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Nathira Bivi D/O Abdul Karim

Summary

A hardworking and highly motivated psychology undergraduate in the Early Childhood sector. Passionate about supporting and empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds to make a difference in their lives. I am confident that my resilience, patience, and ability to be a team player would add value to my next role. Seeking experience in the social service sector, mainly working with individuals with mental health challenges. Aspiring to leverage my strengths and skillsets acquired to provide emotional and cognitive support to individuals.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Early Years Educator (Playgroup and Pre-Nursery - EY2)

Smiling Star Singapore Pte. Ltd
01.2024 - 01.2025
  • Established good relationships with parents as partners in care and education
  • Established positive relationships with parents and families, promoting open communication regarding student progress and wellbeing
  • Organized extracurricular activities such as field trips, guest speakers, and events to enrich the educational experience for students.
  • Participated in professional development opportunities to stay current on educational trends and enhance teaching skills.
  • Created safe and nurturing learning environment for preschoolers.
  • Supervised and interacted with children and planned and implemented age-appropriate activities.
  • Provided ongoing feedback and support to students, fostering a growth mindset and encouraging continuous improvement.
  • Operated through channels of communication with teaching teams and administrative office.
  • Developed and implemented creative teaching strategies that increased student interest in course material.
  • Collaborated with colleagues on curriculum development, ensuring alignment with state standards and best practices.
  • Improved classroom management techniques, resulting in a more focused and disciplined learning environment.
  • Managed resources effectively by employing various materials while adhering to budgetary constraints.


Last Drawn Salary : $3000

Reason for Leaving : Change of career path

Early Years Educator (Playgroup and Pre-Nursery)

PCF Sparkletots
07.2022 - 09.2023


  • Created a learner-centered environment where children can explore, experiment, and interact to learn
  • Participated actively in assessing the needs of the children
  • Worked with and supported the Centre Supervisor and other staff at the Centre to enhance children’s educational experiences
  • Contributed talents and professional expertise towards the centre’s initiatives, educational programmes and projects
  • Established good relationships with parents as partners in care and education
  • Role-model professionalism in appearance, speech and action
  • Create a safe learning environment and to provide the best possible care to children under my care
  • Assessed student progress regularly through formative assessments, adjusting instruction as needed for optimal learning outcomes.
  • Developed weekly lesson plans and activities to engage children and promote learning.
  • Established positive communication with parents in daily conversation and formal conferences.
  • Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
  • Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
  • Worked with teaching staff to evaluate individual progress and recommend appropriate learning plans.
  • Allowed for ample outdoor discovery time in schedule each day.
  • Created safe and nurturing learning environment for preschoolers.
  • Guided students to develop social, emotional and physical skills.


Last Drawn Salary: $2000

Reason for leaving: Looking for beter opportunities

Early Years Educator (Playgroup and Pre-Nursery)

PCF Sparkletots289G
01.2018 - 07.2022
  • Created a learner-centered environment where children can explore, experiment, and interact to learn
  • Participated actively in assessing the needs of the children
  • Worked with and supported the Centre Supervisor and other staff at the Centre to enhance children’s educational experiences
  • Contributed talents and professional expertise towards the centre’s initiatives, educational programmes and projects
  • Established good relationships with parents as partners in care and education
  • Role-model professionalism in appearance, speech and action
  • Create a safe learning environment and to provide the best possible care to children under my care
  • Assessed student progress regularly through formative assessments, adjusting instruction as needed for optimal learning outcomes.
  • Developed weekly lesson plans and activities to engage children and promote learning.
  • Established positive communication with parents in daily conversation and formal conferences.
  • Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
  • Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
  • Worked with teaching staff to evaluate individual progress and recommend appropriate learning plans.
  • Allowed for ample outdoor discovery time in schedule each day.
  • Created safe and nurturing learning environment for preschoolers.
  • Guided students to develop social, emotional and physical skills.



Special Education Teacher Aide

Margaret Drive School
08.2017 - 12.2017
  • Developed, wrote, and implemented Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) for a caseload of students and provided timely and regular reports on the development
  • Planned, prepared and delivered instructional activities that facilitate active learning experiences within and outside of classrooms
  • Identified and utilized different instructional resources and methods to support the different learning needs of students
  • Prepared and provided appropriate varied strategies/activities for generalization in home and community settings
  • Worked in collaboration and partnership with parents to maximize the learning objectives of students
  • Worked with other professionals, e.g social workers, allied health professionals and educational psychologists
  • Maintained accurate and complete records of student progress and development


Triage and Booking Administrator

StudyGroup
05.2015 - 04.2017
  • Produced high quality and accurate work – ensuring that work queues are monitored and emails are quickly triaged and distributed to the correct people / teams in alignment with Service Level agreements
  • Produced high quality and accurate work – accurately entering data and processing applications in alignment with Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
  • Prioritised work appropriately to ensure the most important items are worked on first
  • Processed bookingssent and responded to any correspondence in line with SLA targets and in a professional manner
  • Escalated any issues quickly to the Triage and Booking Team Lead
  • Identified opportunities to continually enhance the Admissions processes and improve working practices


School Programming Executive

West View Primary School, Anglo Chinese Junior College and Greenridge Primary School
08.2014 - 10.2014
  • Assist with school leaders; Principal, Vice-principal and Head of Department, teachers and CCA groups on Co-curricular programmes (CCPs) related matters
  • Preparing equipments and monitoring students during activities at recess breaks
  • Other Ad-hoc duties
  • Reason for leaving: End of Contract
  • Last drawn salary: $1900

Co-Curricular Programme Executive

Keming Primary School
05.2014 - 06.2014
  • Assist with school leaders; Principal, Vice-principal and Head of Department, teachers and CCA groups on Co-curricular programmes (CCPs) related matters
  • Preparing equipments and monitoring students during activities at recess breaks
  • Other Ad-hoc duties
  • Reason for leaving: End of Contract
  • Last drawn salary: $832

Co-Curricular Programme Executive

Yew Tee Primary School
02.2014 - 04.2014
  • Assist with school leaders; Principal, Vice-principal and Head of Department, teachers and CCA groups on Co-curricular programmes (CCPs) related matters
  • Supporting teachers in arrangement of transport, logistics and facilities/venue arrangements for the various CCP activities (e.g
  • Arrangement of buses to transport students from the school to a particular activity site and vice versa)
  • Assisting the facilitation and preparation for school leaders’ overseas expedition programme
  • Assisting in the preparation and time-keeping for annual NAPFA test
  • Other Ad-hoc duties
  • Reason for leaving: End of Contract
  • Last drawn salary: $1976

Customer Service Officer

Deal.com.sg
01.2014 - 02.2014
  • Handling enquiries and requests of customers by providing help and advice
  • Communicating with customers via email, phone and internet, both written and in speech
  • Handling stressful and difficult situations by providing resolutions to customers and company
  • Following up with complaints and enquiries of customers, issuing customers refunds or compensations and forwarding customer concerns to upper level management when required
  • Reason for leaving: Continuing with studies
  • Last drawn salary: $1100

Telemarketer

Plugworks Marketing
11.2007 - 03.2008
  • Liaising with clients to promote ABN-AMRO credit cards and submitting applications to HR for processing
  • Liaising with clients and assisting in documents processing for completion of application
  • Reason for leaving: Applied for further studies

Telemarketer

Mashan Tech
11.2006 - 02.2007
  • Fixing appointments for demonstration of vacuum cleaner
  • Reason for leaving: Applied for further studies

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Kaplan Higher Eduation Academy – Murdoch University
08.2014

Diploma - Digital Media

Singapore Polytechnic
08.2011

‘O’ Levels - undefined

Chua Chu Kang Secondary School
12.2006

Skills

  • Fluent in English and Tamil
  • Good writing and language command
  • Computer Skills - Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Excel, Powerpoint
  • Effective listening
  • Organizational and planning skills
  • Team collaboration
  • Creative thinking
  • Effective communication
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Decision-making
  • Adaptability and flexibility
  • Detail-oriented

  • Collaborative and Team-oriented
  • Relationship building
  • Communication and interpersonal skills
  • Team building
  • Clear and direct communication
  • Time management
  • Strong work ethic and dependable
  • Excellent communication
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Certified in early childhood education
  • Problem-solving abilities

Certification

  • First-Aid Certified
  • ACEY Certificate (Advanced Certificate in Early Years)

Availability

Available with a notice period of 1 month.

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Tamil
Advanced (C1)

Timeline

Early Years Educator (Playgroup and Pre-Nursery - EY2)

Smiling Star Singapore Pte. Ltd
01.2024 - 01.2025

Early Years Educator (Playgroup and Pre-Nursery)

PCF Sparkletots
07.2022 - 09.2023

Early Years Educator (Playgroup and Pre-Nursery)

PCF Sparkletots289G
01.2018 - 07.2022

Special Education Teacher Aide

Margaret Drive School
08.2017 - 12.2017

Triage and Booking Administrator

StudyGroup
05.2015 - 04.2017

School Programming Executive

West View Primary School, Anglo Chinese Junior College and Greenridge Primary School
08.2014 - 10.2014

Co-Curricular Programme Executive

Keming Primary School
05.2014 - 06.2014

Co-Curricular Programme Executive

Yew Tee Primary School
02.2014 - 04.2014

Customer Service Officer

Deal.com.sg
01.2014 - 02.2014

Telemarketer

Plugworks Marketing
11.2007 - 03.2008

Telemarketer

Mashan Tech
11.2006 - 02.2007

Diploma - Digital Media

Singapore Polytechnic

‘O’ Levels - undefined

Chua Chu Kang Secondary School
  • First-Aid Certified
  • ACEY Certificate (Advanced Certificate in Early Years)

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Kaplan Higher Eduation Academy – Murdoch University
Nathira Bivi D/O Abdul Karim