Mercy Adjekophori
Pre Primary Teacher at Willowbrae Academy- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Willowbrae Academy
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Canada
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Education Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Pre Primary Teacher
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Jun 2022 - Present
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Preschool Teacher
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Feb 2014 - Apr 2022
• Implemented the school’s thematic curriculum under the supervision of the head of department, to stimulate learning; • Planned day-to-day classroom activities to include the development and implementation of programs centered on children, with the aim of promoting their physical, cognitive, emotional and social development; • Designed fun ways of teaching numeracy, literacy and other activities by using songs, story-telling and craft to achieve over 75% retention rate in the children; • Guided the children and provided goal driven supervision during Montessori practical sessions; • Provided effective collaboration with class assistant in every area of ensuring the children go through with task and class work; • Assessed and reported on children’s developmental growth through daily and weekly reports and documentation of same for follow up by the preschool head of department; • Provided guidance for the children in the area of developing good eating habit and proper grooming throughout the duration of school hours daily; • Collaborated with class assistant over programming, classroom management and arrangement for the overall benefit of the children; • Formulated standardized assessment questions and answers for the children in line with the curriculum being implemented during the term; • Provided oversight at all times to ensure the learning and playing environment is neat, healthy, safe and secure; Show less
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Preschool Teacher
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Apr 2009 - Feb 2014
• Taught basic concepts like colors, shape identification, numbers, sound recognition and blending; • Organized and took the lead in activities designed to enhance the physical, mental and social development of the children using; games, art and craft, music, circle time and story-telling; • Prepared materials and classroom for Montessori class activities such as; practical life, sensorial, language, mathematics and cultural; • Designed and crafted DIY materials to aid mental development and learning process for preschoolers; • Taught proper eating habit, personal and classroom hygiene, moral and social instructions; • Created age-appropriate lesson plan to introduce children to reading, math, science, history, physical education and developed curriculum that targets different areas of child development such as; language, motor and social skills for children aged 4 to ensure the needs of the group and individuals are met; • Conducted observations on children regarding their strengths, abilities and areas of improvements to enhance my pace of delivery. This resulted in over 80% improvement in the termly performance of the children. • Deployed a mix of methods like dance, gestures and miming to teach daily lessons which resulted in 100% concentration of the children since the overall objective was to play and learn; Show less
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Education
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National Teachers Institute (NTI Kaduna)/Usmanu Danfodio University
Post Graduate Diploma, Education -
Delta State University, Nigeria
Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Language and Literature, General -
Jolly Phonics
jolly phonics -
Montessori
Maria Montessori Methodology