1. D a v i d E . S . K . G b o n g b o r
D. Gbongbor Page1
11 Belleview Crescent
Campbellton, NB
E3N 1M7
Home Tel: (506) 753-2370
Cell: (506) 226-0311
E-mail: david.gbongbor@nbed.nb.ca
ACCADEMIC HISTORY
2009-2012 Master of Education (MEd) - Curriculum Studies & Instruction, UNB- Fredericton
2006-2007 Diploma In Advance Undergraduate Studies (DAUS), University of New Brunswick
July/August 2002 Certificate in Web Designing, Africa Information Revolution Through Internet Power, (AIR TIP),
2001-2002 Certificate of Proficiency in Microsoft Word/Excel, Omega training Institute,
1986-1991 B.Sc.Ed, Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone, West Africa
TEACHER CERTIFICATION:
 New Brunswick (NBTA)
 Ontario (OCT)
 Alberta (ATA)
 Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) – England
EMPLOYEMENT/WORK EXPERIENCE
2007- Teacher: Sugarloaf Senior High, Campbellton, NB, Canada
2005-2006 Reservation Sales Agents (AVIS, Cendent)
2004-2007 Long Term Substitute Teaching, School Districts 17 and 18, New Brunswick, Canada
GAMBIA METHODIST ACADEMY
1999-2004 Head of Department (SPR):
 Supervised ten teachers, their work plans and teaching methods
 Counsel about ninety students yearly, in choosing subjects/careers
 Charged with the responsibility for organizing seminars, workshops and science exhibitions
 Responsible for security of all laboratory equipment, cleaning and sorting out old chemicals and reagent bottles
 Instructed and Supervised all labs both for school and West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
Member of Academic Committee:
 Develop & Monitored curriculum that was appropriate to students learning abilities and reflected their needs and
interests
Member of Management Committee:
 Designed a yearly plan for the successful running of all departments
 Provided strong security for school store and library materials
Classroom Teacher:
 Build personal rapport with seven hundred students between ages 11 to 20, forty colleague teachers several parents
from different backgrounds
 Created trusting atmosphere through sensitivity to students’ strength, weaknesses and personal learning styles
 Engaged students through activities designed for maximum interaction in large and small groups
External Examiner, West African Examinations Council, (WAEC):
 Responsible for marking chemistry, core science and security of answered and marked scripts
1997-1999: Classroom Teacher & Head of Department, Mathematics; Kotu Senior Secondary School, The Gambia.
 Responsible for monitoring teachers’ responsibility in planning and delivering instructions
 Taught science and mathematics to students between ages 11 to 17 and designed strategies that improved students’
performance
 Responsible for collecting students’ academic records for external examinations

2. D a v i d E . S . K . G b o n g b o r
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1994-1997: Classroom Teacher & Head of Department, Mathematics; Fatima Senior Secondary School, The Gambia
 Responsible for teaching science and mathematics to students between ages 11 to 17
 Developed a science club where students carried out research/projects and science exhibitions/presentations
 Supervised work plans and teaching methods of eight teachers in the science department
1983-1985 & 1991-1993: Teacher, Koidu Secondary School, Kono District, Sierra Leone
Professional Associations:
2007- 2009: Professional Development Chair: New Brunswick Teachers Association-Branch 1538
 Responsible for designing and organizing professional developments for teachers
 Student Council Advisor, Sugarloaf Senior High School, Campbellton, NB, Ca.
2002-2004: Secretary, Gambia Association of Chemistry Teachers (GACT), The Gambia
 Responsible for organizing professional developments, meetings, workshops, seminars, inter-school science
competitions, keeping records and doing all correspondences.
 To organize in-service/professional developments designed to improve teaching of science at all levels
1991-1993: Member of United Methodist Association of Science Teachers (UMAST); Responsible for planning schemes from
the curriculum for teaching science at all levels. Developed appropriate technology using local materials for lab equipment.
Papers/Books: Author,
 Model Questions and Answers (Chemistry Practical/Labs) for Senior Secondary Schools, 2000
 General Science for Junior Secondary Schools, 1992
 Contributions of Local Herbalists to Health Care Problems in Kono District, Sierra Leone
 Poems
Community Associations:
2013 - - KONSALCAN Inc. [K-PUSH] People United to Save Humanity
2010 - 2013 -President, Restigouche Multicultural Association-Campbellton, NB (RMA)
2005-2007 -President, New Brunswick African Association (NBAA)
2005-2006 -Facilitator, Immigrant workshop for Fredericton City Police
Theme: “Relationship between police and civilians outside Canada”
2014 - - Member of Finance Committee St Thomas Aquinas Parish, Campbellton
2005-2007 -Member of St Dunstan’s Pastoral Council, Fredericton.
2005-2007 -Member of Board of Directors Multicultural Association, Fredericton
1997-2004 -President of Lectors & Taskforce, St. Charles Lwanga Catholic Church, Gambia
 Charged with planning and fixing readings for all church services
 Charged with fund raising for the development of the Parish
1992-1994 -Organizing secretary and Protection Officer, Kono Youth Organization, Sierra Leone
 Responsible for training youths for self help projects and rehabilitation
 Responsible forplanningrehabilitationprograms sponsoredbyCentral Government,foryouth rehabilitationand
development
1992-1994 Secretary, National & Social Mobilization Secretariat (NASMOS), Kono District, Sierra Leone.
1991 – 1992 President of Nala University College Student Union Government, Sierra Leone
1990 -1991 Vice President of Nala University College Student Union Government, Sierra Leone
1989 – 1991 President of Young Catholic Students & International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS) NUC, USL