Victor Pody
Melbourne,VIC
Summary
Compassionate, creative and effective Teacher with valuable experience in classroom administration, professional development and project planning. Equipped with extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric instructor, academic facilitator and motivational teacher. Competent at performing independently or as member of teaching team. Well-versed in classroom and online technologies.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher
St Albans Heights Primary School
2001.01 - Current
- Helped students develop self-esteem and life skills by fostering healthy conflict-resolution, critical thinking, and communication.
- Collaborated with parents, administrators and counsellors to develop improvement plans for struggling students.
- Established and enforced rules of behaviour to drive social development and maintain positive interactions.
- Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs.
- Drove student learning by establishing clear classroom plans and group objectives, as well as actionable strategies to achieve each goal.
- Instructed groups of up to 30 students and provided individual support.
- Used Compass to upload student grades and absence data.
- 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.
- Participated in parent teacher conference to discuss developments of students and increase support.
- Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
- Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to achieve student participation and hands-on learning.
- Conducted evaluations to measure performance and progress of students, providing guidance for areas requiring improvement.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behaviour modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Supported student physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities.
- Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
- Graded and evaluated student assignments.
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
- Registered student progress and attendance on database to enable tracking history and maintain accurate records.
- Developed and administered tests for students to measure academic proficiency and understanding.
- Supported student teachers by mentoring on classroom management, lesson planning, and activity organization.
- Created and developed lesson plans to meet students' academic needs.
- Helped students explore concepts with engaging, learning-focused activities.
- Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students engaged.
- Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
- Boosted cultural awareness by incorporating children's literature from world cultures.
- Created lessons and online testing materials to facilitate remote learning.
- Completed student progress reports mid-term to notify students and parents of strengths and areas of improvement.
- Scheduled conferences with parents to discuss students' progress and classroom behaviour.
- Improved students' analytical skills by introducing state-of-the-art computer program technologies.
- Implemented reading and writing workshops to increase student literacy and support school reading programs.
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Teaching - Education
Australian Catholic University
Melbourne, VIC05.1997
Skills
- Special Education
- Behavioural Skills Development
- Parent Conferences
- Multicultural Populations
- IEP Development
- Positive Student Engagement
- Tutoring
- Assessing Students
- Clear Public Speaking Skills
- Group and Individual Instruction
- Family Involvement
- Creative Lesson Plan Development
- Parent and Student Communication
- Student-Centred Learning
- Motivating Students
- Community Involvement
- Positive Learning Environment
- Critical Thinking
- Differentiated Instruction
- Behaviour Management
Accomplishments
- Curriculum Design - Designed, developed and implemented daily lessons for 225 students.
- Targeted Development - Met with parents and guardians to discuss children's progress and to determine priorities and resource needs.
- Dynamic Teaching Techniques - Instructed students in academic subjects using variety of techniques such as phonetics, multisensory learning and repetition to reinforce learning.
- Data Organization - Organised scores of over 75 students into an online database for parents' immediate access.
- Curriculum Development - Tailored educational curriculum to students with range of learning styles, disabilities, strengths and weaknesses. Developed innovative lesson plans and practical application exercises for classroom, reversing scores on phonetic awareness from 75% to 30%
- ESL Literacy - Increased ESL students' reading levels by integrating online word games and altering lesson plans for students needing extra guidance.
Hobbies
In my spare time I am an aviation enthusiast. I am currently one of Australia's leading aviation photographers. I regularly contribute to aviation journals and hold the title of admin of an extensive online aircraft enthusiast group in Melbourne. Apart from that, I enjoy gardening to relax and unwind.
Timeline
Teacher
St Albans Heights Primary School
2001.01 - Current
Bachelor of Arts/Teaching - Education
Australian Catholic University
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