Meet Our Teachers
their entire curriculum in English. She later worked
academically and personally. “She always shares
and volunteered in an Australian Indigenous com- her knowledge and experience with everyone, not
munity as a teacher-librarian and developed and just the students,” Kacy said. “She takes on more
managed resources as the Head Teacher-Librarian responsibility than she actually needs to. When
and Head of Department Resources for a newly working with Extended Essay students, she uses
minted International Baccalaureate (IB) program her personal time to assist the students. The way
in Queensland, Australia before eventually arriving she talks with the students and the devotion she
in China. Her time in China has expanded her world shows to her work stems from her compassionate
view and enabled her to apply strong leadership nature.”
skills with compassion in a completely new envi-
ronment. Trisha stands firmly by her message that Trisha always encourages students to pursue their
teaching is not solely relegated to the classroom or academic passions and she provides students with
to those who have the luxury of holding positions the necessary skills to develop a strong sense of
as teachers. empowerment on their educational journeys. “The
biggest difference Mrs. Power makes is that she
“We are all teachers,” Trisha remarked. “There are often guides us to think critically about what we
a lot of teaching moments that don’t only happen have learned, whether through group discussions
in the classroom. For example, during Keystone’s or individually,” Grade 12 student Cindy Liang said.
Experiential Learning Program trips, the teachable “Now that I have completed my IB Extended Essay
moments are the ones where you learn with the and have had the chance to do academic research, I
student outside of the classroom and then reflect feel empowered by the infinite learning opportuni-
deeply about those experiences together.” ties and knowledge that she guided me to.”
“Sometimes, we think we can just learn by reading a
Lessons from the Classroom book or learn by being in a classroom… but there are
and Cultivating Curiosity so many places and ways to learn. Our current edu-
As an experienced librarian, Trisha makes excellent to view curiosity in different ways,” Trisha said.
use of her background in academic research to “There are lots of opportunities [at Keystone] and
increase student engagement in the classroom and the diversity of speakers that come to the school
foster intellectual curiosity. At Mountain Creek is fantastic. Students make amazing connections
cational system does not encourage that so we have
Senior High School in Mooloolaba in Queensland, here that feed into that creative and curious spirit.
she was the IBDP Coordinator for 150 students. She It is wonderful to be able to nurture that in our
developed strong curriculum offerings based on students.”
student interest, staffing expertise, and university
and career requirements. She introduced new sub-
jects such as theatre, environmental systems, and
Conscious Educator
psychology, and partnered with nearby universities
to assist students in their research and method-
ological practices for their IB Extended Essay topics.
“As an educator, I think you’ve got to have the
confidence that you don’t know everything but that
you’ve still got something to give and the gener-
At Keystone, she teaches IB Theory of Knowledge
osity to give back,” Trisha commented. “It’s about
with Director of Libraries, Kacy Song, using taking yourself out of the center and seeing what
her past experiences to guide her students both someone else may need. I’ve been involved in many
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