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Najmeh Heidarian

Najmeh Heidarian

Auckland,Riverhead

Summary

I am a positive, energetic and experienced primary teacher, who thrives on making a difference in my students’ lives by designing and using different learning approaches to cater for their various needs and potential. In team leader capacity, I thrive on supporting my colleague in all areas of teaching, assessment and behaviour management. As a bilingual teacher I acknowledge the important role of culture and identity in learning, therefore, I always look for ways to make my teaching more inclusive and nurturing. I believe in building a positive relationship with colleagues, families and students to ensure a good understanding of their needs, goals and aspirations. I believe in student agency and setting a high standard for all learners. as well as all teachers. Due to my background in psychology, I constantly reflect and look for different ways to cater for all learning needs and personalities.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Team Leader

Matua Ngaru School
01.2024 - Current
  • Supporting teachers to deepen their understanding of curriculum levels and criteria in all learning areas
  • Assisting teacher to manage behaviour and redirect students positively
  • Creating a learning focused classroom culture where diversity is celebrated
  • Having clear communication regarding deadlines and responsibilities
  • Collaborating and creating a appropriate lesson plans to enforce school kaupapa
  • Supporting teachers with different assessment tools and creating a consistent marking system across the Year 5 team
  • Creating a high trust relationship among teachers to allow space for reflection and improvement in teaching practices

Classroom Teacher

Matua Ngaru School
01.2023 - Current


  • Helping students develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy friendship skills, critical thinking, and communication.
  • Collaborating with parents, administrators and counsellors to develop improvement plans for struggling students.
  • Establishing and enforcing PB4L Approach to improve and maintain positive interactions.
  • Driving student learning by establishing clear classroom plans and group objectives, as well as actionable strategies to achieve each goal.

Classroom teacher

Royal Oak Primary School
01.2019 - 12.2022
  • Working in a range of year groups, Year 0, Year 3, and Year 4
  • Deep understanding of Math Problem-solving and planning for mixed ability groupings with workshops to address gaps and specific learning needs
  • A thorough understanding of Inquiry and how to incorporate different aspect of learning and subjects
  • Great team player with experience in collaborative learning spaces
  • Clear understanding of PB4L and different behavioural management strategies
  • Professional development in

IYT (Incredible Years of Teaching)

Math Problem-solving

PACT Tool

The Treaty of Waitangi

Teacher Aide

Michael Park School
01.2015 - 12.2017
  • Help and Support teachers when working in Years 1, 5 and 7
  • Work on phonics with a group of Year 2 children
  • Provide Math assistance in year, 4,5 and 7
  • Help with assessment of GLOSS, JAM, Probe, etc
  • Provide support to students with special needs
  • Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
  • Distributed learning materials such as worksheets, textbooks and supplemental activities.
  • Supported student learning objectives through personalized and small group assistance.

Education

Postgraduate Certificate in Education -

Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
2018

Graduate Diploma of Teaching -

Massey University
2018

Bachelor of Psychology - Clinical Psychology

Shiraz University
2013

Skills

  • Thorough assessment knowledge
  • Innovative
  • Adaptable
  • Forward thinker
  • Energetic
  • Clear communicator
  • Planner
  • Accountable
  • "Can do" attitude
  • Reflective
  • Creative
  • Ability to build high-trust relationships
  • Bilingual
  • Proficient in different digital platforms

Timeline

Team Leader

Matua Ngaru School
01.2024 - Current

Classroom Teacher

Matua Ngaru School
01.2023 - Current

Classroom teacher

Royal Oak Primary School
01.2019 - 12.2022

Teacher Aide

Michael Park School
01.2015 - 12.2017

Graduate Diploma of Teaching -

Massey University

Bachelor of Psychology - Clinical Psychology

Shiraz University

Postgraduate Certificate in Education -

Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
Najmeh Heidarian