Joshua Terpstra

Grade 9-12 Drama - East Northumberland Secondary School (Brighton, ON)

• Co-taught units on playwriting, tableaux, stage combat, and improv. Supported students in preparation of their work, performing assessment for, as and of learning.

Grade 7 & 8 - Immaculate Conception C.E.S (Peterborough, ON)

• Taught health (mental health), religion, and visual arts. Supported in science and Literacy.
• Worked with classroom teachers to learn about current standards and best practices.
• Facilitated small group activities and one-on-one instruction to meet individual student needs.
• Assisted with management of classroom rules, procedures, and expectations to instill discipline and observance of conduct code.
• Cultivated positive relationships with administration, teaching staff, and students.
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Several months of supply teaching from K-12

• Unqualified LTO: Grade 8 at St. Paul's C.S.S in Trenton, ON
• Unqualified LTO: Grade 9 Religion at Nicholson Catholic College in Belleville, ON
• Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
• Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
• Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
• Supported student physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities.

Taught grade 1-8 students in the following subjects: French spelling, English Writing, Visual Arts, Drama, Nature Studies, and Phys Ed

• Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
• Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
• Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
• Supported student physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities.

• Served food and beverages promptly with focused attention to customer needs.
• Worked with POS system to place orders, manage bills, and handle complimentary items.
• Cultivated warm relationships with regular customers.
• Maintained clean and organized dining areas to uphold restaurant hygiene standards.

• Responsible for various landscaping tasks, including weeding, mowing, and hedge trimming.
• Aided in construction tasks, including flooring, drywalling, sanding, painting, window sealing, and demolition.

• Headed a small crew to operate firewood sales and boat rentals
• Maintained cleaning procedures of the Woodward and disinfecting of boats and bail buckets during COVID-19
• Created new organizational systems for bail buckets and life jackets
• Managed incoming shipments of firewood and kindling

• Co-managed a team of student Ambassadors calling prospective or incoming students for the University of Ottawa to address concerns and answer questions
• Navigated and diagnosed issues within our student database platform
• Worked with Ambassadors and students in both French and English
• Designed new training manuals and student ambassador resources
• Created professional resources to consolidate student ambassador training and working resources

• Delivered tours of the University of Ottaaa for groups of parents and prospective students
• Called prospective students to address questions and concerns
• Ongoing expertise in University life, program streams, campus resources, professor and student testimonies, undergraduate and graduate sequences, requirements and opportunities, COOP, residence and meal plan logistics, and campus history

• Operated a sales region from Prince Edward County to Tweed, and from Cobourg to Napanee
• Grew the region by $30 000 in sales while managing two manager portfolios
• Earned Rookie of the Year for $60 000 valuation of the business by the end of the summer