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Ibadan, Yo, Ng

Lagos State, Nigeria

🧩 Providing online services with certain educational technologies like Ms Powerpoint, Google Meet, and Google Classroom to carry out weekday meetings, facilitating an average of 5 virtual sessions per week with a 95% student attendance rate.🧩Utilizing differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all students, including those with advanced abilities, leading to a 25% improvement in individual student performance and a 20% increase in advanced student achievement.🧩Strengthened parent- tutor relationships by developing weekly reports using fireflies.ai, resulting in a 40% increase in parental engagement and better tracking of student progress.

Lagos State, Nigeria

🧩Improved the overall class performance by 15% by teaching Civic Education, Social Studies, and ICT to over 60 students in JSS1, 2 and 3.🧩Enhanced student leadership skills and collaboration by 20% by conducting weekly guidance meetings and facilitating elections for 15 JSS3 students.🧩Achieved about 87% excellence in end-of-term scores by using differentiated instruction for different students and classes, gaining recognition from parents for notable changes in their children’s academics.

Benue State, Nigeria

🧩As a graduate assistant, taught “The Introduction to Guidance and Counseling” course to about 210 NCE students, improving their understanding of the subject using teaching methodologies appropriate for adult learning.🧩Assisted students with learning challenges, with the help of remedial classes for students preparing for tests and examinations in the department.🧩Assisted in the formulation, invigilation, and grading of scripts in the department during the end of the session examination.

Lagos State, Nigeria

🧩Enhanced early childhood development by orchestrating comprehensive education for a class of 10 Kinder Senior pupils aged 2-3, covering Number Work, Letter Work, Rhymes, Water play, and Art. This approach fostered a stimulating learning environment, integrating innovative lesson plans and multimedia resources.🧩Organised and led a transformative teachers' seminar on "Self Esteem," fostering robust teacher-pupil and pupil-pupil relationships. This initiative aimed to empower every pupil to develop and maintain a positive self-image, ensuring inclusivity and psychological well-being in the classroom.

Lagos State, Nigeria

🧩Taught Security Education to three units of JSS1 classes, each with about 70 students in a class.🧩Assisted in grading academic performance of students by setting and grading test scores.🧩Enhanced student support by providing guidance services in the counselling unit, addressing educational, vocational, and personal-social challenges, leading to effective follow-ups and referrals.🧩Utilised psychological tests e.g SHI, VII and SPI, to deliver tailored guidance and counselling, through individual and group sessions, and in the end, ensured appropriate referrals to field veterans.🧩Fostered career awareness and effective study habits by collaborating with the school counsellor and other teacher counsellors to organise career day events and deliver class-to-class pep talks.

Lagos State, Nigeria

🧩Taught Civic Education to an SS1 class of 25 students for 3 months during my practicum year, resulting in a 15% improvement in their exam scores.🧩Counseled 3 students on their educational and vocational challenges, leading to a 15% follow-up rate and referrals to the school counselor.🧩Assisted in organising a career day brought up by student teachers/counsellors for over 200 students in the school, which received positive feedback and commendations from our supervisors, increasing student interest in career planning by 20%.