Taylor Lowe

Email: taylor.lowe@mail.mcgill.ca

Languages
First Language: English Second Language: French
Native speaker Upper Intermediate proficiency

Education
McGill University Frances Kelsey Secondary School
Montreal, Quebec Mill Bay, British Columbia
Faculty of Education – B.Ed. September 2010 – June 2014
Secondary ELA and ERC
September 2014 – Graduating April 2019

Field Experiences
FE1 - EMSB April 2016 (2 Weeks)
• Observed Secondary III and V ELA classes

FE2 – SWLSB April/May 2017 (3 Weeks)

• Observed, assisted, and taught Secondary I and II ELA
• Led small and large groups in literary analysis
• Assisted with supervision duties

FE3 – EMSB September - December 2017 (13 Weeks)

• Taught Secondary III and V ELA and Secondary V Media and Pop Culture
• Took charge of integrating the new Finance course into Contemporary World
• Assisted struggling students in Secondary IV French
• Organized a field trip to the Fine Arts Museum for my Secondary V ELA class
• Participated in Parent-Teacher Interviews
• Provided remediation for students after school and during lunch

FE4 – EMSB February 2019 – April 2019 (7 weeks)

• Planned, taught, and assessed Secondary II and III ELA courses
• Cultivated a reading-response blogging community in all of my ELA classes
• Regularly held extra tutorials to assist students who were falling behind
• Successfully taught students with a variety of special needs including ASD, ADHD,
hearing impairments, speech impairments and dyslexia.

Employment
Young Learners Activities Coordinator
EC English: Montreal, QC April 2018 – August 2018
• Organized daily outings for international students ages 12-17
• Hired, trained and managed the Young Learners team and conducted twice daily
meetings with staff
• Managed activity, travel and catering budgets
• Successfully prepared team for both an internal and external program audit
*Promoted to Young Learners Programme Manager for Summer 2019*
Freelance Tutor
School Success: Montreal, QC January 2018 – June 2018
• Provided in-home and online tutoring for French-speaking ESL students
• Communicated progress and challenges to parents

Summer Camp/After-School Animator

Centre Greene: Montreal, QC March 2015 - July 2015
• Provided animation for children between the ages of 5 and 12 in both after-school care
and summer camp settings
• Supervised campers on outings to the Granby Zoo and the Biodome
• Provided care to campers with special needs such as Autism Spectrum Disorder

Bakery Clerk/Cashier
Country Grocer: Cobble Hill, BC August 2013 - June 2014

Crew Trainer
McDonalds: Duncan, BC January 2012 – August 2013

Volunteer Experience
ESL Conversation Group Leader
Frontier College February 2018 – April 2018
Prepared and led ESL conversation classes for immigrant women in the workplace preparation
program at Petites Mains in Montreal.

Teen Mentor
Big Brothers Big Sisters October 2013 - June 2014
Worked with an at-risk grade 5 student once a week, assisted with homework, provided social and
emotional support to the student through talk and play.

Kindergarten Class Assistant October 2013 - May 2014

École Cobble Hill
Provided 100 hours of in-classroom assistance to a French Immersion kindergarten teacher
through a work experience program at my secondary school.

Professional Development and Educational Technology Abilities

Certifications
• First Aid/CPR • WordPress, Weebly
• Teachers Sex-Ed Tool Kit (ACCM) • Google Classroom, Mighty Network
• Google forms, docs, slides and sheets
Skills and Interests • Kahoot, Mentimeter
• Culinary Arts • Smart board, iPad,
• Event/Program Planning • iMovie, Book Creator, Adobe Spark,
• City Biking Animoto

References available upon request.