AUSTIN MWANGI
Nairobi
Summary
Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
KS Class Teacher/ Geography Coordinator
Braeburn Schools.
Nairobi, Nairobi Province, Kenya
01.2023 - Current
- Evaluated student progress regularly, adjusting instruction to meet individual needs and ensuring mastery of concepts.
- Developed students' critical thinking skills by incorporating hands-on activities and real-world problem-solving exercises.
- Enhanced learning experiences by incorporating specialized tools and resources tailored to the needs of special education students.
- Worked closely with support staff, coordinating efforts to address the unique needs of students receiving special education services or interventions.
- Implemented assessment strategies that accurately measured student understanding, guiding data-driven instruction for improved outcomes.
- Kept classroom environments consistent and focused on learning by establishing and enforcing clear objectives.
- Promoted a positive learning environment by establishing clear expectations and fostering a sense of community within the classroom.
- Implemented behavior modification strategies, resulting in improved self-regulation and classroom participation among students.
Cover Class Teacher Year 4 and 6/Teaching Assistant
Braeburn Schools
Nairobi, Nairobi Province, Kenya
05.2021 - 01.2022
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity
- Developing appropriate lessons following new curriculum guide while taking into consideration individual student needs
- Fostering effective, ongoing communication with parents by providing verbal reports and written notes on children's progress
- Creating safe, comfortable and fun-loving environment for children
- Differentiating tasks within the lesson ensuring that struggling and high achievers receive necessary support needed to acquire and discover new concepts and skills
- Monitoring and evaluating student progress through summative and formative assessments.
- Evaluated student progress regularly, adjusting instruction to meet individual needs and ensuring mastery of concepts.
- Assisted in creating safe and nurturing classroom environment that promoted emotional well-being and academic growth for all students.
Teacher
Gacharage High School.
01.2019 - 07.2019
- 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
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards
- Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers and course work
- Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to achieve student participation and hands-on learning
- Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Education Arts And Social Sciences
Karatina University
Karatina, Nyeri11.2019
Skills
- Classroom Technology
- Creating Safe Learning Environment
- Facilitating Online Learning
- Adaptable to different situations, methods, procedures and systems and able to prioritize assignments
- Good personal management, able to cope with failure and works independently with minimal or no supervision
- Team player, able to collaborate with other colleagues and members of staff
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- School Policy and Rules Enforcement
- Creating and providing learning resources from locally available materials
- Ability to integrate technology in daily teaching and learning
- Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule
- Collaborative learning
- Parent-Teacher Communication
- Progress Reporting
Certification
- EduCare
- Raising Awareness of Peer-on peer Abuse.
- Administration of Medication in Schools
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Child Exploitation
- Child Protection for International Schools
- Child protection Refresher
- Concussion Awareness
- Dealing with Bereavement and Loss
- Child Neglect for International Schools.
- Equality and Diversity
- Female Genital Mutilation Awareness
- Mental Wellbeing in Children and Young People
References
- Gladys Wahinya, headpry@braeside.ac.ke, 0722242460
- Judith Mwangi, judith.mwangi@braeside.ac.ke, 0720579063
- Mary Amimo, mary.amimo@braeside.ac.ke, 0721221198
Extracurricular Activities
Kenya Scouts Association- For Youth and Development. Kenya Red Cross- Karatina University Chapter. Football club Braeside School Chess club Braeside School. Dance club Braeside School.
Timeline
KS Class Teacher/ Geography Coordinator
Braeburn Schools.
01.2023 - Current
Cover Class Teacher Year 4 and 6/Teaching Assistant
Braeburn Schools
05.2021 - 01.2022
Teacher
Gacharage High School.
01.2019 - 07.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Education Arts And Social Sciences
Karatina University