Instructor

Personal summary

Profile BA Degree | OCT Certified Teacher | Adult Learning Certificate Over 10 years teaching experience including creating curriculum and delivering face to face, blended and virtual/online courses Consistently praised by supervisor, colleagues, and clients for excellent instruction and communication skills Excellent at organizing and coordinating when faced with multiple priorities Comfortable and competent using computer as an instructional tool, including MS Office 365 and videoconferencing software Skills Coordinating Skilled in utilizing appropriate coordinating strategies to ensure participants’ varying learning styles are catered to; keen on creating a safe environment that engages and allow for openness and free sharing of thoughts and ideas; accommodative, and supportive of inclusion and diversity; effective at learning and delivering new material quickly. Presentation Development Multiple years of experience contributing to the planning and implementation of educational programs in both blended and face to face settings; utilize technology to ensure students’ support both in class and online; always emphasizing effective research, clear objectives, use of appropriate instructional material and knowledge of target group; Adept at planning and organizing within a team and single handed. Leadership and Administration Always taking the initiative to improve self in order to ensure best practices; empathetic and egger to provide support for supervisors, students and co-workers to ensure success; dedicated to company/organization and participants; Good at reviewing, follow-ups, and documentations. Experience Teacher Burnhamthrope Adult Learning Centre (TDSB), Toronto 2019- Present Plans and coordinate all aspects of the cooperative learning adult program * Liaise with various organization to place students in relevant work experience in a timely manner * Support students in all aspects of the placement component to ensure successful completion of course * Successfully develop lesson plans to meet the needs of students using a multi-modal approach and incorporating assistive technology, resulting in increased student engagement and learning * Developed a blended learning curriculum (prior to Corona virus) that allowed students to transition to online learning seamlessly when the schoolboard switched to online learning due to COVID 19 * Assess students’ learning by utilizing alternative assessment tools such as observation, group work, and presentations providing invaluable feedback to students and school administration * Create and present differentiated instructions to small groups and entire class resulting in improved focus and participation Project Coordinator/Lead Facilitator Centre for Education and Training, Mississauga 2011 – 2019 * Created pre-employment training curriculum, tailored to the needs of newcomer professionals * Provided daily supervision to the program staff * Facilitated workshops, coordinated guest speakers, developed and implemented program curriculum based on student’s needs * Regularly updated department content on the Intranet & Internet pages * Liaised with employers, post-secondary education organizations and professional licensing and regulatory bodies to assist students/clients in landing suitable placement/employment * Effectively administered and interpreted various assessment and evaluation tools to measure clients’ success * Regularly guest facilitated for community organizations delivering educational seminars to various stakeholders EDUCATION * Cooperative Education, Part 11 (Teacher Qualification) Lakehead University, Ontario, 2019 * English as a Second Language, Pt. 1, Teacher Qualification) Lakehead University, Ontario 2018 * Cooperative Education, Pt. 1, Teacher Qualifiucation Queens University, Ontario, 2017 * Certificate Adult Education/Staff Training, Seneca College, Toronto, 2016 * Personality Dimensions Certificate, Career/LifeSkills Resources Inc, Toronto, 2012 * Career Consultant/Job Developer, George Brown College/JVS Toronto, 2011 * Certificate Counselling and Human Services, American Youth Work Centre, USA * Ontario College of Teachers Certificate (# 546991) * Bachelor of Arts (Geography and International Relations), UWI * Diploma in Teacher Education, Secondary Division, Mico University College Education: College/University in Education

Skills

eLearning / Professional Training 8 Organisational Behavior8 Education / teaching 8