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LATEISHA KIRKLAND

Clinton Township,Michigan

Summary

Compassionate Special Education Paraprofessional and mentor offering excellent skills in devising student strategies and monitoring classroom and athletic activities. Eager to learn with aptitude for applying new knowledge with skill and efficiency. Friendly and personable professional willing to take on any challenge.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Special Education Paraprofessional

Lakeview Public Schools
11.2018 - Current
  • Apply and collaborate with teachers to implement and modify curriculum, while working individually with special education students to provide personalized behavioral and emotional support
  • Convey and facilitate activities to create a positive, educational environment for students
  • Analyze and interpreted appropriately with administration, teachers, parents, as needed, through phone, email, and at drop off and pick up
  • Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment

Volunteer Assistant Soccer Coach

St. Clair Shores U-8 Soccer League
08.2019 - Current
  • Evaluated individual knowledge, skills, and strengths, and assigned team positions to maximize talent areas.
  • Readied athletes for tough games by implementing coordinated regimens of practices and physical conditioning.
  • Motivated athletes to become stronger, more agile, and more effective through training habits and proper nutrition.
  • Promoted stretching, mobility work, and proper form to help athletes safely build strength.
  • Improved player behavior through modeling and disciplinary interventions.
  • Prepared athletes for special competitions and tournaments.

Building Representative & Treasurer

Lakeview Educational Support Professional Association
09.2021 - Current
  • Delegate the proper representation of union members, according to the contract
  • Designate as a significant link to provide information regarding union leadership
  • Streamline methods to monitor employee satisfaction with policies or working conditions, including grievance or complaint procedures
  • Educate and advocated Michigan Education Association values and goals to members
  • Facilitated successful negotiations, constructing complex financial rate structures and drafting contract language
  • Participated in labor-management meetings to discuss labor issues
  • Prepared product proposals, contract terms and conditions and document modifications.

Administrative Assistant

SCRC ENTERPRISE
01.2016 - 11.2018
  • Coordinate day-to-day operations for all construction sites, scheduling and managing both current and upcoming projects
  • Leverage extensive attention to detail to create, organize, and manage comprehensive filing systems
  • Create and distributed correspondence memos, letters, faxes, and forms
  • Maintain telephone calls, process incoming and outgoing mail and email, and direct callers to the appropriate parties, as necessary
  • Manage and processed financial records, such as estimates, invoices, and material orders.

Administrative Assistant/Receptionist

Inkster High School
08.2008 - 06.2009
  • Manage the receptionist area, including greeting visitors and responding to telephone and in-person requests for information
  • Contribute administrative support to the Director of School Operations, including managing correspondence, scheduling, ordering, and additional clerical duties
  • Process financial records and purchased requisitions, placing orders, and tracking expenditures
  • Enter and organized data into the organization's outcomes management system, assisting in the creation of comprehensive procedures and reports
  • Draft meeting agendas, supplied advance materials, and executed follow-up for meetings and team conferences
  • Manage daily office operations and maintenance of equipment.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Strategic Leadership

Rochester University
Rochester, MI
12.2017

Associate of Applied Science - General Studies

Macomb Community College
Warren, MI
05.2015

Skills

  • Communication
  • Skills with Special Needs (Autism and Spectrum Disorders)
  • IEP Compliance
  • Skills Strategies
  • Instructional Support
  • Mentor
  • Individual Tutoring
  • Teamwork
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Data Analysis
  • Decision-Making
  • Conflict Management

Timeline

Building Representative & Treasurer

Lakeview Educational Support Professional Association
09.2021 - Current

Volunteer Assistant Soccer Coach

St. Clair Shores U-8 Soccer League
08.2019 - Current

Special Education Paraprofessional

Lakeview Public Schools
11.2018 - Current

Administrative Assistant

SCRC ENTERPRISE
01.2016 - 11.2018

Administrative Assistant/Receptionist

Inkster High School
08.2008 - 06.2009

Bachelor of Science - Strategic Leadership

Rochester University

Associate of Applied Science - General Studies

Macomb Community College

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