Federica Mazzocchini
Chiaravalle,AN
Summary
Aspiring Teacher offers strong interpersonal abilities and initiative to learning support role. Positive and polite for professional staff and student communications. Hardworking with a can-do attitude for helpful, reliable team assistance. Confident student with excellent communication abilities seeks opportunity in learning support capacity. Proactive and adaptable to meet changing environment and student needs. Learns quickly and takes direction well to develop practical skills required for success.
Compassionate Psychologist versed in client assessment and evaluation. Applies trauma-informed approaches to address mental health issues and emotional challenges. Offers clear communication and high-level emotional intelligence to guide clients through therapeutic modalities.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Support teacher
MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE E DEL MERITO
ALTO RENO TERME, ITALIA
09.2023 - Current
- Worked with individual students, providing personalised educational, behavioural and emotional support.
- Explained and illustrated concepts in different ways to promote understanding.
- Produced programmes, lessons and activities, adapting to meet students' abilities.
- Helped students to develop positive self-image, enhance self-esteem, and improve self-reliance.
- Encouraged students to develop self-confidence and independence and reach individual potential.
- Designed lesson plans based on student abilities, struggles and needs.
- Encouraged good behaviour through positive reinforcement and incentives.
- Collaborated with staff to plan and schedule lessons for special needs students.
- Encouraged student independence and independent problem-solving throughout lessons.
- Stimulated and enhanced student confidence, manual skills, and coordination.
- Devised individualised learning plans and targets for students based on observation and progress.
- Employed special educational strategies and techniques to develop student language skills.
- Held parent-teacher meetings to discuss progress and make plans for enhancing student grades.
- Fostered skills and social abilities to enable development of learners.
- Monitored progress and wrote reports on pupils receiving learning support.
- Evaluated programme outcomes against predefined objectives, providing insights for future planning.
- Participated in brainstorming to develop new methods to raise funds.
- Recommended new technologies to improve technical processes.
- Supported various operating systems and server technologies.
- Harnessed tools and technologies, streamlining restaurant operations.
Trainee teacher
University of Bologna
Bologna, Bologna
11.2022 - 05.2023
- Identified student strengths and weaknesses, providing constructive feedback to improve results.
- Worked with teachers to uphold behaviour management policies.
- Engaged students with lesson materials by building positive rapport.
- Established classroom rules and standards of behaviours.
Secondary school educator
COOPERATIVA QUADRIFOGLIO
BOLOGNA, Italia
10.2016 - 03.2023
- Prepared lesson content and delivery in line with curriculum guidelines.
- Identified student strengths and weaknesses, providing constructive feedback to improve results.
- Assessed student performance, behaviour and class engagement.
- Used varied resources and technologies to maximise student engagement and understanding.
- Created and marked homework, exams and class activities to monitor individuals' progress.
- Engaged students with lesson materials by building positive rapport.
- Maintained bright and engaging learning space to stimulate learning, participation and engagement.
- Cooperated with other staff members to share, maintain and make best use of resources and facilities.
- Established and enforced classroom rules in line with school behavioural policy.
- Worked with individual students, providing personalised educational, behavioural and emotional support.
- Designed lesson plans based on student abilities, struggles and needs.
- Challenged students by assigning level-appropriate tasks and homework.
- Applied effective questioning to elicit answers from students and extract existing knowledge.
Social educator
COOPERATIVA DOLCE
BOLOGNA, Italia
12.2021 - 04.2022
- Built positive, productive client relationships for enhanced social support.
- Attended regular training and supervision workshops for improved service user support.
- Promoted independence and positive wellbeing when working with vulnerable adults and children.
- Liaised with families and caregivers to develop balanced rehabilitation programmes.
- Developed and championed accessible, practical solutions for recurring problems faced by service users.
- Responded calmly to manage crises and emergency situations.
- Collaborated with other professionals in health and social care to coordinate holistic support.
Emergency Volunteer counsellor
PSICOLOGI PER I POPOLI
BOLOGNA, Italia
10.2018 - 06.2020
- Built positive, productive client relationships for enhanced social support.
- Attended regular training and supervision workshops for improved service user support.
- Maintained confidential case documentation in line with data protection regulations.
- Promoted independence and positive wellbeing when working with vulnerable adults and children.
- Showed sensitivity, confidentiality and respect towards clients' needs, providing safe environment for clients accessing services.
- Maintained sensitivity, confidentiality and respect towards clients' needs, providing a safe environment for clients to access services.
- Applied person-centred, cognitive-behavioural and mindfulness approaches, adapting techniques to individual preferences.
- Collaborated with schools and organisations to promote mental health awareness.
- Responded to emergency and non-emergency patient transport situations.
Education
Master of Science - Psicologia Cognitiva Applicata
University of Bologna
Bologna 10.2011 - 07.2014
Certificate of Higher Education - Liceo Classico
Liceo Federico II
Iesi, Provincia di Ancona 09.2001 - 07.2006
Master of Science - Specialization for teaching support in high schools
University of Bologna
Bologna 09.2022 - 06.2023
Master - Master in Philosophy and Humanities
University Dante Alighieri
Reggio calabria 11.2018 - 09.2019
Corso di Alta Formazione - Psychology
University of Bologna
BolognaMaster - Specific Learning Disorders
Institute LR-Psicologia
Bologna 11.2015 - 05.2016
Course - Psychological First Aid
Coursera Learner
E-learningSummer School - PERSONALITY DISORDERS: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT AND BASIC RESEARCH”
Lake Como School of Advanced Studies
Skills
- Social development and integration
- Classroom management
- Behaviour modification
- Educational assistance
- Social integration
- Activity planning
- Pei documentation
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration
- Intellectual disability support
- Peer support programmes
Languages
English
Advanced
French
Beginner
Affiliations
- sailing, playing the piano
Certification
Computer certifications for teaching and the certificate on CLIL -Content and Language Integrated Learning metodology
Timeline
Support teacher
MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE E DEL MERITO
09.2023 - Current
Trainee teacher
University of Bologna
11.2022 - 05.2023
Master of Science - Specialization for teaching support in high schools
University of Bologna
09.2022 - 06.2023
Social educator
COOPERATIVA DOLCE
12.2021 - 04.2022
Master - Master in Philosophy and Humanities
University Dante Alighieri
11.2018 - 09.2019
Emergency Volunteer counsellor
PSICOLOGI PER I POPOLI
10.2018 - 06.2020
Secondary school educator
COOPERATIVA QUADRIFOGLIO
10.2016 - 03.2023
Master - Specific Learning Disorders
Institute LR-Psicologia
11.2015 - 05.2016
Master of Science - Psicologia Cognitiva Applicata
University of Bologna
10.2011 - 07.2014
Certificate of Higher Education - Liceo Classico
Liceo Federico II
09.2001 - 07.2006
Corso di Alta Formazione - Psychology
University of Bologna
Course - Psychological First Aid
Coursera Learner
Summer School - PERSONALITY DISORDERS: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT AND BASIC RESEARCH”
Lake Como School of Advanced Studies