3 years Teaching preschool experience & 4 years with special education
Resume:
Paula Howard Karrigan
Gainesville, GA
email: *******************@*****.***
Employment Objective
Seeking Preschool Teacher position.
Highly motivated and energetic individual. To secure a challenging
Teaching position
that will complement my abilities and provide me
with growth and opportunity. Also, to show my experience which allows me to utilize
my communication, public relations, and love for children skills.
Major assets include excellent people skills,
and the ability to work well independently or as a team member.
Special Skills and Abilities
*Assertive
*Energetic
*Highly motivated
*Friendly
*Great role model
*Helpful
*Honest
*Eager
*Responsible
*Caring
*Team worker
*Super public relations skills
*Love for children
*Dedication
Work History
Stephens County Head Start
Teacher
Toccoa, GA
2007-2010
I moved away due to death of my husband.
As a teach these things were my duties: planning and maintaining a safe, clean, learning environment and in
assuring the well being and safety of the children in his/her care.
Exhibits a genuine nurturing, caring attitude to all children.
Maintained a positive, calm attitude and a soft voice, and encourage this attitude and voice in
others working in the classroom.
Maintained a cooperative attitude of working together with the teacher, volunteers, parents, and
program specialists in planning and implementing activities.
Implemented the developmental assessment for each child to determine the
child’s strengths and areas in which each child may need help.
Planning and preparing materials and supplies in advance for activities.
Always maintaining confidential child classroom folders, by collecting monthly
samples of children’s work.
Maintaining a confidential assessment binder, consisting of developmental
assessments, individual goals, and observations of progress toward meeting goals.
Shares in the development and implementation of written lesson plans with the other teacher.
Rides the bus on a rotating basis in the afternoon as assigned by center director to extend
learning environment to the bus and assist the bus monitor.
Implementing behavior plans designed by resource teachers and/or mental
health specialist.
Protects all children from physical punishment or verbal abuse by anyone in any program
activity, and immediately reports any such incident to the center director or person in
charge.
Observes children to detect signs of illness, injury, emotional disturbance, learning disorder,
speech problem, or other special needs, and immediately report observations to the teacher
for follow up..
Sits with children during all meal times and eat the same lunch as the children to
provide a model for good nutritional habits (unless modified meals are prescribed by a
physician’s statement).
Went on visits to each child’s home twice per year as indicated on the planning
calendar, to meet parents or guardians and become familiar with the child’s family and home
environment.
Works cooperatively with the other teachers and the classroom family advocate as a team, to encourage
the active participation of all parents in the program.
Entering accurate attendance records into the computer program
daily.
Help with the written lesson plans, the daily schedule, methods for
recording attendance, and all other daily duties of the teacher.
Attended all training opportunities and all staff meetings called by the
center director.
Performed any other task deemed necessary by the center director.
Stephens County Board of Education
Special Education Paraprofessional
Toccoa, GA
2003-2007
Left to work for Stephens County head Start.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Prepared classroom activities for the assigned student under the supervision of a certified teacher.
Worked individually or with small groups of students to reinforce materials initially introduced by the teacher.
Assisted students when arriving and departing from school.
Assisted students with personal needs, which may include dressing, toileting, changing diapers, hand washing, feeding, etc.
Followed the direction of the teacher in implementing the specific programs to meet student goals and objectives.
Assisted individual students in need of special attention.
Attended meetings, training and inservice as requested.
Assisted with the supervision of students during snack periods, play periods and on field trips.
Served as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
Maintained a safe working environment, and encourages colleagues to be safety-minded in the performance of all school-related duties.
Maintained the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully-certified teachers.
Had regular and predictable attendance.
Howard's Resale Brand name Clothing
Owner & sales
Historic Hwy. 441-N Demorest, GA 30535
1999-2006
I had this Business while I worked in Education.
Closed down for my husband to relocate his job.
Assisted customers with item selection, bought gently used brand name clothing from individuals, operated computerized cash register,
balanced cash register daily, made deposits daily, monitored inventory, tagged & priced merchandise and stocked racks.
Accurately balanced cash register daily. Never was short.
Maintained detailed paperwork for inventory control. Operated automated inventory equipment.
Handled customer problems with patience and sensitivity.
Trained new associates.
Goody's Family Clothing
Sales clerk, fashion display coordinator & head over cash office
Gainesville, GA
1989-1993
Left due to birth of my daughter & I wanted to stay home with her.
Operated computerized cash register and automated scanning equipment for the local branch of a large department store chain.
Worked cash register and scanning equipment in all departments.
Conducted inventories. Reconciled counts against inventory control systems.
Entered data into computer for special orders.
Received customer service and inventory control training.
Set new monthly sales record, surpassing all sales associates for any given month in company history.
Promoted to sales associate lead worker after one year.
Trained new sales clerks.
Education
East Hall High School
Honor Graduate
Cheerleader
Voted Senior Friendliest
Help mentor special Education students all 4 years
Gainesville, GA
1988 graduate
Lanier Technical College
President's List
1990-1991
Practical Nursing Diploma
Lanier Technical College
President’s List
2001-2003
Early Childhood Diploma
References:
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