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As a teacher, my main goal is to motivate students to do their best and extend their own personal limits. Though I tend to think, work, and teach "outside of the box", I devise programs, according to syllabus requirements, that expand on previous knowledge and encourage students to explore new and interesting possibilities. I encourage students to construct their own learning in an environment that stimulates and helps students to realise their full potential. I have had some excellent results with students who have a history of poor performance. I strive to instill a love of learning and to make learning exciting and interesting.
Work​
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Orphanage Manager & Primary Caregiver
​Love Uganda Foundation
Orphanage / Children's Home
June 2019 – current
Nakanyonyi Village, Kalagi , Uganda
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Orphanage Manager
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Primary caregiver for children ages 6 - 15
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Founder
The Village Children’s Foundation
Children's Charity
August 2015 – current
Summerside , Canada & Rubuguri , Uganda
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A children’s charity that exists to provide hope, happiness, and life to needy and vulnerable, abused and forgotten Ugandan children, presently deprived of these bare necessities.
Teacher
Little Stars Infant & Primary School
Primary / Elementary School
February 2019 – April 2019
Kalagi , Uganda
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Grade 3 & Grade 4 School Teacher​
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Founder & Coach
Summerside Chess Club
Chess Club, Chess Table
September 2005 – 2019
Summerside , Canada
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Hosted a weekly chess & origami table at the Summerside Farmer's Market. (2009 - 2019)
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Hosted a weekly chess & origami table at the Trinity United Church. Children ranging in age from 4 – 14 practiced their chess with other children. (2005 – 2016)
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Teacher & Curriculum Developer
Ttega Child Development Centre:
Ttega Children’s Home , Golden Hearts Junior School , Living Grace Church Uganda
June 2013 – January 2018
Ttega Village , Nabbingo , Kampala , Uganda
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Computers & IT Dept. Head (2015 – 2017)
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Curriculum Developer (Computers & IT) (2015, 2017)
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Curriculum Developer (Creative Reading & Writing) (2014, 2015, 2017)
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Teacher (Golden Hearts Junior School) (2013 – 2017)
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Upper School Teacher
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Creative Reading & Writing Teacher (2015 – 2017)
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Computers & IT Teacher (2015 – 2017)
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Primary 4 Teacher (2016)
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Lower School Teacher
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Creative Reading & Writing Teacher (2014 – 2017)
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Primary 2 Teacher (2015)
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Nursery School Teacher
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Middle Class 2nd Teacher & Care Giver (2014)
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Baby Class 2nd Teacher & Care Giver (2013)
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E.A. For A Severely Autistic, Non-Verbal 3 & 4 Year Old Boy (2013, 2014)
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Chess Coach (Golden Hearts Junior School & Ttega Children’s Home) (2013 – 2018)
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I taught the entire orphanage plus a few of the teachers how to play chess
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Mentor (Ttega Child Development Centre) (2016)
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I was a mentor to a 19 year old volunteer
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Orphanage & School’s Web Designer (Golden Hearts Junior School & Ttega Children’s Home) (2013 - 2015)
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Headmaster’s Business Web Designer (2013)
Teacher & Curriculum Developer
St. Peter’s Rubuguri Primary School
Primary / Elementary School
June 2015 – July 2015
Rubuguri , Kisoro , Uganda
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Creative Reading & Writing Curriculum Developer
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Primary 4 Teacher
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Community Child Care Provider
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Volunteer
Habitat For Humanity
House build
July 2011
Iqaluit , Nunavut , Canada
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Helped to build a house for a needy family
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Volunteer
Free The Children
House build
July 2010 – August 2010
Bogani , Sikirar , Kenya
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Helped to build the Kisiruni All-Girls School (Bogani)
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Helped to build the Baraka Medical Centre (Bogani)
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Dug the foundation for a grade 4 classroom (Sikirar)
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Skills
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Proficient chess coach & player. Has been playing chess for 1983, & coaching chess since 2005.
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Has been teaching children since 1997. Has been teaching children overseas since 2002.
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Very proficient on the computer. Has been using a computer since 1984, and programming since 1988.
Leadership
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Manages an orphanage / children's home. (2019-current)
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Primary caregiver for 19 children, ages 6 - 15. (2019-current)
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Founder of a registered children's charity. (2015-current)
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Designed, wrote & taught a creative writing & reading curriculum. (2013, 2015, 2017)
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Designed, wrote & taught a computer & IT curriculum. (1999, 2014, 2017)
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Founder and coach of the Summerside Chess Club. (2007-2018)
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Designed, wrote, & taught an ESL curriculum. (2003, 2007)