Amanda Posini
Kaitaia,Kaitaia
Summary
Caring teacher with strong communication skills and drive to excite students about learning. Specialising in creating stimulating environments that help students achieve full potential and enjoy learning. Communicates effectively and maintains strong relationships with families and colleagues.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Early childcare reliever
Footprints Educare
Kaitaia, Kaitaia
02.2022 - Current
- Ensured continuity of care by stepping in as a childcare reliever, fostering a secure and welcoming environment.
- Engaged with Tamariki in their play/learning. Setting up and providing learning experiences to extend children’s learning/interests.
- Support teachers with mat times, Kai times, sleep and nappy changes.
- General cleaning, maintaining a safe and clean environment for Tamariki and kaiako
- Building positive relationships with Tamariki their Whānau and Kaiako
Teacher
Educare Kids
Glenfield, Auckland
02.2022 - 12.2022
- Monthly learning stories
- Daily communication with parents
- Planning
- providing learning experiences to extend Tamariki's interest, learning
- support Tamariki's
- Engaged with children on individual basis to build positive, trusting relationships.
- Implemented hands-on, play-based strategies for experiential learning.
- Instructed and assisted children in eating, toileting and resting to help develop healthy personal habits.
- Read stories to children and taught painting, drawing and crafts.
- Implemented behavior modeling and positive reinforcement into daily routines.
Toddler Teacher
The Village early learning centre
Blockhouse Bay, Auckland
08.2020 - 10.2021
- Monthly learning stories
- Daily communication with Tamariki’s whānau
- Nappy changing
- Provide, extend Tamariki's learning experiences, interests
- Planning
- Engaging with children in their play ie sand play
- Removed hazards and developed appropriate boundaries and rules to create safe environment for children.
- Supervised circle time, free play, outside play and learning and developmental activities.
- Established indoor and outdoor safe play environments for toddler-age children.
- Enhanced sensory abilities by giving children access to numerous textures and shapes.
Early Childhood Reliever
BestStart Educare
Manukau, Waitakere, Auckland
05.2019 - 08.2020
- Engage with Tamariki
- Support Kaiako/teachers during mat times, meal times.
- Help teachers with table set up's/ learning experiences
- General house keeping ie: sweeping, end of day tidying up.
Preschool Teacher
Kimberley’s Childcare centre
Te Atatu, Auckland
11.2009 - 11.2018
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
- Collaborated with teachers to help Tamariki support/reach their goals, parent’s aspirations
- Collaborate/support teachers to create a child centred environment with a mix of child-directed and teacher- directed activities/learning experiences
- Assisted/planned(spontaneous) with small and large group learning experiences
- Monthly learning stories
- Maintained good/positive housekeeping
- Helped organise special events such as Mother’s/Father’s Day, Christmas programme, Matariki show
Education
Bachelor of Education - Early Chidhood
New Zealand Tertiary College
Auckland, NZSkills
- Problem Solving
- Patience
- Exploratory Learning
- Arts and Crafts
- Communicating with Parents and Teachers
- Experience with Diverse Student Populations
- Relationship Building
- Class Reading
- Collaborative and Team-Oriented
Education and Training
other
References
Footprints Educare Manager: Ena Drinnan
Phone number: 09 408 2489
Victoria Ge
Mobile: 027 850 1888
Timeline
Early childcare reliever
Footprints Educare
02.2022 - Current
Teacher
Educare Kids
02.2022 - 12.2022
Toddler Teacher
The Village early learning centre
08.2020 - 10.2021
Early Childhood Reliever
BestStart Educare
05.2019 - 08.2020
Preschool Teacher
Kimberley’s Childcare centre
11.2009 - 11.2018
Bachelor of Education - Early Chidhood
New Zealand Tertiary College