Maria Robson

165 Green Valley Drive

Kitchener, ON
N2P 1K3
519-998-8326
Maria.Robson@wcdsb.ca

Work Experience
Waterloo Catholic District School Board March 2018 – Current
 Hired as Daily Occasional Teacher
o Responsibilities included keeping students engaged throughout the
day, taking attendance, supervision within the class and various
places throughout schools, teaching planned lessons for the day,
applying my own classroom management strategies
 Currently on LTO Assignment at St. Mary’s C.S.S
o Took over 2 sections of religion (1 Senior)
o Responsibilities include:
o Planning and teaching engaging lessons
o Assigning required summatives & administering required tests
o Marking all student work including exams
o Writing final report cards

Grand Valley Golf Course April 2014 – 2018

 In-depth understanding of attending to the customers’ needs
 Required to perform mental math while on the beverage cart
 Ample experience in busy conditions requiring multi-tasking

Fairmont Chateau Whistler Dec 2016 – May 2017

 Banquet serving position requiring professionalism at all times
 Managed children’s play rooms during Christmas season

Tree Planting with Outland Reforestation May – August 2015

 Tree planting in Northern Alberta greatly affected my perseverance due to
working long hours 6 days a week, often being totally secluded while working,
and planting in extremely rough terrain

Education
Nipissing University Brantford 2011 - 2016
 Graduated with a Bachelor of Education with Junior and Intermediate Division
in Religious Education
 Obtained valuable classroom experience during five separate placements
 My final placement was at St. Mary’s C.S.S with Robert Grundy where I
had to opportunity to teach grade nine and ten religion. I had the
opportunity to teach 100% of the time and Robert allowed me to take the
lead on midterm report cards
 Successfully mentored two student teachers during my second and third
placement
 Obtained extra classroom experience during alternative placement at
Children’s Safety Village Brantford
 Wilfrid Laurier Brantford 2011 - 2016
 Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Studies
 Minor in Religion & Culture
 Extracurricular: Stage Director for Fashion for Freedom, DJ/Host on Radio
Laurier, intramural dodge ball captain

St. Benedict’s C.S.S., Cambridge, Ontario 2007 - 2011

 Made the Honour Roll (2009 - 2011)
 Floor director and head reporter for the student news show “SBTV”
 Link Crew Leader 2009-2011
 Participated in 3 dramatic productions

Additional Qualifications
Western University June-August 2016
 Successfully completed Senior Division in Religious Education in Catholic
Schools

Nipissing University Oct-Dec 2017

 Successfully completed Special Education, Part 1

Volunteer Experience
 Classroom Volunteering at Our Lady of Fatima Elementary School with
Grade 7’s (September 2017 – March 2018)
 Christmas Hamper Delivery with St. Clements Church (Dec. 2017)
 Children’s Safety Village Halloween Event (2014)
 Tim Horton’s Camp Day (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
 School fundraisers at St. Elizabeth Elementary School (2012)

Highlights of Personal, Technical and Transferable Skills

 Ample experience using programs used by WCDSB such as Trillium
Attendance and Encompass/Gradebook
 Recently created two Google Classrooms for each of my sections and I have
been posting content, assigning work, and receiving student work
successfully
 Have experience with improvising when required and confident in my ability
to do so under pressure
 Social and outgoing individual
 Exceptional leadership qualities
 Works well in a team environment

Interests and Hobbies

 Drama/Musicals
 Recycling and learning about the environment
 Hiking
 Rock Climbing
 Meditation
 Travelling

Please visit my E-folio to learn more about me and past practicum experiences:
http://mariarobson.weebly.com/