Georgia Banks
Christchurch,CAN
Summary
Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating people through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive instruction and observation. Successful in helping others develop varied skills and a love of learning.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Permanent Full-time Teacher
Te Ara Koro Piko Wesst Spreydon School
01.2017 - 07.2023
- Ability to create strong, warm and supportive relationships with other staff, students and parents.
- Strong, open and frequent communication with parents, students, and staff.
- Mentor teacher for multiple beginning teachers and training teachers. Guiding and supporting new teachers and training teachers in the profession. Teaching them the administration skills as well as the practical skills.
- Created tailored learning programmes that support the academic success and over all well-being of my students.
- Registered student progress and attendance on database to enable tracking history and maintain accurate records.
- Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student suuccess.
Te Reo Maori Lead
Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Creating and maintaining relationships with local iwi.
- Teaching all year levels and staff kapa haka and language. This included team practices and whole school practices.
- Running professional development at staff meetings.
- Creating resources for staff and students to use.
- Personally taking on extra learning and qualifications to upskill.
Team Leader - Middle School
Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School
01.2021 - 01.2023
- Fostered a respectful, positive and kind team environment conducive for success.
- Worked with team to identify areas of improvement and devised solutions based on findings.
- Mentored and guided team members to foster completion of assigned duties ot high standards.
- Held weekly team meetings to inform team members on current updates from senior management.
- Attended and ran professional development for senior leadership meetings weekly.
- Assisted in recruitment of new team members.
- Created and managed event plans, timelines and budgets.
Retail Assistant
Athletes Foot
03.2015 - 12.2016
- Maintained tidy and organized store environment.
- Warmly greeted customers, helped locate merchandise, and suggested suitable options.
- Stocked merchandise, clearly labelling items, and arranging according to size or colour.
- Used POS system to process sales, returns, online orders, and gift card activations.
Retail Assistant
Shoe Clinic
03.2013 - 12.2014
- Maintained tidy and organized store environment.
- Warmly greeted customers, helped locate merchandise, and suggested suitable options.
- Stocked merchandise, clearly labelling items, and arranging according to size or colour.
- Used POS system to process sales, returns, online orders, and gift card activations.
Education
Ara Institute of Canterbury
Christchurch, NZLevel 2 Certificate Te Ara Reo Maori Language
Te Wananga O Aotearoa
Christchurch, NZ12.2021
Bachelor of Teaching And Learning (Primary) - Education
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, NZ12.2016
Certificate in Fashion And Design
Ara Institute of Canterbury
Christchurch, NZ12.2012
Skills
- Warm, bubbly and approachable personality
- Administration skills
- Highly organised
- Clear Public Speaking Skills
- Group and Individual Instruction in various skills
- Event planning and execution
Timeline
Te Reo Maori Lead
Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School
01.2022 - 01.2023
Team Leader - Middle School
Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School
01.2021 - 01.2023
Permanent Full-time Teacher
Te Ara Koro Piko Wesst Spreydon School
01.2017 - 07.2023
Retail Assistant
Athletes Foot
03.2015 - 12.2016
Retail Assistant
Shoe Clinic
03.2013 - 12.2014
Ara Institute of Canterbury
Level 2 Certificate Te Ara Reo Maori Language
Te Wananga O Aotearoa
Bachelor of Teaching And Learning (Primary) - Education
University of Canterbury
Certificate in Fashion And Design
Ara Institute of Canterbury
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