James Pinkard
Muscat
Summary
- An experienced, motivated and progressive team player
- Worked effectively with a diversity of teachers and students in a number of International School settings
- Specialising in Inquiry, with a student-centred learning classroom
- Deep pedagogical knowledge and avid professional reader
- Interest in effective mathematical teaching and learning, the Mathematical Mindset and best practice
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
GRADE FOUR CLASSROOM TEACHER (PYP)
ABA OMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, OMAN
08.2021 - Current
- EcoRangers Student Club Facilitator
- Member of School Sustainability Committee
- Cricket and football After School Club Coach
KINDERGARTEN & GRADE ONE CLASSROOM TEACHER (PYP)
TASHKENT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, UZBEKISTAN
08.2018 - 07.2021
- Mathematics Coordinator and Teacher Team Leaders Member
- After School Cricket Coach
- CAS Supervisor and Gr5 Exhibition Mentor
GRADE ONE & TWO CLASSROOM TEACHER (PYP)
PREM TINSULANONDA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, THAILAND
08.2014 - 07.2018
- Member - Accreditation Steering Committee
- Facilitator - Community Projects (Baan Dek Foundation)
- Football and Cricket Coach, Tournament Referee
- Evening and Weekend Boarding Supervision.
GRADE FIVE CLASSROOM TEACHER
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BERNE, SWITZERLAND
08.2012 - 07.2014
- Establishment of PYP Exhibition Retreat
- Reconstruction of Unit Planners
GRADE ONE CLASSROOM TEACHER (PYP)
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
08.2008 - 07.2011
- Mathematics Coordinator and Leadership Team Member
- After School Percussion and Story Telling Club
- Football coach
GRADE ONE CLASSROOM TEACHER (PYP)
SUZHOU SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, CHINA
08.2006 - 07.2008
- Accreditation Committee Chair
- After School Music Club - International Drumming.
Education
BACHELOR OF ARTS -
University of Tasmania
Tasmania, AUSTRALIAGRADUATE DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION K-10 -
University of Tasmania
Tasmania, AUSTRALIA11.1993
Skills
- Promoting Authentic Inquiry
- Modelling Growth Mindset
- Planning Collaboratively
- Effective Differentiation
- Technology Integration
- Connecting with Nature
- Sustainability and Environment focused
- Flexible and Open-minded
Recent professional development
- Making Learning Visible (online course), 09/2019
- Messy Maths, 01/2019
- PYP - Evidencing the Learning, 04/2019
- Success for ELL's and ALL's, 09/2018
Academic References
- MR. CRAIG WILLIAMSON, Head of School, ABA Oman International School, Oman, cwilliamson@abaoman.org, +968 7151 8846
- MS. SAMANTHA COOK, Elementary School Principal, ABA Oman International School, Oman, scook@abaoman.org, +968 9387 5163
- MS. JAN HUMPLEBY, Primay School Principal, Copenhagen International School, Denmark, elemprincipal@tashschool.org, +998 90 808 3309
- MR. BILL KRALOVEC, Director, Tashkent International School, Uzbekistan, director@tashschool.org, +998 90 185 8410
Other professional training and responsibilities
- IBPYP Workshop -The Role of the Coordinator, September 2017
- How to Learn Mathematics for Teachers, Stanford University Online Course, Jo Boaler, 2017
- Concept-based Mathematics, Jennifer Chang, August 2017
- Growth Mindsets - From Not Yet to What Next?, James Anderson, September 2016
- Member, Accreditation Steering Committee, 2016-2017
- In-school Workshop Leader, Growth Mindset, 2016
- Educare - Safeguarding Young People, 2016
- Parent Workshop Leader, Literacy, Mathematics in the Junior School, 2016, 2017
- IBPYP Workshop - Teaching and Learning, 2016
- IBPYP - The Exhibition, 2013
- Kath Murdoch - The Inquiry Cycle, 2008-2011
Personal Information
- Child Name: Thomas Henri Pinkard-Bourget (DOB 24/07/2007) - Grade 12
- Child Name: Amélie Clara Pinkard-Bourget (DOB 13/10/2011) - Grade 7
- Marital Status: Married
Spouse
Julie Bertrand-Bourget - IB Chemistry/General Science
Hobbies and Interests
- Sport - cycling, squash, golf, cricket, tennis, football
- Music - teaching, orchestral playing, musicals, beginner guitar
- Travel and Culture
- Reading
- Intermediate French
Timeline
GRADE FOUR CLASSROOM TEACHER (PYP)
ABA OMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, OMAN
08.2021 - Current
KINDERGARTEN & GRADE ONE CLASSROOM TEACHER (PYP)
TASHKENT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, UZBEKISTAN
08.2018 - 07.2021
GRADE ONE & TWO CLASSROOM TEACHER (PYP)
PREM TINSULANONDA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, THAILAND
08.2014 - 07.2018
GRADE FIVE CLASSROOM TEACHER
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BERNE, SWITZERLAND
08.2012 - 07.2014
GRADE ONE CLASSROOM TEACHER (PYP)
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
08.2008 - 07.2011
GRADE ONE CLASSROOM TEACHER (PYP)
SUZHOU SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, CHINA
08.2006 - 07.2008
BACHELOR OF ARTS -
University of Tasmania
GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION K-10 -
University of Tasmania