Sonia Sharma

Energetic educator with a focus on an innovative and inclusive environment to uplift student skills while supporting diverse needs. Experienced in motivating students through creative and interdisciplinary instruction and reinforcement of concepts via interactive and collaborative classroom instruction approach. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.

• Attended PLC workshops with Early Reading Coach and learnt various reading strategies resulted in improvement in students’ reading and writing levels Completed evaluations and continuously assessed records by correcting student work, and provided timely feedback to assess their progress Focused on four frames of kindergarten program where learning and inquiry occurred during student’s play Created a positive learning environment using play-based learning that allowed all students to feel comfortable in applying their unique ways of thinking Created classroom rules by involving students, so they feel accountable for their behaviour Prepared individual lesson plans for students based on unique needs Implemented various teaching strategies contributing to an environment where students were actively engaged in meaningful learning Successfully taught the new split grade 2/3 class following a short notice Kept up the regular classroom duties such as organizing the classroom, ordering supplies, creating effective seating arrangements, decorating classroom for both respective grades Collaborated with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons to foster student growth/success

• [ ELL, Part 1 ], [ Queen’s University ] - [2023]