Experience

School District 69 Qualicum
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Grade 6/7 Teacher

  • Jan 2018 - Present

Senator Reid Elementary
• Learning Support Teacher

  • Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

Cambridge Elementary
• United States
• Grade 4/5 Classroom Teacher

  • Jun 2015 - Jun 2017


Sunnyside Elementary

• United States

• Grade 4/5/6 Montessori Classroom Teacher

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2015

  • Professional Learning Community – Leading a team of teachers who are exploring a new app (FreshGrade) meant to connect parents and students to student learning. The group provides feedback to the developer and the school district • Program Development / Collaboration – Leading the Montessori staff to re-energize and improve the Montessori program at Sunnyside and in the Surrey School District • School Community – Coaching soccer, track and field, and badminton, and creating a student after school “Tech Club” • Service Learning – Creating Sunnyside’s “Kiva Club”, which gives students the chance to assist entrepreneurs in developing countries through microloans • Mentoring – Mentoring two successful Simon Fraser University pre-service teachers. One is now a Teacher on Call in Surrey, and the other is completing the program • Technology Support – the Tech Contact for Sunnyside Elementary • Collaboration with Parents – Continued dialogue with the Surrey Montessori Society (parent group), with an objective to enrich the Montessori program as Sunnyside’s staff contact Show less



Cheongshim International Academy

• Primary and Secondary Education

• Grade 5 Summer Camp Teacher

  • Jul 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Learning Environment – Established a learning environment where English language learners felt safe to take risks • Teambuilding – Helped create regular exercise and sports activities for fellow teachers, which strengthened staff bonding • Student Engagement – Focused on creating lessons that explored current issues, which were meaningful to Korean students • Learning Environment – Established a learning environment where English language learners felt safe to take risks • Teambuilding – Helped create regular exercise and sports activities for fellow teachers, which strengthened staff bonding • Student Engagement – Focused on creating lessons that explored current issues, which were meaningful to Korean students



Peace Arch Elementary

• Grade 4 Classroom Teacher

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2011

  • Instruction – Created hands-on lessons, which engaged a variety of learners • Classroom Management – Established pro-active classroom management strategies to assist students with behavioural challenges • Collaboration – Regularly collaborated with the other Grade 4 teachers when developing units in all subject areas • Instruction – Created hands-on lessons, which engaged a variety of learners • Classroom Management – Established pro-active classroom management strategies to assist students with behavioural challenges • Collaboration – Regularly collaborated with the other Grade 4 teachers when developing units in all subject areas

• French as a Second Language / Learning Support Teacher

  • Sep 2008 - Jun 2010

  • Instruction – Taught beginner conversational French to various age groups, with units that provided students a chance to use French in authentic ways • Flexibility –Planned and created lesson adjustments with over two hundred students with varying needs • Assessment – Used various assessment techniques in Learning Support position with new arrival (immigrant) students • Instruction – Taught beginner conversational French to various age groups, with units that provided students a chance to use French in authentic ways • Flexibility –Planned and created lesson adjustments with over two hundred students with varying needs • Assessment – Used various assessment techniques in Learning Support position with new arrival (immigrant) students