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Erin Pricilla Senathirajah 

Pre-Service Teacher 

Phone:

647-865-7103

Email:

erin.p.senathirajah@gmail.com

Education 

St. Francis Xavier University 
Bachelor of Education 
Antigonish, Nova Scotia 
2021-2023 

Trent University 
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature 
Peterborough, Ontario 
2017-2021

  • Secondary Specialization: English Langauge Arts and Social Studies 

  • Specialized Courses: Classroom Management, Learning Disabilities, Comprehensive School Counseling

  • Independent Study: Unpacking Pre-Service Teachers Educational Philosophies and Pedagogies 

  • Chair of Education Student Executive

  • Major: English, Minor: Geography 

  • Specialization: Teachers Education Stream 

  • Junior Community Representative for Education Undergraduate Community at Trent 

  • Deans List 2017-2021

Teaching Experience

Northumerland Regional High School
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia 
2022

St. Andrews Junior School
Antigonish, Nova Scotia 
2021-2022

Remote Learning Support Peterborough, Ontario 2020

Recreational Community Guide
Oshawa, Ontario 
2019-2020

  • Differentiated instruction with Julius Caesar and a Hero Unit

  • Developed a Global Government Unit to promote global critical thinking and debate

  • Implemented formative assessment strategies to ensure students received descriptive feedback

  • Planned and ran a Multi-Genre Unit on Community and Found Families 

  • Collaborated with students to co-create a rubric 

  • Volunteered at the breakfast Program 

  • Focused on strengthening classroom management skills and strategies 

  • Online based tutoring for students needing support in Maths and English

  •  Bridged Math and English to create an Inquiry-Based Learning approach

  • Consistently communicated with parents to ensure outcomes were met

  • Created lessons focused on teaching self-resiliency and independence for youth and adults with developmental disabilities 

  • Focused on interactions within the community (money transactions, public transportation, planning healthy meals)

  • Planned and managed large excursions into the city 

Work Experience 

Sales Associate - Staples 
Antigonish, Nova Scotia 
2020-Present 

Front End Cashier - Greg's No Frills
Peterborough, Ontario 
2019-2021

  • Communicated and engaged with customers to meet their needs with budgetary considerations 

  • Collaborated with my associate team to meet the goals of the company 

  • Kept up to date with new and relevant technology and products to provide customers with relevant information and products 

  • Online based tutoring for students needing support in Maths and English

  •  Bridged Math and English to create an Inquiry-Based Learning approach

  • Consistently communicated with parents to ensure outcomes were met 

Professional Development 

  • Positive Space Training Level 1 

  • Positive Space Training Level 2

  • Introduction to PowerSchool 

  • Teaching Students in Foster Care 

  • What Teachers Need to Know About Child Welfare/Foster Care 

  • Secondary of/for/as Assessment 

  • Engaging Youths in High Needs Communities 

  • Techsploration, Skilled Trades, and STEM 

  • Teaching To and Through the Crisis: Navigating External Influences on Education 

  • Creating Affirming Spaces for the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community 

  • Comprehensive Sex-Ed Made Easy

  • The Guyswork Approach to Building Brave Spaces to Address Important Topics

  • Careers Outside the Classroom

  • NSSSA: The Easiest and Most Rewarding Extra-Curricular You Will Ever Be Involved With

  • Every Student Can learn At High Levels If We Believe It

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