English Teacher Education

Location:

Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Posted:

July 02, 2017

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Resume:

Resume – Mrs Geron Wiggins

*) Personal Details

Last Name: Wiggins First Name: Geron Other Name: Elon

Maiden Name: Marshall

Date of Birth: 13-04-1983 Nationality: Guyanese

Mailing Address: 46 Evans Street, Charlestown,

Georgetown, Guyana.

Email Address: *************@*****.***

Telephone Numbers: Work – 592-***-**** Home – 592-***-**** Mobile – 592-***-****

2) Present Employment

Name of Employer: Ministry of Education, Guyana

Employer’s Address: 68 Brickdam, Georgetown, Guyana.

Post Title: Graduate Senior Assistant Mistress - English Language and Literature

Date of Appointment to Current Post: 01-08-2015

Date of Employment: 17-11-2003

Brief Description of Duties: My primary duty is to work collaboratively with all teachers in the department to ensure the curriculum for both English Literature and English Language are effectively delivered using methodology most suited to the learners entrusted in our care. In so doing, I am tasked with preparation of termly schemes of work, and design of appropriate forms of assessments to be used in the classroom. I am also privileged to collaborate with the other teachers in the department to prepare termly schedule of activities. These include Library visits, Read-a-thons, and Elocution and Debate competitions, among others, and I have direct responsibility for preparation of students for all external (inter-school) debating competitions.

More than this, I also teach Grade 10 and 11 Language and Literature. In so doing, my duties extend to include preparation of daily lesson plans which are primarily activity based since I function as a facilitator of my students' learning process. Also I design and utilise aids that enhance my lessons; excute and grade different forms of assessment; prepare report booklets at the end of every school term; complete weekly journals indicative of what was done in the classroom; and quite importantly, interface with parents whenever necessary.

Period of Notice Required: One (1) Month

3) Previous Employment

1) Name of Employer: National Media and Publishing Company

Address: 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Guyana.

Position Held: Proof Reader

Period of Employment: August 2005 to present

Summary of Duties: As a proof reader, I peruse all articles for the next day's edition of the news, including hard news, sports news, letters and advertisements, after they have been passed by the editor, with the aim of making them as grammatically correct as possible.

2) Name of Employer: City College Ltd

Address: Peter Rose and Crown Streets, Queenstown, Georgetown, Guyana.

Position Held: Teacher – English Language and Literature

Period of Employment: September 1999 to April 2003

Summary of Duties: As a Language and Literature teacher, I was tasked with delivering the curriculum to students of Grades 8, 9 and 10. Under direct supervision of my then HOD, I also designed learning aids for my students, prepare and execute applicable forms of assessment, and prepare end of term reports on student progress.

Reason For Leaving: City College was a private school which did not allow for personal upgrade of qualifications on company time. I was desirious of being further qualified beyond the CXC subjects I had at that time and so I resigned and joined the public school system, where I was granted concession to attend both the Cyril Potter College of Education and the University of Guyana.

4) Education

Institution Programme Qualifications Year

i) University of Guyana Bachelor of Arts – English Pass with Credit 2014 (GPA 3.3)

ii) Cyril Potter Secondary Education – Pass with Credit 2008

College of Education Major – English

iii) St Rose’s High CXC English A – 1 1999

English B – 1

Mathematics – 3

Social Studies – 1

Geography – 3

History – 3

Integrated Science – 2

Home Management – 1

5) Training and Development

Courses

i) 'Teaching Caribbean Poetry' hosted by the Caribbean Poetry Project in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, University of the West Indies, Commonwealth Education Trust and CXC (2014)

Length of Course: 3 Days

Area of Focus - Kindling interest in Caribbean Poetry; Context, Scope and Role of Caribbean Poetry; Themes in Caribbean Poetry

ii) 'The Writing Process' hosted by the Georgetown International Academy in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (2012)

Length of Course: 2 Days

Area of Focus - Paragraph writing; Planning, writing and editing of short stories

6) Referees

i) Deborah Greenidge-Hinds

Immediate Past Headteacher,

North Georgetown Secondary School

114 Woolford Avenue, Non Pariel Park,

Georgetown, Guyana.

Tel: 592-***-****