Summary
Overview
📌 Core Strengths
📌 Career Highlights
Work history
Education
Skills
Timeline
📌 Publications & Presentations
References
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HANNAH KATE MURPHY

HANNAH KATE MURPHY

HCMC,Vietnam

Summary

Accomplished professional with expertise in curriculum design and innovation, concept-based planning, and instructional leadership. Demonstrates proficiency in integrating EdTech solutions and aligning school vision with international education standards. Skilled in research-driven practice, impact measurement, and safeguarding compliance. Committed to advancing global perspectives and metacognition in learning through effective teacher training and change management strategies.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
9
9

Years in teacher training, coaching, & curriculum leadership

📌 Core Strengths

  • Curriculum design & innovation (IB frameworks, CCSS, UDL)
  • Concept-based planning & metacognitive strategies
  • Learning coaching & teacher training
  • Research-driven practice & impact measurement
  • EdTech integration (Seesaw, MIEE, Google Education, Canva)
  • Safeguarding & compliance (TES, up-to-date)
  • International education & global perspectives

📌 Career Highlights

  • Designed and implemented the Learning Success Curriculum, bridging SEL and academic rigor, and embedding soft skills, global citizenship, media literacy, financial literacy, and human-centered thinking.
  • Explored and integrated IB best practices, including ATLs and Learner Profiles, for vertical skills progression across grade levels.
  • Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIEE) and Seesaw Ambassador, championing EdTech adoption for effective remote and blended learning.
  • Led transformative teacher training for Vietnamese primary teachers, improving pedagogy and student outcomes in Maths and Science in English.
  • Presented original research on Extensive Reading at CAMTESOL International Teacher Conference.

Work history

Curriculum Development Manager

Wellspring Saigon International Bilingual School
HCMC
01.2022 - 07.2025
  • Designed and launched the Learning Success Curriculum, now entering Year 3 of full implementation across 9 grade levels (Grades 1–9). The curriculum bridges SEL and academic rigour, integrating IB Approaches to Learning (ATLs), Learner Profiles, and concept-based inquiry to develop students’ soft skills, global perspectives, and lifelong learning competencies.
  • Developed clear curriculum frameworks, unit guides, and schemes of work aligned with CCSS and international best practice.
  • Scaled curriculum resources, differentiated materials, and research-informed strategies by approximately 400–500% year on year within a 36-week academic year, following a spiral vertical alignment consistent with IB, concept-based, and standards-based learning principles.
  • Conducted regular student surveys (1,000 students) and feedback cycles to ensure the curriculum remains responsive, inclusive, and meaningful.
  • Provided teachers with ongoing professional development and coaching, embedding best practice through classroom modelling and collaborative reflection.

Grade 3 ELA & Science Teacher

Wellspring Saigon International Bilingual School
HCMC
01.2019 - 01.2022
  • Championed Seesaw integration for high-quality remote and blended learning during COVID-19.
  • Created and implemented clear protocols, teaching norms, and formative assessment tools aligned with international and Vietnamese standards.
  • Delivered student-centred lessons aligned with CCSS, supporting bilingual learners with differentiated strategies.
  • Built strong parent partnerships and feedback channels to ensure consistent progress.

Teacher Training Manager

EMG Education
HCMC
01.2016 - 01.2019
  • Designed and delivered a 2-year, 864-hour teacher training programme with only two weeks’ annual break, ensuring continuous professional development for ~100 DOET-selected teachers.
  • Commissioned by MOET to create and deliver three intensive 60-hour teacher training courses for ~250 high school teachers plus middle and primary cohorts, covering Active Learning, Six Thinking Hats, Critical Thinking, Bloom’s Taxonomy, DI, and STEAM.
  • Designed and delivered onboarding for ~120 new teachers, two full-day induction sessions and a series of five workshops on classroom management, student engagement, assessment, and differentiation.
  • Delivered PTE General & PTE YL test prep, conducted 100+ PTE Gen and 30+ PTE YL speaking tests as a certified interlocutor, and presented test information sessions to district teachers and school leaders

Additional Teaching Roles

01.2011 - 01.2016
  • Taught diverse learner groups across primary and ESP contexts, integrating modern methodologies and EdTech.
  • Developed and adapted curriculum materials for phonics and ESP programmes aligned with national standards.
  • Fostered inclusive, learner-centred practice for students of varied backgrounds.

Station Assistant

Absolute/Virgin Radio
London
01.2006 - 01.2009
  • Assisted production, programming, artist management, and events, showcasing strong organisational and communication skills.

Educational Sales Executive

Arberry Pink
London
01.2004 - 01.2005
  • Developed customer loyalty with excellent customer service, leading to repeat business.

Educational Publishinh Sales Executive

The Independent Newspaper
London, England
06.2003 - 01.2004
  • Delivered engaging sales presentations at industry events to attract potential customers and partners.

Education

UDL Practitioner Certificate - Education & Learning

Harvard Graduate School of Education
Online
12.2024

Instructional Leadership Certificate - Education

Harvard Graduate School of Education
Online
10.2024

Teacher Training Certificate - Education

International House
London
01.2024

International PGCE - Education

University of Derby
Derby
04.2022 - 05.2023

CELTA - Education

International House
London
2005

BA (Hons) - Media Production & Journalism

University of Lincoln
Lincoln
05.2003

Skills

  • Curriculum design & innovation
  • Concept-based planning
  • Metacognition in learning
  • Learning coaching & Teacher training
  • Research-driven practice
  • Impact measurement
  • EdTech integration
  • Safeguarding
  • Compliance
  • International education
  • Global perspectives

Timeline

International PGCE - Education

University of Derby
04.2022 - 05.2023

Curriculum Development Manager

Wellspring Saigon International Bilingual School
01.2022 - 07.2025

Grade 3 ELA & Science Teacher

Wellspring Saigon International Bilingual School
01.2019 - 01.2022

Teacher Training Manager

EMG Education
01.2016 - 01.2019

Additional Teaching Roles

01.2011 - 01.2016

Station Assistant

Absolute/Virgin Radio
01.2006 - 01.2009

Educational Sales Executive

Arberry Pink
01.2004 - 01.2005

Educational Publishinh Sales Executive

The Independent Newspaper
06.2003 - 01.2004

UDL Practitioner Certificate - Education & Learning

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Instructional Leadership Certificate - Education

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Teacher Training Certificate - Education

International House

CELTA - Education

International House

BA (Hons) - Media Production & Journalism

University of Lincoln

📌 Publications & Presentations

  • Finalist, “The UNESCO Happy School Framework Meets the Six Thinking Hats: Cultivating Holistic Development at Wellspring Saigon International Bilingual School”, presented at Wellspring Annual Innovation Showcase "Winnovators" (co-authored with Jozanne Holthausen, Hannah Kate Murphy, Matthew Bauer).
  • Finalist, “WISER Wallets — The WISer Money Mission: Save, Spend, Succeed!”, selected for Education Pitch – New School Initiative, Wellspring Annual Innovation Showcase "Winnovators" (Hannah Kate Murphy, Matthew Bauer, Thomas Vuong).
  • “Exploring Stories: Extensive Reading and Literature Circles,” presented at CamTESOL 2015 International Teacher Conference. (Hannah Murphy and Seamus Butler)

References

References available upon request.

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