A productive and highly experienced primary and junior educator with over 27 years of diverse teaching experiences including: New Zealand, China, Kuwait, Qatar, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Experienced using literacy and numeracy support strategies to support students with their learning. An ESOL trained specialist teacher. Endowed with a fun and enthusiastic joy of making memorable memories of success and enjoyment for all students.
Fixed term maternity leave teaching position
Working with small groups to support their literacy learning using Yolanda Soryl and the Better Start Literacy Approach. Releasing classroom teachers for their CRT and SEN release.
Teaching Year 4 students inquiry based, structured literacy and numeracy. Teaching ESL/EAL after school extra curricular activities.
Created Listening and Speaking Targets using WIDA consortium framework in collaboration with Early Years homeroom teachers. Initiated clear framework of targets to improve and prepare overall outcome of students performance ability to enter successfully into Primary years. Prepared and planned appropriate Language-specific domain targets using WIDA consortium framework in collaboration with PYP units of inquiry and Readers and Writers workshop. Actively guided and supported Grade 5 students' as mentor teacher for PYP exhibition. Planned, implemented and assessed PYP transdisciplinary curriculum in collaboration with specialist teachers.
Titahi Bay North School, Tania Chapman
Assistant Principal: taniachapman@tbn.school.nz
(6427 647 8113)
International School Fiji, Thomas Van Der Wielen
Head of School, Thomas.wielen@iss.school.fj
(my former principal and CEO of International School of Dhaka)
International School Fiji, Mira Van Der Wielen
Mwielen@iss.school.fj
(my former learning support leader at International School Dhaka while I was an EAL/ESL teacher)