Lovena Nash, Primary Classroom Teacher

Lovena Nash

Primary Classroom Teacher

Quest Preparatory School

Location
Jamaica
Education
Bachelor's degree, Primary Education
Experience
17 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 8 Months

Primary Classroom Teacher at Quest Preparatory School
  • Jamaica
  • My current job since September 2018

-Facilitate learning; ensuring it's student centred
-Work with students in small groups, as well as, a whole class
-Formulate and administer tests and other assessment tools
-Record and maintain accurate records of students
- Liaison with parents and other teachers for the development of the whole child.
- Plan and organise particular school programmes as the principal may assign.
-Preparing students for National Exams
-Conduct experiments to provide students with hands on experience.
_Plan field trips to further enhance learning.
-Prepare reports to at the end of set periods to record student progress
Plan and execute interactive lessons incorporating the use of technology and cooperative groups.
-Wrote pieces for school functions

Private Tutor at Lower Secondary Client
  • Jamaica
  • April 2018 to July 2018

Plan and execute lessons, develop behaviour modification procedures fitting for an ADHD student, assist with homework, preparation for test, prepare worksheets, games, quizzes and tests to aid, keep a detailed journal of educational and behavioural progress, liaison with teachers and parent, prepare report

Administrative Consultant at Aeroshipper
  • United States
  • May 2017 to December 2017

Commissioned and negotiated with new clients, leading to repeat shipping opportunities and income for the business.
•Communicated with prospective clients daily offering logistics services and data averaging 80 calls each day.
•Received in-depth training for proper handling of difficult clients, including proper customer service, appropriate responses to difficult clients, and transferring processes, should it require the assistance of a supervisor.

• 8/2016 - 5/. 2017 Epic Alliance Traders Store/Warehouse Manager Kingston, JA
•Received shipments, checked and shelved goods enabling easy access by clients; ensured that displayed items where strategically organized, aiding clients to quickly choose items needed, speeding up the sale process
•Perfected product presentation and customer service skills, providing customers a holistic understanding of the warehouse offerings, leading to more sales.
•Possessed excellent conflict resolution skills in the event of customer dissatisfaction.
•Kept an efficient customer log for ease of access to clients and enabled several communication avenues so clients could send in their orders and have them filled prior to pick up, resulting in pleased clients and more sales.
•Officiated payments from customers, and gave change and receipts.
•Operated a POS cash register, handling numerous transactions daily on average, and counted money in till to ensure the amount was correct.
•Packaged customer’s goods in accordance with best practices, ensuring that they received all items ordered and that they do not get ruined in transit.

Primary Teacher at Porter Centre For Knowledge
  • Jamaica
  • August 2010 to July 2015

Facilitated learning by incorporating various teaching methods and tools giving rise to more meaningful instruction
•Audited student learning via classwork, assignments, projects and tests resulting in strengthening weak areas and continued growth
•Conceptualized clear and attainable objectives for each lesson, unit and project
•Amassed comprehensive and reliable records in accordance to the Ministry of Education’s guidelines and policies
•Circumvented disputes by being transparent and communicable

Primary Teacher at Covenant Christian Academy
  • Jamaica
  • August 2004 to July 2010

•Facilitated learning by incorporating various teaching methods and tools giving rise to more meaningful instruction
•Audited student learning via classwork, assignments, projects and tests resulting in strengthening weak areas and continued growth
•Conceptualised clear and attainable objectives for each lesson, unit and project
•Amassed comprehensive and reliable records in accordance to the Ministry of Education’s guidelines and policies
•Circumvented disputes by being transparent and communicable
•Conferred with other teachers, staff members and parents to converge upon an holistic analysis of students inducing an active community looking out for the best interest of the students and better planning techniques
•Collected, distributed and monitored payments of the national students’ newspaper for all grades (1-6) ensuring that each class got their copies on time for use in sessions
•Convened meetings with parents to discuss, track and plan student progress producing great parent teacher relations and heightened student performance
•Attended Ministry meetings, professional workshops, seminars, conferences to maintain and improve professional competence and to train fellow staff members
•Attended staff meetings, recorded the minutes and served on committees as required
•Monitored extracurricular activities such as Sign Language Club resulting in students performing pieces at various school functions

Education

Bachelor's degree, Primary Education
  • at International University of the Caribbean
  • August 2011

Completed a Honorary Bachelor's Degree in Primary Education

Higher diploma, Primary Education
  • at Bethlehem Moravian College
  • July 2003

Completed a Credit Diploma in Primary Education

Specialties & Skills

Service
Human Relations
Research
Writing
Connector
CASHIER
COACHING
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
CUSTOMER SERVICE
CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS
INSTRUCTION

Languages

English
Expert
Spanish
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