ABOUT ME
An excellent teacher is a Teachable
teacher – a teacher who can take
feedback not as nega vity, but as a
way to build her own resume.
My goal as a teacher is to use
suppor ve behavior strategies more
than correc ve strategies.
WEBSITES & SOCIAL
LINKS
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of birth
1981/11/11
Na onality
South-African
Marital status
Married
REFERENCE
References available upon
request
WORK EXPERIENCE
China
Present
• Implemented Curriculum plans for ages 3 - 6
• Oversaw and created Phonics training workshops
• Introduc on to Forest school (not yet fully trained)
• Preparing of classroom materials
• Designed Classroom layouts
Pretoria, Brooklyn
Mar 2015 - Apr 2019
• Good knowledge of the na onal curriculum.
• Passionate about improving learning for children and ge ng involved in all areas of the school
community.
• Instruct children in ac vi es designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth.
• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use both in
learning ac vi es and in imagina ve play.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and
procedures for maintaining order.
• Observe and evaluate children’s performance,
behavior, social, development, and physical health.
• Iden fy children showing signs of emo onal,
developmental, or health-related problems, and
discuss them with supervisors, parents or
guardians, and child development specialist.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children’s progress and needs.
Pretoria
Jan 2010 - Mar 2014
• Oversaw daily opera ons.
• Managing a school of 40 students.
(6months – 6-year old’s)
• Managed 3 Teachers and 4 Teacher assistants.
• Implemented Curriculum plans
• Maintained records and reports on each child
• Maintained ongoing communica on with parents
regarding children’s ac vi es, behavior, and
development and responded to all parents'
concerns as they arise.
CRAIGCLOWAN
PRESCHOOL, XI'AN
Head Foreign teacher
BUSY BEE PLAYSCHOOL Preschool teacher 4-5 year olds 4 EVER CLEVER KIDS Managing Principal
CARLIEN
VAN WYK
TEACHER
Kommetjie Boulevard, Cape Town, 7976,
South Africa
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• Maintained all administra ve, billing, personal
issues, policies and procedures, payroll, and
submissions.
Hartebeespoort, North-West
Province
Jul 2007 - Dec 2009
• Oversaw daily opera ons.
• Managing a school of 50 students.
(12 months – 5-year old’s)
• Co-managed 3 Teachers and 5 Teacher assistants.
• Implemented Curriculum plans
• Maintained records and reports on each child
• Maintained ongoing communica on with parents
regarding children’s ac vi es, behavior, and
development and responded to all parents'
concerns as they arise.
• Help maintained all administra ve, billing, personal issues, policies and procedures, payroll, and
submissions
Hartebeespoort, North-West
Province
Jan 2007 - Jun 2007
• We managed an age-appropriate play ac vity
program developed by Occupa onal therapists and
Physiotherapists especially for babies in their first year up un l 3 and a half.
• We encourage the love of learning to enrich a
rela onship between mother and child.
• Help build strong bodies
• Develop the senses
• Develop self-confidence
• Teach mothers how to communicate with age-
appropriate children.
• Increase concentra on span between mother and
child.
• Encourage crea ve thinking and imagina on.
EDUCATION
Pretoria
2005
ENGELTJIE AKADEMIE Co-Principal
ENGELTJIE AKADEMIE,
MOMS AND TOTS -
WORKSHOPS
Founder/Co-Owner
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA B Prim Ed (Specializa on in Early Childhood Development and Founda on Phase)
SKILLS
BILINGUAL IN AFRIKAANS AND ENGLISH TEACHING
COMMUNICATION SKILLS CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
PARENT SUPPORT ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS SERVICE COORDINATION
COURSES
Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
Jul 2019 - Nov 2019
May 2020 - May 2020
UNTITLED
May 2020 - May 2020
TEFL/TESOL Master course, 150 hours, Learn TEFL - EYFS curriculum training course, Craigclowan, Xi'an, China
Phonics training course - Introductory, Prospero
teaching