Past Jobs

Teaching is my life and I've always wanted to become a teacher.

I graduated as a Spanish teacher but at the time there were no vacancies, but I also loved teaching young children so I started working as a Primary School teacher.

I believe in lifelong education, so I've been doing other courses along the years to keep myself adjourned and motivated in teaching.

eLearning Peripatetic Teacher

After sitting for a Diploma in IT in Primary Education, I started working as an eLearning Peripatetic Teacher. I used to go to different schools, given demonstration lessons to help teachers adapt in integrating ICT in their teaching. I also helped in project work being carried out by the schools and gave teacher training sessions as requested.

eLearning Support Teacher

A couple of years later I changed my role to a Support teacher, which gave me the opportunity of organizing more teacher training courses, including INSET courses for various year group teachers. I also created resources for teachers to use.

ICT Inset 07 - Promoting Reading Through ICT in Year 3 (Reading Development Library 1 & 2)

Innovative Pedagogies Inset 08 - Using ICT as an Effective and Motivating Tool for Learning (Print Shop Essentials, Microsoft Movie Maker, Stop Motion Pro)

eTwinning Coordinator

Whilst being an eLearning Support teacher, I was given the role of acting as the eTwinning Coordinator for Malta. eTwinning is a platform for schools and teachers all over Europe to communicate and collaborate together. The Central Support Service for eTwinning are part of the European Commission and every country had the National Support Service. My job was to draw an action plan for the coming year including how the budget allotted to Malta would be spent. This had to include teacher training, promotion for the use of eTwinning, Bi-lateral or Multi-lateral Seminars with other countries hosted in Malta or selecting teachers to attend seminars or conferences hosted in Europe. Another task was to write a detailed final report at the end of the year including all accounting done throughout the year.

Here are some key activities I attended or organized:

17-19 October 2008

eTwinning Professional Development Workshops for Ambassadors, Ischia, Italy.

Opening ceremony by Central Support Services members, Santi Simeca and Anne Gilleran

21 November 2008

eTwinning National Awards Ceremony and New eTwinning Portal Seminar organized at St. Claire College, Pembroke Secondary School

21-23 November 2008

eTwinning Bi-Lateral Professional Development Workshops – Italy & Malta (for Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary teachers) hosted at eLearning Centre, Floriana

Workshops for Italian and Maltese teachers about various online tools to be used in projects, including StopMotion Animation

Showing off certificates at end of Professional Development sessions

Outing to Marsaxlokk organized for the Italian teachers

13-16 February 2009

eTwinning Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic

Opening Ceremony speaker

The Maltese delegation made of Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary teachers, an Assistant Head and an Education Officer.

The Maltese stand showcasing eTwinning project work by Maltese Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary teachers together with a taste of Maltese food

30 March 2009

eTwinning Seminar for Kindergarten Teachers hosted at the eLearning Centre, Floriana

Explaining the eTwinning portal and how to start projects

Session by eTwinning ambassador Maria Antoinette Magro about Voki online software which can be used for online projects

Group photo

19 May 2009

eTwinning StopMotion Animation workshop at Gozo College, Sannat Primary for Year 5 and Year 6 classes

24 July 2009

eTwinning ShareIT Seminar hosted at the eLearning Centre, Floriana

Teachers with eTwinning Projects sharing their work with others

26 February 2010

TwinSpace Seminar hosted at the eLearning Centre, Floriana

Lab ready for seminar, with packages containing notes and eTwinning promotional items to be distributed to each participant

Session delivered by eTwinning ambassador Miriam Schembri where attendees had time for hands-on using TwinSpace (the platform each project gets on which work can be shared among the partners)

18-20 March 2010

eTwinning Early Years Contact Seminar, Malta for Kindergarten teachers or SMT members from Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic and Malta

Ice-breakers held at Excelsior Hotel, Floriana where foreign participants were residing

Opening ceremony by Director of CMeLD, Mr. R.J. Camilleri and welcome drinks held at Excelsior Hotel, Floriana

Workshops held at eLearning Centre, Floriana

Excursion and digital photography treasure hunt in Mdina to collect photos to be used in another workshop afterwards

Group photo

18-24 May 2010

eTwinning participating at EMBED

eTwinning stand with project work gathered from Kindergartens, Primary and Secondary schools, including competition materials sent to the National Support Service

Interactive activity on stand with digital microscope

School children visiting eTwinning stand using Flashmeeting to talk to students in Italy and France.

Winners of eTwinning carnival StopMotion animation competition invited and awarded

Various workshop seminars organized and sponsored by eTwinning carried out during EMBED week in the evenings for Maltese and Gozitan Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary teachers.

24 May 2010

eTwinning National Awards Ceremony in conjunction with EMBED Awards