January 30, 2014
Carol Neill
Career Portfolio
List of summer jobs:
Administrative Assistant and Child development Worker 1999
Futures
Special Needs Worker 1997 Riverside Day Care
As an Educational Assistant:
- interpreted for deaf students using American Sign Language
- taught one deaf, kindergarten student (with no language) sign language
- worked with an oxygen dependant child and non-ambulatory students
- worked with Downs Syndrome, Autistic Syndrome, Aspergers Syndrome, Turners
Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, blind students and students with Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome and/affects
- assisted in preparatory work
- assisted in keeping students engaged in a range of activities, in the classroom/group
settings/1 on 1
- responded to needs of students in a timely and appropriate way
- operated and maintained specialized devices, equipment and technologies for disabled
students
- assisted students by explaining, demonstrating and modeling skills and attitudes
necessary to encourage and support learning as facilitated by the teachers
- assisted classroom teachers with the supervision of students
- watched for potential problem situations and prevented escalation of conflicts whenever
possible
- assisted students who require on-going, long-term support through plans developed by
an in-school team
- engaged students in activities that promoted learning
- motivated and encouraged student participation
- supported students to prepare for and successfully complete transitions throughout the
school day
- assisted students with gathering and organizing information and materials, meeting
deadlines and assignment requirements, reviewing materials and preparing for tests as
assigned
- supported student learning by providing explanations, skilled demonstrations and by
modeling appropriate classroom behaviour to reinforce lessons taught by teachers
- assisted students in resolving interpersonal conflicts
- established positive and respectful relationships with students and fostered an effective
learning environment
- facilitated students' independence by reinforcing strategies to help students develop and
use a process for problem solving
- applied strategies to help build students self confidence and promote students
independence
- reinforced an atmosphere of safety and respect
- Communicated effectively and respectfully with students, using language and tone
appropriate to students and situation
- interacted with staff in a manner that contributed to positive relationships
- worked collaboratively and cooperatively to support student programming
- organized and coordinated daily work activities to complete specific tasks
- identified work requirements and timelines from written and verbal instructions, asking
for clarification as required
- approached the teachers to access information and resources in order to carry out work
assignments
- assembled, organized, collated and constructed materials according to teachers
directions
- assisted with supervision in school and community settings
- observed and recorded performances/behaviours objectively and report it to the teachers
- operated, maintained and supervised student use of specialized devices, equipment and
technologies, following safety requirements
- clarified elements of lessons for students
- reinforced specific techniques, strategies and language as directed by the teachers
- documented, monitored and reported objective information to the teachers
- collected and recorded data for use in students evaluations
- marked tests and assignments for teachers to review
- reported to teachers on students’ strengths, achievements and needs
- reported to teachers on observed students’ behaviours and outcomes
- implemented strategies as described in students’ individual education plan
- encouraged student independence
- motivated students to maintain focus and attention when learning new skills
- provided students with appropriate cues and prompts
- reinforced target behaviours and new skills effectively
- supervised classrooms in teachers’ absences
- supervised and taught (plans and assignments organized by resource teachers) small
groups in separate rooms or libraries
- tested children on academic areas
- kept confidentiality of students and/family members of students
Working at the museum:
- opened and closed the museum
- cleaned the museum, including archival items
- set up art exhibits for display from various local artists
- conducted guided
- designed, controlled and maintained the museum’s website, heritagenorthmuseum.ca
- wrote and posted Community Memories for museum’s website
- photographed museum, tourist attractions and Thompson and posted photos, videos and
slide shows on the website
- maintained computers
- handled emergencies and acted as manager when executive director was away
- worked independently
- trained and supervised summer students 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012
- trained my replacement, 2013
- sold merchandise and local art in museum’s gift shop
- used cash register
- cashed out at the end of each day/week/month
- helped with inventory of merchandise
-displayed merchandise in gift shop
- handled tourism and gave information regarding Thompson, its history and the
surrounding area.
- maintained the museum’s gardens and lawns
- maintained the grounds, winter and summer
- collected funds from clients who advertised their business/service through the
museum’s guide book
- helped with annual guide book
- typed and/ wrote ‘Community Memories’ according to previous interviews from people
who had resided in Thompson from 1956 and on; placed those ‘Community Memories’
on the museum’s website
On the board of Directors for the museum:
- attended board meetings
- sat on two committees, marketing and advertising
- researched ways to do more fundraising
- served dinners at social functions for various caterers (one of the museum’s fundraisers)
- printed raffle tickets; cut, stapled and stamped tickets
- sold raffle tickets at the mall
- organized volunteers for fundraisers, such as dinners being served and barbeques for
Co-op Gas and annual yard sales
- barbequed and served hotdogs for Co-op
- sorted and organized items donated for annual yard sale
- worked at the annual yard sale, set out items and packed away items not sold
- counted money that was earned at the yard sales
Working at the Day Cares and Preschool:
- completed and evaluated observations on activities
- intervened in trouble situations; children fighting, arguing and/crying
- helped develop and refine gross and fine motor skills with movement education, circle
and art activities
- encouraged fair play and imagination through their play and interactions with other
children
- monitored children
- counted number of children throughout the day to ensure children’s safety
- prepared children for kindergarten
- documented daily activities and incidents
- observed children and wrote objective documents
- planned weekly themes
- followed schedules and planned appropriately regarding different themes
- planned art, circle, math, social studies, drama and movement education activities
- entertained children through play, drama, music and reading
- conducted communications with parents; Kiddies Northern Preschool
- implemented positive discipline using positive direction
- provided positive direction
- encouraged proper hygiene and manners
- assisted in the improvement of behavior management, in children, through structured
activities, schedules and consistency of rules
- acted as director in director’s absence; Kiddies Northern Preschool
- evaluated director at the end of the school year for the board of directors; Kiddies
Northern Preschool
- taught the junior kindergarten program in the junior kindergarten teacher’s absence;
Kiddies Northern Preschool
- improvised with an unplanned circle or other activities in other staff’s absence
- tested children on various academic areas
- assisted in administrative duties
- taught children to use the computer
- researched, initiated and created activities for children
- Established problem solving strategies
- conveyed respect to children and parents
- kept confidentiality of children and/family members of children
- assisted junior kindergarten teacher with the junior kindergarten program; Kiddies
Northern Preschool
- cared for and was responsible for preschool and school-aged children
- created songs to assist children in transitions, circle and Christmas concert; Kiddies
Northern Preschool
- assembled lay-out for center and monitored workability of floor plan with children’s
traffic and interest
- formulated differences in developmental levels 0-6 in doing art and circle activities
- promoted centre with arranging bulletin boards, pictures, children’s art work, etc.
- role-modeled appropriate behavior, attitude, manners, etc. to encourage children to do
the same
- participated in fund-raising; Kiddies Northern Preschool
- promoted centre with arranging bulletin boards, pictures, children’s art work, etc;
Kiddies Northern Preschool
- helped develop fine and gross motor skills through movement education and cutting,
gluing, colouring, drawing, play and interactions with other children
- organized, compiled and ordered Troll (Scholastic) books for children
- attained Emergency First Aid and C.P.R
As an Administrative Assistant and Child Development Worker at Futures
- reviewed children’s activities and play area
- suggested new activities for children and parents
- assisted in administrative duties
- upgraded future policies for cleaning and sanitation for the centre
- obtained more knowledge of resources for clients
- modified, edited and retyped Procedures Manual
- reviewed children’s activities and play area
- assembled future layout of centre
- made advertisements for volunteers
College, courses and workshops
- provided positive direction to preschool children at KCC (ECE II)
- provided structure through play and curriculum with art, science, social studies, drama
and circle activities
- developed monthly plans according to themes in all curriculum areas; facilitating for
different age groups at KCC (ECE II)
- cared for children in a professional environment at KCC (ECE II)
- compiled, evaluate and do observations on activities at KCC (ECE II)
- examined nutritional value in foods for children at Nutrition workshop
- attained Emergency First Aid and C.P.R in workshops
- developed the skills to translate and interpret both American Sign Language and
American Signed English at KCC and workshops with The Society for Manitobans
with Disabilities
- edited manuscripts through course in writing for children and teenagers
- produced manuscripts for publication through course through course in writing for
children and teenagers
- created stories for young children through course in writing for children and teenagers
- demonstrated the ability to extinguish small fires in Fire Extinguisher workshop
- learned to work effectively with violent and aggressive students in WEVAS workshop
- implemented positive discipline in workshop
- learned about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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