Dedicated Educator with extensive experience partnering with parents and ensuring success of students. Skilled at providing feedback on individual progress of students and discussing specific needs. Organized and motivated employee eager to apply time management and organizational skills in various environments.
• Prepared or reviewed the Learning and Teaching Plans (LTP) aligned to the Fijian Curriculum and Syllabi, in all key learning areas, including Literacy and Numeracy.
• Prepared detailed workbook, lesson notes, worksheets, and other teaching aids in accordance to the Learning and teaching plan.
• Conducted bookmarking as per Book Marking Policy /Term Planner for verification & monitoring purposes.
• Helped ensure a safe learning environment, for all learners by ensuring classroom compliance with OHS.
• Formulated and implemented a classroom organization plan, including duty times, class timetable, classroom rules, and class activities.
• Remained calm and patient in student interactions to support individual growth and development.
• Used videos, lectures, and moderated discussions to engage students during class.
• Supervised children safely in and out of the classroom such as during assembly, duties, break one, lunch hours and while awaiting transport back home on daily basis.
• Tutored students requiring extra help and gave additional practice work to help improve conceptual understanding.
• Encouraged student critical thinking and discussion using a variety of teaching techniques.
• Kept classroom inventory records updated weekly and informed Assistant Principle of the need for urgent repairs, damages, or maintenance to classroom facilities.
• Held conferences with parents to address questions, discuss academic progress and encourage learning goals.
• Helped identify low achievers and students with special needs in the classroom and engage them in differentiated activities to address their learning needs.
• Planned for and conducted formative and summative exams/assessments in all key learning areas to get timely feedback on students who require necessary interventions and meet performance targets.
• Marked exams/assessments for each student using appropriate marking guides and recorded results accurately.
• Compiled accurate, reliable, and complete records of students' learning performance for each assessment, and submit exam records with analysis of results to the HOD.
• Conducted department meetings and professional development as a HOD.
• Submitted accurate class attendance register to AP daily.
• Differentiated instruction according to student skill level.
• Prepared student report cards and conducted Parent Teacher Interviews; provided students with constructive and timely feedback on performance.
• Conducted counselling sessions with low achievers, and students with high absenteeism, poor conduct behaviour and submitted counselings reports to HOD/AP.
• Attended all Student Free Day Programmes, Wellness, extracurricular and core-curricular, and other school activities and carried out teacher-on-duty responsibilities as per Standard operating procedures.
• Effectively carried out school duties (road patrol and compound duties)
• Played a key role in extracurricular school activities
• Created and enforced a child-based, hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and receptive learning.
• Participated in workshops, trainings, and conferences to improve educational skills.
• Conquered challenges of working with a highly diverse student population to attain exceptional student achievement.
• Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents, and teaching staff.
• Assisted fellow teachers with assignment development, special projects, tests, administrative updates, and grading.
My extracurricular activities have been mainly student led, where there has been a need or desire, including book clubs, soccer, netball, oratory and culture club. I also enjoy cheering on college teams from the side lines, chaperoning college dances, school camps and trips. Seeing and being seen in a different light by the students is important to building and maintaining strong educational relationships.
1. Renee Hutchinson
Current School Principal
John Paul II High School, Greymouth, NZ
PH: (+64) 027 288 4153
Email: renee.hutchinson@johnpaul.ac.nz
2. Amant Lal
Previous School Principal
Papatoetoe High School, Auckland, NZ
PH: (+64) 02108885600
Email: lal_aman@yahoo.com
3. Jasmine Naresh
Head of Department
Central College Lautoka, Fiji
PH: +679 9252592
Email: jas26naresh@gmail.com