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Yakiyah Mala

Tallahassee,FL

Summary

Dedicated Teaching Assistant focused on supporting faculty with family home needs. Successful at maintaining clean and organized supplies, planning activities and leading field trips. Excellent tutor, record keeper and multitasker. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Goal-oriented family care with youth of different learning levels and backgrounds. Always ready to step in and positively impact youth learning or teacher wellbeing with timely support. Reliable in maintaining orderly spaces and preparing daily materials.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Asst. Family Teacher

Boystown
08.2022 - Current
  • Serves as an active member of the family home program team; participates in measuring progress and providing input on goals and discharge planning.
  • Collaborates with courts, social agencies, parents, school personnel and other members of the program about youth's behaviors and progress, as well as strategies for teaching.
  • Assesses and monitors youth skills and progress to determine skill development needs and priorities.
  • Uses Boys Town teaching model by describing, practicing, and providing rationales for the use of appropriate skills/behaviors as well as describing and addressing negative behaviors.
  • Serves as a role model for youth by exhibiting skills taught in the program.
  • Monitors, supports, and encourages academic performance and educational success (e.g., good study habits, quality of work, higher education, etc.).
  • Attends school conferences, communicates with educational staff, and builds effective working relationships in order to meet the needs of youth's academic success.
  • Teaches and models Boys Town values, including, moral and ethical behaviors and obeys the law.
  • Supports, attends, and participates in religious services, conferences, community service projects, and other activities with youth and discusses how these are applicable and beneficial to the youth's daily life.

Interventionist

City Year Miami
07.2019 - 05.2022
  • Collaborated with teachers to assess needs, set objectives and discuss strategies.
  • Developed interventions for students currently struggling or at risk of falling behind.
  • Assessed and documented student progress with established goals.
  • Implemented tracking tools to evaluate successes and areas in need of improvement.
  • Determined appropriate interventions and planned support milestones.
  • Gathered, organized and analyzed data on student needs and progress.
  • Attend community based events and projects.

Education

Associate of Science - Social Work

Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, FL
03.2024

High School Diploma -

Miramar High School
Miramar, FL
06.2019

Skills

  • Communication and Interpersonal Skills
  • State Certification and Accreditation
  • Standardized Testing
  • First Aid
  • Behavior Redirection
  • Group Activities
  • Coordinating with Teachers and Specialists
  • Encouraging Participation and Inclusivity
  • Mentoring Students
  • Stress Management
  • Youth Support
  • Medication Management

Accomplishments

  • Helped train 2 new teaching assistants within a year of being employed with the company.
  • Observed students and documented social, emotional, motor skill and intellectual developments.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.

Timeline

Asst. Family Teacher

Boystown
08.2022 - Current

Interventionist

City Year Miami
07.2019 - 05.2022

Associate of Science - Social Work

Broward College

High School Diploma -

Miramar High School

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