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I’m post-graduate educated from the leading university in Africa, the University of Cape Town, and an EFL qualified teacher. I have experience with private tutoring for a child with learning difficulties; a second language English speaking child in Mumbai; and have volunteered as an English tutor through an NGO at university, where I taught English to small groups of five to ten students from impoverished areas in Cape Town. Similarly, I have also worked as a committee member of an organisation that took children on bi-monthly hikes or camps, where I helped plan and execute environmentally based lessons and form meaningful relationships with children who were otherwise unlikely to have positive role models. I thus have experience teaching, mentoring and caring for children with different needs and backgrounds.
I love to learn, and have a natural inclination toward sharing my knowledge and teaching. As a result of my hard working and committed nature, I always strive to give my best to everything that I do. Because I have lived and worked in international settings, I’m at ease submersing myself in cultures very different to my own and always respectful there of. My work experience has given me good communication, editing, writing, planning and people skills. Moreover, I'm a naturally jovial, approachable and positive person and am constantly striving to improve.

I am a British teacher currently living and working in Italy. I have spent the last year teaching English as a second language in a number of schools across Genoa and the wider Liguria region. This has included private one-on-one tuition, active classes that incorporate language learning with drama, sport and
music and in particular, exam preparation classes for Cambridge ( KET, PET, FCE) and Trinity (GESE). I have experience teaching a wide age-range of students, including adults.

I have also spent a number of years as a summer camp activity leader in Switzerland and Portugal and a school residential counselor at home in the UK, so I have plenty of experience in engaging with children outside the four walls of a classroom. I have led activities ranging from den building and orientation to arts and craft and team-building exercises. I have also done volunteer work as a youth football coach and as the host of an annual dance festival for local primary schools (however my dance skills – or lack of – meant that I was allowed nowhere near the choreography).

My three core values when teaching are mutual respect, inclusivity and creative thinking.

Strengths in integrating course material, composing student-centered lessons, and teaching with enthusiasm to generate independent thought while improving fluency, reading, and writing skills.

I spent the year 2017 in rural China as a TEFL instructor at a secondary school, where I was forced to quickly adapt to being the only Westerner in my little city. Most of my experience is in the form of structuring lessons and catering to the needs of the students' actual English levels, as well as connecting with them personally to make the material exciting and relevant.

As for my personality, I'm very bubbly and adaptable to new surroundings. My love of languages and education show that I have an affinity for being amicable in a way that engages students in lessons. I am always happy to help in anyway I can when it comes to the needs of the school, but especially to my students.

I am a citizen of the United States with a Bachelor's Degree as well as a 120 hour TEFL certificate. I have my necessary documents (diploma & background check) ready. I'm a responsible professional who is open-minded to other cultures and feel I would be a great fit for this opportunity.