Jo Costello – Profile

PROFILE

Currently studying part time for a BSc (Hons) Multimedia with Leeds Metropolitan University.

Confident and highly self motivated with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team.

Awarded HLTA Status (Higher Level Teaching Assistant) with specialism in i-Media and ICT.

A desire to continually develop digital and interactive media skills with the changing market place.

Vast amount of management and supervisory experience including the recruitment and training of new members of staff and ensuring that they receive any additional support in their new roles.

KEY SKILLS

  • Current working experience with Adobe CS3/4 Master Suite in particular Photoshop, Premier Pro, Flash (AS2), After Effects, Soundbooth and Dreamweaver.
  • Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft packages including Word, Powerpoint, Publisher and Excel.
  • Able to effectively work to deadlines and prioritise own workload with the ability to respond to working under pressure and meeting targets.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate effectively at all levels both verbally and written.

CURRENT COURSES BEING STUDIED

BSc (Hons) Multi-media Technology (PT) (2008 – 2012)
Leeds University (Holy Cross University Centre)

COURSES ATTENDED
Assessing Learning
Secondary Behaviour Management
Behaviour For Learning
In House – Serif Application (Draw, Movie, Video)
Stop Motion Workshop
Continued Professional Development – Teaching and Learning Community
Continued Professional development – Coaching Programme
Industrial relations
Customer Services
Telephone Skills

EMPLOYMENT

HLTA working with KS3 and KS4 pupils.
Team teaching responsibilities in i-Media and ICT.
Planning and delivering lessons.
Assessing pupil’s work and providing formative and summative feedback.
Taking target groups to ensure i-Media and ICT coursework is up to date.
Disseminating course information to team of Teaching Assistants.
Coaching programme for Teaching Assistants and providing feedback.

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