• Continued to guide students to exceed world averages in IBDP Psychology

• Began teaching IBDP Economics

• Modified the IBDP Theory of Knowledge course to suit the needs of students pursuing a non-IBDP high school diploma 

• Served as high school student government advisor

  • • Ensured that students took responsibility for planning and executing events, for running an election process for choosing new members, and for the effective handover from current members to future members

    • Managed expectations of students to ensure realistic proposals, plans, and promises 

    • Acted as liaison between the student government and the school administration

• Accompanied international Weeks Without Walls excursions and local overnight bonding trips

  • • Grade 10 bonding trip to a meditation center in September 2023

    • Grade 10 excursion to China in November 2023

    • Grade 11 excursion to Japan in June 2024

    • Grade 11 introduction to the IB Diploma trip in September 2024

    • Grade 8 excursion to Kanchanaburi, Thailand in November 2024

• Continued to guide students successfully through the Extended Essay and CAS

• Supervised a student-led Psychology Club

• Assisted in planning and implementing the school’s Model United Nations program

• Assisted in preparing IBMYP Year 5 students for the IBMYP Exhibition

• Head coach for G6&7 girls’ soccer

Responsibilities and Accomplishments as the Grade Level Lead Teacher

• Facilitated the reshaping of the culture for Grade 11 teachers to be more inclusive, productive, and ambitious

  • • Facilitated the development and pursuit of common goals

    • Pursued a more proactive approach to support student learning and character development

• Led the team in creating a new advisory curriculum

• Implemented an efficient system of communication for all teachers in grades 11 and 12 to support growth in students of concern

  • • Refocused conversations towards measurable, observable, correctable student behaviors

    • Established and maintained a Google Space for frequent communication

    • Implemented the use of ABC Tracking Charts for student target behaviors

    • Worked closely with counselors to ensure that students of concern received additional support

      • • Acted as liaison between teachers and counselors to streamline communication

• Served as a mediator between teachers and administration

  • • Improved efficiency and effectiveness for the administration in mitigating existing and emerging problems

Responsibilities and Accomplishments as an IBDP Teacher

• Continued to:

  • • Guide students to exceed world averages in IBDP Psychology and IBDP Theory of Knowledge

    • Support students in the Extended Essay

    • Serve as an IBDP Examiner for the Psychology and Theory of Knowledge courses

Additional Responsibilties and Accomplishments

• Worked with administrators to continue a no-zero assessment policy.  Assisted in:

  • • Refocusing staff on the importance of the policy

    • Conducting an "extra time at lunch" program that was utilized by teachers when students missed deadlines

      • • Raised student accountability for on-time submissions and targeted the improvement of learning behavior

• Assisted in overhauling the school's experiential learning program

  • • Created a template code of conduct that was adapted across the school

    • Provided extensive guidance and feedback to improve the safety and effectiveness of field trips

• Head coach for middle school soccer teams, assistant coach for varsity and junior varsity soccer teams

Responsibilities and Accomplishments as Head of Department

• As the head of the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) department, I led a team of 11 TOK instructors with various amount of experience and of various cultural backgrounds

  • Assessed current performance, conducted research on various approaches to teaching TOK, and reformed
    CIS’s TOK curriculum in an attempt to bring more authenticity to the course

  • Successfully minimized resistance to change/potential conflict within the department during the implementation of a new approach to teaching TOK

Responsibilities and Accomplishments as an IBDP Teacher

• Consistently guided students to achieve scores higher than the world average in IBDP Psychology and TOK courses

• Began working as an IBDP Psychology examiner and remained an active examiner for duration of employment

• Adapted to IBDP Psychology curriculum changes, effectively helping students to navigate its new challenges

• Continued to develop capabilities as an Extended Essay and CAS supervisor

Committee Work

• Led a committee to plan and execute the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2021

• Served on a middle school principal search/hiring committee

• Served on a high school advisory committee

  • Created and implemented an advisory curriculum designed for high school students

Development of Pedagogy

• Implemented concepts from various professional development opportunities, such as:

  • • The Adaptive School

    • Effectively integrating a no-zero policy

    • Project-Based Learning

Involvement in Student Activities

• Led students on international service learning excursions to Thailand for multiple years

  • • Introduced essential safety policies and logistics that are now used throughout the high school for all excursions

• Established and ran a jiu jitsu club for students; assisted in supervising student-led recreational soccer and ultimate frisbee clubs

• Attended various IB1 retreats with the goal of team-building among students, as well as helping students to understand various requirements of the Diploma Programme

Technology Proficiency and Integration

• Adapted teaching practices to suit a school with a 1-to-1 iPad program, including creating courses on the iTunesU Learning Management System, integrating iPad apps into teaching, etc.

• Successfully adapted to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, rapidly adapting to various online platforms such as Google Classroom and Zoom to facilitate effective collaborative and independent learning

Accomplishments as a Social Studies & IBDP Psychology Teacher

• Independently inaugurated an IBDP Psychology course into an existing IBDP program

• Collaborated with a department to design an 8th grade World Geography course with a strong focus on investigating world issues and critically examining potential solutions to problems

• Collaborated with a colleague to design a 7th grade World History course with a strong focus on inquiry of historical events and applying historical themes to modern problems

• Independently developed and taught a U.S History that served as an elective course for 11th and 12th grade students

  • As this course had students from a variety of nationalities and life experiences, I designed this course to focus on how historical events and themes in the USA had an impact on the world

  • Incorporated resources that critically examined American history from a variety of perspectives, such as the Howard Zinn Project

  • Students developed skills such as historiography, identifying bias, analyzing sources, supporting opinions with evidence

• All courses implemented educational techniques learned from in-house training sessions and from experienced colleagues, including:

  • Criteria-based assessment adapted from the IB MYP to assess a variety of skills that students demonstrated in their work, including knowledge & understanding, critical thinking, communication, and researching and investigating

  • Cooperative learning techniques adapted from Spencer Kagan’s educational theories and practices

  • An overarching educational philosophy articulated best in Fay and Funk’s “Teaching With Love & Logic”

Extracurricular Accomplishments:

• Assisted in running a Model United Nations program

• Coached a variety of football (soccer) programs, including:

  • • Varsity (U19) boys – Head coach

    • Junior Varsity (U16) boys – Assistant coach

    • U14 boys – Head coach

    • 5th grade boys – Head coach

  • For each age level, assessed the team’s strengths and weaknesses, then established a system that would bring growth

  • Focused on teaching each player real-life skills, such as persistence through challenges, team building, risk-taking, implementing a growth mindset, using the visualization of success to improve performance, and building positive self-esteem

• Inaugurated an international program in a Chinese government school on behalf of the St. Mary's Education Group

• Designed and implemented a geography curriculum differentiated for Chinese students with a wide variety of English abilities

• Taught a remedial writing course that required English language learners to:

  • • Read various pieces of literature in English

    • Articulate opinions in English

• Built social and academic skills necessary for Chinese students to succeed in a Western classroom

• Assessed realistic learning goals for students based on their performance in a new classroom setting

• Actively adjusted teaching style based on cultural differences, student comfort levels, and student needs

• Utilized various methods to help students to activate prior knowledge from Chinese courses and apply it to new concepts presented in English

• Guided students through effective use of electronic translators in a classroom setting

• Utilized a variety of instructional methods to teach to the strengths of all students, as well as to keep lessons interesting and interactive

• Organized an internet-based grade book using the Jupiter Grades web applet

• Lived in a boarding school community

• Led a sports club for students that provided students with a comfortable and positive environment to try new sports, socialize with new people, and implement physical activity regularly into their lives

Accomplishments as a Social Studies Teacher:

• Taught a predominantly Kuwaiti student body in an American school system

• Guided students through safely exploring culturally sensitive religious, historical, and current events

  • • Collaborated with teachers to design a World History curriculum that was relevant to students

    • Independently designed and implemented a Psychology curriculum

• Communicated student needs with parents in a culturally sensitive and flexible manner

• Built strong rapport with students and their families, who were accustomed to high teacher and administrator turnover

• Adapted to technology used in the school, including PowerSchool gradebook software and Atlas Curriculum Mapping

Extracurricular Accomplishments:

• Organized and led an international trip for a Harvard Model Congress convention

• Head coached boys and girls varsity and junior varsity soccer teams