OCT#675280 Ama nda Leela, M .T., B.A.H.

222 St Leonard’s Ave., Toronto, ON M4N 1K7 • (416) 617-3373 •

amanda.leela@yahoo.com

E du ca tio n
OISE – UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Sept. 2014-June 2016
• Master’s of Teaching Degree, Junior/Intermediate Division
(Includes Junior/Intermediate Teacher Certificate with the Ontario College of Teachers)
 Research Paper: Accommodating Students with Learning Disabilities in Public and Private School Classrooms

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY Sept. 2010-April 2014

• B.A. (Hons)
• Majored in the Dramatic Arts

HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL Sept. 2004-June 2010

• O.S.S.D. (Hons)
Awards: Isobel Ellen Jones Award 2010
Placed 2nd in the “Youth and Philanthropic Initiatives” competition

Activities: Prefect Leader, Head of Social & Prom Committees, Student Guild Leader, School play
And dance captain (2007-2010), Counselor for Confirmation Retreat (2007-2009),
Co-Head for the “Only in Your Dreams” Fashion Show, Volunteer for “Coffee Cabaret”
& “A Night for Africa” events

Tea ch ing E xp eri en ce

DRAMA TEACHER AT UNIONVILLE MONTESSORI September 2017-June 2018
 Rotary teacher for Grade 1-5 students, specializing in drama

RESOURCE TEACHER AT UNIONVILLE MONTESSORI January-June 2017

 Working with grade 4, 7 and 8 students in Language, Math and Science

IN CLASS TA FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT AT UNIONVILLE MONTESSORI Oct.-December 2016

 Worked with a student who has severe behavioral issues and ADHD by assisting with
aggression, impulsion and hyperactivity management strategies

SUPPLY TEACHER FOR TORONTO MONTESSORI SCHOOL Sept. 2016 – January 2016
• Team teacher from K-6 teaching language, math, social sciences, science, drama, art, and physical education

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE – K-8 Feb.-March 2016

• Media literacy, language and geometry (location, movement, and geometric relationships) for all grade levels in one room

DOVERCOURT PUBLIC SCHOOL – Grade 7/8 Oct.-Nov. 2015

• Media literacy, language (literature circles), math (data management), health (healthy living), and drama (Hamlet)

FOREST HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL – Grade 4 Feb.-March 2015

• Science (pulleys and gears unit), math (fractions unit), dance (musical rhythm development, ensemble, and group choreographed
dances), and language (plot structured story writing)

ROSEDALE JUNIOR PUBLIC SCHOOL – Grade 6 Oct.-Nov. 2014

• Drama (cross-curricular with social studies unit), math (data management and probability), language (headings, leads and
introductions for advertisements), and social studies (immigration unit)

Wo r k E xp er ie nce
HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL, Thornhill, ON – Drama Camp Coordinator and Supervisor July-Aug. 2011-2016
• Solely responsible for the creation of lesson plans for dances, music, choreography, staging, designing, directing, training, and
scheduling for in-house plays for children aged 7-12 to be performed for parents weekly for the duration of each 6 -week summer
program

BRANKSOME HALL EAM PROCTOR, Toronto, ON June 2016

• Responsible for organizing multiple class sets of IB exams, exam setup, proctoring and clean up, confidential printing and fi ling
for students with exam accommodations

HOME TUTOR, Richmond Hill, ON May 2015-2017

• Assisting with EQAO preparation for a grade 8 student
• Assisted with math study and calculation skills for grade 6 student

YRSA & THORNHILL FIGURE SKATING CLUB, Thornhill, ON Sept.-Mar., July-Aug. 2008-2013
Skating Instructor, “Learn to Skate” & “Special Olympics” Programs alongside Katerina Panfotiou
• Taught children, aged 3-12, the fundamentals of ice-skating through constructing lesson plans, differentiating instruction,
teaching on and off-ice and drafting final grading reports for students

PRO F E SS IO NA L D EV E LO PM E N T & ED UC A T IO N A L WO RK SH O P S

2016
• Special Education Part 1 – Additional Qualification
• Nutrition Workshop from the Canadian Dairy Farmers Association
 Mindfulness habits
• The House of Code Certification
• Executive Functions Workshop at Branksome Hall
• IDay – Located in London, England for a week of CPD
• Branksome Hall Exam Proctor
• CPR Certified
2015
• Reading for the Love of It
• Drama Enhancement Strategies
• Student Well-Being and Positive Mental Health – Creating Supportive Classrooms
• Supporting Children with Special Educational Needs
• Teachers Engaging and Communicating with Parents
2014
• Tribes trained and certified
• Environmental and Sustainability

In t er est s & S ki ll s
• Health: nutrition, fitness and wellness (well trained in holistic nutrition, fitness regimes and daily mindfulness practices [2015 -
present])
• Competitive Skating (Coached by Katerina Papafotiou for 8 years and trained under the tutelage of Ms. Joanne McLeod, World
and Olympic skating coach. Competed twice in the BMO Skate Canada National Competition: BMO Skate Canada Divisional
Bronze Medalist [2005-2006], BMO Skate Canada Sectional Winner [2004-2005])
• Professional Acting (Full member of ACTRA. Casted in U.S. national commercial for GAIN detergent [2000], casted as
“Rhinette” in Death to Smoochy, directed by Danny DeVito, starring Edward Norton & Robin Williams [2001], casted as a “Daisy”
in Ice Princess starring Kim Cattrall, Michelle Trachtenberg and Hayden Panettiere)
• Dance (trained in hip hop, jazz, modern dance at the Academy of Ballet and Jazz and also trained in Russian ballet under the
tutelage of Ms. Tatiana Stepanova, Prima Ballerina of the Bolchoi Ballet in Russia [2000-2006])

Vo l unt eer
• Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis sponsor for the annual Gusty Walk [ 2014-present]
• Choreographed and organized Forest Hill’s first Middle School Coffee House [2015]
• St. Agnes of Assisi – Prepared arts and crafts with Kindergarten children [2012]
• Second Harvest Turkey Drive [2008-2010]

Ref ere nc es
• Melissa Crawford: Host Teacher from Forest Hill Public School (TDSB)
Phone: (416) 562-1373 Email: melissa.crawford@tdsb.on.ca
• Fiona Brougham: Host Teacher from Dovercourt Public School (TDSB)
Phone: (416) 919-6695 Email: fiona.brougham@tdsb.on.ca
• David Hughes: Employer of Holy Trinity Summer Program
Phone: (416) 432-7922 Email: dhughes@hts.on.ca