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.I am a Primary School (Elementary School) Teacher by profession from the English-speaking Caribbean Island of Trinidad and Tobago. I attended high school at St. Francois Girl's College and later trained as a primary school teacher at the Government Teacher's Training College in Port of Spain, Trinidad. I taught at primary schools in Port of Spain for 13 years. In 1985, I moved to Vienna Austria when my husband took up a position with an international organization there. I was a substitute teacher at the Vienna International School at the primary school level and also a substitute teacher at the American International School (Vienna) in the Middle and Upper Schools where I taught Economics, Mathematics and History. I was later employed by the "Stadtschulrat fur Wien" (The Vienna School Board) and taught English at one of its bilingual primary schools, Volksschule Donau-City from 1999 to 2001. In the United States, I taught grades 6 & 8 Mathematics and Science at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union in West Orange, New Jersey, grade 4 at the Saint Joseph's Elementary School in Maplewood, New Jersey and grades 7 and 8 at the Child School and Legacy High School on Roosevelt Island in New York.
I have a keen interest in the field of Education and I am presently a post-graduate student of the Open University studying for a Master of Arts Degree in Education. I served as a member of the Committee on the Assessment of Student Learning, one of several committees set up in connection with the re-accreditation exercise undertaken by the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) at the Vienna International School in 1998.
I studied Economic History at the University of London in the United Kingdom and Economics at the University of the West Indies, (U.W.I.) St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago.
For my professional development, I attend various seminars and workshops in the teaching of English and Mathematics. For example in August 1995, I participated in a workshop entitled Mathematics, A Way of Thinking organized in Orlando, Florida by the Center For Innovation in Education. In July 1999, I also attended the National Education Association (NEA) 106th Congress in Orlando, Florida, USA. Details of my experience and educational background of interest to fellow educators can be found on my resume.
A professional profile with further details of my experience and subject area interests for the information of interested persons have been included on this web site. I am particularly interested in making contact with teachers around the world who share similar educational interests.
I am married with two children, a daughter, Derissa Folasade Raynold (15), and a son, Dhelon Curtis Neilssen Raynold (18).
