Krista Wight
Spirit River,Canada
Summary
I am a hardworking, flexible, and reliable individual. I like to be involved in my community and school. My strengths are in computer literacy, interacting with people, and helping my school's environment with positivity. I would be an asset to your school in the Grade 5/6 teacher position.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Junior High Grade 7/8 Teacher
Peace Wapiti Public School Division No 76
09.2023 - 06.2025
- Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
- Managed classroom behavior by establishing clear expectations, modeling appropriate conduct, and consistently enforcing established rules and consequences.
- Enhanced classroom engagement through the use of interactive teaching methods, such as group projects and hands-on activities.
- Maintained accurate records of student progress, attendance, and behavior to facilitate ongoing communication with parents about their child''s educational journey.
- Developed extracurriculars such homework club, badminton, and volleyball for after school.
- Worked on personal professional development in the areas of gardening, outdoor education, and Indigenous learning.
Elementary Classroom Teacher
Grande Prairie Catholic School District
09.2005 - 06.2023
- Build positive relationships with students and parents, involving them in the educational process.
- Mainly taught core subjects for my grade (six) as well as the smaller courses both in my grade and others.
- I have experience teaching all the subjects in Grade 5.
- Practice creating and implementing lessons in all areas.
- Experience with preparing for Provincial Achievement Exams (Gr 6).
- Assessed students learning through formal and informal assessment.
- Positively implemented the use of technology to assist with learning instruction.
- Experience with IPPs, action plans, reading, and writing assessments for our district.
- Plans with multicultural awareness in lessons.
- Coached junior high volleyball as well as intramurals for elementary sports.
- Designed a homework club for students to receive help with academics.
- Developed service projects for my grade six students to demonstrate how to be active citizens in our community.
- Also, planned and organized a youth group at our school.
Elementary Classroom Teacher
Northlands School District No. 61
09.2001 - 06.2005
- Planning and implementing creative lessons in all main subjects for Grade six (three years) and grade four (one year).
- Built and maintained positive relationships with students, parents, and the community.
- Incorporated a homework club for my students as well as movie nights for the community.
- Students and I partook in cultural activities throughout the year.
- Inviting elders into the classroom for mostly social studies and science curriculum.
- Assisted the resource teacher with IPPs and adaptive plans.
- Was part of a team in Peace River that worked on designing assessments for Northland School Division in both Language Arts and Math for grade six.
- Worked on creating a safe and positive learning environment for classroom management.
- Sourced materials that would enhance the learning in my classroom, leading to critical thinking skills.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Education
St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, NS06.2001
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College (Memorial University)
Corner Brook, NL06.1999
Skills
- Strong computer skills (coding)
- Coaching (volleyball)
- Involved in my church
- Problem-solving skills are connected to improving my teaching and the learning of my students
- Implementing positive reinforcement strategies
- Strong math skills
- Applied and received funding for three projects in my school
- Secured a grant for Reflex Math to improve my students' basic math skills
- I have the ability to work independently as well as collaborate in groups
- Flexible with assignment requirements in school
References
Deborah Listhaeghe
Former Colleague (Grade 4 and Acting Principal)
Address:
30 Vanson Close
Sylvan Lake, AB
T4S 0M3
Contact: (780) 814-2214 (C)
Email Contact: debilisthaeghe@hotmail.com
Gary Ewing
Former Principal of Ste. Marie School
Address:
Box 312
Spirit River. AB
T0H 3G0
Contact: (780) 864-4163 (H)
Contact: (780) 864-5156 (C)
Email Contact: gdewing@outlook.com
Marcy Macdaid
Former Colleague (Kindergarten)
Address:
Box 215
Rycroft, AB
T0H 3A0
Contact: (780) 876-2267 (C)
Email Contact: m_martinmacdaid@hotmail.com
Timeline
Junior High Grade 7/8 Teacher
Peace Wapiti Public School Division No 76
09.2023 - 06.2025
Elementary Classroom Teacher
Grande Prairie Catholic School District
09.2005 - 06.2023
Elementary Classroom Teacher
Northlands School District No. 61
09.2001 - 06.2005
Bachelor of Arts - Education
St. Francis Xavier University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College (Memorial University)
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