Tara

Tara’s teaching experience spans three countries and a diverse range of students from ages five to adults, providing her with a strong understanding of child development and the ability to adapt instruction to meet varied learning needs. Most recently, she taught in Hamilton, New Zealand, where she deepened her understanding of Indigenous perspectives through learning about the Treaty of Waitangi and Māori culture. This experience strengthened her commitment to creating equitable and inclusive learning experiences where all students feel valued, respected, and supported.

Throughout her career, she has designed and implemented curriculum-aligned instruction, assessed student learning using a variety of formative and summative assessment practices, and collaborated closely with families, specialists, and school administrators to support student success. By identifying individual learning needs and providing differentiated instruction and targeted interventions, she has helped students make meaningful academic, social, and emotional progress. Her experience includes supporting English Language Learners, facilitating small-group instruction, implementing remedial programs, and communicating student achievement and learning goals with parents and educational teams.

Prior to relocating to New Zealand, she taught in Eugene, Oregon, where she worked with students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In addition, her two year service as a United States Peace Corps Youth Development Volunteer in Morocco further developed her cultural competency, adaptability, and commitment to fostering inclusive learning communities. These experiences have strengthened her ability to build positive relationships with students and families from a wide range of backgrounds.

Here are some of Tara’s Favourite Things:

Favourite movies/tv shows: The Royal Tenenbaums

Favourite books: Harry Potter, Tuesdays with Morrie

Favourite quotation: “True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success, the glorious inequality of talent, of genius.” – Felix E. Schelling

Here is Tara’s VARK Score:

Visual: 7

Aural: 9

Read/Write: 4

Kinesthetic: 11

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