Yvette Khristine R. Valdez
Relief Teacher Tasmanian
Polytechnic/TAFE
March 2012- December 2012 Launceston, TAS
Relief Primary Teacher St Finn Barr's
Catholic School
March 2012- December 2012 Invermay, TAS
Childcare worker Migrant Resource Centre
June 2012- December 2012 Launceston, TAS
Childcare worker Fuji International
Kindergarten
December 2011- January 2011 Robina, QLD
High School English Teacher Miriam College
High School
June 2010- March 2011
Quezon City, Philippines
Coordinator, CARE Program
Tunas Muda International School (IB)
(Cultivating Partnerships in Education)
Community, Action, Service Adviser
English Teacher
October 2008- June 2010
Jakarta, Indonesia
Elementary and Middle School English Language Teacher Miyoshi Board
of Education
October 2007- October 2008 Tokushimaken,
Japan
Elementary and Middle School English Language Teacher Tomioka Board
of Education
August 2006-August 2007 Gunmaken,
Japan
Subject Area Coordinator for English Miriam
College High School
April 2006- August 2006
Quezon City, Philippines
English Teacher (English for Global Citizenship and Social Justice)
Miriam College High School
June 2003 - March 2006 Quezon City, Philippines
Student Teacher for English (ESL/Literature and Composition)
UP Integrated School
October 2002- April 2003
Quezon City, Philippines
SUBJECTS TAUGHT: English, EFL, ESL, Literature, Speech
Communications, Social Science, English for Social Justice, English
for Global Citizenship, Character Education, CAS (Creativity, Action,
Service)
. Lead a school-wide program to strengthen home-school-community
collaboration in an IB school in Jakarta. The program highlights
include a module-based homeroom program and an individual mentoring
system. The program was later presented in a worldwide forum of
educators in Rome, Italy.
. Represented the Philippines as the first Filipino delegate to the
Japan Exchange and Teaching Program as an English Language Teacher.
. Co-produced an anthology of readings for 11th grade English (English
for Social Justice) and enhanced a syllabus for 10th grade English
(English for Global Citizenship). A textbook and teacher's manual will
be published this year based on this anthology.
. Established a reading program to aid Japanese school children gain
literacy and mastery of English as a foreign language. This was
complemented with a highly communicative approach to language learning
and instruction.
. Pioneered the teaching of English for Social Justice. The course aimed
to increase student awareness of social and global issues. A paper
presentation and workshop on this practice was presented in an
international conference on language learning in Cambodia. A student
performance portfolio was produced afterwards.
. Intensified the integration of different subject areas in the study of
language and literature, giving students the chance to relate and
assimilate information from different fields of study.
. Developed teaching aids using different forms of media to help
students retain information discussed in the classroom, a study of
which was later on presented and demonstrated in an international
conference for language teachers in Thailand.
. Served as a pastoral visitor to the sick at Launceston General
Hospital, Tasmania
. Strengthened literacy skills among primary school children in St Finn
Barr's Catholic school in Tasmania as a reading tutor
. Helped secondary students achieve academic goals at the Migrant
Resource Centre in Launceston, TAS as a homework help tutor
. Taught street children values, hygiene, and basic academic subjects in
Lingap Center (now Tuloy Don Bosco, Muntinlupa, Philippines)
. Initiated a tutorial program for underprivileged youth through the
Miriam College High School Social Action Program
. Trained student volunteers to implement an individualized reading
tutorial program for public school students; (Miriam College High
School Social Action Program, Quezon City, Philippines)
. Coached university students in writing and presenting papers on social
global issues. The papers were then presented at the International
UNIV Congress held annually in Rome, Italy.
. Coordinated gift giving activities to the poor in the slums of Jakarta
in coordination with HOPE Worldwide Indonesia
University of the Philippines (Diliman) Quezon
City Philippines
Bachelor of Secondary Education 2003
Major in English and Literature
Minor in Speech Communication (Cum Laude/ With honors)
Open Colleges (Cengage Education) NSW,
Australia
Certificate III in Children Services
2012
. Queensland College of Teachers Provisional Registration-till Oct 2013
. Teachers Registration Board Tasmania-provisional registration-till
December 2013
. Licensure Exam for Teachers, Manila, Philippines - August 2003-
present
. Japanese Language Test Certification (Beginning Level)-Passed (90%)-
June 2007
. Paper Presenter, 8th Worldwide Forum on Education and Culture, Rome,
Italy-December 3-4, 2009
. Paper presenter, 3rd PALT International Conference, Manila-December 2-
4, 2007
. Panelist, Pan-Asian Consortium of Language Teaching Societies, 33rd
JALT Annual Conference on Language Teaching, Tokyo-November 22-25,
2007
. Paper Presenter-Japanese Association for Language Teaching-
Kitakyushu, Japan-November 2006
. First Filipino Delegate and Representative to the Japan Exchange and
Teaching Program -August 2006
. Paper presenter - Cambodia TESOL- Phnom Penh, Cambodia- February 2006
. Teacher Demonstrator- Philippine Association for Language Teacher-
April 2006
. Workshop facilitator - Cambodia TESOL- Phnom Penh, Cambodia- February
2006
. Paper Presenter - Thailand International Conference, Bangkok,
Thailand - January 2005
. Teacher Demonstrator - Philippine Association for Language Teaching,
Manila, Philippines - April 2004
. Paper Author and Presenter - Philippine Association for Language
Teaching, Manila, Philippines - April 2004 Adviser and Local
Coordinator, UNIV International Congress; Rome, Italy, 1998-2003
. Cum Laude - University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines -
April 2003
. 8th Annual Forum on Education and Culture-The Worldwide Forum on
Education and Culture, Crossing Borders and Building Bridges: A Global
Program for the Future, Rome, Italy-December 2009
. 44th Annual National Convention and 3rd International Convention on
Language Education - Philippine Association for Language Teaching
International Conference, The Seven Spheres of Language Teaching;
Manila, Philippines - December 2007
. Japanese Association for Language Teaching International Conference,
Challenging Assumptions: Looking in, Looking Out. Tokyo, Japan-
November 2007
. Japanese Association for Language Teaching International Conference,
Community, Identity, and Motivation, Kitakyushu, Japan- November 2006
. Cambodia TESOL 2nd International Conference: Improving the Practice,
Phnom Penh-February 2006
. Thailand TESOL International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand - January
2005
. TESOL Symposium on Leadership: Initiating and Managing Changes in
English Language Teaching, Bangkok, Thailand - January 2005
. 20th World Congress on Reading - International Reading Association
World Conference, Manila, Philippines - July 2004
. 43rd Annual National Convention and 2nd International Convention on
Language Education - Philippine Association for Language Teaching
International Conference, Manila, Philippines - April 2004
. Learning to Read, Reading to Learn - Center for Educational Formation,
Quezon City, Philippines - September 2003
. Executive Board Member - Philippine Association of Language Teaching
(PALT- TESOL affiliate), Quezon City, Philippines - 2006-2008
. Member-TESOL-2006-present
. Member - Philippine Association of Language Teaching, Quezon City,
Philippines-2003-present
. Member - National Organization of Professional Teachers, Inc., Manila,
Philippines - 2003 - present
1. Mrs. Ditas Salmorin, Director, Fuji International Kindergarten, QLD,
Australia
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2. Mrs. Sandra Walkling, Head for Catholic Pastoral Visitors, TAS,
Australia
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Telephone number: (03) 6331 4991
3. Dr. Edizon Angeles Fermin, Principal, Miriam College High School,
Philippines
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