I am a workshop facilitator, teaching educators how to teach tamariki self-regulation skills and social-emotional competence.

Committed to teaching Preschool aged children is expanding my knowledge and experience in the ECE sector. I am adding valuable tools to my teaching kete while improving my teamwork skills and building positive relationships with tamariki, whānau, staff and community. Driving cultural awareness in the Centre and implementing tools and knowledge of social-emotional competence for tamariki and kaiako.

I have spent three years as a nanny to seven different families throughout the Auckland region, nurturing positive relationships with children and whānau. I have a values-based approach to my work, following Te Whāriki (Ministry of Education, 2017) in my personal and professional life. Through these years of experience I have gained excellent interpersonal skills amongst diverse groups of people including children and whānau of all ages and all from unique cultural backgrounds. My skills range from caring from children as young as 6 months old, up to 12 years old. I have experience caring for three children at a time, 5 years old and under.

During this internship I had the opportunity to further my teaching practice and relationship building skills with Vietnamese University level students and younger children between 6 and 12 years old. I took on responsibility by curating powerpoint presentations every week, having ongoing dialogue with my colleagues and critically thinking about ideas for the debate club. I got to practice being a leader, teacher, role model, and a team player through multiple online platforms. I was lucky enough to have a Cultural Mentor from Vietnam to support my journey in learning cross-cultural communication. I got to develop my cultural literacy and sensitivity.