Daniel: United Kingdom: Feb 03, 2020

I am a highly passionate English literature graduate with 2 and a half years of
classroom experience alongside a TrinityCert TESOL certificate that I gained while studying at the English Teacher Training College in Austria. While studying there I was introduced to, and immersed in, a wide variety of educational theories and methodologies. My theoretical background in education was then complemented during my time in Austria where I was privileged enough to be given the opportunity to teach a widely divergent set of students that encompassed beginner level students to upper-intermediate level students (A1-B2 on the Common European Framework). In order to meet the language learning needs of such a disparate and contrasting set of learners I had to refine, adapt and successfully apply the methodologies I was introduced to. This experience has given me a rich grounding in education which has been perfectly complemented by my time at First Leap in China where my pre-existing theoretical knowledge has allowed me to successfully navigate the problems I faced in applying teaching methodologies to new students that have different learning needs, and possess a different linguistic structure than what I was previously exposed to when I gained my teaching qualification.

After a year and a half teaching for a nationally expanding teaching company in China – First Leap – I was awarded a promotion to Teacher Advisor after attending a rigorous management-based training course administered by my company. As a Teacher Advisor, I am responsible for the professional development of all teachers in four First Leap centers across Beijing. As a part of my role, I utilise my theoretical and practical teaching knowledge in one-to-one and group training while administering assessments of teachers to establish a consistently high level of teaching quality across the region.

Throughout my employment history in Austria and China I have proved I am very adaptable to new cultures, and I am ready to immerse myself in a new compelling culture to continue my personal and professional development.