Just as our children have different strengths, so do our teachers.
Teachers are assigned
to various subjects according to their individual strengths, interests
and specialisms. The children are taught most subjects by their homeroom
teacher, but also receive specialist teaching for other subjects such
as Music, P.E. and Spanish. Coordinators oversee curriculum planning
and ensure that continuity, progression and standards are in accordance
with the British National Curriculum. We strongly believe in the importance
of building closely bonded relationships between children and teachers,
and we consider ourselves very fortunate that our small staff and low
teacher/pupil ratios allow us to do this. We find that our children
happily adapt to different adults and situations from an early age.
Alison Williams
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Director
Teaching Certificate in Primary Education from Derby University,
England: Major subjects: Music and Primary Education. Additional
studies: Open University Degree course, England.
28 years teaching experience in England, Greece and The Turks
and Caicos Islands, including 18 years at Provo Primary School.
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Sian Jones
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Principal / Senior Management Team
First Class Honours Degree in Primary Education from Reading
University, England. Major subjects: Science and Primary Education.
19 years teaching experience in England and The Turks and Caicos
Islands, including 11 years at Provo Primary School. |
Stefanie Twigg
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Support Teacher / Administrative Assistant
Post-graduate Certificate in Education from University College
of Wales, Newport. Higher National Diploma in Business Studies
and Post-graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management, both from
Kingston University, UK.
4 years at Provo Primary as support teacher/admin assistant.
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Karine Dunbavand
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Year 6/7 Teacher /Vice-Principal / Senior
Management Team / Key Stage 2 Coordinator
Primary Diploma in Teaching from Jordanhill
College of Education (Strathclyde University), Glasgow, Scotland;
major subjects: PE and Primary Education. Additional studies -
ICT: RSA certificate; Network Management; NOF trainer.
25 years teaching experience. 22 years teaching across the Primary
Phase in Scotland and England and 3 years at Provo Primary. |
Beki Vargassoff
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Year 5 Teacher
UK BA (Hons) in Primary Education and Physical Education from
University of Winchester.
2 years teaching experience in The UK. First year at Provo Primary.
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Steph Gordon
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Year 3/4 Teacher
UK BEd Hons in History and English Literature from University
of St Mark and St John in Plymouth.
10 years teaching experience in The UK, Vietnam and Hungary.
First year at Provo Primary.
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Mani Nyczka
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Year 2 Teacher
A P.G.C.E. in primary education, a B.A. (Hons.) and a degree
in Visual Art Theory and Education.
15 years teaching experience. 13 years in primary education in
the UK and Europe. 1 year teaching at Provo Primary. |
Clarie
Durack
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Year 1 Teacher
BSc Deaf Studies Degree Post Graduate Certificate in Education
(PGCE) from University of Hertfordshire.
5 years teaching experience in the UK and TCI.
3 years at Provo Primary.
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Kate Edwards
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Year 1 Teacher
UK BEd in Primary Education (hons) specialising in Early Years
Education from University of Bedford.
3 years teaching experience in The UK. First year at Provo Primary.
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Catherine Jenkins
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Year 1 - 7 Teaching Assistant
Wiltshire Education Authority Induction for Teaching Assistants,
Speech and Language and Social Skills.
4 years working as a learning support assistant in St Mark’s
Junior School, Salisbury, UK.
2 years teaching at Provo Primary. |
Tracy deCarufel
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Kindergarten Teacher
Bachelor of Education, Primary/Junior division, and a Special
Education part 1 certificate.
2 years teaching experience. 1 year teaching experience in South
Korea. 1 year teaching at Provo Primary.
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Myrna Pereira
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Junior Kindergarten Teacher
Certificate in Child Day Care. Assistant teacher to primary level
from The Bermuda College, Bermuda.
22 years teaching experience in The Turks and Caicos Islands
and Bermuda, including 5 years working with students with mental
and physical disabilities and 10 years at Provo Primary School.
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Tabrina Handfield
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Junior Kindergarten Assistant
Early Childhood Education Higher Level Certificate from Turks
and Caicos Community College. |
Evieann Barber
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Pre-school Teacher / Early Years Foundataion
Stage Coordinator / Senior Management Team
A MA in Human Development, specializing in Leadership in Education
and College Teaching, a BA in Early Childhood Education and minor
in Anthropology. |
Jeannette Sylvain
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Pre-school Teaching Assistant
Worked at Providenciales Primary School for 12 years. A wealth
of experience working with young children and has five children
of her own.
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Shara Goldsmith
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Grades K-7 Dance and Gymnastics Teacher.
With over twenty years of dance experience in Ballet, Tap, Jazz,
Modern, African, and Twelve years in dance education, Shara very
much enjoys teaching at Provo Primary. She began formal training
in England, and studied at The Royal Academy of Dance, Italia
Conte School of Performing Arts, and The Royal Ballet. In 1991,
she moved back to the Bahamas and studied with Lois Seiler. She
attended 9th grade at the North Carolina School of the Arts in
the USA, but moved back home to finish high school. During this
time Shara became a member of the National Dance Company of the
Bahamas and also taught at the National Dance School. She is a
YMCA Professional, working and volunteering there since she was
just eleven years old, instructing everything from Swimming to
Gymnastics.
Shara has taught for 4 years at Provo Primary.
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Mary Broomhall
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Spanish / Yr 4 and 6/7 Science Teacher
Hons Biology and Geology and PGCE at Manchester University.
6 years teaching experience including 2 years in TCI. First year
at Provo Primary School
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Bonnie Newman
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Visiting Volunteer Teacher
Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from The University
of Wisconsin . Masters Degree in Special Education from Western
Oregon State College.
38 years experience teaching primary and special education students,
including 7 years at Provo Primary School . Miss Bonnie also started
the first diagnostic teaching center for the city of Victoria,
British Columbia.
When Ms Bonnie visits us, usually once or twice a year, she
helps us in all sorts of ways but mostly in the role of a support
teacher. |
| Mark Dunbavand
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Extended Learning Centre /
Year 7 Numeracy Teacher
Degree in Primary Education from Kingston University, England:
Major subjects: RE and Primary Education. Additional studies:
ICT, History and Psychology. 30years teaching experience. 26 years
in England with all ages from 4 – 13, including 12 years
as a Primary School Headteacher. 3 years at Provo Primary.
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