Kristy Brake

• Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
• Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
• Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
• Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
• Promoted physical, mental and social development using classroom games and activities.
• Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to achieve student participation and hands-on learning.
• Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
• Fostered team collaboration between students through group projects.
• Instructed students in core educational principles, concepts and in-depth subject matter.

I wanted to see the way different types of schools functioned to find a good fit going forward.

I wanted to do relief teaching at a number of diverse schools in Hobart to find out where I wanted to end up teaching more permanently.