Tim Duncan

Experience

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  Auburn School District

  Aug 1998 - Jun 2002

  Special Education Teacher

  This position involved the founding and maintenance of an adaptive behavior program to improve the emotional health and academic performance of elementary students formally identified as having severe behavioral disabilities.

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  North Jakarta International School

  Aug 2002 - Jun 2010

  This position involved general problem solving activities for the school, running staff meetings, duties and after-school activities scheduling, and development of cooperative based school field days. This position involved the use of project based learning experiences and researched based practices to instruct English language learner students in Writing, Reading, Math, Science, and Social Studies. This position also allowed for extensive involvement in extracurricular activities such as athletics coaching, drama productions, writing club, and student council sponsor.

  • Lower School Liaison

    Aug 2008 - Jun 2010

  • Elementary Homeroom Teacher

    Aug 2002 - Jun 2010
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  Awsaj Academy, Qatar Foundation

  Sept 2012 - now

  This position required the extensive use of researched based, direct instruction strategies and programs - such as Corrective Reading and Direct Instruction in Spoken English - to teach Reading, Writing, Math, and Science to English language learner students with learning disabilities. This position involved general problem solving activities for the school, running staff meetings, active participation in developing the school's improvement plan, improving new teacher orientation practices, class and duties scheduling, overseas ordering of materials, teacher training in behavior management, extensive curriculum development in Math, and developing parent-student induction day.

  • Special Education Homeroom Teacher

    Aug 2010 - now

  • Academic Coordinator

    Sept 2012 - Jun 2014