REBECCA D.

Rebecca Michaella is a third-year student at the University of Winnipeg. She aspires to receive a combined degree in Bachelor of Arts and Education, majoring in English Writing and minoring in Sociology. Ideally, she wishes to teach at the high school level. She believes that education is about personal growth and self-development. A few of her favourites include gardening, baking, making mixed art and writing poems.

JULIA S.

Julia is a passionate and enthusiast teacher. She a graduate of the Masters of Teaching at OISE. Julia is currently working with the TDSB as an occasional teacher. A Toronto native, Julia lived for seven years in Halifax, Nova Scotia. There she attended the University of King’s College and Dalhousie and graduated with First Class Honours in Theatre and English. Before pursuing her Masters, Julia worked in Theatre on both the administrative and creative side. Her favourite role was as director where she found immense joy in discovering the unique gifts and perspectives of every team member and fostering these gifts through collaboration and play. She finds this same joy in teaching; Julia loves the process of understanding her students and helping them see how they can extend their gifts to every subject. She rejects deficit-based thinking and believes academic growth is a matter of unlocking the inherent potential in each student. For her Masters, Julia is conducting research into successful and total inclusion of neurodivergent students and she is passionate about re-imagining how we support students with intellectual, developmental and learning disabilities.

Marla T.

Marla is an Ontario Certified Teacher with a Bachelor of Education from University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Applied Arts from Ryerson University. She has taught all aspects of Language Arts to grades 4 to 7, as well as Math, Science and Social Studies. Marla brings enthusiasm and positivity to connect with the student’s own sense of natural curiosity towards building solid foundations for comprehension and problem solving. Recognizing every student has a unique way of learning, Marla supports each student in employing effective learning strategies, building independent critical thinking skills and improving confidence towards achieving their full potential.

With a Certificate for Intermediate Level French with Alliance Française Marla also has taught French to grades 1 to 5 in the private school setting and would welcome assisting students in the joy of learning French!

With a background in Visual Arts Marla is a fine artist who has also taught art, drawing and painting to students grades 1 to 6.

Emily E.

Emily Egleston is an Ontario Certified Teacher. She completed an Undergraduate Degree in Fine Arts at Queen’s University. After graduating with honours, Emily then moved to Toronto to complete a Bachelors of Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, with a focus on gifted and talented students and in the intermediate/senior division

Emily then moved to London, UK where she taught Visual Arts at the secondary school level. Upon returning to Canada, Emily acquired further teaching certifications in Primary, and Junior teaching, as well as specialist qualifications in Math, ESL, in addition to her existing teaching qualifications in Special Education, intermediate English, Geography and Visual Arts. She is a full time teacher with the York Region District School Board.

It is through teaching that Emily has been able to share her passion for learning. In her spare time Emily works one-on-one with children ranging from 6 years through secondary school. She has supported the improvement of their reading, writing, vocabulary and math skills. Emily believes that students are able to make great progress through perseverance and individualized attention. She finds these experiences enjoyable and extremely rewarding.

Paul H.

Paul is an enthusiastic educator with experience in teaching and developing elementary and high school courses, instructional design, and online learning. He also has extensive experience tutoring and mentoring elementary, high school, and adult students in a range of subjects including English, creative writing, media studies, art, and philosophy. Paul is a great proponent of mentorship and believes that inspiration is the most valuable thing he can impart on his students.
Paul graduated from the University of Toronto in 2015 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English literature and visual studies. Subsequently he completed his TESOL certificate at Woodsworth Collage and worked for various private English language schools. Teaching English language learners provided Paul with the opportunity to meet people from all over the world, as well as use innovative digital textbooks to deliver lessons.
Paul received his Master of Teaching degree from OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education). There he conducted a small-scale research study on Self-Regulated Learning (SRL). He synthesized some of the literature on SRL and published them in The MT Review under the title, Self-Regulated Learning: The Role of Motivation and Emotions on Student Learning. Paul’s interest in education stems from his fascination with the human mind, how students learn, and under which conditions students learn best.
Currently Paul works for D2L (Desire to Learn) a global software company that created the learning management system, Brightspace. At D2L he works on creating innovative online courses for students all over the world.
When he’s not at work, Paul likes to spend his time writing creatively, and expanding his world view by reading literature, philosophy, and theoretical physics. He also enjoys outdoor activities including running, hiking, cycling, and cannoning.

ABBI I.

Abbi has a Bachelor from the University of Toronto, majoring in Cognitive Science, with minors in English and Philosophy. She then went on to complete her Bachelors in Education at Queens University. Since graduating, Abbi has been part of the Toronto District School Board, where she has worked in a variety of K-6 classrooms for the past 6 years. Specializing in Educational Technology, Abbi’s teaching centres around special education, and cross-curricular connections. Abbi has taught  Grade 2/3 for a number of years and now supports a Grade 1/2 classroom.

Edison O.

Edison Osorio is a certified teacher by the Ontario College of Teachers. He currently teaches a grade 7/8 split French Immersion class at Rockcliffe Middle School.

 Edison was born in Colombia in the mid 80’s. Before establishing himself self as an elementary school teacher in Toronto. He also had the chance to live in Florence, Italy, New York, and Montreal. As a result, he is now highly proficient in his native Spanish tongue as well in English and French. 

He holds a Master of Teaching degree from OISE since 2015, and completed his undergraduate studies at OCAD University in 2012. For the last five years, he has been teaching in the Toronto District School Board – grades 1-8. This includes all of the study subjects as well as ample experience in teaching Core French and French Immersion programs. 

During his studies at OISE, Edison had the chance to complete a practicum at The York School, which allowed him to gain experience teaching in a private school setting. His teaching experience also includes tutoring students in grades 4-12 and leading after-school programs.

 Edison is an avid cyclist, urban hiker and a big sports fan. He is also passionate about art, music and delicious food and, most of all, pastries.

 Edison’s motto as an educator is simple: He considers his students’ success to be his own success.

NIOUSHA D.

Niousha started her post-secondary studies in Mechanical Engineering. Later due to her enthusiasm for teaching, she switched programs and graduated from York University with a Bachelor of Science with honors in Mathematics for Education. She completed her Bachelor of Education in the Intermediate/Senior grade levels at Nipissing University. She completed her teaching internship in the Embank Junior Academy, where she taught in a split Grade 7 and 8 classroom with a few students working at grade level 4 and 6 for math. During this time, she voluntarily stayed in the classroom during all lunch and snack breaks to give personalized one-on-one support and help students who had fallen behind in math catch up. While completing her undergraduate degree, Niousha was given an opportunity to tutor a group of grade 8 gifted students to prepare for the Math Kangaroo Competition. Knowing that the students sacrificed their weekends to be in her classes, she filled the class time with all kinds of fun games and activities such as pretend auctions and dice rolling competitions for learning probability. Before Niousha started tutoring, she worked as a Mad Scientist for a year and taught tons of safe science activities including explosions, launching a rocket, and making slime. Through her experiences, Niousha has developed a deep passion for working with children and youth and guiding them to reach their full potential while having fun. Alongside having years of teaching experience at primary and intermediate levels, Niousha also tutored students at university and high school levels where she ran personalized interactive lessons. Niousha believes that education should adapt to students’ readiness and interests in order to enhance their curiosity and confidence and that it is the teacher’s job to learn about their students, make these adaptations and engage them in an effective learning environment. In her spare time, Niousha enjoys painting, sculpting, and resin art, as well as spending time with her friends and family.

LYDIA S.

Lydia is always searching for opportunities to integrate her love of writing with her ongoing visual arts practice. She believes that a holistic approach to academic disciplines is the most effective strategy toward fostering a lifelong love of learning in her students.

Lydia graduated summa cum laude from McMaster University’s Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts program with a minor in English. At the conclusion of her undergraduate degree, she was granted the Ignition Award for Distinction in her program. She went on to graduate from Western University’s Master of Fine Arts program, in which she was awarded the Dean’s Entrance Scholarship, Chair’s Entrance Scholarship, as well as three Graduate Research Scholarships throughout the program’s duration. She is currently a teacher candidate at Brock University with teachables in English and Visual Art.

Lydia has experience with lesson planning, differentiated instruction, and designing assessments in both senior/intermediate English and Visual Art. She is also familiar with the corresponding curricula at the junior level. Lydia’s priorities include: fostering writing strategies for legibility and conciseness, employing invisible and ongoing assessments for- and as- learning, rubric deconstruction, information chunking, and executive function reinforcement (organizational strategies, focusing techniques, task-shifting strategies, self-monitoring, etc.)

When she is not teaching or tutoring, she spends her time reading, making art, and volunteering for arts organizations in Hamilton and London, Ontario.

DEVON L.

Hey my name is Devon!

I am a recent graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Education Middle Year’s Stream but love working with early years as well! I have had experience teaching from Grades K-8 and I believe that at its core, learning stems from trusting relationships and understanding a students strengths, weaknesses and interests. I use these to personalize my teaching and make learning as fun as possible for the student.

I always loved school when I was personally interested in what I was learning and that’s what I strive to do for the student in every personally tailored lesson.

I look forward to working with you!