Palma Casciato
Etobicoke, Ontario M9V 4A1
adzwxa@r.postjobfree.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE-seeking an educational position
EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION Intermediate/Senior Division in Chemistry and Biology at OISE University of Toronto 2015
MASTERS OF SCIENCES IN PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY at Michigan State University with GPA 3.9/4.0 2013
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION with GPA 4.0/4.0 at Davenport University 2011
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE with honours at Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning 2009
PROJECT MANAGEMENT POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE with honours at Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning 2007
QUALITY CERTIFICATE with honours at The Centennial College of Applied Technology 2006
CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE CERTIFICATE with honours at The Michener Institute of Applied Health Sciences 2003
Degree at the University of Rome LA SAPIENZA (1997)– ASSESSED BY THE WORLD EDUCATION SERVICES
EXPERIENCE
On Call Relief Letter Carrier at Canada Post 2022-until today
Sorting, collecting, and delivering lettermail, oversized mail, neighborhood mail, and parcels in a timely manner
Processing Canada Post products (i.e. change of address, undeliverable/return to sender, defected/damaged mail/parcels, Items for Delivered Bill, Bill of Lading, Manifest)
Maintaining a professional and courteous manner in the depot and customers
Elections Officer (Position Ballot Officer) at the Municipal Level, Provincial, and Federal Level -15 years
Set up the polling stations and polling district -placing accessibility signs, information signs, direction, and notification,
Processed voters -assessing ID, handing ballots, or inputting ballots, adding voters to the voter list, making amendments, counting ballots
Disassembling polling stations- removing polling information, placing voter identification cards in assigned envelopes, placing eligible and non eligible ballots in appropriate envelopes, reconciling ballots given with the number of voters.
EQAO Scorer for Grade 3 Primary Division, Grade 6 Junior Division, Grade 9 Math, and Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test 2016-until today
Applied rubrics, scoring guides, and procedures to score items by EQAO
Maintained validity and performance targets established by EQAO
Raised issues and concerns to scoring supervisors and leaders
Internship at PACT Urban Peace Program at Thistletown Collegiate Institute 2015
Supervised and designed lessons for elementary students (grades 2, 6, and 7) and high school students (grades 9, 10,11,) in a wide range of stewardship activities that integrated Ministry curriculum expectations and promoted eco-sustainable initiatives such as planting, farmscaping, composting
Designed educational resources about Pact Urban Peace Program and horticultural career opportunities for high school students
Prepared a staff flyer about the curriculum lessons and learning opportunities involving PACT
Researched, developed a list of potential grantors and prepared letters of intents for potential grant opportunities
Chemistry Practicum at Thistletown Collegiate Institute 2015
Designed lessons plans and experiments for chemistry grade 12 and grade 11 university preparation courses
Created quizzes, tests, experiments, assignments and exams for chemistry grade 12 and grade 11
Marked homework, quizzes, laboratory assignments, essays, tests and exams and inputted electronically grades
Offered before class and after school assistance by deploying one on one and team activities for students
Monitored eco-school club and multicultural club activities (posters for recycling, planting fruit trees, cookies fundraising initiatives, rehearsals for multicultural fashion event)
Biology Practicum at West Humber Collegiate Institute 2015
Designed lessons plans and laboratory experiments for science grade 10 university preparation and work place environmental science grade 11 subjects
Created quizzes, tests, and exams for grade 10 and grade 11 subjects
Graded homework, presentations, laboratory assignments, quizzes, tests and exams and inputted grades in the electronic mark book
Provided after school one on one and team activities for students experiencing learning difficulties
Developed activities for the eco-school club members of the school (posters, videos, recycling initiatives, learning resources on bisphenol A contained in plastics, planting)
Participated in the advanced placement biology program scheduled on Tuesday and Thursday mornings by providing students with guidance on practice tests and finding supplemental resources for AP certification
Supervised girls cricket club scheduled on Fridays after school
Teaching Assistant at Roger Williams University School of Continuing Education 2013-2014 Responsibilities
Mentored 4th year undergraduate students enrolled in the Social & Health Service Research Methods and other undergraduate students in planning, developing, and writing research papers
Guidance in developing thesis statements, introduction, research goals, hypotheses, relevant theories supporting research, scope and limitations, choosing data variables, choosing data collection methods, statistical analyses, stating and analyzing results, conclusion, references
Provided resources in developing research papers such as APA references, research methods, statistical analysis, hypothesis statements, distinguishing between primary and secondary research resources, etc.
Disciplined students who violated the school’s policy on plagiarism
Explained statistical concepts: mean, median, mode, range standard deviation, variance, binomial distribution, ANOVA, t-test