Amrita Kauldher Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Oversee, manage and develop the Education EnCounter Program (affinity spaces, professional development workshop series) and facilitate learning opportunities for BIPOC educators, school, and district leaders looking to transform their their personal and professional lives through liberatory practices. This engagement in decolonial and antiracist approaches.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Adjunct Faculty for the School of Education and Leadership

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Facilitating and implementing anti-racist, human rights education through Equitas, the capacity building delivery partner assigned by the BC Ministry of Education on the draft K-12 Anti-Racism Action Plan.

Coquitlam

• Grade 7/8 -Generalist (Summit Middle, Sept 2020-June 2021)
• Grade 6/7 -Generalist (Hillcrest Middle, Sept 2019-June 2020)
• Grade 6/7 -Generalist (Citadel Middle, Sept 2018-June 2019)
• English 12, English 11, English 10, EAL Skills (Pinetree Secondary, Dec. 2017-June 2018)
• Summer Learning Grade 4/5 Reading & Writing (Summer 2018 & 2019)

British Columbia, Canada

English 11/12 & Career Ed. educator at an alternative school for high-risk youth with learning designations who face challenges in the public school system. Emphasized the importance of relationships and individualized support. Student-teacher connections were shaped by an awareness for mental health and attachment theory.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Mentor/tutor for a multi-faceted education program, Rogers Raising the Grade, aimed at increasing academic skills, high-school graduation rates, and access to post-secondary education for high-risk youth

Nassau, The Bahamas

• 6th grade teacher at a private school utilizing the Calvert Education curriculum
• Utilized Sycamore, online school/student management system.
• Taught subjects including math, grammar, science, history, Bahamian social studies, and language arts
• Developed skills in lesson planning, classroom management, and teaching strategies
• Prepared grade 6 students for government exams in science, Bahamian social studies and language arts. Created an online classroom using Eliademy, incorporating PDF lessons, videos and quizzes.
• Implemented strategies to assist in the transition to high school

Bahamas

• Creator, curator and co-coordinator of social-media photography project, “Everyday Bahamas”
• Built partnership/sponsorship with National Art Gallery of the Bahamas and Bahamas Telecommunications Company
• Connecting with Bahamians in collaboration to re-conceptualize art and create images of self beyond “sun, sand and sea”
• Project not only interrogates the anthropology of tourism but also how corporations can connect with community, arts and culture on a grassroots level through conscious.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Provide administrative support to YCAR associates and staff
• Assist in the planning and delivering of various academic talks
• Implement/assess survey on the YCAR diploma program, and provide recommendations to department
• Write copy for events/talks at the institute
• Provide organizational support to South Asian Research Group for annual workshop

Toronto, ON

• Volunteer internship with urban arts non-profit/community organization providing support to Director Che Kothari
• Provided support in scheduling Executive Director’s personal and professional calendars, and email correspondence
• Assisted in Festival planning (including stage support) and preparation
• Actively participated in programming for “Walk This Way”, Walk for Youth Arts and Culture
• Monitored and updated “Walk This Way” WordPress website, edited and sited resources for website content
• Aided in organizing follow-up sessions with youth organizations on how to become involved in securing arts funding in the city of Toronto

Toronto, ON

• Operated under the direction of Dr. Karolyn Smardz Frost for “Breaking the Chains: Presenting a New Narrative of Canada’s Role in the Underground Railroad”.
• Performed administrative tasks and assisted with project management
• Facilitated summer teacher/student institutes on topics relating to the global migration of African peoples commemorating 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent
• Conducted web-based & archival/library research
• Assisted with assembling/creating relevant lesson plans which are to be enhanced with computer-based Augmented Reality

Bachelor’S Degree, Secondary Education And Teaching

Specializing in the Humanities and the International Baccalaureate Diploma, my practicum was completed with the Coquitlam School District.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Social Anthropology

After completing my BA at York University in anthropology and history, I returned to pursue my MA in topics that explored Punjabi-Sikh.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba) Honors, Anthropology & History