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Working as a Secondary teacher at YRDSB schools-Major job responsibilities include teaching course curriculum, classroom management, and adhering to board policies.Accomplishments:Currently teaching High school Math , English, Careers and Tech courses.Successfully completed teaching High School Math at Night school. Successfully completed teaching Calculus & Vectors (Grade 12 U course) at Summer School.Successfully completed a long-term assignment - Math at Richmond… Show more Working as a Secondary teacher at YRDSB schools-Major job responsibilities include teaching course curriculum, classroom management, and adhering to board policies.Accomplishments:Currently teaching High school Math , English, Careers and Tech courses.Successfully completed teaching High School Math at Night school. Successfully completed teaching Calculus & Vectors (Grade 12 U course) at Summer School.Successfully completed a long-term assignment - Math at Richmond Hill High School.Successfully completed a long-term assignment - Math, Computer Studies, and Business at Newmarket High School.Successfully completed a long-term assignment- Math, and Tech at Middlefield Collegiate Institute. Show less

Samy's Math House provide educational solutions for Mathematics for K-12.Our specialization includes conducting workshops for pre service and in service teachers, tutoring, and developing content/assessments on pedagogy of mathematics for school students & teachers.Accomplishments • Developed mathematics content for K-12 for various curriculum companies.• Developed and reviewed Mathematics Assessments for K-12.• Provided tutoring in Mathematics for K-12 to more than… Show more Samy's Math House provide educational solutions for Mathematics for K-12.Our specialization includes conducting workshops for pre service and in service teachers, tutoring, and developing content/assessments on pedagogy of mathematics for school students & teachers.Accomplishments • Developed mathematics content for K-12 for various curriculum companies.• Developed and reviewed Mathematics Assessments for K-12.• Provided tutoring in Mathematics for K-12 to more than 10,000 students. Show less

We conduct Mindfulness Workshops for students of K-12.Our specialization includes conducting workshops and developing content on mindfulness for school students & teachers.Accomplishments • Created 8 weeks mindfulness curriculum for school students.• Conducted 8-weeks mindfulness program for school students in public schools.

Working as an on-call teacher at PDSB schools.Major job responsibilities include classroom management, adhering to board policies, implementing lesson plans, and taking student attendance.

Accomplished Tasks:Successfully prepared the press release and report of Two days seminar cum workshop on Academic Writings: Addressing the contemporary challenges held on November 21-22, 2019 organised by CALEM and Department of Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh under PMMMNMTT scheme of MHRD, Govt. of India at ICSSR complex, Panjab University, Chandigarh.Successfully attended a one day workshop on 4th October 2019 conducted by Pediatric Psychology unit and Social Pediatrics… Show more Accomplished Tasks:Successfully prepared the press release and report of Two days seminar cum workshop on Academic Writings: Addressing the contemporary challenges held on November 21-22, 2019 organised by CALEM and Department of Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh under PMMMNMTT scheme of MHRD, Govt. of India at ICSSR complex, Panjab University, Chandigarh.Successfully attended a one day workshop on 4th October 2019 conducted by Pediatric Psychology unit and Social Pediatrics unit, Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh on “Psychosocial Adversity and Child Development.” Successfully conducted 8 weeks sessions of mindfulness on students of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, Chandigarh.Successfully participated in the Workshop on Statistical Software SPSS organized by the Department of Statistics, Panjab University, Chandigarh from May 1-9, 2019.Attended a workshop on "Understanding the research workflow" Author Workshop and Mendley training organised by Panjab University in collaboration with Elsevier on 5th March 2019.Successfully authored and presented a paper at an International Conference on "Mental Well-Being- A state of Mental Health, Its relation with Education and Society" held at DAV University, Jalandhar on 5th and 6th Feb 2019.Successfully prepared the press release and report of International Conference (TECC) on the theme “Teacher Education: Challenges and The Road Ahead” organised by Department of Education and Sponsored by NWRC-ICSSR, Panjab University, Chandigarh Held on 20-21 February, 2018 at ICSSR Complex, Panjab University, Chandigarh.Successful approval of synopsis.Successfully completed pre-PhD course work which included working on tool construction, reading articles, mentoring pre-service teachers in mathematics education, and guidance & counselling. Show less

The role involves building up a robust item bank for K-12 assessments, managing the team of reviewers for K-12 assessments, understanding schools’ briefs and requirements and suggesting them solution for assessments by incorporating changes and suggestions as per feasibility. Identifying and engaging external consultants and industry experts for item construction, conducting workshops for item writers and reviewers, and product briefings for sales, marketing and product specialists Pan India… Show more The role involves building up a robust item bank for K-12 assessments, managing the team of reviewers for K-12 assessments, understanding schools’ briefs and requirements and suggesting them solution for assessments by incorporating changes and suggestions as per feasibility. Identifying and engaging external consultants and industry experts for item construction, conducting workshops for item writers and reviewers, and product briefings for sales, marketing and product specialists Pan India. Visiting schools and colleges of repute for judging the events.Accomplishments:• Building up a robust Pearson Item Bank for K-12 assessments.• Identifying and managing vendors for Item construction and syllabus mapping.• Managing the team of reviewers for review of items and syllabus mapping of all subjects in K-12 for Pearson, Insight and Mypedia Schools.• Providing timely feedbacks to item writers and reviewers to prepare error free assessments.• Training the vendors in Item writing and reviewers in reviewing the items.• Streamlining the process of review of items and preparing the guidelines for reviewers and vendors.• Identifying the problems in the process of review and finding the solutions for smooth functioning.• Interacting with Delivery team for gathering timely feedback and requirement from schools and providing them the assessment solution for Question paper creation. • Preparing the blue print for question papers of CBSE/ICSE and diagnostic tests for all Pearson Schools.• Preparing Math Lesson plans for Grades 1-5 for the integrated platform.• Gathering and providing timely feedback to sales and marketing people through workshops.• Sharing the resume of competent people from education industry and fresher to build up an able team.• Conducted product briefings on products and pedagogy for the marketting /sales team and teachers/senior officials of schools as a pre sales activity. Show less

The role involves coordinating with Teachers and Principals of CBSE Schools across India for various events, editing content, prepare question papers, Formative Assessment Manual for Teachers and Students, preparing Question Bank for PAT (Math), preparing Open Text Book Assessments (Maths) and also carry out the Quality checks for the CBSE examination papers.

Responsible for teaching Core Mathematics, School Contact Program, Liberal Option Math, Material Development, Logico Mathematics, Pedagogy of Mathematics to 1st Year-4th Year of B. El. Ed students. The responsibilities include teaching and checking Lesson Plans for Block Teaching, designing and checking assignments, preparing internal question papers and mentoring students in different projects. Accomplishments:• Have been appreciated for taking several initiatives and creating… Show more Responsible for teaching Core Mathematics, School Contact Program, Liberal Option Math, Material Development, Logico Mathematics, Pedagogy of Mathematics to 1st Year-4th Year of B. El. Ed students. The responsibilities include teaching and checking Lesson Plans for Block Teaching, designing and checking assignments, preparing internal question papers and mentoring students in different projects. Accomplishments:• Have been appreciated for taking several initiatives and creating structures like Google groups to update on all the needed information on the syllabus for everyone to access.• Have co-ordinated and organized workshops from the companies like Casio and NGOs like JODOGYAN and EKLAVYA.• Supervised the students on Innovative pedagogy tour in the third years & Internships in the final year.• Won accolades from the students for preparing comprehensive notes on Core Maths that has added value to their understanding.• Played a significant role as a Mentor to students to guide them through the placements.• Was Centre Observer for B.El.Ed Entrance Exam 2014 conducted by University of Delhi.• Was a member of the Academic team to prepare Question Paper for B.El.Ed Entrance Exam 2013. Show less

Worked for Career Launcher, Panchkula as a Quant Faculty-Prepared students for Law Entrance and MBA entrance.-Taught Quantitative Aptitude for entrance preparation.

Worked for Tata Interactive Systems to develop content as per client requirements.-Applauded by the client for preparing and delivering error-free worksheets in the alpha stage.-Developed course curriculum for the aviation company.

Worked for the eLearning division of S. Chand Publishers (SCTPL).- Played a significant role in developing and getting the mathematics lesson plans, and eLearning prototype approved by the Uttaranchal government for a World Bank-aided project.- Developed content for features associated with e-learning like quizzes, interactivity, and glossary.- Coordinated with subject experts, graphic designers, animation team, and project manager for content development.