Maia Bassett
Visual Arts & Early Years Educator
Curriculum Vitae
Ethos
I believe that emotional intelligence is an essential ability needed to build a mindful community. I aim to support children's socio-emotional development by constructing a safe environment where I can enhance experiential learning through playful inquiry, agency, and collective reflections that support multicultural relationships.
Experience
PYP Homeroom Teacher
Suzhou's International School- IB School. China.
August 2021 - July 2022
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Learning through the inquiry cycle within the IB Learner Profile, following children’s inquiry to co-create community projects.
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Split-screen teaching to develop Approaches to Learning.
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Adapting a transdisciplinary approach between the units of inquiry, Reading & Writer’s Workshop, and Maths curriculum.
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Integrating technology to amplify children’s ATL skills as they develop meaningful projects that reflect digital citizenship.
Early Years Teacher-Researcher
International School Eastern Seaboard- IB School. Thailand.
August 2018 - present
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Fostered student agency by developing a safe, caring, and cooperative environment of individuals who have a voice in their community.
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Mindfulness lessons in support of socio-emotional skills, and reflective participation to promote multicultural perspectives.
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Created provocations for story creation, wonders into scientific discoveries, and metacognitive experiences.
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Applied technology as a creative tool with a meaningful purpose for children to document and reflect on their learning.
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Developed documentation as a catalyst for collective perspectives.
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Holistically evaluated child performance through observations.
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Daily communication with families using the Seesaw platform, building a digital portfolio, and documenting learning experiences.
Reggio-Inspired Teacher
Systems Little House International Kindergarten. Vietnam.
August 2015 - June 2016
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Stimulated children’s interest where self-discovery and innate discovery was the result.
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Fostered children as individuals who are able to construct their own learning by interacting with others in their environment, while becoming empathetic communicators.
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Created weekly newsletters showcasing students' discoveries and developments as child-led approaches that can be adapted at home.
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Produced documentation for special classroom projects which explained individual children’s thoughts, their understanding of the world, thus, showing transformation in their discoveries and perspectives.
Bilingual Reading Specialist
Walnut Creek Elementary. Austin ISD. Texas, USA.
January 2012 - July 2014
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Supported the development and implementation of curriculum, instruction, and assessments across all elementary grade levels.
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Facilitated learning in the classroom by assisting instruction while modeling lessons for teachers, evaluating delivery of instruction, and offering ideas for the application of differentiated support.
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Collaborated in implementing new technologies that enhanced students’ academic engagement, while promoting project-based instruction.
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Evaluated student performance by maintaining records of their progress, and created lessons responsive to the targeted academic and individual needs.
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Developed training for new and existing teachers in the application of the Language Arts curriculum by creating professional development sessions.
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Attended weekly meetings as part of the campus’ administration team, presenting students' individual needs through data analysis.
Bilingual Primary Teacher
Manor Elementary. Manor ISD. Texas, USA.
August 2009 - July 2011
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Developed and implemented lesson plans that fulfilled the requirements of district’s curriculum aligned with state academic standards in all subjects.
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Reflected accommodations for differences in students’ learning styles.
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Applied project-based learning strategies for content-area subjects.
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Transitioned students from Spanish to English instruction fostering the continuous development of the mother-tongue.
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Conducted ongoing informal and formal assessments analyzing students' individual needs.
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Worked cooperatively with grade-level team to create meaningful lessons.
Education
Masters in Education
Lamar University. Texas, United States.
June 2017 - December 2018
Teacher Leadership.
Yoga Teacher Certification
Zenith Yoga. Hanoi, Vietnam.
September 2016 - April 2017
200 Hr Hatha Yoga studies: philosophy, technique, anatomy.
Teaching Certification
Huston-Tillotson University. Texas, United States.
January 2008 - April 2009
Early Childhood and Primary Years Bilingual Education (Spanish).
Bachelor of Arts
Tadeo Lozano University. Bogota, Colombia.
January 2000 - May 2005
Major in Graphic Design
Study of visual communication, humanities, and design.
Conferences &
Workshops
The Inquiry Educators Summit 2022- Toddle
Early Years Strategy Session- Presenter
The Beauty of Uncertainty.
March, 2022
21st CLHK Conference
Early Years Strand- Presenter
When Walls Speak: Documentation as a catalyst for reflection.
Rescheduled due to COVID19 - Hong Kong - January 18-30, 2021
MORE Latinamerica
Non-profit organization that empowers the Latin community- Presenter
MASTERCLASS: Healing the Inner Child to Parent with Compassion
Online workshop. October 7, 2020.
Apple Education South East Asia
Innovation at School- Presenter
CLIPS: Video Documentation as a way to amplify student voice
NIST International School, Bangkok. November 2019
Lifelong Learning
Aesthetic Education for Democracy
Opal School - Portland, USA.
Jan - Feb. 2021. Online
Developing your Story Workshop
Opal School - Portland, USA.
Oct - Dec. 2020. Online
Children and the Digital
Reggio Children Italy (Webinar)
October 22, 2020
How To Amplify PYP Essentials in Whole Group Instruction
Erin Kent Consulting - Tonya Gilchrist
Asynchronous Webinar
September 20, 2020
Design as a dialogue between adults & children and children & children
Reggio Children Italy (Webinar)
September 22, 2020
Music & Children
Reggio Children Italy (Webinar)
July 22, 2020
Opal School Summer Symposium:
An Ecology of Listening
Opal School (online)
Portland, USA.
June-July, 2020
Making the PYP Happen: Implementing Agency -Category 1
NIST International School
Bangkok, Thailand.
September 20-22, 2019
How Virtual Reality Works
University of California San Diego
EdX MOOC
July - August 2019
Apple Learning Series: Everyone can Create, Everyone can Code, Accessibility, Visioning.
Apple South Asia
Bangkok, Thailand.
November 2018 - May 2019
Reggio Emilia Principles and Values Workshop by Dr. Stefania Giamminuti
Knowledge Source Institute
Chiang Mai, Thailand
November 17-20, 2018
Design & Development of Educational Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
April - May 2017
EdX MOOC
Gifted & Talented Education
2010 and 2011.
Texas. USA
Pedagogical Methods
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Driven by an Ecology of Listening
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Socio-emotional learning focus
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Socio-constructivist approaches
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Documentation practices as a reflective focus with children
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Reggio Emilia foundations to nurture and advocate for the Image of the Child
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Provocation encounters
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Inquiry-Mindset
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Transdisciplinary learning
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ATLs to guide learning experiences
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Agentic student empowerment
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Student-centered instruction
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STEM integration
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Artistic and aesthetic focus
Accomplishments
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SDG Ambassador implementing the Global Goals into inquiry units.
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Chosen as part of 11 classrooms around the world to present a Take Action project for the Take Action Global organization and the United Nations
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Technology leader for WASC accreditation committee 2019-2020
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Implemented and co-founded a Reggio-inspired preschool at ISE.
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Delivery and preparation of Accessibility workshop with iPad device for parents and teachers.
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Created animation club as an after school activity in ISE.
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Community yoga classes at ISE.
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Yoga instructor for children, teenagers, and family programs in a Yoga studio.
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Campus facilitator and liaison for the district’s grant program at Austin ISD.
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Director and curriculum developer for the Summer school programs of 2012 and 2013 at Walnut Creek Elementary.
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Translated curriculum for the science department of English Language Learners in Austin ISD.