Professional+Background



Professional Background
Jan 2008 – present International School of Busan Busan South Korea Grade 2 teacher Art & Design Coordinator Sept 2006 – June 2007 Canadian International School Tokyo Japan Teacher Librarian Sept 2005 – July 2006 Canadian International School Tokyo Japan Grade 2 teacher Sept 2003 – January 2004 Blackville Rural School Blackville NB Canada Elementary French teacher Oct 2002 – June 2004 School District 16 Miramichi NB Canada On-Call teacher Sept – Dec 2000 Vista del Valle Escuela Primeria Oaxaca Mexico Teaching practicum –International Teacher Education Module (ITEM) __ Susan MacIntosh   ___ __** EDUCATION ** 2004 – 2008 Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) Dalhousie University – ALA-accredited program Halifax NS Canada
 * PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE **
 * Lead and organize student-led conferences
 * Practice differentiated instruction in a collaborative teaching environment
 * Manage art budget for elementary school
 * Maintain art resources
 * Inform teachers of best practices using physical and online art resources within Units of Inquiry
 * Implemented school library for International Baccalaureate and Prince Edward Island educational systems
 * Initiated computerized library system for K-12 school
 * Designed library policy and school library web page
 * Conducted library skills classes to various grade levels
 * Taught grade 6 Mathematics, grade 7 Library Skills & grade 8 Health
 * Implemented inquiry-based learning units according to International Baccalaureate standards
 * Focused on literacy and numeracy skills
 * Taught French as a Second Language (FSL) to grades K-5
 * Implemented communicative method of second-language acquisition
 * Focused on literacy development
 * On-Call teacher for all grade levels
 * Taught grade 4 & 5 Language Arts
 * Focus on international perspective in education

2000-2002 Professional Development Program (PDP) Teacher Certification Program – intermediate (grades 4-7) Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC Canada

Sept – Oct 1998 Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) Columbia College Vancouver BC Canada Awarded Above Standard Grade B

1992 – 1998 Bachelor of Arts Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC Canada Major: English Literature

November 2007 International Baccalaureate North America Assessment in the PYP Montreal PQ Canada
 * PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT **

April 2007 International Baccalaureate Asia-Pacific Regional Convention Information Literacy across the IB Programmes Singapore

March 2007 International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Making the PYP Happen Canadian International School Tokyo Japan

February 2007 Understanding by Design/Cooperative Learning Workshop Canadian International School Tokyo Japan

November 2006 Bridging the Gap Literacy Conference Yokohama International School Yokohama Japan __

Susan MacIntosh  _ April 2006 International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Regional Workshop Beginning to Make the PYP Happen St. Paul’s Grammar School Penrith, Sydney Australia

Fall 2003 French as a Second Language Pedagogy School District 16 Miramichi NB Canada

June 2000 Vygotsky Symposium Featured  Elena Kravtsova, leader of Moscow’s Vygotsky Institute July 2004 Programme Immersion Francaise Les Iles de la Madeleine PQ Canada
 * FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TRAINING **

July 2003 Programme Immersion Francaise Universite de Moncton Moncton NB Canada Intermediate Level

July 2002 Programme Immersion Francaise Universite Laval Quebec City PQ Canada January – April 2007 Information Technologies for Learning University of Alberta Edmonton AB Canada
 * TECHNOLOGY TRAINING **

September – December 2004 Applications for Information ManagementDalhousie University Halifax NS Canada

April 2004 Introduction to SmartBoard Interactive Whiteboard technology School District 16 Miramichi NB Canada 