Megan Niyonshuti

• Classroom Scale: Managed daily instruction and safety for diverse global cohorts of 10–16 students, representing 5–6 distinct nationalities per room.
• Autonomy Model: Engineered a 100% centre-based, child-led layout; empowered students to navigate independent play, exploration, and self-paced socialisation tasks.
• Language Gains: Accelerated 25–30% of EAL students to confident oral and social English proficiency within 90–120 days via targeted inquiry play, storytelling, role-play, and targeted 1-on-1 interventions.
• Team Supervision & Behaviour: Mentored 100% of assigned teaching assistants on lesson execution, developmental tracking, and the implementation of proactive, positive reinforcement behaviour strategies.
• Community Engagement: Drove parent partnerships by executing morning meetings, cultural celebrations, and collaborative student reading and writing showcase presentations.

• Curriculum Execution: Delivered U.S. Common Core and transdisciplinary standards using highly differentiated, play-based instructional models for diverse student groups.
• Data-Driven Tracking: Run three annual NWEA MAP Growth testing cycles to benchmark, track, and prove early childhood literacy and numeracy growth.
• Targeted Interventions: Managed continuous Fountas & Pinnell (F&P) Leveled Reading assessments and analytical writing rubrics to deliver targeted Readers', Writers', and Workshop growth plans.
• Student Agency: Hosted two annual Parent-Teacher Conferences alongside student-led portfolios, giving children absolute accountability for showcasing their own progress.
• Project-Based Service Learning: Coordinated a cross-curricular clean water project where 100% of students engineered physical water filters, experienced real-world water transit, and completed analytical problem-solving writing workshops.
• Peer Collaboration: Executed a consistent co-teaching model with grade-level educators to share best practices, streamline lesson plans, and differentiate learner support.
• Safeguarding: Maintained a 100% secure learning environment by strictly applying international child protection frameworks and safety training protocols.
• Coordinated regular parent meetings to discuss educational, behavioural and social developments.
• Encouraged early learning development within maths, English and creativity through stories, songs and games.
• Instilled positive values through role-modelling.
• Prepared lesson content and delivery based on curriculum requirements.
• Adapted teaching strategies to accommodate children with special educational needs, ensuring inclusive education.

Targeted Interventions: Provided structured small-group and individual targeted learning interventions to accelerate progress for early years students with diverse academic and language profiles.