Name: Ryan Ewaskiw
Nationality: Canadian
How would you describe your teaching style?
I believe in a balanced approach to education and life in general. I really enjoy being innovative and developing student driven project-based learning ‘real life applications’. I am always looking for new ways to grab students’ attention and have them dive deep into their learning environments.
Why did you decide to become a teacher?
I come from a teaching and education family background. I enjoy the learning process and I wanted to be able to share my passion and talent for the arts and technology with young people. It was my dream to be able to work with students and provide as many positive and exciting learning opportunities as some of my favourite educators had done for me whilst I was growing up.
Your best moment as a teacher?
Any time my students have had a highly successful performance or produced some amazing work, you know all the administrative work and other challenges make it all worth the effort!
One sentence of advice to someone wanting to enter the profession?
Be a reflective practitioner and focus your professional development on a few key effective teaching strategies at a time and develop a deep understanding of how they improve student learning.
What would your life quote be?
“Our job is to teach the students we have. Not the ones we would like to have. Not the ones we used to have. Those we have right now.” - Dr Kevin Maxwell.
Ryan Ewaskiw is Deputy Head of Primary at Jumeira Baccalaureate School.