Management Team Member of Ways Ivy Academy
The Principal of Ways Ivy Academy
SAMANTHA SCHMIDT [OCT 665576 ]
QUALIFICATIONS
Degrees
-Bachelor of Education, Faculty of Education, Brock University, Ontario Jun. 2015
-Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Brock University, Ontario Jun. 2015
Basic Qualifications
-Intermediate and Senior Divisions, French as a Second Language Jun. 2015
-Intermediate and Senior Divisions, English Jun. 2015
-Senior Social Sciences- General Oct. 2018
-Intermediate Math Aug. 2020
Additional Qualifications
-ESL Part One Aug. 2015
-Guidance and Career Education Part One Feb. 2018
-Mathematics Primary and Junior Part One, Two and Specialist Apr. 2018
-Teacher Librarian Part One Apr. 2019
-Family Studies Part One Jun. 2019
-Special Education Part One and Two Mar. 2020
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Online Principal, Teacher and Course Developer Feb. 2020 to present
Online Schools as contracted
-Use the backwards design process to plan and develop courses with curriculum expectations in mind.
-Embed differentiated learning tools and activities in online courses to allow opportunities for conversation, observation and products to be evaluated.
-Supported students to navigate course issues or confusion around assignments and modified content, process, or products as necessary to ensure students can complete the courses at their own pace.
-Monitored student progress and reached out to offer support when students had not resubmitted work that could be improved.
-Educated students around plagiarism and how to properly cite sources.
Teacher, Summer School (ENG3UZ, online course) Jul. 2018 and 2019
Peel District School Board, Mississauga Secondary School
-Promptly responded to student emails by return email or phone call to ensure understanding of course content, D2L navigation and assessment results.
-Ensured instructions were clear and pacing was effective to allow students to be successful completing assignments according to the course schedule.
Teacher, Grade 7 and 8 FI, Grade 9-12 French and Family Studies Sep. 2015 to present
Peel District School Board, Simcoe County District School Board
-Communicated to students the use of Google Classroom and provided digital copies of all materials and lessons to ensure students could stay caught up if absent.
-Participated in the 7-10 Math Networks and co-created a digital resource bank for other colleagues using a variety of online platforms and tools.
Teacher, Adult Credit Night School (ENG4U, GWL3O) Sep. 2016 to June 2019
Peel District School Board, AEC South Mississauga Location
-Designed cross-curricular units focusing on mental health, anti-racism, building employability skills and indigenous issues including residential schools while assessing and evaluating the expectations in the Language Arts curriculum.
-Built positive relationships with students to ensure high rate of retention and success in the night school program and often accommodated extenuating circumstances by building personalized courses of study with alternate timelines to ensure student success and wellbeing.
Teacher, Spirit of America Travel/Study course (ENG3U and ENG4U) Jul. 2017
Peel District School Board, Continuing Education
-Communicated frequently and effectively through email prior to the course start date and while on the travel portion of the course while ensuring confidentiality and privacy were maintained.
Teacher Candidate, Section 23 Classes Jan. to Mar. 2015
Halton District School Board, Syl Apps Youth Treatment Centre
-Supported students’ mental health and academic success with a variety of personalized strategies gained through positive relationship building.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEARNING COMMUNITIES
-Presented at the 2019 Peel Teacher Led Conference about using digital tools to support academic integrity and empower students to recognize and avoid plagiarism.
-Provided a safe space to LGBTQ+ students and allies by starting a Spectrum club at Warnica PS and Homelands PS.
-Applied learning from a three-part workshop around Residential Schools and the Indigenous experience by integrating Indigenous perspective into lessons across all subject areas and supported colleagues in teaching in the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation through PD.
-Re-designed the breakfast program to make it more equitable to all students.
-Participated in the 7-10 math networks and created a variety of digital resources related to our inquiry around explicitly teaching math strategies in order to support student’s ability to think critically in math and make their thinking visible.
-Organized various initiatives with a focus on mental health and well-being as a member of the school climate team and worked to create a social committee to promote staff community.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING (A selection of some of the workshops and sessions I have attended)
-Creating Meaningful Synchronous Learning Experiences May 2020
-Unpacking Indigenous Experience May 2019
-Building Awareness and Understanding of the Muslim Student Experience Nov. 2018
-ENGAGE Math, School Success Planning Oct. 2018
-PAACE- Strategies for Black Students Benefit All Students Oct. 2017
-Creating a Supportive and Inclusive Classroom Environment for ELLS Nov. 2016
-Indigenous Cultural Competency Training Sep. 2016
-Safer and Accepting Schools- An Introduction to LGBTQ+ Realities May 2016
-Supporting Syrian Newcomers and beyond in the classroom
