tahn

I hold a 120 hour TEFL certification, so I know how to teach students and feel comfortable designing and delivering effective lesson. I'm also a self starter- my favorite jobs are always those in which I'm in charge of directing myself and how to get my work done.
I really enjoy volunteering, especially with kids! For a couple years in high school, I helped coach a team of students for a mathematics competition, which was a blast. I loved teaching them new concepts and seeing their faces light up when they understood. Also, finding activities that they would enjoy was a fun challenge. I have also taken the opportunity to work with kids during college. That volunteer opportunity is less about teaching, but I still get the chance to read with kids and play with them, which makes my day every time!
In terms of my personality, I'm a little more on the quiet side when you first meet me, but I do love to get to know people over time. I like to have fun, which sometimes means hanging out with people, but also means watching a movie by myself. The most important things to me are enjoying my life and continuing to learn, which I hope to do by gaining more real-world experience as an English teacher.

Patience: I am a very patient person when it comes to demonstrating/teaching a new concept to a colleague that has no prior knowledge of this concept. My roles in finance have helped me develop this strength as I trained new starters that don’t have a finance background before which required me to be patient and recap any topics they did not understand with them until they gained an understanding of said topic.

Time management: I meet tight deadlines in my current role as I have to prepare tax returns for multiple different tax authorities on a monthly basis. In order to meet these deadlines, I have to organise multiple different pieces of work and work on multiple tasks simultaneously while managing my time well each day.

Communication: I have good communication skills, whether that be reading, writing, listening or speaking. I can effectively communicate with clients/customers, colleagues, managers and children.

Sociable: I am an approachable, kind and caring person who looks forward to meeting new people and enjoys conversation.

Teamwork: I am a great team player, helping out colleagues with workloads as well as doing overtime in my tax role when needed.

Leadership: I have led team presentations in economics at University. I co-ordinated what topics to research as well as doing a lot of the talking. Presentation went smoothly, attaining a 1st class grade.

I am native English-speaking graduate. I am a South African citizen, and also have citizenship in Portugal. I am BA Graduate and have completed a Level 5 TEFL Certificate with The TEFL Academy in UK, this was made up of 148 hours of academic work and 20 hours of live practical practice teaching, overall, 168 hours.

I strongly desire to help people; it has always been an interest of mine. Furthermore, I genuinely enjoy engaging and interacting with people and through teaching English, I look forward to doing both of these whilst creating lessons which keep my students interested and engaged. I also have what many have described as a bubbly personality and am generally not shy, I have experience performing in front of crowds and peers and therefore am not likely to be intimidated whilst teaching the class rather it is something I personally enjoy. In addition, during high school I taught a class of ten-year-old children each week for 30 minutes.

Experience
– Work with children that includes volunteering as a teaching assistant for 6 months in a primary school in Australia, working with a charity for children in Zambia for 2 weeks and leading creche sessions in Sunday school.
-6 years of work experience around my schooling in both retail and hospitality, starting with a Saturday job when I was 17 and including both seasonal/part-time and full-time employment in holidays/ between school and university.

Personality
I am a happy, bubbly and enthusiastic person who loves working with people – both adults and children! However, I am also mature, sensible and deeply empathetic which enables me to be an effective leader and an attentive listener.

Skills
I believe my naturally outgoing personality combined with my experiences in customer-facing jobs has given me excellent communication and people skills. My work with children so far has also broadened this skill and improved my multitasking abilities. Studying for my degree and working throughout my schooling has refined my time-management, prioritisation and organisational skills.

I love children and just seeing smiles on their faces makes so happy. I have 3 years experience working with all ages groups (5-60 years old). I worked at a gym where I taught fitness classes to children between the ages of 6-12 years old, twice a week. This experience will help me in my English classes, as I'm aware of how to deal and work with students.

I was also granted a management role and lead a team of 7 members for 3 months. This position gave me an opportunity to motivate my team lead them to success.

I therfore, will use all my skills and expertise in my English classes.