Hannah

My Summary

My Experience

Teaching Assistant
February 2025- current
• Support children aged 8-11 ( All children are visually impaired and are also either autistic, deaf, have cerebral palsy, behavioral issues and more)
• Collaborate with physical, speech, habilitation therapists
• Highly collaborative - Work with a team of teaching assistants and head teacher to educate the children
• Provided one-to-one learning services support with students who needed extra help

Au Pair Experience

Alexandria, Virginia December 2022-December 2024
• Supported family with three children, aged 6, 11 and 14;
• Collaborates with physical, speech and occupational therapists to support the 6 year old who has Down syndrome and Autism;
• Created, organized and supported learning activities for each of the children;
• Worked with the non-verbal 6 year old to help him learn 154 new words, tracked progress;
• Used various learning modalities to tutor the older children with their homework;
• Provided guidance on effective study techniques and test-taking strategies using differentiated learning techniques;
• Helps with executive functioning skills to keep the eldest organized and on task;
• Built a relationship with each of the children to help them achieve excellence in intellectual and character formation;
• Effective at open communication and collaborates with the parents;
• Follows structures and routines, establishes new routines as necessary;
• Certified in First Aid;
• Adaptable, flexible and dependable;
• Invited by parents to extend the initial contract for an additional year.

Teaching and Boarding School Assistant, Substitute Teacher

Clifton Co-Ed Preparatory School January 2022-KwaZulu Natal, South Africa December 2022

Treverton Preparatory School January 2020-
KwaZulu Natal, South Africa December 2021

Boarding:
• Managed girls in grades 1-7 who were living at the boarding school;
• Provided nurturing, support and guidance;
• Monitored free time activities, sport and overall well being of assigned grades;
• Versatile - Worked with a different grade every week;
• Supervised homework and study sessions;
• Maintained open communication with the parents regarding progress and needs of the children.
In Class:
• Highly collaborative - assisted three teachers with the lessons each day;
• Provided one-to-one learning services support with students who needed extra help;
• Independently ta-ught the class once a week- performed lesson planning and tracking of progress;
• Proctored assessments;
• Substitute teacher- provided detailed notes and turnover to the teacher who was absent;
• Special needs qualified- worked with a student who had autism to enhance his intellectual learning.
Sport:
• Collaborated with the Sports Coordinator;
• Independently coached teams in field hockey, swimming, soccer.

DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE WORK I DID WITH SOME OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN I HAVE WORKED WITH:

1.ANDREW: DOWN SYNDROME AND AUTISTIC ( CURRENTLY WORKING WITH HIM)

2.MERICK: AUTISM ( WORKED WITH HIM IN A GRADE 1 CLASS AT TREVERTON PREP)

3.KHWEZI: ASPERGER SYNDROME (WORKED WITH HER IN THE GRADE 2 CLASS AND THE BOARDING HOUSE AT TREVERTON)

4.KEEGAN: UNDIAGNOSED ADD/ADHD (WORKED WITH HIM IN THE GRADE 2 CLASS AT CLIFTON)

1.I HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR TEACHING ANDREW THE FOLLOWING SKILLS:
• TO WALK
• TO GO UP AND DOWN STAIRS
• TO USE HIS TONIE BOX
• TO FEED HIMSLF WITH A SPOON
• HOW TO CARRY HIS SCHOOL BAG ( IN HIS HANDS)
• TAUGHT HIM MOVEMENTS TO NURSERY RHYMES
• TAUGHT HIM THE ALPHABET, NUMBERS 1-10, COLOURS, SHAPS AND HIS NAME
• TAUGHT HIM SIMPLE SIGNS IS ASL SIGN LANGUAGE
• IMPROVED HIS VOCABULARY
• TOOK HIM TO THERAPY AND WORKED WITH THE THERAPISTS TO REACH SOME OF ANDREWS GOALS. ALSO CONVEYED ANDREWS PROGRESS FROM THE THERAPISTS TO THE PARENTS
• SPEECH/FEEDING THERAPY: EATING, SPEECH,VOCABULARY,CHEWING
• OT: DRESSING, TEETH BRUSHING
• PHYSICAL THERAPY: WALKING,STAIRS, JUMPING, BENDING
• TOOK HIM TO ALL HIS APPOINTMENTS AND RELAYED ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION (DOCTORS, DENTIST, OPTOMETRIST)
• TAUGHT HIM HOW TO MAKE SOUNDS RELATED TO OBJECTS (ANIMALS, CARS, RANDOM FUNNY SOUNDS)
• TAUGHT
• TO USE HIS TABLET
• TO OPEN A DOOR USING A DOOR HANDLE
• TOOK HIM TO THE POOL FOR HIM TO GET USED TO IT
• TAUGHT HIM HOW TO USE THE POTTY

• CREATED A TV CHART AS TO HELP ANDREW COMMUNICATE WHAT TV SHOW HE WOULD LIKE AS HE WAS GETTING FRUSTRATED IN THE FACT THAT HE COULDN’T COMMUNICATE WITH US
• CREATED NUMBER, ALPHABET, NAME, COLOURS AND SHAPE CHARTS AS TO HELP HIM LEARN IN AN INTERACTIVE AND TO HELP HIS FINE MOTOR SKILLS
• SUGGESTED FOR THE FAMILY TO GET ANDREW A WEIGHTED BLANKET AND TEDDY FOR ANDREWS COMFORT NEEDS
• SUGGESTED TO THE FAMILY TO GET A TACTILE INTERACTIVE BOOK AS TO HELP ANDREWS TACTILE NEEDS ANYWHERE HE GOES
• CREATED POTTY CARDS SO THAT ANDREW COULD VISUALIZE AND COMMUNICATE WITH US ON WHAT HE NEDED TO DO. I ALSO ALLOW A REWARD SYSTEM WITH BISCUITS EVERY TIME HE USES THE POTTY.
2. I WORKED WITH MERICK IN THE CLASSROOM:
• WORKED ONE ON ONE WITH HIM
• WAS HIS PERSONAL AID FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS OF ME WORKING AT TREVERTON PREP
• CREATED EASIER WORKSHEETS FOR HIS PACE AND HIS COGNITIVE ABILITIES BUT SIMILAR TO THE OTHER CHILDREN
• CREATED MY OWN DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES FOR HIM

3. I WORKED WITH KEEGAN IN THE CLASSROOM:
TOOK HIM OUT THE CLASS TO WORK ONE ON ONE WITH HIM ON CERTAIN SUBJECTS HE WAS SLOWER IN AND HAD MORE DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING ON. ( MATH, SPELLING, READING, ENGLISH AND CATCH UP WORK


I have been working with special needs children since 2020. I have worked with kids who have Down Syndrome, Autism, behavioral issues, visually impaired, ADHD, cerebral Palsy and Aspergers

My Qualifications

I have a Higher certificate in pre-school education (I will be completing my degree in teaching and specializing in special needs education)

I have an English TEFL Level 5 diploma

I have 12 credits in American Sign Language (now learning British Sign Language)

My Availability

I am available for interviews Monday-Thursday from 4pm-5pm, 3:30-5 pm on Friday’s and anytime on the weekends

My Fees

• Babysitting from £20.00 per hour
• Nannying from £25.00 per hour (gross)

£25 per hour
5840 per month