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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Virtually taught a grade 9 applied French course during one "quadmester." Developed interactive games, lessons, discussions, and projects aimed at engaging students- some of whom were native Francophones, and some of whom had no experience with the French language. In doing so, I somehow managed to maintain full classroom engagement right up until the last.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Within this role, I assisted with overseeing the Donor Outreach team, including database maintenance, running meetings and training sessions, design of communications documents, and administrative organization of the team. I used Google Sheets (Excel) to track fundraising metrics, assisted fundraisers in meeting their goals, and assisted with script.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Within this role, I obtained tens of thousands of dollars in both one time and monthly donations, while engaging stakeholders in conversations regarding social justice activism and progressive politics. This included fundraising during a federal election, end-of-year, as well as new donor prospecting.I also wrote and edited scripts surrounding progressive.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Wanting to continue working in the field of education while obtaining my Masters (and upon moving to Ottawa), I ran a successful tutoring business that provided educational tutoring to students from newcomer families, established immigrant families, former ex-pat families, as well as many other diverse learners. Topics tutored included English, French as a.

Peterborough, On

In this role, I edited staff submissions for a progressive collective arts magazine which featured visual art, reviews, creative writing, opinion pieces, and other diverse forms of media. I also managed a remote team of staff writers, graphic designers, and artists to meet publication deadlines.

Peterborough, On

I created a monthly slice-of-life article for this collective arts magazine. I also collaborated with editors to design ways to improve community engagement with the magazine, improve quality of work, and streamline efficiency.

Peterborough, ON

Designed a curriculum called "Exploring Healthy Dating & Relationships" for grades 7-12 which focused on consent, cybersafety, dating violence, and bystander intervention. Aided in the facilitation of Sheatre Theatre's "Far from the Heart" production aiming to reduce sexual violence in local high schools. Also participated in several community events such.

London, United Kingdom

Maintained a full timetable of intermediate (grades 7-10) classes in both English and Drama. Designed everything from individual lessons, to entire units based on popular and age-appropriate texts, such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Became engaged with school community through extracurriculars and staff functions.

London, United Kingdom

Took over an existing cover position for a three week period, working primarily with pre-existing resources and expanding upon them to meet student needs. Classes were intermediate, ranging from grades 7 to 11. Improvised differentiated lessons based on complex topics as requested by administration such as the Israel/Palestine conflict, and Brexit.

Peterborough, ON

Planned and implemented lesson plans for students grades 9-12, at the academic, applied, and workplace levels. Designed unit plans for short story and film units, novel studies, and culminating activities.

Lakefield, ON

Instructed library patrons on basic computing tasks such as spreadsheets, word processing, social media, and basic computer maintenance. Maintained communal library computers, and completed basic administrative tasks.

Peterborough, ON

Ran the St. John Ambulance course "What Every Babysitter Should Know" alongside a co-teacher, to groups of 20-40 students ages 9-14. Engaged students with dynamic teaching strategies and a positive classroom environment.

Peterborough, ON

Assisted in day-to-day classroom activities in History and English classes at the academic, applied, and pre-IB levels. Implemented several lessons on pulp science fiction history, and common English grammar conventions.

Peterborough, ON

Assisted host teacher in marking, lesson planning, and classroom management of a core grade 8 class. Established a great rapport with staff and students.

Sarnia, ON

Assisted in classroom management and lesson planning for a grade 8 class. Supervised lunches, recesses, as well as the school's annual Halloween dance. Participated in a professional development opportunity on SmartBoard usage.

Master Of Education - Med, Secondary Education And Teaching

Completed this degree with a specialization in Feminist and Gender Studies.

Diploma, Social Service Work

Completed fourth semester of the SSW diploma through Fleming College's fast track. Will complete this diploma as of December 16, 2016.

Bachelor’S Degree, Education

Activities and Societies: Queer Here: Member 2014-2015 Studied Intermediate/Senior education with English/Language Arts and French as a.

Bachelor’S Degree, English Language And Literature, Honours

Completed undergraduate Honours degree in 2014. Took several courses in Modern Languages, including four French credits, and two Spanish.