Lindsay Guest

Core Strengths
Compassionate
Creative

Dedicated
Organized

Innovative
Self-motivated

Education
Bachelor of Education
Vancouver Island University

2010

Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction

Minors in English and Psychology
Vancouver Island University

2010

Professional Experience
Classroom Teacher
George Gordon Education Centre
2012-present
Punnichy, Saskatchewan
-Currently teaching grade 2/3
-Taught grade 2, grade 6/7
-Used a variety of teaching methods to meet the provincial learning outcomes
-Organized daily guided reading for our grade 1-3 classes by co-ordinating groups
across grade levels and testing students using the Fountas and Pinnell system
-Initiated a buddy math program where primary students are paired with intermediate
students to participate in guided math activities
-Developed a strong relationship with parents and community members through use of
family days, assemblies, and promoted the use of agendas and communication books
among the primary grades
-Initiated several school wide activities to encourage a love of literacy including a family
literacy night and a book character day
-Trained in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Kids and was part of the lighthouse leadership
team
Comox Valley School Division
2011-2012
Comox Valley, British Columbia
-Worked as a substitute teacher in all subject areas from kindergarten to grade 12
Student Teacher
Huband Park Elementary School

2010

Full Day Kindergarten

Ballenas Secondary School

2009

Grade 9-12 English, Grade 12 Comparative Civilizations, Grade 9-12 Leadership

Woodbank Primary School

2008

Kindergarten and Grade 1 split

Village Park Elementary School

Grade 3 and 4 split

2007

Recreation
Summer Recreation Assistant, RDN
Leaders in Training Program Facilitator
Babysitting Course Program Facilitator
Day camp Leader

2011
2008-2011
2009-2011
2001-2010

Tutoring

2005-2014

Mathematics, English, Science, English as a Second Language, Reading

Community and School Involvement

Family Literacy Nights
Welcome To Kindergarten
Ready, Set, Learn
North American Indigenous Games
Leadership Training
Children and Youth Recreation

Art Club
Christmas concert organization
100s Day festivities
Assembly coordinator
Photography of events
Earth Week organizer

Professional Training
Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder- Practical Applications

2012

POPARD, Comox, British Columbia

Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM)

2013-2014

Saskatoon Public School Division, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Leader in Me- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Kids

2013

Punnichy, Saskatchewan

Food Safe Certification

2004

Food Safe Regional Council, Nanaimo, British Columbia

Professional Development
Brain-Based Behaviour Interventions (based on work of Nancy Thomas)
Daily 5 (Gail Boushey & Joan Moser)
Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (Horizon School Division)
First Steps in Math (Horizon School Division)
Reading With Meaning, ECEC (Debbie Millar)
Leader in Me Symposium (Franklin Covey Co.)
Self-Regulation (Horizon School Division)
Spiritual Solutions (Deepak Chopra & Oprah Winfrey)
Play and Wonderment in Math (Carole Fullerton)
Self-Regulation: What Can We Do? (Colleen Politano)
Me to We (Marc Kielburger)
Teachers Congress (Government of British Columbia)

References are available upon request

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