Yara

Dedicated, resourceful and goal-driven professional educator with a solid commitment to the social and academic growth and development of every student.
I have a BA degree is Sociology and Social psychology along with Applied Quantitative Methods in social sciences (AQM).

I have recently graduated from Essex University with a Master degree in Survey methods in social sciences.
I have an excellent experiences in teaching children, A-level students. I have been involved in training a group of first year students on how to do advanced statistics research using software such as SPSS and STATA.

During my Sociology course, I have learnt a rang of theories related to child psychology and development. I previously worked as a Teaching Assistant with a love for children and two years of experience working at primary School. My professional experience includes providing a safe and fun learning environment for preschool children on a daily basis.
As a teaching assistants, I supported children of all abilities with mathematics, reading and writing at an individual, class and group level. I have also used innovative teaching techniques and tailored communication strategies to support 8 children with special needs.I have also generated ideas to develop programmer for learning and associated materials for class activities. I was responsible for planning and implementing learning opportunities specific to the needs of children.
Most recently, when I have finished my BA degree with a first, and I have been prized for the best BA dissertation. Consequently, I have participated in the Dissertation Panel Day at the University of Essex to help students manage their time and provide some strategies to deal with the stress and anxiety when students do their dissertations.
Three of my assignment works were published in the Sociology Department Journal (IDEATE) with outstanding grades. Two of them were hypothetical researches that are related to different topic such as happiness among elderly and mental health. I have also a good communication skills and strong numerical skills and attention to detail. I have gained an excellent experience of managing data and using statistical software such as SPSS and STATA.

Availability: Happy to do face to face teaching or over skype

Willing to travel: 10 miles

Experience: ****Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER University of Essex)
;; Involved in developing and designing a new questionnaire in relation to the new home ownership for the BHPS survey.
;; Involved in data management and coding process to facilitate analysis.
;; Developed new coding terms for BHPS panel data.
;; Involved in sorting data and classifying big data set in new index terms (Understanding Society).

***Colchester Borough Council (Research and Engagement Intern):
;; Achieved a response rate of 268 for 2 weeks fieldwork for a country park annual customer satisfaction survey.
;; Conducted time series analysis and reporting for the above-mentioned survey and identified actionable recommendations for managing the group.
;; Conducted exploratory research for Garden Communities across the UK to inform shaping one in Colchester.
;; Conducted a literature review of studies conducted in Colchester, Braintree and Tendring in relation to armed forces veterans (2011 onwards)
;; Reported on secondary data (present-projection to 2035) in relation to older people in Colchester across a range of variables (e.g. health, population, financial security and so forth).

Breakfast assistant
;; Worked under own initiative to organise and launch a breakfast club for pupils on a daily basis during the term time.
;; Ordered resources and food supplies, prepared themed activities and worked in collaboration with staff to facilitate the breakfast club activities (Awarded a bonus after first 3 months)
Learning Support Assistant;
;; Supported children of all abilities with mathematics, reading and writing at an individual, class and group level.
;; Used innovative teaching techniques and tailored communication strategies to support 8 children with special needs.
;; Generated ideas to develop programmes for learning and associated materials for class activities.
Teaching Assistant, al-Amal Organisation for Children with Special Needs
;; Taught children with special needs (0-5 years) who had varying receptive and expressive language skills, encouraging them to communicate using listening and speaking activities.
;; Helped children to come together, socialise and play through establishing activities that stimulated gross and fine motor skills, imaginative play and sensory development.
Full-time Teaching Assistant, al-Amal Nursery
;; Used a range of interactive teaching methods to enhance learning.
;; Monitored learning through a range of assessment techniques.