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Education
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Kendra Minty

Kendra Minty

Ladysmith,Canada

Summary


Innovative professional with expertise in developing cross-curricular programs through a learner-based practice. Possesses excellent communication, problem-solving and organizational skills. Familiar in the Reggio Emilia Approach that encompasses all subjects through community.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
2
2

Degree

Work History

Mentor & TTOC

Encompass Learning Centre
03.2023 - Current
  • Worked as a mentor in two programs
  • Offered support to all staff members, teaching the Reggio Emilia Approach, and worked towards cohesion between both programs
  • Facilitated a mentorship with each teacher to build goals together and report on their progress
  • Currently working as a TTOC

Lead Educator

Amelia House Playschool
08.2022 - 01.2023
  • Established routines and schedules for a new school
  • Developed a program that reflected the Early Learning Framework
  • Given the opportunity to plan Reggio Inspired activities
  • Provided young children with a foundation in mindfulness and yoga
  • Cared, educated, and learned with every child attending the program
  • Developed safety and supervision skills for taking a group of children offsite on fieldtrips
  • Communicated with families on their children's interests and learning

Teacher On-Call

Calgary Changmaker School
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Experienced teaching in a K-8 independent school that follows the Reggio Emilia approach
  • Gained skills teaching in all six classrooms by exploring ways to quickly connect and develop relationships with each student
  • Acquired a toolbox for attention getters, as well as ideas for opening and closing circles
  • I learned to work with the lesson plans provided by teachers and easily adapted when needed
  • Took the opportunity to explore ways to incorporate a yoga practice in each classroom
  • Developed a deeper understanding on how to do formative and self assessment with students
  • Learned how to provide opportunities for choice making and autonomy for students during our off-site trips to the forest
  • Students have learned and practice their own risk-benefit assessments at this school
  • Given the opportunity to workshop the trauma-informed yoga training course I completed with each class

Kindergarten Student Teacher

Departure Bay Eco School
04.2020 - 01.2021
  • Gained knowledge on the Reggio and nature-based approach
  • Learned how to develop a daily flow, frameworks that offer an emergent curriculum, and teaching at offsite locations
  • Create documentation and how to develop it in a school setting
  • Explored a variety of ways to do formative assessment in the classroom and outside
  • Developed a mindfulness unit using the Mind Up curriculum
  • Learned how to fulfill numeracy and literacy outcomes through counting collection and writing workshop frameworks

Grade 2/3 Student Teacher

Pleasant Valley Elementary School
01.2019 - 12.2019
  • Practiced new management skills in multiple ways
  • Exposed to innovative ways to teach literacy and numeracy that supported a range of capabilities
  • Using backwards by design to develop a mapping unit with an Indigenous perspective
  • Learned how to use an empathetic approach to marking and giving out spelling tests

Kindergarten Student Teacher

Gleneagles Ch'axáý Elementary School
09.2016 - 12.2016
  • Completed an advanced practicum for my ECE Degree
  • Created a project using differentiated learning in order to create an inclusive setting for all learners
  • This experience had students learning all subject matters through oral story telling, reading compasses to find coordinates, calculating treasure, discovering photosynthesis, and writing their own stories

Education

Bachelor of Education -

Elementary School
Nanaimo, BC
04-2021

Bachelor of Early Childhood Care And Education -

Early Childhood Education
North Vancouver, BC
04-2017

Skills

  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Effective leadership
  • Team collaboration
  • Organization

Certification

2024: Emergency First Aid Level C CPR and AED

2022: AB Teaching Certificate

2021: BC Teaching Certificate

2021: Grading, Reporting, and Professional Judgement, Building and Assessment Plan, and TheTop Three: Using Samples, Criteria, and Making the Grade - Anne Davies and Sandra Herbert

2021: Counting Collections, Outdoor Learning and Story Play Workshops - Liz McCaw

2019: Small World Play

2018: Yoga Instructor 200hr Certificate

2018: Reflecting Together - Strengthening Practice Conference

2014: Pedagogical Documentation as a Professional Tool

2014: Certified License to Practice in Early Child Care

2013: Certified Assistant Educator

2012: Food Safety Certified

2010: Sign Language Level 1 course at Chinook College

Interests

  • Crafting and DIY Projects
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Gym Workouts
  • I enjoy helping others and giving back to the community
  • Rock Climbing
  • Fashion and Style
  • Mindfulness Practices

Timeline

Mentor & TTOC

Encompass Learning Centre
03.2023 - Current

Lead Educator

Amelia House Playschool
08.2022 - 01.2023

Teacher On-Call

Calgary Changmaker School
01.2021 - 01.2022

Kindergarten Student Teacher

Departure Bay Eco School
04.2020 - 01.2021

Grade 2/3 Student Teacher

Pleasant Valley Elementary School
01.2019 - 12.2019

Kindergarten Student Teacher

Gleneagles Ch'axáý Elementary School
09.2016 - 12.2016

Bachelor of Education -

Elementary School

Bachelor of Early Childhood Care And Education -

Early Childhood Education

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