Kajal Karishma Devi
Claudelands
Summary
I am looking for a teaching position in a primary school.
I’m keen to explore ways to connect with people who are interested in student centered teaching, and are figuring out how to navigate a Teaching – Focused career path. I have been passionate about teaching from the earliest days of my academic career. After completing high school, I enrolled at Lautoka Teachers College and completed my Diploma of Education in two years of training. I was then appointed to a primary school in Fiji in 2009. I enjoy developing positive relationships with children and their families while fostering their curiosity and love for learning. While in the field of teaching, I completed my Bachelor of Education (Primary) in year 2017. This helped me a lot in gaining more knowledge on teaching and learning. Since then, I have worked with many children who have diverse learning and social needs. I have taught schools in urban and rural settings. I have also worked with student with special needs in inclusive schools. Seeing these children grow in confidence and realise their own strengths has been a privilege.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Qualified Teacher
City Limits early learning center
Hamilton
08.2024 - Current
Curriculum Development: Design and implement age-appropriate, stimulating learning experiences that promote infants' cognitive, emotional, and physical development.
Individualized Care: Provide attentive care tailored to each child's unique needs, fostering a nurturing and secure environment.
Health and Safety: Ensure the safety and well-being of all children by adhering to established health and safety protocols, including hygiene practices and emergency procedures.
Family Engagement: Build strong, collaborative relationships with families, maintaining open communication regarding their child's progress and daily experiences.
Professional Development: Engage in ongoing professional learning to enhance teaching practices and stay updated with early childhood education trends.
Qualified Teacher Role
Big Hugz Early Learning Centre
Hillcrest
09.2023 - 08.2024
- Company Overview: Preschool childcare
- Promoting health and wellbeing and protect Tamariki from any harm
- Understanding and practicing maori approaches to health and wellbeing
- Provide a safe and secure environment
- Respect the identities, languages and cultures of Tamariki and whanau
- Guide and encourage Tamariki to contribute their own strengths and interests
- Encourage Tamariki to communicate with verbal and non-verbal approaches
- (Bilingual approaches)
- Engage Tamariki in all aspects of exploration; natural, social, physical, spiritual and human-made
- Preschool childcare
- Changing Nappies
- Lunch supervision
- Taking Mat time
- Writing Learning stories
- Opening and closing of the centre
- Outside play supervision
- Tidying up
- Setting up of the room
- Sanitizing of the rooms and the toys and activities
- Taking children for excursions
- First aider
- Carrying out safety drills
- Attending staff meetings and professional development
- Attended workshop- 24th October 2023- child protection
- Writing learning statements
- Organizing Cultural programmes
- Prepare individual plans
- Dropping children home in school van
- Weekly journals
- Self-reflections
- PGC and working on improving and achieving my goals
- Collaboration with parents’ families and colleagues
- Giving medication and recording on medical chart
- Doing incident/injury/illness records
- Roll-calls twice for missing child
- Help in preparing newsletter
- Communicating with parents at drop off and pick up time
- Following/practice the policies
- Preparing intentional teaching activities
- Attending workshops
Qualified Teacher Role
Fountain City Montessori
Claudelands
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Company Overview: Preschool childcare
- Promoting health and wellbeing and protect Tamariki from any harm
- Understanding and practicing maori approaches to health and wellbeing
- Provide a safe and secure environment
- Respect the identities, languages and cultures of Tamariki and whanau
- Guide and encourage Tamariki to contribute their own strengths and interests
- Encourage Tamariki to communicate with verbal and non-verbal approaches
- (Bilingual approaches)
- Engage Tamariki in all aspects of exploration; natural, social, physical, spiritual and human-made
- Preschool childcare
- Changing Nappies
- Lunch supervision
- Writing Learning stories
- Closing of the centre
- Outside play supervision
- Tidying up
- Sanitizing of the rooms and the toys and activities
- First aider
- Attending staff meetings and professional development
- Sleep chart
- Doing incident/injury/illness records
- Communicating with parents at drop off and pick up time
- Following/practice the policies
- Preparing intentional teaching activities
- Attending workshops
Teacher Primary
Nasarawaqa Primary School
Bua District
06.2023 - 03.2023
- Company Overview: Remote Rural Inclusive school
- Prepare individual workplans
- Prepare learning and teaching plans
- Prepare workbooks
- Prepare lesson notes and teaching resources
- Prepare assessments
- Analyse assessment conducted
- Conduct parent teacher interviews
- Maintain safe and healthy environment for students
- Monitor, advice and supervise lunch of students
- Prepare class organisation
- Monitoring of year students
- Marking activity and Notebooks
- Counselling and Discipline cases
- Liaising with Admin for department requirements
- Prepare students for external exams
- Encourage teamwork in the students and colleagues
- Comply with Ministry of Education requirements
- Class teacher for the given year
- School coordinator for Prefects Inauguration event
- School coordinator for annual awards day
- School coordinator for newsletter
- Member of: Team Mathematics Competition Group
- Social Group
- Literacy and Numeracy Group
- Gender Counsellor for infant year girls
- Committee member of Fiji Teachers Union Labasa
- Track and field official in athletics in school meets
- Assist in netball team coaching
- Coordinator for school-based event: Holi, Diwali, IDADAIT Week
- Teacher on Duties: Conduct whole school assembly, Road Patrol, Gate Supervision, Toothbrush Drills
- Conducted community outreach programs
- Remote Rural Inclusive school
Teacher Primary
Qawa Primary School
Labasa
01.2017 - 06.2022
- Company Overview: Urban Inclusive School
- Lesson planning in accordance with curriculum
- Use effective classroom management strategies and subject relevant that cater to diverse needs of learners
- Recording and providing students with an improved performance programme
- Contribute to and participate in all school programmes and activities
- Demonstrate a high level of professionalism and commitment to ongoing improvement in teaching quality
- Abide by the codes and conducts of the civil service
- Role model interpersonal skills, quality of work, and teamwork
- Urban Inclusive School
- Prepare individual workplans
- Prepare learning and teaching plans
- Prepare workbooks
- Prepare lesson notes and teaching resources
- ICT inclusive teaching and learning
- Prepare assessments
- Analyse assessment conducted
- Conduct parent teacher interviews
- Maintain safe and healthy environment for students
- Monitor, advice and supervise lunch of students
- Prepare class organisation
- Monitoring of year students
- Marking activity and Notebooks
- Counselling and Discipline cases
- Liaising with Admin for department requirements
- Prepare students for external exams
- Encourage teamwork in the students and colleagues
- Class teacher for the given year
- Assistant Sports teacher
- Team member of School for lower primary literacy and numeracy intervention program
- Assistant Coach for schools’ netball team
- Schools Girl Guides teacher
- Teacher In- charge of School Library
- Coordinator of school Newsletter team
- Teacher In- charge of school kitchen
- Member of: Social Group, School Beautification Group, OHS Group
- Coordinator for school-based event: Holi, Easter, Diwali, Fiji Day, IDADAIT week, Library week
- Teacher on Duties: Conduct whole school assembly, Road Patrol, Gate Supervision, Toothbrush Drills, School Culture programmes
- Conducted community outreach programs
- Participated in school clean-up campaign
- Preparing and distributing learning programmes and student activities during covid
Teacher Primary
Naleba Primary School
Labasa
01.2010 - 01.2017
- Company Overview: Rural Inclusive School
- Lesson planning in accordance with curriculum
- Use effective classroom management strategies and subject relevant that cater to diverse needs of learners
- Recording and providing students with an improved performance programme
- Contribute to and participate in all school programmes and activities
- Demonstrate a high level of professionalism and commitment to ongoing improvement in teaching quality
- Abide by the codes and conducts of the civil service
- Role model interpersonal skills, quality of work, and teamwork
- Rural Inclusive School
- Prepare individual workplans
- Prepare learning and teaching plans
- Prepare workbooks
- Prepare lesson notes and teaching resources
- ICT inclusive teaching and learning
- Prepare assessments
- Analyse assessment conducted
- Conduct parent teacher interviews
- Maintain safe and healthy environment for students
- Monitor, advice and supervise lunch of students
- Prepare class organisation
- Monitoring of year students
- Marking activity and Notebooks
- Counselling and Discipline cases
- Liaising with Admin for class requirements
- Prepare students for external exams
- Encourage teamwork in the students and colleagues
- Class teacher for the given year
- Coordinator for school-based event: Teachers Day, Diwali, Fiji Day, Literacy Week, Children’s Day
- Teacher on Duties: Conduct whole school assembly, Road Patrol, Gate Supervision, Toothbrush Drills, School Culture programmes
Teacher Primary
Naleba Primary School
Labasa
06.2009 - 12.2009
- Company Overview: Rural Inclusive School
- Rural Inclusive School
- Worked as a relief teacher while studying due to teacher shortage in Fiji
Education
Bachelor of Education - Primary Education
Fiji National University
Fiji01.2017
Diploma in Education - Education
Lautoka Teachers College
Lautoka, Fiji01.2009
Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- Power-point
- Online lesson delivery
- Google Meet
- Zoom
- Curriculum development
- Health and safety
- Individualized care
- Professional development
- Classroom management
- Parent communication
- Cultural sensitivity
- Family engagement
- Instructional planning
- Behavior management
- Team collaboration
- Safety drills
- Performance assessment
- Creative lesson planning
- Child development
- FLUENT IN [LANGUAGE]
- Effective listening
- Cognitive and behavioral development
- Test grading
- Learning strategies
- Verbal and written communication
- Student rapport
- Assessment strategies
- Cooperative learning experience
- Relationship building
- Community involvement
- Visual aids utilization
- Homework assignment
- Project-based learning
- Classroom restocking
- Parent and student communication
- Group instruction
- Critical thinking
- Alternative learning methods
- Classroom technology
- Growth mindset
- Social-emotional learning training
- Group and individual instruction
- Interactive teaching and learning
- Lesson delivery
- Family involvement
- Learning style assessment
- Task prioritization
- Subject matter expertise
- Instructional methods
- Innovative lesson planning
- Literacy development
- Student engagement
- Learning assessments
- Student assessment
- Flexible and adaptive
- Blackboard software
- Classwork assignment
- Feedback implementation
- Testing and grading
- Parent and teacher conferences
- Collaborative learning
- Empathy and patience
- Positive role model and mentor
- Assigning and grading work
- Public speaking
- ESL- english as second language
- Lesson planning
- Quizzes, tests, and exams
- Classroom instruction
- Clear public speaking skills
- Educational activities
- Parent-teacher communication
- Team building
- Reporting and documentation
- Student needs assessment
Personal Statements
I’m keen to explore ways to connect with people who are interested in student centered teaching, and are figuring out how to navigate a Teaching – Focused career path. I have been passionate about teaching from the earliest days of my academic career. After completing high school, I enrolled at Lautoka Teachers College and completed my Diploma of Education in two years of training. I was then appointed to a primary school in Fiji in 2009. I enjoy developing positive relationships with children and their families while fostering their curiosity and love for learning. While in the field of teaching, I completed my Bachelor of Education (Primary) in year 2017. This helped me a lot in gaining more knowledge on teaching and learning. Since then, I have worked with many children who have diverse learning and social needs. I have taught schools in urban and rural settings. I have also worked with student with special needs in inclusive schools. Seeing these children grow in confidence and realise their own strengths has been a privilege.
Total Experience
13 years, 12 months
Curriculum Strengths And Achievements
- Coordinate and Mc Matariki night of Big Hugz early learning center 2024
- Second in charge of Christmas celebration of Big Hugz Learning Center and Mc it 2023
- Connecting with Tamariki and whanau and colleagues in short time.
- My parents gave good reviews about me on Big Hugz Center website.
- Taking children for successful excursions.
- Teaching inclusive schools – get along very well with special needs children.
- 70% pass for my year level for 8.
- More than 85% of children in my class reach independent level in reading by the end of each academic year. 2022
- Target achieved for year-end examination.
- Assisted in coaching netball team.
- Took Girl Guides contingent to district and provincial level camps.
- Child counselling and positive guidance.
Teaching Profile
I believe that all children can learn., Work together as a professional learning community intent on improving students' achievements., Provide differentiated learning activities., Provide a quality classroom environment in which all students feel valued and respected by the teacher and by fellow students., Maintain high expectations of our students., Provide explicit feedback that helps students move from their current to a higher level of understanding., Incorporate technology into teaching and learning process.
References
- Navjot, Team Leader -Same Classroom, Fountain City Montessori New Zealand, +64204782303, Navjotlakhi7@gmail.com
- Holly Lin, Colleague – Same classroom, Big Hugz Early Learning Center New Zealand, 0276695580, Hollylinyintzu@gmail.com
Hobbies and Interests
I am a very active person who believes in healthy eating and healthy staying, enjoy working with different age groups, socializing, community work, playing, gardening, swimming and guiding (Girl Guides).
Registrations
427460, Provisional Practising Certificate, 04/28/26, Residency (Indefinite), 08/04/23, 08/04/25
Professional Development
- Tataiako in Practice, 2024
- Kaupapa Maori, 2024
- Child Protection Policy, 2023
- First Aid Certificate, 2023
Timeline
Qualified Teacher
City Limits early learning center
08.2024 - Current
Qualified Teacher Role
Big Hugz Early Learning Centre
09.2023 - 08.2024
Qualified Teacher Role
Fountain City Montessori
06.2023 - 08.2023
Teacher Primary
Nasarawaqa Primary School
06.2023 - 03.2023
Teacher Primary
Qawa Primary School
01.2017 - 06.2022
Teacher Primary
Naleba Primary School
01.2010 - 01.2017
Teacher Primary
Naleba Primary School
06.2009 - 12.2009
Bachelor of Education - Primary Education
Fiji National University
Diploma in Education - Education
Lautoka Teachers College