My apologies for short absence at WA I was caught up writing my resume

byBhutanSonam

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4 years ago

Dear WA Family,

I was writing this resume with the hope to apply for skilled independent visa 189. Please do help me with ideas and corrections 🙏

Personal InformatioN

Name: Mrs. Sonam Yangchen

DOB: 22nd Nov , 1979

Country: Bhutan

Passport no: G079926

Citizenship No: 11410010716

Driving license: T-32322

Permanent address:

• Village : Thim Throm
• District: Thim Throm
• City : Thimphu

Education :

1998: Class 10: Yangchenphug High School, Public School, Thimphu Bhutan ,

2000: Class 12 :Yangchenphug High School , Public School, Thimphu Bhutan,

2000 to 2004 : B.Ed (Secondary ) English and Geography, National Institute of Education, Samtse Bhutan

• 1st June to 15 June , 2000:
  • Three weeks induction course to Teaching
• 1st July to 30th dec , 2000 :
  • field teacher training for Six months in babesa primary school and Chang Bangdu primary school , Thimphu Bhutan

• July 2011 to July 2012: Master in Education, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India

2017: Diploma inLeadership and Management, Kingston International College , Perth , Western Australia

2018: Diploma in Early Child Care, Kingston International College, Perth, Western Australia not completed.

Work Experience and knowledge:

• 2005 to 2007: khuruthang Middle Secondary School, Public School , Punakha *Designation: Teacher , Position level 5

• 2008 to 2011 : Changzamtog Lower Secondary School, Public School , Thimphu *Designation: Teacher , Position level 4( the P.level changes after serving for 5 years for the first year of service)

• Aug 2012 to 2016 , Lungtenzampa Middle Secondary School ,Public School,Thimphu *Designation: Teacher , Position level 3 the P.level changes after serving for 4 years after the first promotion) .

• 2019 - 2020 : Sersang Early Childcare and Primary School, Private School, Thimphu Bhutan

Short Course Training and others :

2005 : Scout Basic Unit leaders Training course , khuruthang Punakha

2005: Voluntary work during the first Population and Housing Census of Bhutan.

2007: Facilitation of the 1st National Jamboree, Damphu, Tsirang

2012; World conference on Shaping A future classroom : A global perspective

2015: Royal Civil Service Award by His Majesty The King of Bhutan on completing 10 years of dedicated service to the country .

2016: Transformative Pedagogy Training , Thimphu

*Role 1: Leadership and Management Practices;

As a Class Teacher: Moral greenery

Class Teachers play vital roles in the lives of the students in their classrooms. We are the 2nd parents in the school environment. So as a class teacher I have the following roles:

1.Administrator and Organizer:

• Make decisions appropriate to the class/level.
• Team building and assembling a warm environment to work together as a team.
• Create a Classroom Environment; help them set their own classroom rules and inspire them to work together as one family unit.
• Carry out classroom administrative duties efficiently and participate in school decision making structures.
• Manage classroom activities and student behavior.
• Manage learning in the classroom,
• Mentor class children for all school activities like school concert , class drama , sport activities and inter school and intra class competitions in any field.

• Conduct class teacher and parents meeting biannually.

2. Keeping record:

• Maintain Academic performance records, such as grades, provide insight about student progress and help parents and teachers make important decisions regarding students’ learning needs.
• Maintain Attendance records for accountability and student’s safety.
• Maintain Behavior records for parents-teacher conferences and disciplinary meetings. It helps students to become aware and they focus on studies.
• Prepare student progress reports for all unit tests and major examinations.
• Prepare a transfer certificate when they leave school.

3. Monitor and Assess Learning:

• Assessing the students learning throughout the year to check they are gaining the knowledge and appropriate skills to complete the course and that they fully understand what is being taught.
• Identify student’s weaknesses and plan a strategy to assist them with it.
• Motivate children at all times.

4. Mentor and Role Model:

• Mentor and nurture students by providing individual guidance and personnel support.
• Role models to the class children.

5. Keeping connected/Broader Learning Domain:

• Create social media accounts with parents of all class children either on wechat, Telegram, whatsapp, viber and any other social media. ( a platform to communicate with parents and guardians)
• Create group chat with class children on social media and help children with their personal as well as academic problems.

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Work Domain: Curriculum Practices: Planning and Delivery;

Role 2: As Subject Teacher :

• Prepare Lesson Plans:
  • make a good lesson plan with set specific learning objectives related to the subjects.
• Teach my children with utmost dedication and professionalism to make our children understand the concept I teach.(Academic greenery, )
  • Implements effectively that proportion of the school curriculum for which he/she is responsible by using pedagogical skills and thorough understanding of subject matter.

• Incorporate Gross National Happiness Value in the lesson plan; (Intellectual greenery)
  • The lesson must have values which can be used to overcome daily issues and assign work based on the daily experiences, so that they learn better.
  • Cultivate the gifts of our minds.
  • realise the power of our minds and implement the power in our daily lives.

• Apply various instructional strategies:
  • identify relevant teaching learning materials and appropriate teaching learning strategy which would involve children in their learning by including active learning, small-group tuition, individual teaching, and scaffolded instruction.

• Holistic Assessment;
  • Incorporate differentiated lessons by Varying the level, structure, mode of instruction and pace of lessons to meet individual needs. Adapting lessons for students’ interests, matching tasks and processes to students’ abilities and needs.

• Monitor/ Assess Students learning and guide students' work,
  • Maintain a continuous assessment record throughout the year to check they are gaining the knowledge and appropriate skills to complete the course and that they fully understand what is being taught.
  • encourage students to discuss the chosen topic or method not only with the teacher but also amongst themselves.

• Provide assignments and conduct tests frequently to check the learning of the students and to know their weaknesses.

• Carry out evaluation of children’s unit test and bi-annual examination paper.

• Provide a friendly environment conducive for learning
  • Prepare teaching aids/ use ICT in the classroom Environment.
  • Incorporate problem-solving activities.
  • Assign heterogenous group work.
  • promote social and emotional competence.

Work Domain: Identifying Activities

*Role 3: House Master :Social greenery

1.Pastoral oversight

• Maintain high standards of personal conduct in the boarding house, in accordance with school policies.
• Foster a homely, purposeful and safe atmosphere within the house
• Be proactive in seeking to forge excellent personal relationships with boarders, their parents and/or carers
• Carry out daytime and evening duties as agreed with the Second Master
• Carry out weekend duties, on rotation, as agreed with the Second Master

2.Academic duties

• Maintain an active interest in the academic progress of boarders in the house and interceding on their behalf as required, for instance, by attending parents’ consultations etc.

• Liaise closely with members of teaching staff across the school, as well as administrative staff and auxiliary staff to ensure the smooth running of the house.
• Feedback to parents formally, as part of the school’s reporting procedures.

3.Administration (Moral goodness)

• • Fostering goodness over cleverness, cooperation over competition, fair-play over victory at any cost.
  • Manage the team of house staff - both academic and domestic - in order to ensure the smooth running of the house.
  • Ensure that communications sent home, or to pupils, are read and understood by parents and carers.
    
  • organise House meetings and communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the House team.
  • help organise and support House activities including, Inter-House Competitions such as House Sports and House Music.
  • support and model positive behaviour after collective worship and around the school.
    
  
  
  Work Domain: School Community Vitality
  * Role 4: :Scout Leader / Master
  As a scout master , I conduct one hour class every Wednesday after school.
  
  
  • Prepare a yearly action plan for scouting activities and implement these plans into the school diary.
  • Carry out scouting activities as per the plan:
  • Recruit new scouts and teach them the basics of accounting following the scoutmaster handbook guidelines.
  • Include the old/ senior scouts and put them together as troops.
  • Prepare the list of names of scouts who will be responsible for the hoisting of the national flag during the assembly time.
  • Cary out a safe, exciting and stimulating Balanced Programme for the Scouts taking into account the needs, interests and abilities of the young people.
  • Ensure the safe delivery of the programme in accordance with the Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association.
  • Ensure that every young person in the Section has the opportunity to attend at least one nights away experience each year.
  • Actively support and promote the achievement of badges and awards in particular the Chief Scouts’ Award.
  • Actively work with other scout groups to support and promote Group or multi-section activities and events.
  • Ensure regular opportunities are provided for young people to express their views on the programme and running on the Section, and that those views are taken into account.
  • Take part in scout leaders' meetings.
    
  
  
  
  
  Achievements
  Additional Responsibilities carried out;
  1.Role as Literally coordinator :
  
  • Prepare an action plan for Literary activities for the particular academic year.
  • Disseminate work responsibilities to the committee members.
  • Include all the literary programs in the school diary to enhance literacy skills- reading, writing, listening and speaking in children.
  • Prepare an annual literary magazine based on the edited student-members literary piece.
  • Organize an annual reading festival so as to fascinate and cherish good reading habits in every toddling reader (end of reading week).
  • Compile literary pieces for final literary club exhibition.
  • Organize literary activities and competitions among the houses/classes.
  • Encourage all students to participate in literary activities (mass participation).
  • Coordinate wall magazines and literary board.
  • Keep record of literary competition.
  • Evaluate cross-curricular literacy initiatives and report on progress and areas for development.
  • Ensure literacy remains a focus in whole school and departmental developments.
  • Track the progress of literacy skills of all pupils against targets in reading, comprehension, and writing.
    
  
  
  2.Role as Head of English Department:
  
  • Head English Department.
  • Actively assist the Head of School in ensuring the good professional practice, standards, and quality of teaching and learning of subject/s through proper discussion with the subject experts.
  • promote a healthy process of reciprocal informal observation of class teaching practices;
  • Set examination papers, co-ordinating marking schemes and moderating examinations and assessment processes at one’s school as well as in other schools;
  • Ensure that the maintenance and upkeep of equipment related to the subject at school is regularly carried out;
  • Prepare specifications and budgets for the requirements of the subject-specific teaching tools and equipment, including laboratory equipment;
  • Mentor other teachers in the subject/level of their speciality;
  • Hold and lead regular departmental meetings and ensure to keep minutes of meetings.
    
  • develop and sustain appropriate structures for management, consultation, decision-making and communication with staff and students.
    
  • ensure all staff have access to the necessary support to enable them to contribute fully and develop their skills and experience
    
  
  3.Role as a Cultural Coordinator:
  
  • Prepare an Action Plan for cultural activities with the committee members .
  • Disseminate the work responsibilities within the committee members and mentor them.
  • Plan and organize an annual school concert as per the school calendar.
  • Organize school intra and inter class cultural competition.(Encourage student’s participation.)
  • Coordinate songs and dances for any occasion in and out of the school.
  • Prepare issue form for borrowing of cultural items.
  • Keep proper records of all sorts of collections and bills counter signed by the committee for transparency and accountability.
  • Review effectiveness and improvement of the cultural programs in the coordination meetings.
    
  
  
  • cultural greenery
    
  
  
  • Inculcate cultural and religious values in students.Preserve and promote tradition and culture in the school.
  • Keep records of the cultural competition.
  • Encourage students’ participation in different genres of songs, dances and music.
  • Plan and initiate cultural tours or cultural exchange programs and cultural picnics.
  • Exhibit cultural programs in any local festival.
    
  
  
  4.Role as Focal Person for Trainee Teachers :
  
  • Coordinate meetings with the Supervisory lecturer and collect the names and subject of all trainee teachers prior to them joining the school.
  • Meet the head of school and find out who the entitled teacher name list for trainee teachers.
  • Assign each assigned teacher their trainee teacher and give out the set rules of do’s and don’t with them.
  • Take the new trainee teachers for campus orientation and introduce them to their mentor and their work rooms.
  • Look after the welfare of each trainee teacher and cater to their needs.
  • Coordinate with the SL and provide monthly feedback in their overall performance.
  • Coordinate welcome and farewell party for them.
    
  
  
  B. Exam Results:
  
  • 100%pass percentage in my subject for the last 16 years of my teaching career.
  • ‘many’ children achieved higher than their predicted grade. 30% of my students performed better than their predicted result or 97% achieved their predicted grade or above in your Annual exam.
    
  
  C. Remarkable Student Progress:
  
  • Two of my students topped the national level examinations in class 10 and 12.
  • Few weaker children showed drastic improvements in their academic performance with extra guidance and moral support.
  • Few of my children improved their self esteem and improved their overall performance in school.
    
  
  D. Teacher to a Royal Grandchildren :
  
  1. Sersang Primary School is the school for the elite. The proprietor of the school is the former minister of ministry of education, Lynpo Sangay Nidup; brother to Bhutan's four queen mother.
     
  
  
  1. The school has only 100 students in the primary category and 8 students in the Early Child Care Center.
     
  
  
  1. Teachers with very high qualifications , a large number of teaching experience , international experience and good recommendations from the previous school head will only get selected to become the teacher of Sersang School.
     
  
  
  1. So I feel that none can be a biggest testimony to my work done as a teacher for having been selected to become the faculty member of Sersang Primary school.
     
  
  Note
  * All through my teaching period , I have been teaching class Pre primary to 10 grade. It’s mandatory for secondary teachers to take up any level till grade 10.
  
  *All the schools I worked in have classes Pp to 8 for lower secondary school and PP to 10 for middle secondary school.
  
  *I was engaged with children as small as children from daycare to class 6 for the last two years.
  
  *As a teacher of position level P5 to P3 , he / she must serve their role as classroom teacher, subject teacher house master and all others fall into extra responsibility that a teacher has shouldered in his service to school.
  
  “The future of the nation lies in the hands of our younger generation, it is therefore crucial that they live up to our high expectations and ensure the continued well-being of the people and security of the nation”
  
  His Majesty the 4th King Jigme Singye Wangchuck <3
  Role of the teacher in the contemporary Bhutanese Society is huge and I am happy that I am part of this system.
  
  
  
  Thank you for your time
  Sonam Yangchen