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Katherine Djacic

Glenbrook,NSW

Summary

Caring teacher with five years of experience and a proven track record at various schools, specializing in relationship-building and outdoor education. Passionate about creating stimulating environments that help students achieve their full potential and enjoy learning. Committed to modeling the concept of lifelong learning to my students by continuing my own studies.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Grade 3 Teacher

École Cedardale
West Vancouver, Canada
01.2025 - 06.2025
  • Created and implemented engaging activities to promote numeracy and problem solving
  • Integrated land-based learning by planning and teaching in the school garden, planting local Indigenous species and connecting activities to the Grade 3 science curriculum
  • Collaborated weekly with the Grade 3 team and Vice-Principal to design and adapt Units of Inquiry with an emphasis on student-led inquiry
  • Provided individualized instruction to support diverse learners
  • Facilitated small group activities to encourage collaboration among peers

Grade 3/4 Teacher

École Pauline Johnson
West Vancouver, Canada
09.2024 - 12.2024
  • Implemented daily French literacy centres targeting specific skills (reading, writing, oral language, vocabulary, grammar) to support language acquisition and practice
  • Assessed student progress through regular evaluations and feedback sessions
  • Coached Grade 7 Boys’ Basketball, fostering teamwork, sportsmanship and school spirit
  • Collaborated with colleagues to enhance teaching methods and share resources
  • Communicated effectively with parents regarding student performance and needs

Teacher On Call

West Vancouver School Board, Stratford Hall & Brockton School
Vancouver, Canada
01.2024 - 06.2024
  • Maintained a productive, disciplined environment in the classroom to ensure the lesson plan left by the teacher was followed
  • Substituted across all subject areas and grade levels, including assisting on field trips

Workshop Facilitator

EcoNova Education
Vancouver, Canada
01.2024 - 06.2024
  • Facilitating climate action/education workshops both in person and online to elementary classes in French
  • Working with the EcoNova team to improve workshop content, relate it to curriculum and recruit new schools to participate

Grade 4/5 Teacher 0.4 FTE

École Pauline Johnson
West Vancouver, Canada
01.2024 - 06.2024
  • Created meaningful projects that allowed students to apply their knowledge in real world situations
  • Coordinated closely with my co-teacher during this job share to ensure full curriculum coverage
  • Focused on outdoor and physical education, as well as geography, adapting instruction to students with varying levels of French language acquisition and diverse social-emotional needs

Elementary Teacher

Sapling’s Nature School
North Vancouver, Canada
09.2023 - 01.2024
  • Supported the social-emotional development of students in a multi-age (Grades 1–5) nature-based program, adapting instruction to meet diverse learning needs and exceptionalities
  • Led outdoor learning by ensuring student safety, coordinating and guiding Education Assistants, and designing land-based lessons that integrated the BC curriculum with the local ecosystem of North Vancouver

Teacher On Call

Canadian Rockies Public School Board
Bow Valley, Canada
09.2022 - 06.2023
  • Working as a substitute teacher on call for elementary, middle and high schools in the Bow Valley
  • Communicated with teachers detailing how the day went

Junior School French Teacher

Stratford Hall IB World School
Vancouver, Canada
08.2020 - 06.2022
  • Led the transition from a Spanish curriculum to French within the Primary Years Programme
  • Taught French to 250 students from Kindergarten-Grade 5, all of whom were first time learners of the language
  • Co-created the scope and sequence of a transdiciplinary French language program taught within the IB Curriculum
  • Coached Junior School Cross Country
  • Coached Grade 5 Girls Basketball

Education

Master of Professional Education - Teaching Students With Exceptionalities

Western University
06.2027

Bachelor of Education - Primary/Junior Specialization

Queen’s University
Kingston, ON
01.2020

French As A Second Language Part 1 Qualifications - Core And Immersion Elementary French

Queen’s University
01.2020

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - French Major, History Minor

Queen’s University
Kingston, ON
01.2019

Skills

  • Language instruction
  • Collaborative teaching
  • Empathy and patience
  • Outdoor education
  • Inquiry-based learning
  • Relationship building

Professional Development

  • Equity and Diversity, Indigenous Education Committee Member, Ecole Pauline Johnson, 2024
  • Intersectionality and Anti-Oppression Frameworks in Education, Workshop, 2024
  • Online Learning, Micro-Credentials, Nipissing University, 2024 (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Outdoor Professional, Environmental Leadership, Risk Management, Judgement, and Decision-Making)
  • UBC Dean's Community Engagement Series, Supporting Immigrant & Refugee Students, 2024
  • Cornell x edX, 2023, Aboriginal Worldviews and Education, University of Toronto, Coursera, 2023
  • Outward Bound Training Academy, Canmore, AB, June 2023
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Member, Stratford Hall, Vancouver, 2020-2022

Languages

French
Professional
Serbian
Professional
Czech
Professional

Certification

  • Standard First Aid, Vancouver, BC, 2024
  • Second Step Social-Emotional Literacy Training, Vancouver, BC, February 2024
  • Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training, Vancouver, BC, 2023
  • Mental Health Wilderness First Aid, Vancouver, BC, 2023
  • Avalanche Skills Training Course (AST 1), Canmore, AB, 2022
  • Category 1 IB Philosophy and Implementation Workshop, Vancouver, June 2021
  • Concussion identification, management, and prevention module, Kingston, ON, 2019

Timeline

Grade 3 Teacher

École Cedardale
01.2025 - 06.2025

Grade 3/4 Teacher

École Pauline Johnson
09.2024 - 12.2024

Teacher On Call

West Vancouver School Board, Stratford Hall & Brockton School
01.2024 - 06.2024

Workshop Facilitator

EcoNova Education
01.2024 - 06.2024

Grade 4/5 Teacher 0.4 FTE

École Pauline Johnson
01.2024 - 06.2024

Elementary Teacher

Sapling’s Nature School
09.2023 - 01.2024

Teacher On Call

Canadian Rockies Public School Board
09.2022 - 06.2023

Junior School French Teacher

Stratford Hall IB World School
08.2020 - 06.2022

Master of Professional Education - Teaching Students With Exceptionalities

Western University

Bachelor of Education - Primary/Junior Specialization

Queen’s University

French As A Second Language Part 1 Qualifications - Core And Immersion Elementary French

Queen’s University

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - French Major, History Minor

Queen’s University

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