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Year: 2020 — Province: Northwest Territories
Certificate of Excellence Recipient
English, grades 3 to 12
École Boréale
Hay River, Northwest Territories
Kim Ivanko is an inspirational role model for her students, their parents, her colleagues and the École Boréale school community.
As an English teacher for grades 3 to 12, Kim Ivanko is able to develop a special relationship with each of the school's students as they progress through her classroom. Actively involved in school activities, she is an essential resource both as a teacher and a coach for sports teams, a leader of the LGBTQS+2 program and a supervisor for extracurricular activities. She is without a doubt an exceptional person.
Teaching approach
Kim applies creative and innovative teaching methods to maintain and foster student interest and engagement. She prioritizes games that allow her to observe her students in action, track their progress and enrich her planning. She encourages collaborative learning that not only strengthens academic skills, but also promotes active listening, democracy and respect for the ideas and opinions of others.
In the classroom
- Through exchanges with Japanese correspondents, Kim encourages her students to use email and to vary the types of communication by adding different kinds of attachments.
- She encourages the use of Chromebooks for research projects so that students can improve their text comprehension and develop an interest in various genres and writers.
- Kim uses news programs, TED talks and YouTube videos to encourage students to write about their personal opinions and to incite discussion.
- She promotes discussion among students about the responsibilities and possible solutions to dangers posed by the Internet in order to help them become well-informed users.
Outstanding achievements
- Kim developed a mentoring program where high school students act as "big brothers" or "big sisters" to elementary school students, which encourages connections between different grade levels and creates a sense of community within the school.
- She coaches several teams and also trains students to become coaches so that they can develop their leadership skills.
- She leads the school's LGBTQS+2 program and offers students a space where respectful discussion and self-expression can take place without fear of discrimination.
- Her teaching methods and desire to motivate students have enabled her students to achieve very good results in provincial tests and diploma exams (the territories use the Alberta tests).
Contact us!
École Boréale
145 Riverview Drive
Hay River, TNO X0E 0R8
867-874-6972
eb@csftno.com
www.ecoleboreale.com
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