Resume
Accomplishments
- Helped to raise school size from 50 to 350 students at Nova Inter-Cultural Institute through excellence in demo lessons and group lessons
- Produced an educational French podcast that ranked in Apple's top ten in search
- Three-time Chief Learning Officer Learning Elite contest judge
Professional Experience
Elementary Teaching Experience
Teaching Practicum
October 20th to December 11th
Montague Consolidated School
- Taught in a Grade 3 French Immersion Classroom
- Created interactive French activities to engage learners
- Created lessons aligned with the SCOs of the PEI Public Schools Branch
- Assigned and reviewed worksheets to reinforce concepts
- Organized group activities to encourage social skills and teamwork
- Did Read Alouds to build literacy and comprehension skills
- Conducted student evaluations and tracked progress
- Taught Math and encouraged students to develop their Math Strategies toolbox
International Teaching Experience
English Teacher
February 2001 to February 2002 and May 2005 to May 2006
Geos
- Taught 40-minute English lessons
- Gave demo lessons that led to a substantial increase in student enrollment
- Created lesson plans
- Counseled students on their progress
- Coached students who successfully reached their goals, including winning a speech contest
English Teacher
March 1998 to December 1998
Nova Intercultural Institute
- Taught 45 to 90-minute English lessons
- Created fun, practical, career-specific lessons
- Attended cultural events with students
- Worked with students to achieve their goals, i.e. getting a bilingual job and applying to grad school
- Gave sales presentations and briefly managed the school while we were without a manager
Corporate Teaching Experience
Instructional Designer
July 2021 to January 2023
Sobeys
- Created and delivered training to front-end and customer staff for new software and product launches
- Successfully prepared staff to navigate two of the organization's biggest strategic shifts
- Created user manuals, job aids, virtual training sessions, and eLearning for launches
- Incorporated video, gamification, software simulations and other elements to bring the training materials to life to team members receiving the training
- Collaborated effectively with executive leadership, subject matter experts, and the project team
Training Implementation Planner
June 2014 to July 2017
Amway Canada's Head Office
- Trained independent business owners and internal staff on Amway's product line
- Created training materials and employee engagement resources for the staff
- Collaborated with the training and development team on the scripting and execution of the online sales training curriculum
- Certified to train internal staff on Franklin Covey's 4 disciplines of execution
- Helped sales agents to increase their sales by 20%
Volunteer Work
Team Lead
September 2023 to September 2024
Kiva (Kiva.org)
- Led a team of 24 volunteer Spanish loan translators and editors
- Edited loans to ensure they met Kiva's quality standards before posting them to kiva.org
- Improved readability of loan descriptions by fixing style issues and correcting grammar
- Motivated team members to meet their monthly loan review and translation goals
- Shared weekly updates highlighting team accomplishments and lending trends
Education
UPEI Bachelor of Education Candidate
Expected Graduation Date May 2026
Bachelor of Arts in French
1996
Queen's University
Certifications & Skills
Professional Certifications
- Leadership in the 21st Century - The Jack Welch Management Institute (2020)
- Project Management - Google Career Certificates (2022)
- Become a Reporter: Report the News! - Michigan State University (Via Coursera) (2023)
- Full Stack Web Developer - Ongoing at freecodecamp.org (2025)
Skills
- Bilingual in French and English
- Conversational in Japanese, and Spanish
- Curriculum design & development
- Creating user manuals, job aids, video simulations, and assessments
- Training facilitation, presentations and public speaking
- Technical writing
- Creative writing
- Video editing
- Articulate 360
- Camtasia
- Graphic design
- Web Development