duplez

I'm originally from Canada. I have lived in Asia for 20 years. Having lived and worked in a few cultures and being comfortable with colleagues from diverse backgrounds, living overseas is the norm. I've taught English, English Literature, Performing Arts, Indonesian history, various software programs and writing classes in Canada, South Korea, Thailand, and China and in Indonesia since early 1996. I've taught in public and private schools, universities and boardrooms. I enjoy my work. I enjoy teaching. I enjoy working with teachers and with students. I began teaching while taking extra credit courses in high school. I was teaching art to children. It wasn't a paid position. They asked, and I did it. My teaching stint at Centennial worked out the same way. I was finishing the first of two post-graduate diplomas and the multimedia coordinator asked me to help out with a trade show. Okay, I said. Six months later I was organizing and planning shows for the college. This same coordinator asked me to substitute a software class. I said okay. For two years I substituted classes and learned how to be a teacher. I still share by first 'standup' teaching trauma with students. Software and writing classes are usually taught standing behind or sitting with the students. Suddenly I was expected to lecture. I dragged my only jacket out of the closet. It was tweed. Hey, I am a teacher. I was not satisfied that I have grasped the methodology I needed to do this job, so I took a teaching certificate. This eventually led to becoming a teacher-trainer.