EXPERIENCES IN LEADERSHIP ROLES
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Professional Experience
Time and time again leadership positions have fallen into my host of responsibilities. I love learning as much as I love teaching, and I love teaching enthusiastic adult learners as much as I enjoy teaching children learners.
KINDERGARTEN TEAM LEADER
Advocate for the early childhood department: students foremost and teachers alike
Ongoing effective communication with the head of school, teachers, parents and students
Defined goals of the early childhood department (ECD) and grade levels based on age-appropriate expectations for school accreditations.
Developed published standards and expectations for the ECD for each subject based on age-appropriate developmental skills
Ensuring these goals were being met through student assessments and oversight of teacher’s work
Responsible for the overall coordination and management of kindergarten participation of school-wide events, field trips and special activities
Troubleshooting with teachers for optimal student success and ensuring students receive adequate support for growth and development
Relaying feedback, observations and opinions to inform senior leadership on decision-making
Communicating with the extended teaching team and subject teachers regarding classroom management and concerns about students
Leading professional development, training, workshops and focus groups
DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Designed a thematic curriculum with yearly, monthly, weekly and daily plans
Constructed classes to meet the needs of children (ELA, Gardening, Circle time, Music, Engineering, Storytime)
Created detailed and easy-to-follow class descriptions and outlines
Implemented student assessments to measure growth
Made student personal learning plans (PLP) templates
Sourced curriculum materials and programs
Created YouTube playlists, Pinterest boards, and google calendars associated with the curriculum for easy access by teacher​
MANAGER (TEACHERS, INTERNS)
For 6 months I was responsible for 6 interns at our school. I arranged for them to observe classes, do in-class work involving self-discovery, lead focus groups and lead discussions with questions and answer sessions. Interns had assignments to complete such as observation forms and presentations to give on what they learned and have improved on. They complete self-evaluations and peer evaluations to get the most out of the time they had working with native English-speaking teachers.
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Teacher Trainer/Coach
Conducted weekly teacher training on the newly designed curriculum
facilitated an understanding of how children learn
Provided in-class direct support to teachers
Provided guidance for problematic students, lesson planning and idea generating
Developed Orientation manual for incoming staff
Instilled daily routines for consistency across classrooms
Manager
Conducted general managerial responsibilities
Overview teacher scheduling
Conducted meetings
Communicated information
Mediated conflicts
Library labelling, organizing and sorting based on monthly themes
Document editing (weekly newsletter, teacher contracts, schedules)
Interviewed potential teacher candidates
Created templates for various purposes
FREELANCE
At various times in my career I encountered opportunities to freelance work or was put into situations where freelance was the best option such as during the covid crisis. this required having a business plan, target clientele and self-promotion and advertisement. Also including important time management, customer service and student satisfaction to keep customers.
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PIE Zoom Classes
3Es (Early Enrichment Education)
Diplomats Music class for babies
Tiny Toddlers music, Chinese, French and ballet classes
TEACHER TRAINING
Planned, organized, coordinated and presented professional development workshops for peers
Planned, organized, coordinated and presented training sessions for a group of kindergarten teachers
Planned, organized, coordinated and presented training sessions for university student teacher-interns
Induction program for new employees
Lead workshops and seminars for parenting
Observed, and assessed teachers to give positive and constructive feedback on best practices in the field of ECE.