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Edna Kwakyewaa  Korankye

Edna Kwakyewaa Korankye

Kade,Accra

Summary

An experienced and certified early childhood educator with extensive experience in fostering academic growth and holistic development. Driven Early Childhood Educator with a proven track record at Ghana Education Service, excelling in curriculum development and classroom management. Skilled in cultivating a culturally inclusive classroom environment, fostering respect, empathy, and understanding among students of various backgrounds. Leveraged special needs education and developmental strategies to enhance student learning outcomes. Demonstrated expertise in fostering motor skill development and individualized support, significantly improving student engagement and achievement.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
Certification

Work History

Early Childhood Educator

Ghana Education Service
09.2019 - Current
  • Communicated with parents and other staff about student progress.
  • Enhanced sensory and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory development, by employing both traditional and modern educational strategies and techniques..
  • Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
  • Implemented developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum for children, creating positive, and safe classroom environments.
  • Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance
  • Introduced print awareness through interactive read-aloud sessions, where students finger-pointed and repeated phrases, fostering left-to-right progression and comprehension of spoken and written language.
  • Enhanced literacy skills by creating visual displays of high-frequency words and thematic vocabulary, promoting sight word recognition, fluency, and reading comprehension among students.
  • Implemented a story-based assessment procedure to gauge students' comprehension of key historical events and concepts, encouraging active participation and deeper engagement in class discussions.
  • Facilitated hands-on learning experiences aiding students in associating physical objects with numerical values, thereby strengthening their grasp of basic mathematical concepts.

Early Childhood Educator

Ghana Education Service
09.2014 - 08.2019

Demonstrated letter formation, spacing, and punctuation to students, fostering the connection between spoken and written language and instilling confidence in their writing abilities.

• Integrated mathematical concepts into storytelling, engaging children in counting characters and identifying shapes within narratives to enhance comprehension and reinforce numeracy skills.

• Implemented play-based methods to encourage confident self-expression, facilitating easy identification of each child's talents and weaknesses, thus tailoring instruction to individual strengths.

• Developed a comprehensive curriculum and interactive lesson plans, conducting periodic assessments to gauge student understanding and providing personalized feedback for continuous improvement.

Early Childhood Facilitator

Ghana Education Service
09.2013 - 08.2014

Initiated the breakdown of tasks into manageable steps, offering clear and sequential instructions for handling painting tools and materials, fostering students' painting proficiency.

• Pioneered hands-on experimentation opportunities, nurturing innovation and originality while encouraging students to take risks and embrace trial and error in the artistic process.

• Implemented interactive read-aloud sessions, elevating students' comprehension of vocabulary, sentence structures, and context clues.

• Established a supportive environment, actively promoting student participation in extracurricular activities such as sports, arts, music, drama, or community service, fostering friendships, skill development, and exploration of interests.

Education

Master Of Education - Early Childhood Education

University of Education- Winneba
Winneba - Ghana

Bachelor Of Education - Early Childhood Education

University of Education
Winneba- Ghana
08.2016

Diploma In Education - Early Childhood Education

Presbyterian Women’s College of Education
Aburi Ghana
08.2013

W.A.S.C.E - Visual Art

Oda Senior High School
Oda Ghana
06.2009

Skills

  • Special needs education
  • Developmental needs
  • Motor Skill Development
  • Classroom Management
  • Individualized support
  • Behavioral modeling
  • Curriculum Development
  • Faculty Collaboration
  • Goal Setting
  • Maintaining safety
  • Nutrition management
  • Arts and crafts
  • Practical Learning
  • Curriculum Design
  • Children's literature
  • Lesson Planning
  • Safety awareness

Certification

  • Instructional techniques and resources for teaching Creative Arts in Basic School and Pedagogical Approach in Modern Classroom, UEW
  • Action research and reflective practice, Macademia Educational Consult
  • ICT Training, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Business Resource Center
  • Jolly Phonics for Early Childhood Education, Ingit Jolly Phonics Foundation, Ghana in collaboration with Optimalpath Consulting, UK
  • Knowledge and skills in phonetics needed to improve upon the reading fluency of Pupils, Easy way publications phonetic workshop.
  • Assessment report for early childhood education - Ghana Education Service
  • How to manage and support learners with specific learning disabilities in mainstream schools- Top performers institute

Timeline

Early Childhood Educator

Ghana Education Service
09.2019 - Current

Early Childhood Educator

Ghana Education Service
09.2014 - 08.2019

Early Childhood Facilitator

Ghana Education Service
09.2013 - 08.2014

Master Of Education - Early Childhood Education

University of Education- Winneba

Bachelor Of Education - Early Childhood Education

University of Education

Diploma In Education - Early Childhood Education

Presbyterian Women’s College of Education

W.A.S.C.E - Visual Art

Oda Senior High School
Edna Kwakyewaa Korankye