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My Education

College Jesus-Marie de Sillery

(Three first years of high school / equivalent to VWO) – 2012-2015

French private school part of the international baccalaureate with a great emphasis on learning to learn.
Top performance school in the region.
In this school, I have learned discipline, great work ethics and a sense of community.
I have completed more then 100 hours of volunteer work.

Saint-Patrick high school

(Two last year of high school / equivalent to VWO) – 2015-2017

English public high school
I have graduated on the honor roll. This means that my overall grade average was above 80%.
I have participated in the public speaking competition and won 4^th place in my grade year.
I graduated with my high science, chemistry, physics, scientific math and French mother tongue classes.

Cégep (college) St. Lawrence in art, literature and communications – 2017-2019

Arts, literature and communication program
First language level English and French (including literature) with beginner level Spanish and German

Teacher education in English: Hu Utrecht: year 1 – 2020-2021

Honor student participating in various personal projects. Completion of a personal leadership course.
Minor in creative writing starting in year 2 (2021-2022)
Second minor in Dutch language and culture starting in year 2 (2021-2022)
Overall average of 8
First year internship in the upper levels at Sint-Oelbert Gymnasium

Teacher education in English: Hu Utrecht: year 2 – 2021-2022

Dutch language and culture minor
Research Project: How can learner engagement be encouraged during a novel unit in class VWO 3EnReg of Sint-Oelbertgymnasium in order to improve writing skills?
Research Project in using essential questions to improve reading engagement.
Internship at Sint-Oelbertgymnasium (see professional experience)

Ron Clark Academy online professional development – 2020

Professional development given online with multiple guest speakers, such as Oprah Winfrey.

Shakespeare Teacher Festival Course – 2020

Professional development course on teaching Shakespeare. Topics include: close reading, formative assessments, course design and scaffolding.

Tutoring for deaf children and children wanting to learn English – 2012-2021

Once a week helping a deaf child with his homework since he needed extra support.
I have tutored various children over the years in English. I have done individual and small group teaching for students at various levels.
Animation of an extra-curricular activity to teach English to children

Tutor for elementary and high school students – 2017

“The Ray Berry Memorial Award” for my academic excellence, my desire to help others and commitment to tutoring.
Offering tutoring four days a week, before and after school.
Helping students with their English and mathematics.

Building a curriculum and workbook for English classes. Giving private English classes to two boys during the summer of 2020.

Building a curriculum and teaching English to Dutch (seven-year-old) child at a beginner level of English – 2020 – now

Teaching (English class) four hours a week in a Dutch High school (VWO Gymnasium) – 2021-2022

My internship for my second year of university was as a paid and independent teacher. I taught 4 hours (class 2 and 3) a week on my own and also completed all associated teaching tasks. This tasks were curriculum creation, creating tests, grading, meeting with colleagues, attending study days, etc.

Teaching (English class) ten hours a week in a Dutch High school (VWO Gymnasium) – 2022-2023

My internship for my third year of university is as a paid and independent teacher. I teach 10 hours a week on my own and also complete all associated teacher tasks. This tasks are curriculum creation, creating tests, grading, meeting with colleagues, attending study days, etc.
I am teaching class 1, class 2 (new set-up whcih consist of teacher 2 class hours with my own group and a third hour where all class 2 students are divided based needs), and class 3 (both regular english groups where I am implementing the curriculum I created with my university research project).