Charis Kwok

I am an enthusiastic early childhood teacher who loves to engage and interact with children through speaks, actions and body language. I have a range of experience, from assisting classroom teachers, during my practicum period and my part time job. Over the years, I have worked with children ranging from 2 to 6 years old, and this has enhanced my understanding in child development. With my enthusiasm and positivity towards teaching, I enable myself to inspire and motivate children to become a learner who enjoy exploring their own learning environments and searching their own answers. I always want to provide children with a good quality and positive learning experiences. Also, I love to work with children with a wide spectrum of special educational needs and learning differences which supporting them to learn with languages difficulties, attentional and behavioral issues. Through my experience, I learnt how to use different individual plan to help them in class.

Teaching Activity Leader                                                                                                                              May - July 2022

Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery                                                                                     United Kingdom

• Leading workshop especially history storytelling and practical exercise of Egyptian and Roman for children
• Prepared different props for the activity
• Ensured children safety in the museum 

Teacher Assistant (Primary Enrichment Programme)                                                                                    Mar - Apr 2022

University of Exeter                                                                                                                                    United Kingdom

• Listening to children read, reading to them or telling them stories
• Helping children who need extra support to complete tasks especially children with special educational needs
• Supporting teachers in managing class behaviour and ensured children safety in the classroom

Student Teacher                                                                                                                                                       Jul 2020

Child Development Centre                                                                                                                                Hong Kong 
- Designed Individualise Education Programme plan for children with different special educational needs

- Proposed a digital learning platform Moodle and persuaded by the subject panel and adopted. To show fellow teachers and children the benefits of the platform and "how to amaze" them. Created a presentation slide and use case example. 

Student Teacher                                                                                                                                            Apr - May 2019

Fairchild Nursey and Kindergarten                                                                                                                  Hong Kong

• Implemented teaching plan in the classroom and make sure the plans were according to children ‘s interest 
• Co-constructing with children and gave control to them to find their own interest by giving them direction 

Student Teacher                                                                                                                                                     Nov 2018

Homantin Yang Memorial Methodist Pre-School                                                                                            Hong Kong

- Taught 1 infant class (3 to 6-year-old students) in English (Verbal reasoning), Non-verbal and Math, 25 classes/ week. 

- Took initiative to perform online and academic research to plan and lead innovative and interactive teaching activities, e.g.
  cooking, physical activities. 

- Proposed, developed e-learning resources for English (verbal reasoning), Music learning using Kahoot, Google Classroom, 
  Padlet, Nearpod, PowerPoint for games, independently. To design educational content for children in class. 

- Ensured the well-being of the children in the classroom, especially safety and hygiene  

Student Teacher                                                                                                                                                 March 2018

Yew Chung International School (Early Childhood)                                                                                      Hong Kong

• Design curriculum for children in class (play-based curriculum based on child’s interest like cooking)
• Daily teaching (physical activities in outdoor area and read storybooks)

MA Special Educational Needs                                                                                                            

University of Exeter    

Sep 2021- Sep 2022                                                                                                                  Exeter, United Kingdom

BSc Applied Child-Development (Achieved: 2:1 honour)                                                                     

The University of Hong Kong

Sep 2019- Jun 2021                                                                                                                           Hong Kong