9363 94 ST NW • EDMONTON, AB • T6C 3V6

PHONE (780) 708 4362 • E-MAIL silpi.das-collins@epsb.ca

ALBERTA PROFESSIONAL TEACHING CERTIFICATE: 295014Q

SILPI DAS-COLLINS
CAREER GOAL
Dedicated, innovative teacher returning from maternity leave, seeking a secondary position including
ELA and/or Drama where I can continue to emphasize critical thinking, empathy, and creativity.

EDUCATION
2010-2012 University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Bachelor of Education in Secondary Education with Distinction
 Drama major, English minor.
2005-2009 University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Bachelor of Arts
 Drama major, English minor.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2017 Summer Cool School, Metro Continuing Education Edmonton, AB
Language Arts Teacher (Londonderry)
 Developed and taught condensed versions of LA 8 and 9 to small, mixed-ability groups of
students, reviewing previously learned content and preparing them for greater success in the
coming academic year.
 Worked one-on-one with students to identify individual areas of need, designing and
adapting lessons to target and improve specific skills.

2016-2017 Allendale School, Edmonton Public Schools Edmonton, AB

Language Arts and Drama Teacher
 Taught Drama 7, 8, and 9, and three sections of ELA 9 (two Cogito and one regular
program) in a culturally diverse and academically focused school.
 Developed and delivered units on a variety of dramatic disciplines and language arts skills,
working to meet both Alberta and Cogito curricular outcomes. Adapted and differentiated
processes and products to meet a range of student needs and ability levels, including gifted
and ELL students.

2015-2016, 2017 Edmonton Public Schools Edmonton, AB

Substitute Teacher
 Daily and long-term supply teaching for elementary, junior high and high schools around
Edmonton.
2014-2015 Central Foundation Girls’ School Tower Hamlets, London, UK
Teacher of English
 Taught Year 7-11 English in mixed ability groupings, facilitating good progress across all
year groups, at an inner-city girls' school with an economically disadvantaged, largely
Bangladeshi-British population.
 Developed and delivered lessons on a variety of literary texts as well as preparing students
for GCSE exams, differentiating to meet a wide range of student needs (gifted, ELL,
cognitive disabilities) within an inclusive classroom.

2014 Forest Gate Community School Newham, London, UK

Teacher of English and Drama
 Taught Year 7-10 English and Year 7 Drama to a range of ability groupings in a large inner-
city school with a multicultural, economically disadvantaged population.
 Developed and delivered lessons on a variety of literary texts, built GCSE exam skills and
differentiated for gifted students and those with special educational needs.
 Developed literacy through one-to-one intervention with targeted students.

2013 Career Teachers Education Recruitment London, UK

Supply Teacher
 Daily and long-term supply at the secondary level in and around London.

STUDENT TEACHING
2012 M.E. LaZerte School, Edmonton Public Schools Edmonton, AB
Advanced Professional Term – 9 weeks
 Developed and taught units for grade 10 English and grade 10, 11, and 12 Drama in a large,
culturally and socio-economically diverse high school.
 Assisted with mounting drama department’s one-act play festival, including directing three
plays featuring Advanced Acting students.

2010 Hillcrest School, Edmonton Public Schools Edmonton, AB

Introductory Professional Term – 5 weeks
 Developed and taught lessons for grade 8 Language Arts, grade 7 and 8 Drama, and grade 7
and 9 Learning Strategies.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND LEADERSHIP

2017 Organized and ran extracurricular drama program (Allendale School)
 Directed and mounted a school play, The Last Gladiator, with a cast and crew of 20 students.
Led students in developing acting, stage management, design, and technical theatre skills.
 Coached the school improv team with weekly practices and mini workshops from a local
improvisor, leading to a spot in the finals of the Wildfire Jr. competition.

2015 Led a department initiative to develop more creative teaching and learning strategies
for Year 7-9 English (Central Foundation Girls’ School)
 Met with assistant headteacher to collaborate on adapting her originally math-based activities
for the English classroom.
  Attended PD sessions on “Poundland pedagogy” and fostering a sense of play in the
classroom. Shared ideas from both sessions in department meetings.
 Integrated new activities (e.g. skits to predict plot, folded paper races to list rhetorical
devices) into department-wide unit plans and created resources to share with colleagues.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2017 Drawing out the best in your students: I revamped parts of my ELA 9 poetry unit to
incorporate this session’s techniques of using drawing to spark creativity. Students used
drawing activities to explore imagery and compare and contrast tone, culminating in an
open-ended artistic project on one of the poems studied.
2017 Addressing the needs of marginalized youth: I used this session’s information, on best
practices for supporting transgender youth in schools, to mentor and support a transitioning
student; re-evaluate my own use of gendered language; and create a more welcoming
learning environment for gender divergent students.
2016 Revamp how you teach reading: I ran weekly reading workshops with my ELA 9 classes
using the framework from this session, which provided tools to help students engage more
deeply with their personal reading.

TARGETS FOR GROWTH

 Content: Increase students’ engagement and feelings of representation by including more
multicultural and Indigenous texts and perspectives in ELA classes.
 Technology: Improve communication with students and parents by implementing Google
Classroom for all classes.
 Classroom management: Create a more supportive and focused learning environment in
drama classes by using restorative practices and activities.

REFERENCES
Sunita Sas-Evans
Principal, Allendale School 780-434-6756
Myles Corbett
Vice Principal, Londonderry School 780-473-4560