Kingsway College School | Our Academic Program

Developing Lifelong Learners

KCS offers both a rigorous and supportive academic culture because students deserve both. Students know that performance matters and they strive to do their best, accepting guidance on how to do so.

But of course, the learning process is just as essential as their performance. So they are encouraged to take risks and see their mistakes as opportunities for further learning.

KCS offers a rich program in academics, arts, athletics and citizenship. We are also firmly committed to our students’ health – physical, mental, intellectual and emotional. We work to nurture a culture that honours the importance of all these elements, creating unique opportunities and processes so that a child’s experience at school is the best it can be.

Meet our Assistant Head, Academics

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Matina Mosun

Assistant Head, Academics
Bio
Number of years teaching: 11
Number of years at KCS: 9

Please describe something unique about your educational background or career related experience.
I studied classical piano from a young age and enjoyed the challenge that it brought right through my first degree when I studied piano performance. Once I completed my fine arts degree, I began teaching piano privately with students ranging from young children to adults. When my own children were quite young, I returned to school to obtain my teaching degree. As a teacher, I was passionate about meeting each student’s individual needs and focused my master’s thesis on grade 1 struggling readers. I grew increasingly interested in collaboration and the potential it has for both student and teacher learning. My doctoral research in educational leadership and policy focused on teachers' perspectives about learning through collaborative experiences and how teachers learn to adapt their practice to meet their students' individual needs.

I love teaching because...
Teaching provides countless opportunities to learn from and with others.

What are you most passionate about professionally and personally?
I’m passionate about student engagement and impact, and this spills over to family discussions. I love discussing big ideas with my own kids and learning about their perspectives of the world.

Which of the Habits of Mind, Body and Action do you most align with and why?
Persist - because it is integral to realizing my goals.

If you had the time, what would you love to learn more about?
If I had the time, I would love to travel more with the aim of learning more about food, language, and culture.

What is your favourite quote?
"Arriving at one goal is the starting point of another." John Dewey

What do you like to do in your spare time when you are not teaching?
I love to travel with my family. If I'm in Toronto, nothing beats a walk in High Park or a jog along the lakeshore with my dog, Daisy.

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