tessa evidente, SENCO

tessa evidente

SENCO

Liwa International School

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Higher diploma, Registered Behavior Technician
Experience
8 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 1 Months

SENCO at Liwa International School
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2021 to October 2021

• Worked on the strategic development of the school’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities provision, overseeing the day-to-day operation of the inclusion policy with the aim of raising achievement of SEND students.
• Coordinated with Academic staff and coordinators to identify students who are in need of intervention and support.
• Compiled and maintained the special educational needs register.
• Ensured stages of the code are followed and checks that the required documentation is kept and the appropriate action taken.
• Ensured education plans are drawn up which maintains contact with parents and support services.
• Ensured adequate training is provided to all relevant staffs and maintains accessibility of documents and resources.
• Maintained up to date knowledge of SEN methods and practice
• Undertook continuous ongoing training within the field (CPD).
• Developed usable policies with sufficient scope to support the school’s needs
• Ensured that students and parents are aware of the purpose and benefits of those interventions.
• Prepared and revised all documentation related to SEN provision.
• Recorded, maintained and analysed data of interventions and facilitators conducting those interventions.
• Contacted parents of students in need of intervention and conveys in detail the main purpose of intervention and its benefits for their child.
• Counselled students and made sure that they understand the main purpose of intervention, prior to intervention starting.
• Prepared the intervention session schedules and distributes them to the students and facilitators.
• Ensured that the facilitators are conducting the sessions within the school’s rules and regulations.
• Prepared termly Intervention reports for senior management.
• Followed a non-discriminatory and positive reinforcement methodology at all times.

SENCO and Learning Support Teacher at International Indian School
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • April 2018 to March 2020

• Managed day to day operation of the SEN policy and reports to Principal.
• Implemented strategic targets for teaching and learning for those children having Special Educational Needs
• Analyzed and interpreted relevant school data, research and inspection evidence to inform the inclusion policy, practices, expectations, targets and teaching methods.
• Provided regular information to the Senior Leadership Team on the evaluation of SEND provision to inform decision making and policy review
• Executed provision in place to ensure that progress of pupils with SEND improves relative to those without SEND and monitor progress towards targets for pupils with SEND.
• Worked with teachers, key stage coordinators, faculty leaders, pastoral staff and external agencies to ensure all pupils learning is of equal importance and that there are high and realistic expectations of pupils.
• Identified and disseminated the most effective teaching approaches for individual pupils with SEND.
• Worked with staff to develop effective ways of bridging barriers to learning through assessment of needs, monitoring of teaching quality and pupil achievement, target setting - IEPs and keeping accurate records.
• Undertook day-to-day co-ordination of SEND pupils’ provisions through close liaison with staff, parents and external agencies.
• Taught children with a range of special educational needs either individually or in small groups with the aim of developing their independent learning within mainstream classes across the curriculum.
• Supported all staff in understanding the needs of SEND pupils.
• Advised, contributed to and coordinated the professional development of staff to increase their effectiveness in responding to pupils with SEND and provide support and training to newly qualified teachers in relation to pupils with SEND.
• Ensured effective use of appropriate ICT resources to improve learning for SEND pupils
• Ensured that there is an effective assessment, recording and reporting system of student progress.
• Collected specialist assessment data to inform practice.
• Ensured education plans are drawn up which maintains contact with parents and support services.
• Provided regular information to the Senior Leadership Team on the evaluation of SEND provision to inform decision making and policy review
• Designed provision in place to ensure that progress of pupils with SEND improves relative to those without SEND and monitor progress towards targets for pupils with SEND.

SEN Teacher at Braingate Developmental School
  • Philippines - Bolanon
  • June 2012 to March 2018

• Worked on the strategic development of the school’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities provision, overseeing the day-to-day operation of the inclusion policy with the aim of raising achievement of SEND students.
• Coordinated with Academic staff and coordinators to identify students who are in need of intervention and support.
• Compiled and maintained the special educational needs register.
• Ensured stages of the code are followed and checks that the required documentation is kept and the appropriate action taken.
• Ensured education plans are drawn up which maintains contact with parents and support services.
• Ensured adequate training is provided to all relevant staffs and maintains accessibility of documents and resources.
• Maintained up to date knowledge of SEN methods and practice
• Undertook continuous ongoing training within the field (CPD).
• Developed usable policies with sufficient scope to support the school’s needs
• Ensured that students and parents are aware of the purpose and benefits of those interventions.
• Prepared and revised all documentation related to SEN provision.
• Recorded, maintained and analysed data of interventions and facilitators conducting those interventions.
• Contacted parents of students in need of intervention and conveys in detail the main purpose of intervention and its benefits for their child.
• Counselled students and made sure that they understand the main purpose of intervention, prior to intervention starting.
• Prepared the intervention session schedules and distributes them to the students and facilitators.
• Ensured that the facilitators are conducting the sessions within the school’s rules and regulations.
• Prepared termly Intervention reports for senior management.
• Followed a non-discriminatory and a positive reinforcement methodology at all times.

Education

Higher diploma, Registered Behavior Technician
  • at I-Connect Global Education
  • June 2022
Higher diploma, Postgraduate in Education
  • at Liverpool John Moores University
  • December 2021
Diploma, TEFL
  • at INTESOL
  • May 2017
Bachelor's degree, Special Education
  • at University Of Bohol
  • March 2012

Specialties & Skills

Educational Leadership
Teacher Training
Planning
Management
Organizing and planning events
IEP Program and student progress monitoring
Teaching methodologies
Collaboration
Classroom Management

Languages

English
Expert
Spanish
Beginner
Tagalog
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Applied Behavior Analysis (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2021