Emily

Teaching in the top international schools within Asia, and holding a Masters`s degree in Educational Psychology, has led me to foster a teaching pedagogy that combines both education and psychology. Psychology gives education the theory of individual differences that every child has different mental abilities and learns at a varied pace. Not only this, but the process of learning, which is the ability to store and retain knowledge, can only happen when information is stored in long-term memory, rather than lost in working memory. New information and concepts are more likely to be stored in the long-term memory through techniques such as; reducing cognitive overload, using different stimuli during the lessons, physical movement, and connecting the material to real-life contexts. Making sure that students enjoy the lesson and have fun should also be at the forefront of all learning.

Availability: Currently, I am working as a year 4 Primary School Teacher so I am available most weekdays, as well as weekends throughout the day.

Willing to travel: 8 miles

Experience: Current Employment - Year 4 Teacher
- Implementing mindfulness practices into year 4.
- Embedding the IB PYP teaching framework of transdisciplinary, inquiry-based learning across all lessons.

Previous Experience
Whales English, Lesson Evaluator | Feb 2021 - August 2021

- Used an algorithm that evaluated teachers based on their student engagement, lesson delivery, and effective use of questioning to promote critical thinking. Suggestions would then be given to the teacher to implement in their lessons and follow up on how effective the suggestions were in their lesson.

Whales English, Online ESL Tutor | October 2019 - February 2021

- Taught Science, English, and Phonics to Chinese students from beginner to advanced levels.

Key achievements
- Prompted to lesson evaluator after a short time with the school.
- Continued to use puppets as a way to communicate and teach students with autism so that they felt comfortable to engage and strengthen social learning to facilitate the class.
- Held webinars with teachers to give them advice as to how to implement Jolly Phonics in an online setting.

The English School Of Mongolia, IB Home Room PYP Teacher | August 2018 - August 2019

- Taught all subjects in the PYP Year 1 curriculum


- Introduced and run the school`s first KS1 Drama club.

- Taught students with a range of special needs that did not have any TA`s, implementing psychological methods to engage them with the rest of the class and practices to regulate their emotions.

Key achievements
- Organized the first KS1 Christmas Concert with over 200 students including creating and rehearsing the routines, raising money for costumes, and promoting the event to parents and the wider community
- Received regular IB PYP training with a strong focus on how to embed social and emotional learning across all concepts and subjects.


Total International School, English Teacher | May 2016 - June 2018

- Taught English to all students from ages 3 to 8.

- Organised and ran the weekly whole school assembly.
Strongly followed the school`s teaching pedagogy of making sure every lesson included peer-to-peer interaction, physical movement, critical thinking, and cross-curricular learning.
- Won Teacher Of The Year in 2018