My name is Carly Sutherland and I was born and raised in Tsawwassen, British Columbia. I always knew that one day I would have a career that was focused on helping people but becoming a teacher was surprisingly not on my mind until I was in my second year of University. As I went through Elementary School and High School, I was certain that I would go to Nursing school after graduating from High School; however, this quickly changed when I found out the summer before my first year of University that the sight of someone else bleeding causes me to faint. Upon this realization about myself, I enrolled myself in business courses at Thompson Rivers University in 2016. After my first year of taking business courses, and failing 2 of them, I knew that business was not the right career path for me and I switched into the Bachelor of Arts. I enrolled myself into a wide variety of courses to figure out what interested me and I began to gravitate towards Sociology courses. After I found out that Sociology interested me, I decided to take the Myers-Briggs Personality test and my results were ENFJ (extraverted, intuitive, feeling, judging) and the career that best matched this personality was teaching. This was the light-bulb moment for me where I felt that I had finally figured out the career I wanted. A career in teaching meant I get to help people and be around kids and I began my journey towards this wonderful job. After attaining 90 credits of post-secondary studies, I applied to the education program at Thompson Rivers University and I am currently finishing up my first year of the Bachelor of Education program.

January 2019, I began volunteering in School District No.73. I was a Teaching Assistant in a grade 2/3 class and a noon hour supervisor at Pacific Way Elementary School. During my time in the grade 2/3 classroom, I helped students with their work one on one and in small groups, I read books with students, I assisted during Library block and Gym block, and I marked the students work during recess and assisted the teacher’s prep work. During my time as a noon hour supervisor, I made sure the students were playing safe and helped the students with any issues they encountered. The students I supervised during this time ranged from kindergarten to grade 7.

When I am not working or doing homework, I am enjoying time with my family, friends, on a walk or hike, baking, reading a book, or doing a puzzle; the simple things in life that make me happy.