Background
The record behind the work.
Ontario Certified Teacher with 25+ years in education across Canadian and international schools, JK to Grade 12, currently leading a Junior School grade team. Alongside the classroom I design and build Ontario-curriculum learning products end to end — curriculum architecture, assessment design, build, quality systems and release.
Qualifications
- Ontario College of Teachers
- Certified, in good standing
- Principal Qualification Program
- Parts 1 and 2, complete
- MA in Education
- University of Mumbai
- Bachelor of Education
- University of Mumbai
- Bachelor of Commerce
- University of Mumbai
- International TESOL Diploma
- TESOL Canada accredited
Designed, built and shipped
A working production line rather than a set of concepts. Counted from the shipped build, not estimated.
- Interactive web products, live
- 24Interactive web products, live
- Distinct pages
- 1,197Distinct pages
- Games
- 120Games
- Print sheets
- 686Print sheets
- Automated release checks
- 61Automated release checks
- Locked releases
- 83Locked releases
Experience
Grade 2 Team Lead
Independent school, Ontario
Sep 2024 – Present
- Instructional and people leadership for a Junior School team — curriculum alignment, long-range planning and consistent assessment practice.
- Coach and mentor faculty through classroom observation, feedback cycles and targeted professional learning.
- Partner with senior leadership on school improvement planning, student wellbeing and enrichment programming.
High School Teacher
Newton International College
Sep 2023 – Jul 2024
- Designed curriculum and assessment frameworks across ESL, humanities and arts; taught ESLBO, ESLEO, ESLDO, CHV2O, GLC2O, HNB4M and AVI3M/4M.
- Authored a full Grade 5 science curriculum for the partner school in China, written to the Ontario curriculum, and trained the teacher who delivered it.
- Introduced data-literacy practice using PowerSchool analytics; led school-wide sustainability and community action initiatives.
Summer Teacher Assessor, and Long-Term Occasional Teacher
York Region District School Board
Mar – Sep 2023
- Literacy and numeracy assessment and placement recommendations for Grades 7–12 against system-level criteria, with equity-focused analysis of access to programming.
- Taught HNB4U, ADA2O and ENG2L to Grades 7–11 through differentiated instruction.
Homeroom Teacher, Grade 5
Seneca Hill Private School
Sep 2022 – Jul 2023
- Taught English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Visual Arts and Life Skills.
- Designed and implemented school-wide SEL frameworks aligned to wellbeing and belonging.
Homeroom Teacher, Grades 3 and 4
Hill Spring International School (IB World School)
Aug 2020 – May 2022
- Inquiry-based, concept-driven instruction aligned to the IB Primary Years Programme.
- Delivered whole-school professional development to teaching staff and school leadership.
Learning Support Associate, Grades 2 and 3
American School of Bombay (IB)
Jan 2019 – Jul 2020
- Targeted literacy and learning interventions; individualised supports designed and monitored with multidisciplinary teams.
Founder, Teacher and Curriculum Developer
Raising Hope Kids Club
Jul 2012 – Dec 2019
- Founded and ran an independent learning programme for seven years: curriculum and assessment frameworks across multiple subjects, and the educator development stream behind it.
Classroom teaching and children’s programmes
Mumbai, India
2000 – 2012
- Twelve years of classroom teaching and children’s holiday and enrichment programmes, beginning after an Early Childhood Care and Education qualification in 1998.
Professional learning
- Leaders of Learning — HarvardX
- SEE Learning — Emory University
- Concept-Based Curriculum — Professional Learning International
- Responsive Classroom
- IBO — Make the PYP Happen, Concept-Driven Learning, Exhibition
- Instructional Design Essentials; Brain-Based eLearning Design; Articulate Storyline (2024)
- Apple Teacher · Microsoft Certified Educator
- Early Childhood Care and Education