Supportive- Creative – Compassionate- Accommodating Versatile and dedicated child advocate with a solid focus on the individual needs of identified and special education students. Kind hearted and empathetic professional who is flexible and accommodating in the design and implementation of inspiring hands – on lessons, employing wide ranging manipulative and IEP’s to enhance student achievements. Skilled in addressing student needs, ensuring that children will thrive and develop in an adaptable educational atmosphere. Firm behavioural management techniques possessing excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to develop wonderful rapport with all members of school community. Thrust to closely work with children with special needs to retain their self-esteem and build up their self-confidence. Goal: to identify children with special needs in socio economically backward communities across India and provide assistance for an appropriate education to make them an independent citizen.

WORK EXPERIENCE:
SEPTEMBER 2017 TILL PRESENT – Special educator at Sankalp- the Open
School, a school for children with special needs
Developed and implemented IEP for each special education student. Identified and
implemented goals tailored to the student’s individual needs and abilities.
Collaborated and Co- ordinated with parents, teachers and teacher assistants to
create a holistic platform for children with special needs. Established rapport with
various service providers that include speech, occupational for students who are
highly functional and fall under autism spectrum, developmental delays, and children
with learning disability in resource classrooms.
Duties:
 Assisting the parents of children with special needs and train them on Elearning.
 Instrumental in creating an innovative e-learning platform through various art
forms, games and team activities to make virtual learning more captivating.
 Interacting periodically with parents and keep them updated on the virtual
classes , teaching methodologies which can help them teach their wards at
home.
 Designing an innovative lesson plan for e-learning
 Instrumental in organizing yoga workshops on “ international yoga day”
 Organising activities that require a pupil to hear, see, say, and do something.
 Building regular breaks into classes so that students do not become
bored/fatigued.
 Helping children who are shy to sit in a class integrate with their fellow pupils.
 Preparing students for life outside & after school by talking to them in an adult
way.
 Rewarding pupils for trying to learn, for every efforts they make.
 Encouraging students to actively participate in all classroom activities.
 Assisting children who have trouble reading by using various innovative
teaching aids.
 Perform assessments on verbal and non-verbal communication abilities then
recommend effective intervention techniques to address a situation with the
intent of helping the student achieve his/her fullest potential.
 Cleaning up a classroom and rearranging desks at the end of a every lesson.
 Gathering information about a child from a number of different perspectives.
 Organising course material into small study sessions where pupils can master
subjects without becoming overwhelmed..
 Developed and implemented lesson plans tailored to children’s abilities.
 Made special classroom accommodations for children as necessary.
 Selected appropriate classroom materials games and interactive toys.
 Divided the class into smaller groups to effectively assess needs.
 Delegated some responsibilities to classroom assistants.
 Worked with students on an individual basis.
 Effectively used classroom spaces and outdoor spaces to encourage
socialization.
 Prepare periodic progress reports and establish individual learning objectives.
 Accompanied students during the outbound trips and field trips making it more
adventurous and educative.
 Instrumental in finding sponsorships for school annual day, sports meet and
also infrastructure need for the school.