Lena Thomson

PYP KG and Grade 1 Teacher at Tashkent International School
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(386) 825-5501
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan, UZ
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Credentials

  • ESOL K-12
    Florida Department of Education
    Jun, 2019
    - Oct, 2024
  • Elementary Education K-6
    Florida Department of Education
    Jun, 2019
    - Oct, 2024
  • Spanish K-12
    Florida Department of Education
    Jun, 2019
    - Oct, 2024
  • Athletic Coaching
    Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia

Experience

  • Tashkent International School
    • Uzbekistan
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • PYP KG and Grade 1 Teacher
      • Aug 2020 - Present
  • The Anglo-American School of Moscow
    • Russian Federation
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • PYP Grade 1 Teacher
      • Aug 2019 - Aug 2019

      Released from contract at no-fault due to school's inability to obtain visas for most new hires Released from contract at no-fault due to school's inability to obtain visas for most new hires

  • Shen Wai International School
    • China
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Elementary EAL Specialist, Team Lead
      • Aug 2017 - Jun 2019

      -Led restructuring of EAL from pullout to a mixed-model with sheltered immersion, small group instruction, collaborative planning and co-teaching -Co-created multi-tiered Response to Intervention learning support program with SEN teacher -Designed and delivered multi-day professional development to build common understanding of inclusion, co-teaching and differentiation -Developed data collection protocol to create language profiles for all students to inform planning, instruction, assessment and intervention -Conducted and presented on action research about translanguaging -Chaired Differentiation Committee Show less

  • American International School of Mozambique
    • Mozambique
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • PYP Grade 1 Teacher
      • Aug 2013 - Jun 2017

      -Presented parent workshops on constructivist mathematics and literacy -Collaboratively developed, aligned and embedded where possible literacy, mathematics and science continuums -Proposed revisions of assessment tools to distinguish between language and content and more clearly measure conceptual understanding and approaches to learning -Mentored student teacher -Presented parent workshops on constructivist mathematics and literacy -Collaboratively developed, aligned and embedded where possible literacy, mathematics and science continuums -Proposed revisions of assessment tools to distinguish between language and content and more clearly measure conceptual understanding and approaches to learning -Mentored student teacher

  • American International School of Ho Chi Minh City
    • Vietnam
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Elementary ESL Specialist
      • Aug 2011 - Jun 2013

      -Facilitated adoption of WIDA standards and assessments -Delivered in-school professional development on scaffolding instruction -Administered admissions and annual language assessments, collated and disseminated data, and served on student support teams -Facilitated adoption of WIDA standards and assessments -Delivered in-school professional development on scaffolding instruction -Administered admissions and annual language assessments, collated and disseminated data, and served on student support teams

  • The Ahliyyah School for Girls and Bishop's School for Boys
    • Elementary Teacher
      • Aug 2009 - Jun 2011

Education

  • George Mason University
    Master of Education (M.Ed.), Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
  • James Madison University
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Dual Degree, Cultural Anthropology and Spanish Language and Literature

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