I'm Paige, a Canadian-certified teacher and inclusion coordinator with eight years of classroom experience across Canada and Southeast Asia. I help schools build inclusive learning environments where all students feel valued, supported, and encouraged.
I started teaching in 2016 in a small coastal city in central Vietnam, standing in front of a classroom of curious kids who didn't share my language. That experience taught me the importance of building meaningful connections that bridge diverse cultures, and it has shaped my teaching philosophy ever since.
Since then, I've taught secondary English and Humanities in international schools, worked as an ELL and learning support teacher at a Classical Academy in Calgary, and served a BC public district as a substitute specializing in alternative education environments. I'm currently the Inclusion Coordinator at Brookes Westshore School in Victoria, where I develop IEPs and support neurodivergent learners and English language learners.
I'm currently completing a Post-Graduate Certificate in Inclusive Education at Queen's, one step of many in a lifelong learning journey. After this, I'm planning to move on to a Master's in Inclusive Education.
I use the Universal Design for Learning framework to make sure no student gets left behind. Every lesson is built with different learners in mind from the start.
I build lessons with inquiry-based learning at the foundation. My job isn't to hand over the answers, it's to ask good questions and create the space for students to find their own.
The best learning happens in relationship; with the material, with each other, and with the world outside the classroom. I build lessons that connect to students' lives, not just the curriculum.
The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be reformed — it needs to be transformed. The key to this transformation is not to standardize education, but to personalize it, to build achievement on discovering the individual talents of each child, to put students in an environment where they want to learn and where they can naturally discover their true passions.
Developing IEPs and coordinating supports for neurodivergent students and English language learners across the school.
Specializing in alternative and Indigenous education environments and classrooms supporting students with complex social-emotional and learning needs.
Co-wrote IEPs with homeroom teachers and families, delivered pull-out and push-in support, and adapted curricula across subjects.
Taught secondary English and Humanities through inquiry-based and hands-on learning aligned to the BC curriculum.
Planned and delivered secondary English units aligned to the Ontario Curriculum for Vietnamese bilingual students.
Taught a range of age groups and ability levels, and used technology-based methods for both formative and summative assessment.
Developed and taught curricula for elementary and secondary students, and co-facilitated recruitment conferences for the local community.
Hiring for an inclusion, learning support, or English teaching role? I'd love to hear about it.