Darlene (Darnie) Keddy

Canadian Citizen
darnie.keddy@hotmail.com
Objective
To continue expanding my English as a foreign language teaching experience and to be
immersed in the culture of a place where English is not the native language.
Education
TEFL Certificate
ICEP TEFL Training Puerto Vallarta, Mxico
A four-week (140 contact hours) intensive course with 10 hours observed teaching practice on
groups of different ability, including one to one teaching.

Registered Nursing Diploma

Halifax Infirmary School of Nursing (graduated 1986).
Certificates Relating to Nursing:
EKG interpretation certificate, Soldier's Memorial Hospital, Nova Scotia.
Non Violent Crisis Intervention certificate, Kings Regional Rehabilitation Center.
Peritoneal Dialysis Administration certificate, Soldier's Memorial Hospital, Nova Scotia.
Business Education Certificate
Nova Scotia Community College (graduated 1983).
Teaching Experience

Home-schooled three children grade 1, 2, and 3 and later in grade 7, 8, and 9.

Tutored a grade 11 (age 17) advanced math student in Nova Scotia
Tutored a grade 4 reading/writing and arithmetic student in Nova Scotia
Both of the above students' marks were drastically improved during the year of
tutoring.

Professional Experience

Accounts Receivable Clerk, Nova Scotia Power Corporation, 1983-1985

Registered Nurse, Kings Regional Rehabilitation Center, 1988-1993
Solomon Medical Clinic, 1993-1994
Kings Regional Rehabilitation Center 1994-1995

Additional Skills

Typing speed 60 wpm

Creative thinking skills
Entertainment-- ventriloquism
Good rapport with children
Avid supporter and advocate for seniors