Gina Jones

Kahului, HI 96732
Iluvrhcp@yahoo.com
(702)956-1452

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Educational Assistant III

Hawaii Department of Education - Kahului, HI
February 2020 to Present
• Teaching elementary students math and literacy skills in small groups 
• Supervising playground and sports during recess 
• One on one teaching 
• Communicating with teachers and families 
• Organizing and preparing activities 
• Implementing school values, policies, and rules with elementary students and families

General Educator
Imua Family Services - Kahului, HI
August 2019 to November 2019
• Primary service provider for children with disabilities. 
• Administering multi-disciplinary evaluations and writing reports for children 0-8 
• Creating Individual Family Service Plans using child data and parent input 
• Coaching families in improvement strategies for children 
• Billing healthcare companies and state for services provided 
• Participating in DOE transition meetings.

Pre-k Case Manager

The Children's Cabinet - Las Vegas, NV
October 2018 to July 2019
• Collaborating with students, families, teachers, and community partners in creating student and
family goals. 
• Children's health and education reinforced in supportive homes. 
• Locating resources and services for students and families based on individual family needs. 
• Modeling, teaching, and reinforcing parenting skills in meaningful ways. 
• Promoting positive engagement and participation in students' classroom, school, and the community.

Head Start Teacher

SUNRISE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION - Las Vegas, NV
October 2013 to October 2018
• Constructing and scaffolding individualized lessons aligned with the Early Learning Outcomes. 
• Individualizing goals and meeting students where they are cognitively, socially, literally. 
• Achieved highest star rating within organization in the Striving Readers early literacy program. 
• Ongoing, objective anecdotes and formative assessments key to lesson planning.

PROGRAM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

LA PETITE ACADEMY
2012 to 2013
• Led team in accreditation with NECPA through trainings & presentations. 
• Managing & processing accounts receivable, promotional offers, and tuition payments. 
• Planning, marketing, and organizing unique events within the community. 
• Interviewing and hiring new staff members. 
• Mentoring teachers in curriculum and classroom management strategies. 
• Creating and maintaining staff incentive bulletins.

Education

Master's in Early Childhood Education

Grand Canyon University
October 2018 to Present

Bachelor's in Elementary Education

GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
October 2013 to October 2017

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

BENICIA HIGH SCHOOL
1997

Skills

• BILLING
• INTERVIEWING
• STAFFING
• COACHING
• TRAINING
• Teaching
• Organizational Skills
• CPR
• retail sales
• Marketing
• Time Management
• Child Care
• Microsoft Excel
• Management
• Filing
• Microsoft Office
• Parents as Teachers
• Teaching Strategies Gold
• Family Resources
• Community Outreach
• Adult Education
• Communications

Certifications and Licenses

Early Childhood Education

Child Development Associate

Additional Information

Skills & Abilities 

MANAGEMENT 
• Income and expense weekly reports, expected and actual outputs, attendance reports, billing. 
• Staffing; interviewing, scheduling, promoting, recognizing, training, evaluating, hiring, terminating,
substituting, coaching, and flexing as needed. 
COMMUNICATION 
• Maintain open and transparent communication with district managers, parents, staff, and
stakeholders. 
• Addressing & referring specific messages to appropriate people in all mediums. 
• Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking conventional English professionally. 
LEADERSHIP 
• Natural, motivating leader with integrity and guidance with employees becoming their own leaders,
encouraging self-sufficiency and risk-taking. 
• Instilling company mission, values, and performance standards regularly; through coaching or
presentations for staff including demonstrations. 
• Coaching teachers in classroom expectations, personal & educational goals, and successful
opportunities.