individualised Education Plans (IEPs), integrating academic goals with emotional, behavioural, and developmental needs.
- Monitored student progress using observation and assessment data to inform responsive teaching approaches, adapting strategies to support each child’s cognitive, emotional, and social growth.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Education - Elementary & Special Education
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ05.2018
Skills
- Emotional attunement
- Group facilitation
- Trauma-informed care
- Social-emotional learning
- Reflective practice
- Dance and movement facilitation
- Conflict resolution
- Peer mentoring
- Mind-body awareness
Certification
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Timeline
Residential Life Advisor
Kamehameha Schools, Residential Life Department
10.2021 - Current
Inclusion Special Education Teacher
Clifton Public Schools Board of Education, Department of Special Education
09.2018 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Science in Education - Elementary & Special Education
Seton Hall University