Loralee Findlay

• Encouraged and prepared students to become independent readers through systematic, multi-sensory instruction in phonemic awareness and decoding skills.

• Enhanced student language skills through engaging, feedback-driven activities that built confidence in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
• Collaborated with educators to design interdisciplinary units and align instruction with quarterly and yearly academic goals.

Demonstrated adaptability and initiative by quickly setting up a fully functional classroom on short notice during COVID-19, meeting safety guidelines while maintaining a flexible, student-centered learning environment.

• Fostered a positive, trust-based classroom culture rooted in play-based and structured inquiry learning.
• Designed and delivered developmentally appropriate activities aligned with the Manitoba curriculum.
• Encouraged student autonomy through choice-driven learning experiences.

• Delivered differentiated instruction to support a diverse range of learners, including EAL and students with special needs.
• Collaborated with support staff to design inclusive programming and monitor progress.

• Implemented Restitution and Ross Greene's problem-solving strategies to address behavioral challenges.
• Supported students in building self-regulation and critical thinking skills.

• Created and delivered engaging lessons aligned with curricular outcomes.
• Differentiated instruction to meet students' academic, social, and emotional needs.

• Adapted quickly to diverse classroom settings across K–12.
• Built positive relationships with students and staff using proactive classroom management techniques.

• Independently initiated and led library story time program within early years classrooms, involved in initial library upgrade project plans, processed student books through library software, planned, set up and led the scholastic book fair, and maintained a friendly relationship with staff and students.

• Successfully led two kindergarten classes of 33 students.
• Developed unit plans, facilitated parent meetings, and contributed to school planning and staff collaboration.

• Hired to provide mentorship to an at-risk middle-years individual.

• Assisted several senior years special needs students in learning programs related to each of their individual needs.

• Assisted instructors and students in selecting quality print and non-print resources, processed paperwork, supervised and trained summer students, promoted library materials and services, managed school library webpage.