Leah Jaeger
Eugene,OR
Summary
I am a passionate and driven person with a positive, friendly disposition. I have experience working with kids, especially adolescents on emotional regulation skills and restorative justice practices. I care deeply about the healing power of nature and plants, which I try to employ in my daily life as well as my work. Helping others through honesty and compassion is always my goal.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Behavior Support Assistant
Eugene School District 4J
10.2022 - Current
- Executed low to high-level behavior interventions and de-escalation with students of concern.
- Held restorative conversations and circles with students and staff to repair harm.
- Led small groups, and one on one conversations to talk about positive habits, mindsets, and boundary setting.
- Monitored students in detention and in-school suspension.
- Assisted teachers with behavior management techniques by demonstrating, modeling and positively reinforcing desired behaviors.
- Held students accountable to school behavioral expectations and administered restorative consequences.
Education Assistant, Special Education/Life Skills
4j School District
05.2022 - 10.2022
- Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.
- Instructed students with physical and cognitive disabilities.
- Worked with students with moderate to severe autism to increase life skills.
- Documented student behaviors, interventions, and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
- Participated in professional development opportunities and attended in-services and seminars.
Team Leader
Mountain Rose Herbs Mercantile
10.2020 - 04.2022
- Studied healing properties of plants and herbs to assist and educate customers.
- Stocked merchandise, clearly labeled items, and created hand drawn displays.
- Used holistic approach to advise customers on herbal offerings.
- Built strong relationships with customers and coworkers through positive attitude and attentive response.
- Supervised team members to maintain a positive and enjoyable work environment.
- Worked with team to identify areas of improvement and devised solutions based on mutual discussion.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Apparel Design
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR06.2019
Skills
- Assertiveness
- Stress Management
- Critical Thinking
- Crisis Intervention
- Cross-Cultural Competence
- Problem Solving
- Conflict Resolution
- Behavior Management
Volunteer Work
- Benton County Historical Museum: Costume Cataloging and preservation 2018-2020
- Key Club President North Eugene High School 2013-2014
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Elementary
Japanese
Elementary
Diversity and Social Justice
- Staff Leader of Feminist Student Union: Kelly Middle School
- Staff Assistant for Gender Sexuality Alliance: Kelly Middle School
- Staff member of Spanish and Japanese Immersion school: Kelly Middle School
- Works daily with students and coworkers of diverse cultural, racial, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds.
- Directly involved in supporting LGBTQIA+ students and students of color on a daily basis.
Timeline
Behavior Support Assistant
Eugene School District 4J
10.2022 - Current
Education Assistant, Special Education/Life Skills
4j School District
05.2022 - 10.2022
Team Leader
Mountain Rose Herbs Mercantile
10.2020 - 04.2022
Bachelor of Science - Apparel Design
Oregon State University
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