GRACE CHINENYE ILORI

• Joy to the World Special Needs Initiative, Abuja.

• I provide interpretation services for deaf and hard of hearing individuals during news broadcast.

For two days, I undertook six key informant interviews with selected higher education leaders associated with teacher education in Nigeria

• Worked with principal investigators to coordinate qualitative research into teacher education, quality and equalities: A study in four African countries.
• Recorded data and maintained source documentation following good documentation practices.

• Closely collaborate with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
• Produced activity reports updating funders and the project team on progress and roadblocks.
• Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep teams on task and achieve schedule targets.
• Monitored deadlines and milestones to keep team on track with project schedule.
• Gathered and organized supporting materials for meetings and project updates.

• Restructured the Learning Support Unit (LSU) of the school.
• Organizing weekly in-house training for the LSU staff.
• Carried out classroom observations to identify learners struggling with learning.
• Recommended qualified students for learning support services.
• Trained mainstream teachers on identifying and teaching children with learning and language difficulties.
• Maintained confidentiality of students’ records and information.
• Worked collaboratively with parents as well as other professionals to ensure that students receive the specialized instruction, supports and accommodations outlined in their IEPs.
• Liaised with potential next providers of education to ensure students and their parents are informed about options and a smooth transition is planned.
• Worked with staff members to develop effective ways of bridging barriers to learning.
• Coordinated quarterly IEP progress reports and provided quarterly IEP progress reports to parents/guardians.
• Tracked students’ progress.
• Organized IEP meetings and reviews.
• Organized orientation for new members of staff in LSD.

• Ensured appropriate delivery of special education instruction and related services as documented in the IEPs for learners with Autism, cerebral palsy and Down Syndrome.
• Assessment, planning and goal development.
• Assisted students in acquiring those functional performance skills needed to participate in and benefit from the educational environment.
• Developed Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students.
• Coordinated quarterly IEP progress reports and provided same to parents/guardians.
• Facilitated IEP meetings.
• Administered Visual Perception assessment on struggling students, developed reports and made recommendations.
• Offered interventions (occupational and educational therapies) designed to help learners with learning gaps.
• Trained mainstream teachers on identifying and teaching children with learning and language difficulties.
• Maintained confidentiality of students’ records and information.
• Modified general education curriculum for special-needs students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
• Administered assessments to determine each student's specific educational and social needs.
• Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
• Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
• Redirected poor behavior using positive reinforcement method, resulting in 80% decrease in tantrums in classroom.
• Gave one-on-one attention to students, while maintaining overall focus on entire group.

• Qualitative fieldwork on quality and equalities: a comparative study of public and low cost private schools in Lagos, Nigeria.
• Undertook fieldwork comprising training in and trial of research instruments.
• Conducted interviews with teachers, parents, principal/managers of schools, government officials, and union officials in three districts of Lagos as set out in work plan.
• Completion of school observation in 10 schools in Lagos.
• Completion of paperwork associated with interviews and/or recordings as appropriate.
• Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
• Recorded data and maintained source documentation following good documentation practices.

• Collected data for the study - role of drama language of delivery on the promotion of cultural relations and intercultural exchange

• Delivered effective and differentiated classroom instruction to range of neurodiverse students.
• Redirected students using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
• Attended monthly staff training sessions.
• Instructed students with autism and intellectual disabilities disabilities.
• Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
• Worked with students with moderate to severe autism to increase life skills.

• Glory Tabernacle Ministry, Ibadan, Nigeria – sign language interpreter to members with hearing impairment during church programmes.

• Built relationships with students to understand obstacles to learning such as difficult home situations, illness or social hurdles.
• Planned lessons for classroom of 15 students.
• Designed exams to test writing, speaking and comprehension of English language.
• Established positive classroom management boundaries to create safe, known environment for behavior among students.

• Provided interpretation services for deaf and hard of hearing individuals during news broadcast.
• Maintained message content, tone and emotion as closely as possible.

• Facilitated communication between deaf or hard of hearing individuals hearing individuals.
• Provided interpretation services for deaf and hard of hearing during news broadcast.

• Prepared and implemented lesson plans covering required course topics.

• Prepared and implemented lesson plans covering required course topics.

• Prepared and implemented lesson plans covering required course topics.
• Administered assessments and standardized tests to evaluate students' progress.

• Prepared and implemented lesson plans covering required course topics.

• Prepared and implemented lesson plans covering required course topics.
• Administered assessments and standardized tests to evaluate students' progress.