Kara Nagel

Portfolio: karanagel.weebly.com | Twitter: @teacher_nagel | OCT #: 686183

Qualifications
Bachelor of Education | 2018 | York University
· Division: Intermediate/Senior
· Teachables: Dramatic Arts and French as a Second Language
· Additional Qualifications: Teaching English Language Learners Part 1 and Dramatic Arts Part 2

Bachelor of Arts | 2015 | University of Waterloo

· Major: Honors Drama
· Minors: French and Psychology

Teaching Experience
Core French & Health LTO | Upper Grand DSB | January 2020 – June 2020
· Grade 7/8: Core French & Developmentally Delayed Health

Core French & French Immersion LTO | WRDSB | September 2019 – December 2019

· Grade 8: Core French & French Immersion Geography, History, Health, Drama & Grade 7: English
· Ran a weekly Drama club & Gay-Straight Alliance

Core French LTO | Upper Grand DSB | September 2018 – June 2019

· Core French grades 6 – 8 at Westminster Woods PS: one grade 6, three grade 7, and three grade 8
· Ran a weekly French club, Drama club, & QAC (queer and allies’ community)

Core French Teaching Placement | Peel District School Board | January 2018 – May 2018
· Core French grades 9 – 12 at Sandalwood Heights SS

Drama Teaching Placement | Peel District School Board | September 2017 – Dec. 2017

· Assisted, designed, and delivered grade 10/11 lessons in Drama at David Suzuki SS including units on
mime, site-specific theatre, Laban movement, lighting, and scene studies
· Helped run a weekly drama club and Art’s Night highlighting work done throughout the school year

Frimm Teaching Placement | Peel District School Board | September 2016 – April 2017

· Assisted, designed, and delivered grade 7 Core French and French Immersion lessons in Health, Drama,
History, and Geography at Tomken Road Middle School

ESL Teacher | Mentorphone | August 2015 – August 2017

· Online ESL Teacher to students in South Korea ages 3 – 64
· Provided detailed daily corrections and feedback to students while taking an action-oriented approach
using authentic resources focusing on global issues
Professional Learning
Ontario Modern Language Teachers’ Association Conferences – 2017 – Present
· Workshops: Action-Oriented Differentiation, Learning French Through Play, En Français SVP, Engaging
LGBTQI2S+ Equity in the Language Learning Classroom, and more

Safe Talk – 2019

· Alertness training to become a suicide-alert helper

Indspire – 2017 – 2019

· Mentee: I have an indigenous mentor to assist with bringing indigenous education into my classroom
and participate in professional development conferences and webinars

OTF Connects – 2016 - 2019

· Webinars: A Closer Look at the Listening Strand in the Core French Classroom, Connecting and
Communicating: video chatting in the CEFR based L2 classroom, Online Tech Tools for Teaching and
Learning, Building Student Confidence and Participation in Core-FSL, and more

EGALE 101 – 2018

· Strategies to assist LGBTQI2S+ people and allies

Think Big Lead Now: YWCA Canada National Young Women’s Leadership Summit - 2017
· Workshops: L'art révolutionnaire de s'aimer (self-love), Anti-Racism & Anti-Oppression, Advocacy,
Public Speaking, and Leadership Skills Building

Leadership Experience
Mental Health and Education Speaker | November 2016 – Present
· Guest speaker for teacher candidates, educators, and students about the importance of mental health

Group Mentor and Tutor | Pathways to Education | November 2016 – May 2017

· Group mentor who facilitated at-risk grade 10 students (topics included: communication, healthy
relationships, sexual health, financial literacy, harm reduction, employment, mental health, etc.)
· Tutor in French, English, drama, social sciences, and math

School/Community Involvement
Drama Teacher | Stagecoach Performing Arts | September 2019 - Present
· Organized and ran events for 150+ people while remaining under budget

Member | Ontario Modern Language Teachers' Association | September 2016 - Present

· Monitor for the “La créativité, la diversité, la communauté!” fall & spring conferences and participate in
biweekly #FSLchat meetings

Member | Council of Ontario Dance & Drama Educators | October 2013 – Present

· Participate in professional development provided by CODE focusing on mental health and student voice

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