ZEENA DIAS

RESUME

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

TEFL Online/In-home Teacher: 2016-2018

TEFL Instructor: Teaching English as a Second Language teaching Adult Students (Vaughan Public Library).Vaughan, ON. 2010-2011

Teaching and Tutoring English to Adults and children (ages 10-12) Mumbai, India 2015-2016

Kindergarten Teacher: St Joseph's High School, Mumbai. 1971

Subject Teacher: English, Geography, History and Crafts. St Anne's High School, Mumbai 1975-1979

JOB EXPERIENCE IN CANADA:

LEGAL AID ONTARIO, Toronto, On 1990 –2009

Legal Documents Administrator.

CANADIAN ARMED FORCES: : North York, ONT

Administrative Assistant 1986-1987

FASHION DESIGN:

Knowledge of Pattern making, Draping, designing

Wedding Gowns, Baptism, First Communion, Prom and Party dresses, Evening gowns, Hand crafted dolls, Bridal accessories and more.

EDUCATION:

TEFL CERTIFIED: Chicago.USA

Field Of Study: Teaching English as a Second Language. Certified to teach English to Adults and children. 2010- 2011.

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE: St Joseph's Girls High School-Mumbai, India.

KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTERY SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINING:

St Margaret's Teacher Training College. Mumbai-India.

SINGER SCHOOL: Pattern Making, Garment Construction.

SKILLS:

Teacher Interaction:

Guided and supervised discussions/debates between students. Responded with timely feedback.

Encouraged and supported peer learning.

Advised and counseled students.

Employed Kinesthetic learning methods in and out of classroom.

Combined Montessori teaching methods in group activities.

Available for students via email, Skype, Zoom and class.

Classroom Management:

Monitored and evaluated class performance regularly.

Worked individually with students having difficulty grasping subject matter

Supervised student activities in classroom teaching sessions.

Student Interaction:

Encouraged student communication in the classroom, outdoors on nature walks and excursions, through drama, dance, poetry, Visual aids, Jingles, Spelling Bees, Debates.

Promoted discussions/debates between student groups.

Monitored and encouraged students to discuss and suggest options for improvement that could be applied to their individual learning abilities.

ORGANIZATION:

Presented to students on the first day of school/class objectives, and expectations that would help them achieve their goals.

Organized Teaching materials and activities for use in classroom. Planned monthly and Weekly schedules/daily lesson plans with topics of interest & Visual aids.

Identified and planned ways of adapting lessons to fit students' different learning styles, needs, cultures and beliefs.

Provided various types of learning activities to help students understand

TECHNOLOGY:

Knowledge of computers, Microsoft Word, PeopleSoft, the Internet. Good typing skills.

Extremely comfortable working with PC and Mac.

Utilizing computer technology in the best and most effective manner.

Use of Skype and Zoom for Online communication and teaching.

CONTENT KNOWLEDGE:

Adapting content relevant to each student's academic levels.

Constantly searching and updating for more relevant content in these subject areas.

Preparing handouts, questions, prior to teaching in the classroom.

Preparation of quizzes and tests to gauge/test student progress.

TEAMWORK SKILLS:

Teamwork and group effort greatly encouraged by involving students to participate in fun projects that help gauge if all have understood each lesson or need further assistance.

Getting this type of feedback from the students gives me a chance to also gauge my own teaching skills and improve on them.

Working on the sidelines with the team and helping each to master the skills and attain the goals that they had set for themselves.

HOBBIES AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES:

Writing, publishing and illustrating Children's books for ages (3-12) (Blurb.ca and Amazon.com)

Designing Kids,Evening, Bridal wear for my website.

Water colors, fabric panting and Paper sculpture.

A little cameo about myself and my teaching beliefs over the years.

I have been traveling over the past 4 years and it has been an eye opening experience to realize that we never stop learning no matter what the age.

Teaching is my passion! Have enjoyed teaching English to Adults and children. After many years of working in the Legal field. I am now back to "My First Love". Teaching English as a second language to the people who really need it.

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