Lisa Liang is a recent graduate of Queen's University seeking a career as an educator. She holds a Bachelor of Education degree with a focus on museum education and arts, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Her teaching experience includes placements in Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grades 4-5 classrooms. She is fluent in Cantonese and has additional experience facilitating art programs and as a camp counsellor.
Lisa Liang is a recent graduate of Queen's University seeking a career as an educator. She holds a Bachelor of Education degree with a focus on museum education and arts, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Her teaching experience includes placements in Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grades 4-5 classrooms. She is fluent in Cantonese and has additional experience facilitating art programs and as a camp counsellor.
Lisa Liang is a recent graduate of Queen's University seeking a career as an educator. She holds a Bachelor of Education degree with a focus on museum education and arts, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Her teaching experience includes placements in Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grades 4-5 classrooms. She is fluent in Cantonese and has additional experience facilitating art programs and as a camp counsellor.
Lisa Liang is a recent graduate of Queen's University seeking a career as an educator. She holds a Bachelor of Education degree with a focus on museum education and arts, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Her teaching experience includes placements in Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grades 4-5 classrooms. She is fluent in Cantonese and has additional experience facilitating art programs and as a camp counsellor.
EDUCATION Bachelor of Education, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, 2019 • Division – Primary/Junior • Concentration – Museum Education and Arts in Education
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Queen’s University, Kingston ON, 2018
• Major – English Language and Literature • Minor – Psychology
Ontario Secondary School Diploma, L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute, Scarborough ON, 2014
LANGUAGES • Cantonese – Fluent
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Grade 1 Teacher Candidate, Malvern Junior Public School, Scarborough ON, 2019 (4 weeks) • Created fun and engaging STEM challenges for students to develop and refine problem solving and critical thinking skills • Participated in the weekly Grade One Oral Literacy Language program to support learners in reading and oral language development • Introduced success criteria checklist to encourage student self-reflection and accountability • Created math manipulatives to engage kinesthetic learners in number recognition and counting • Met every week with colleagues to reflect on learning and experiences to identify strategies for engaging individual students
Kindergarten Teacher Candidate, Malvern Junior Public School, Scarborough ON, 2019 (4 weeks) • Taught 80% of the classroom load to Junior and Senior Kindergarten students • Created and set up inquiry-based centres focusing on all subject areas to allow for student interest to direct learning • Taught a healthy living inquiry to introduce students to healthy food, creating cross-curricular connections to math (measurement). Culminated learning through field trip to Ontario Science Centre • Extracurricular: Homework club, coding club, and eco-club • Met every week with colleagues to reflect on learning and experiences to identify strategies for engaging individual students
Grade 4/5 Teacher Candidate, Malvern Junior Public School, Scarborough ON, 2018 (6 weeks) • Taught 80% of the classroom load focusing on unit in Math (graphing), Art (painting, pastels), Literacy (guided reading), Social Studies (references) based on Ontario curriculum expectations • Taught whole class, and each grade level independently, small groups and one-on-one based on student needs LISA LIANG • Created and facilitated formative assessments including hands up, comment box, and quizzes through Google Forms (for student self-reflection and teacher feedback) • Created accommodations for student with Individual Education Plans (one-on-one, homework club, reduced level assessment) • Structured activities so that students could learn to identify their strengths and weaknesses, make decisions about next steps, and monitor their progress towards expectations • Designed differentiated learning and assessment activities based on diverse student need • Extracurricular: Homework club, coding club, and eco-club
Grade 5/6 Teacher Candidate, Truedell Public School, Kingston ON, 2018 (3 weeks) • Assisted students individually and worked with small groups to support learning in literacy and math • Built genuine, positive relationships with students to gain students’ trust to aid developing connections
TEACHING RELATED EXPERIENCE
Facilitator, Sticky Art Lab, Berkeley CA, 2019 (3 weeks) • Assisted children ages JK – grade 6 with different art skills and techniques in an after school and March break programs • Focused on providing a wide variety of materials to allow student hands-on individualized learning • Provided a variety of experiential opportunities including sketching, weaving, pottery, woodworking, painting, papermaking, and origami • Supervised children on excursions to the park
Camp Counsellor, All My Children Childcare, Scarborough ON, 2017 (8 weeks)
• Camp experience with a strong academic focus for children aged 6-9 • Prepared art, music, and science whole class activities. Taught student one-on-one in math and language
Grade 3 & 5 English Teacher, HKTA Wun Tsuen Ng Lai Wo Memorial School, Hong Kong, 2017 (4 months) • Prepared English learning activities, engaged in basic conversations with students to encourage English oral skills • Organized a performance with students for the annual show
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • Mental Health (Parts 1, 2, & 3) • Federation Day • Cultural Sensitivity • ETFO – Equity 101 • KAIROS Blanket exercise • Culturally Relevant and Responsive • Technology in the Classroom Teaching and Assessment Practices • Building Futures Conference • English Language Learners
INTERESTS • Visual Arts (sketching, painting, sculpting, photography) • Knitting, crocheting • Athletics (volleyball, field hockey)
