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I am a cheery, positive and confident person who genuinely enjoys working with children. In the classroom, I like to get creative and have fun with students in order to encourage them and engage their minds. I have excellent organisation, time management and classroom management skills, and I have experience creating and adapting lesson plans.
Having worked in Japan, China and Italy as an English teacher and tutor, I have a solid amount of teaching experience abroad with children from kindergarten age to high school age. I have also visited Korea a number of times in the past, so I am familiar with day-to-day life in Korea.
I am a recent university graduate, majoring in childhood and youth studies with first-class honours. The degree mainly focuses on child psychology and mental development, which is very pertinent when working with children. Additionally, I have a 150-hour TEFL certification.

I am passionate about forging relationships with students that build a sense of confidence and enable them to grow as learners. I am very ambitious, driven and hardworking.

I’ve been a kindergarten classroom teacher for a year. Before becoming a classroom teacher I worked as a tutor for 2 years, I was helping students improve their academic performance including study strategies, note-taking skills and approaches to answering test questions and assignments. I am very passionate about teaching and I believe that teaching is my calling. I believe that education is the foundation of success and is a lifelong learning process, and it shouldn’t be limited to classroom dictation and expectation. As an educator, I want to make a difference in education.

My teaching style, I have grown into an analytical teacher. I foster a positive learning environment where I Forster learners’ to develop their own individual should kills, for me it’s about finding the balance between the learners needs, interest and individual skills and being able to incorporate that in a classroom setting, And in turn, this information allows me to build a lesson with more creative energy. So, I need to think outside the box and gather more strategies from new sources.

This experience taught me how to manage small/larger class sizes, work with kids of various skill levels and backgrounds, and use technology to encourage learning and retention.

I am a 4th year teacher currently working in Canada. I believe my patience, organization, time management and previous teaching experiences make me a great candidate for a position at your school.

Currently I hold qualifications in Kindergarten, Primary, Junior, Intermediate (Math and Geography) Senior (Math and Geography), Special Education and Teaching English Language learners. This school year, I am working at a Public School as a Grade 7 homeroom generalist teacher, teaching all subjects. Previously to this position I was the Ministry Prep, Learning Resource and Intermediate Student Success Teacher (guidance).

Prior to this, I worked in three separate kindergarten classes 2 in Canada and 1 in London England and currently support in the kindergarten classroom at my current school. I have a strong understanding of Early childhood education and a strong grasp of how to make centers and activities which are holistic and cross curricular in nature. I have also taken a number of Professional development workshops on teaching language and math to Kinder aged students.

Most of my work life I have worked in a service industry where I have been in direct communication with people. I have built effective communication and technical skills. I am compassionate and tenacious. I am wanting to make a positive impact and difference in people's day to day activities. In the last 5 years I have worked in a fast-paced customer services environment making sure that I keep up to date with trends and changes in the industry to keep the customers happy. With everything being said and spread on social media fast, I had to make sure I follow protocol and rules and had to adapt within the minute.

I have also been much involved with our young adults and little kids at church over the years because my husband served as the Sunday school and Youth Priest. We have for the past 2 years been responsible for our general community at church also. I am kindhearted, trustworthy, reliable, flexible, and friendly.

I have been a tutor at the University of the Western Cape for the third year Industrial Psychology students. I had assisted students to complete assignments and learned the students new concepts. Also, studying lesson plans and assigned new projects, reviewing textbooks to prepare for a lesson. Answering questions from students on different topics.

I had opted to do honours in Industrial Psychology because human behaviour had always intrigued me. I constantly analyse people's actions, finding myself question why? This might lead to the question why I have decided to go in to teaching. I have always wanted to be a teacher. After I have completed school, I applied to study education but after a year switched to Industrial Psychology and life took me in a different direction. This is the time now wanting to follow up on this childhood dream.

Your job opportunities posting for the position prompted my interest. After reading the job description and having the education and experience for the position I felt this is a great opportunity for me to expand my knowledge and career. I’m a unique candidate that brings a Global Studies Degree and Peace Corps experience along with excellent communication and multitasking skills.

I have a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Global Studies with a Minor in Communication. In my junior year in college, I spent a semester studying abroad at the University of Norway in Oslo, Norway. This experience along with my studies sparked my interest in finding a career while experiencing other cultures. Shortly after graduating from college, I found my way into the Peace Corps. In the Peace Corp I attended a 9-week training course learning to speak and understand Bemba, Zambian culture, and teaching fish farming to local villagers. During my time in the Peace Corps, I cultivated skills in different teaching methods, keeping learners engaged over a long period of time and developing creative teaching techniques. I soon realized that my passion was to find a career teaching. The development and fine-tuning of my education and skills I’ve learned can be brought into my teaching methods in an English teaching classroom.

Experience: As a high school student, I worked extensively with the school's nursery. I would assist in organising running activities, organising important daily routines such as meal-times and nap-times. I would co-ordinate with the senior teacher to assist with running of the nursery and resolving any issues that may arise. I would also be responsible for a number of students at a time, ensuring their safety throughout the day and this provided me excellent experience communicating with young children.

Personality: I am a passionate, diligent and motivated individual. From a young age I have had an unrivalled love for languages. I was fortunate to attend a bilingual nursery where I learnt English and Spanish side-by-side which awakened a deeper desire to investigate other languages and the cultures to which they are a key. Upon graduating university I decided to pursue a career that would enable me to share my passion for languages and I am dedicated to imparting my knowledge of the English language to those who wish to learn while learning more about and immersing myself in new and captivating cultures. I thrive in working in team environments and seeing people reach their goals whether large or small and it would be an honour to help students reach their English language aims.

Skills: I am affable, confident, encouraging and outgoing which I believe are key traits for a teacher to possess. I have experience organising large groups of people. As the captain of my university's lacrosse team, I was responsible for the preparation and execution of training sessions which required time management skills, dedication, effort, time and attention. I believe that I have the focus and commitment required to effectively live up to expectations required of a successful English teacher.