Building Better Boundaries: A 16-Week Skill-Building Program for Kids 9 - 12

To: Whom it may concern,

Please accept this letter and attached resume as a description of my teaching and related experience over the course of the past two decades. 

Over the course of the past 16 years, I have had the opportunity to hold a variety of leadership positions.

From 2005-2018 I was an Educator, Facilitator, Workshop leader, Tech Coach and Executive Member with the Upper Grand DSB.  Many of the job responsibilities outlined are responsibilities that I am quite familiar with.  To run a classroom, requires effective skills in program planning, time management, timetabling, creating online/face to face course outlines and program, assessing exams and submitting grades.  These are job responsibilities similar to that of which I would be responsible for as an Online Teacher.   In the classroom, an Educator aims to support a students’ goals, timelines, meetings, coordinates appointments, follows-up with parents, administration and other resource personnel.  Strong record keeping skills are also essential.  The same is true with an Online Teacher.

With this mindset, I have often looked at a variety of ways to support a students’ learning – whether it be through program planning, providing referrals to the special education department, reaching out and recommending community supports, or meeting with parents and students in person.  Supporting a student’s learning and development has been a particular passion of mine throughout my career.  This experience with collaboration, team-work and engaging students with their learning, would be 
experience that I could draw upon in the role of an Online Teacher.

Additionally, I pay close attention to the unique needs of individuals and am accustomed to triaging the nature of student needs and requests, in a timely fashion.  Importantly, I aim to do so with discretion, tact, respect, while maintaining the highest levels of confidence.  I am detail oriented and often draw upon my organizational skills. I am quite accustomed to following organizational policies and guidelines for student and staff member confidentiality.  All of this requires good inter-personal skills, careful consideration for the unique needs of students/staff, tact, and paying close 
attention to details.  These skills would be an asset for the position of an Online Teacher.

Some of the more recent qualifications that I’d like to highlight include: working as a volunteer with the CMHA- WW in the Guelph location.  In particular, I have enjoyed working alongside the Peer Support Coordinator with the Neurodivergent Peer Support Group. In this volunteer role, I have designed, created and presented content for the group, in the form of Google Slides.  For an example of my work, please click on the link here: https://bit.ly/4fozz1V (Slides about “Learning How to Trust Oneself”) and https://bit.ly/3yie7Ln “Grief and Autism:  Navigating Neurodiversity and Loss.”                           
   
I am also quite passionate about Health Education.  To this extent, I pursued a certificate as  a Registered Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.  I've also pursued my specializations as a Ontario Child and Youth Counsellor.  Both of these areas represent my true passions in life. Now, I am continuing my education at the Masters level as a Social Worker at Wilfrid Laurier University.  My lifelong journey has always been help and support youth and children.  I hope to continue to be able to do so and to hone my skills as a Social Worker going forward.  

Also, I am someone who has a passion for Educational Technology, software programs and databases, and I believe this experience would prove invaluable in the position of a Volunteer with the CMHA - WW..  I have a working knowledge of online platforms including:  Brightspace, Google Classrooms, Zoom, WebEx, and Skype.  I have extensive working experience with MS Suite – including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Acrobat Pro.  I am also quite adept at creating presentations and infographics, for example using Canva.  I have lead seminars and workshops on VoiceThread, Clicker 5, Smart Ideas, and Notebook.  I am also quite familiar with Assistive Technologies – including iPads, iPod Touches’, DANA AlphaSmarts’, Kurzweil, Dragon Naturally Speaking and Board Maker.  I am confident that this working knowledge and experience could prove useful in assisting 
youth and students on the online platform of Outschool.

If I am selected to teach your child you will soon realize that I am a dedicated, reliable and hard-working individual who can be counted on to do a first rate job.  Thank you for your time and consideration and I look forward to hearing from you soon to discuss the possibilities of teaching your child.

Sincerely, 

Devon Moore

Ms. Devon Moore, B.A., B.Ed., OCT, RHC, OACYC, MSW (Ongoing)
(she/her)