Cynthia Villeneuve

Cell: (250)266-5262 • E-mail: c.villeneuve83@gmail.com

 

 

Profile              Certified Montessori teacher (Association Montessori Internationale Diploma)

                            Bilingual; fluent in French and English

                            Experienced teacher- I have taught for many years in diverse settings and countries

                            TESOL (Teaching English as a second language) certified

 

 

Education        Association Montessori Internationale Diploma

                            Foundation for Montessori Education, Toronto, ON

                            Graduated 2013

                          

                             French Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree

                             Brock University, St.Catharines, ON

                             Graduated 2007                          

 

                         

                          Objective           To make the world a better place, one child at a time.

 

 

 

Experience

 

Nanny

10/13-03/14

On Salt Spring Island I took care of baby twins. When I met them they were just 3 months old. I was in charge of attending to their needs, playing, feeding, changing diapers, bathing, putting them down for naps...all that fun stuff. I also had light cleaning duties. 

 

Au Pair

07/13-03/14

On Salt Spring Island I was a live-in nanny. When I first moved in the baby boy was 6 months old. There was also a 4 year old girl and a 6 year old boy. I was in charge of preparing meals, cleaning the house as well as arts & crafts projects during the winter months. In the summer I would take the kids to the beach, pool, park, as well as on off island excursions...      

           

           Nanny

         09/12-07/13

In Toronto, I would pick up two sisters from school, one 4 and the other 9, each day and bring them home. I was in charge of cleaning the house, making dinner, doing the laundry, taking them to after school lessons as well as assisting with homework. I did this for one school year.

 

Elementary school English teacher

 02/11-02/12

My third year in South Korea I taught at a private school. I was the English teacher within a Korean preschool. I taught conversational English, vocabulary, math, songs & games, art and science in English.

 

Visiting professor

10/09-10/10

My second year in South Korea I worked as an English teacher at Gangneung University. I was in charge of both adults’ and children’s classes. I was employed there for one year. I taught conversational English as well as grammar.

                            

                     Elementary school English teacher

                 01/08-03/09

While living in South Korea for 15 months I was an elementary school teacher. I had the same group of children each day. I taught them how to read and write. We would also do music, yoga, art and science projects together.

 

Orphanage school teacher

10/07-12/07

While I was living in Uganda, I taught French, English and art at the elementary level in one of the slums of Kampala; Uganda’s capital. I did this for 3 months.

 

         Tutor/nanny

05/05-10/07

I took care of a brother and sister, 9 and 7, and was in charge of tutoring them on weekends, taking them to lessons, as well as taking them out on outings. I took care of them for 2 years.

 

Teacher On Call

09/03-06/06

I was employed by the French Catholic School Board in the Niagara Region of Ontario. I would substitute elementary school  teachers when they were absent. I did this for 3 academic years.

 

Child care provider

09/02-10/07

I worked at a  French speaking daycare centre for 5 academic years. I was in charge of preparing meals, caring for the children during recess,  preparing and following lesson plans, organizing art projects and games as well as attending to children while on outings such as the pool, the park, ice skating.. During the summers I would also help run the summer camps that were held while school was out. Each week was given a different theme such as theatre and dance, sports, nature, science. I would help organize and implement each theme.

 

 

 

Between September 2012 and June 2013 I attended the following lectures at the Foundation for Montessori Education :

 

Montessori Education

Human needs and tendencies

Four planes of development

Adaptation

The Absorbent Mind

Development of movement and will

Development of language

Development of independence 

Freedom and discipline

Social development

Intelligence

Parent Education

 

From these lectures I have gained a profound understanding of the way humans develop and learn. From this I am able to create a prepared environment for your children that will support their growth.