JAYLEECE PURIRI-TAI
Hastings,New Zealand
Summary
Versatile professional with several years of experience instructing students and supporting lead teachers. Highly skilled at reinforcing lesson information, tutoring, enforcing rules, and preparing materials. Team player well-versed in coordinating with teacher and carrying out established lesson plans and activities.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
Teacher aid
Irongate primary school
Flaxmere, Hastings
11.2024 - Current
- Assist teachers in classroom management and lesson implementation.
- Support students with learning disabilities during daily activities and lessons.
- Prepared educational materials and resources for classroom use.
- Structured literacy intervention coach for year levels 4-6 across school.
- Co-tutored the year 4-6 kapahaka group
Personal Assistant
Kaimiri Healing
Waipatu, Hastings
12.2023 - 05.2024
- Performed calendar management and scheduling of appointments for the executive.
- Organized travel arrangements, including flights, transportation, and accommodation.
- Keeping executive on track for daily schedule
- Managed office supplies inventory and placed orders when necessary.
- Greeted visitors in a professional manner and provided assistance with inquiries.
- Coordinated meetings between internal departments and external partners.
- Maintained confidential files related to personnel records or other sensitive information.
- Assisted with special projects as needed by researching topics, organizing data, summarizing findings..
- Developed processes for efficient workflow within the departmental structure.
- Sorted mail received daily for distribution throughout the office.
- Scanned documents into electronic format for storage in a secure database system.
- Processed invoices related to business expenses incurred by the executive team.
Transitional Housing Navigator ( Te Whare Huakina)
Te Taiwhenua O Heretaunga
12.2021 - 06.2023
- Collaborated with an integrated team to provide social support to whanau, helping them identify needs and achieve goals through the delivery of programmes, services, and referrals.
Te Puna Whakamarama ( Covid Call Centre)
Te Taiwhenua O Heretaunga
07.2021 - 12.2021
- Supported and supervised a high performing team within the covid-19 contact centre to meet service quality and demand targets. Oversaw the consistency and quality of the calls performed by Advisors. Provided shift briefings, one-on-one coaching with each Advisor, and managed handovers between shifts while focusing on quality review and time management within the call centre.
- Ensuring timesheets and rosters are accurate and up to date
- Following up with team regarding late arrival for shift
- Escalating issues to our people leaders and supporting the team when required.
- Maintaining a strong communication relationship with our People leaders so that we can discuss behavioral and work related issues in an open, solution focussed, mana enhancing manner.
- Displaying empathy and understanding for diverse cultures.
Shift supervisor
KFC, Prakash Bhandari
05.2017 - 12.2020
- Enthusiastic shift supervisor eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
- Motivated to learn, grow and excel in all fields
- Currently working at KFC Albany as a shift supervisor.
Rangatahi (Te Aka Charitable)
Alayna Hokianga
01.2013 - 01.2016
- I helped children from the years of 5-14 with home-learning and watching them
- Helped organize activities for holiday programmes
- Te Aka Is a maori based after-school and holiday programme which teaches children about tikanga and Te reo maori.
Education
Certificate In Foundational Forest Harvesting Level 3 (ground - Foundational Forest Harvesting Level 3
Te Wānanga O Aotearoa
Onekawa, HKB 02.2016 - 12.2016
Karamu High School
Hastings, NapierSkills
- Self-motivated
- Able to work well in a team and can communicate with others
- Organization skills
- Positive attitude
- Willing to learn
- First aid
- Understanding of health and safety
- Works well with children
- Structured literacy intervention coach
Additional Information
Cultural opportunity
I was given an opportunity to travel with an amazing group called Te Tira Wheiao from New Zealand, showcasing Māori culture through the art of Māori performing arts in Italy.
This trip took place at the end of June through to July 2023.
Reference
- Natalie Munson ( head teacher)-027 488 2642
- Layna Hokianga-Pouaka (Personal assistant)-021 130 0575
Timeline
Teacher aid
Irongate primary school
11.2024 - Current
Personal Assistant
Kaimiri Healing
12.2023 - 05.2024
Transitional Housing Navigator ( Te Whare Huakina)
Te Taiwhenua O Heretaunga
12.2021 - 06.2023
Te Puna Whakamarama ( Covid Call Centre)
Te Taiwhenua O Heretaunga
07.2021 - 12.2021
Shift supervisor
KFC, Prakash Bhandari
05.2017 - 12.2020
Certificate In Foundational Forest Harvesting Level 3 (ground - Foundational Forest Harvesting Level 3
Te Wānanga O Aotearoa
02.2016 - 12.2016
Rangatahi (Te Aka Charitable)
Alayna Hokianga
01.2013 - 01.2016
Karamu High School