Thoolasi Kanesin

• Course coordinator for the Diploma in Early Childhood programmes.
• Directly involved in preparing assignments, final exam papers, re-sit exam papers and marking scheme.
• Appointing tutors for 5 different regional centers.
• Providing course specific advice to the students.
• Attend and participate in Course Coordinator meetings.
• Prepare annual course reports as required by Academic Senate.
• Boosted students'' critical thinking skills through active learning strategies and problem-solving activities.
• Initiated and facilitated classroom discussions.

APEL (C) Advisor,Assessor & Moderator

Advisor

• Provide guidance and advice to candidates on APEL (C) application procedures.
• Assist candidates in identifying relevant prior experiential learning for credit transfer.
• Support candidates in compiling and preparing their portfolios for submission.

Assessor

• Review and evaluate candidate portfolios against established learning outcomes.
• Conduct assessments through interviews, written evidence, or demonstrations to validate prior learning.
• Ensure fairness, consistency, and transparency in assessment decisions.

Moderator

• Verify the quality and consistency of APEL (C) assessment decisions across assessors.
• Ensure compliance with Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) standards and institutional policies.
• Provide feedback to assessors and recommend improvements in assessment practices.

• Teaching English and Mathematics for children aged 5 years old. Directly involved in preparing lessons based on problem solving approach
• Engaging Special needs children, eg; Autistic in inclusive classroom. Focus on their needs and plan lessons by working along with the learning support.
• Engaging children in one to one and group readings based on their level.
• Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
• Collaborated with the Parent-Teacher Association to address parent concerns and foster a supportive community for student success.

• Oversee and manage school’s day to day operation.
• Guide teachers in lesson plans and observe classes to continuously improve lessons to fit the classroom.
• Successfully helped teachers and staffs to adopt the “7 highly effective habits” which brought a huge improvement to the school system.
• Communicate the vision of the school to all stakeholders, be an active listener, maintain cooperative professional relationships, provide opportunities for two way communication between school and community. Communicate with parents and update them constantly about the school as well as the children’s progress.
• Recruit, hire, train and evaluate all staff members, develop and lead a school Improvement Team, motivate, and provide a positive work environment.
• Supervise the maintenance of all facilities and equipment, identify and plan for future needs, oversee the building safety and emergencies.
• Prepare duty roster for the teachers to run the day smoothly.
• Involved directly in planning of the year end concert.
• Assigned to train teachers on the English program used in school. Sharing experiences and discussions between teachers as well as role playing are done during the training to enhance teachers understanding in implementing the program during the training.

• Teaching Early Childhood Certificate & Diploma Students.
• Directly involved in preparing assignments, final exam papers, re-sit exam papers and the marking scheme. Discussions on the current issues based on early childhood topic, class presentation and hands on learning experience was often used in everyday learning process to instill the student’s better understanding on the various topics taught.
• Subjects taught: Play & Learning, Foundations in Early Childhood, Health, Safety & Nutrition
• Evaluated student progress through regular assessments, providing detailed feedback for improvement and growth.
• Created and designed quizzes, tests and projects to assess student knowledge.

• Teaching English and Mathematics for children aged 3 and 4 years old. Directly involved in preparing lessons based on play based method.
• Conduct research on different personalities and the different learning styles to be adopted in order to optimize the children’s learning.
• Teaching FasTracKids Program for the 4, 5 & 6 years old children.
• Teaching English, Mathematics and Creative writing for children aged 5 and 6 years old. Directly involved in preparing lessons based on the problem solving method.
• Engaging Special needs children, eg; Autistic in inclusive classroom. Focus on their needs and plan lessons based on the IEP (Individualised Education Program)
• Continues discussion with the Special needs consultant regarding the special needs child progress
• Successfully incorporated the ‘6 Thinking Hats’ and Multiple Intelligence method in preparing and teaching the children in class.