Kia McFarland

• Provide therapeutic activities and exercises for children with developmental delays, physical disabilities, and cognitive challenges through play-based interventions.
• Read stories
• Assist students with dressing, feeding, playing, and fine motor coordination.
• Modeling self-regulation skills, such as breathing exercises, visual supports, and modeling the appropriate behavior.

• Maintained daily logs of each child's activities, behaviors, meals, and naps (TS Gold, daily sheets, etc.).
• Planned and implemented lessons using various teaching strategies to meet diverse student needs.
• Built positive relationships with students, therapists, parents, and teaching staff.
• diapering,
• Created and implemented a developmentally appropriate curriculum addressing all learning styles.
• Encouraged critical thinking skills among students through problem-solving activities.
• Supported and guided students learning through play
• Promoted good behaviors by using positive reinforcement and modeling the behavior I wanted to see.
• Participated in workshops and conferences to improve educational skills.
• Assist children in developing good personal hygiene, changing diapers, toilet training and washing of hands
• Home visits

• Taught mixed ages infant to 3 in one classroom, setting
• *Submit TS Gold observation
• *Recorded educational, social and development milestones
• *Promoted good behaviors by using positive reinforcements techniques
• *Attend teacher trainings (CLASS, Conscious Discipline etc…)
• *Taught students foundational skills such as colors, shapes and letters
• *Help with correct consuming, dressing and toilet habits
• *Developed professional relationships with parents teachers, directors and therapists.
• Lead children in actions by telling stories
• teaching songs, and preparing craft supplies
• Created and prepared lesson plans
• Home Visits

ACHIEVEMENTS: Highest Class score in center 6.63 with highest possible score being 7

• Fashion for Passion(benefit for children with mental illness),
• Hope for Haiti Fashion Show,
• Formal Fashion Week for Bourbon Park,
• Promotional Model for Zulu Ball,
• Runway model for Essence/ Macy’s Photo Shoot

• Assist students with any questions problems or concerns, next steps about college
• File and maintain student records
• Greet students and general public, direct persons to correct location department or person
• Handle general questions about the college and provide published material.
• Assist students with FAFSA, admission applications, registration holds, promissory notes and entrance and exit loan.
• Add students to the service queue.
• Answer calls regarding financial aid, admissions, and registration. Be an attentive listener to fully understand a caller’s query and provide a solution that meets their needs

Attend meetings/workshops to talk about progress and issues of children

*Lead children in actions by telling stories, teaching songs and preparing crafts

*Assist lead teacher in conducting increased learning experience for students in assigned area

*Help children socialize and teach them how to get along with other students and get ready for much more formal schooling.