My name is Greg Heaney, I am an Australian and this is my fourth year with CIA FIRST. For the last three years, I was fortunate enough to manage the talented and dedicated teachers of our Middle and High School Physical Science department. Before coming to Cambodia, I worked in International Schools in China for 10 years.
Working for CIA FIRST has been the highlight of my teaching career, we have something truly special here that I have not seen anywhere else and I am very proud to be a part of it. The level of engagement of our students and their ability to think critically and independently is something to be truly proud of. While I was teaching, I was a big proponent of the Constructivist method. I believe the best and most meaningful way for students to learn something is by doing it. This fits perfectly into the teaching philosophy here at CIA FIRST in providing students with meaningful transfer goals with real world applications as a fundamental part of our assessment process. As Middle School principal, I see my role as helping these adolescent students through what is a difficult time in their lives as they grow and develop into young adults. That period of their lives has been thrown into even more uncertainty and stress given the current situation we are faced concerning Covid-19, studying online and prolonged isolation. |