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I am outgoing and eager to learn new things myself, so I am very excited to teach others new things and share that! I am able to multitask well and I also enjoy making the process of doing things fun whenever possible. I am very organised and detail-oriented. I am also a very positive person who believes that with enough hard work, anyone can achieve anything.

I have experience in working with groups of children as I formerly worked at a horse ranch that regularly had 1:1 lessons, group lessons, camps, and birthday parties with children ages 5-10 and often their parents as well. It was important to keep organised, focused, and manage not only the children but animals as well, which could be very unpredictable, so learning to be flexible with the work was a must. I also have a TEFL/TESOL certification that I completed at the end of 2018 that included a 20 hour practicum in order to obtain the certificate. I have experience working with both young and adult learners — my oldest student was 75.

I also have strong media, design, and computer skills as well, so I am able to utilise different things in order to provide different and interesting lessons.

I am a hard working young man who has experience working with young students, with both preparation for lessons and in class teaching experience. I am a kind and gentle person who believes finding the needs of the students to be an important part of delivering any lesson. I have had experience both managing a team of adults and coaching school sports which further contributes to my experience in working with people.

I have completed my BA in psychological counselling and have a natural curiosity of how people work and how to improve certain aspects in order for people to reach their full potential. I have a major curiosity for spirituality and use meditation and sport in order to keep my mind and body working at their highest capacity.

I'm an extremely positive and flexible person. I was born into a military family. This means that my father was assigned a new job in a new town every 3 years of my life until he retired in October of 2016. In the United States of America I have lived in Texas (where I was born), California, Georgia (where I graduated high school) Hawaii (my personal favorite), and Maryland (where I received my Bachelor of Science degree). Outside of The States I have spent time living in Germany and France. This upbringing left me with an insatiable love for learning new cultures, languages, people and traveling the world. I find new things exciting and my love to learn branches out much further than academics.
The skills I could contribute to my success include my computer literacy, exceptional listening skills, organizational skills, and my interpersonal abilities. However, my greatest contribution would be the ability to self direct and drive to do my best. Such things as my experience in environmental biology, sustainability, and education can be seen in my resume. I can quickly analyze research data and raise team morale whilst multitasking in order to achieve personal goals.
These qualities are what made me able to accumulate myself into different schools and work environments my entire life while providing me with a passion for experience. Lately my personal goal is to learn the Korean language. In order to do so I spend an hour every day on self study using textbooks I’ve ordered from TalktoMeinKorean.com, followed by videos of native Korean speakers for at least another hour a day.

I have four years of teaching experience. I have a calming presence and am patient, kind and honest. I have experience working in multicultural environments, as well as experience with working with children with various learning barriers. I am very adaptable and adventurous. I am a team player, which will bring a sense of unity to the classroom. I have experience working in elite private schools and then public schools. I will bring creativity to the classroom, as I have worked as a visual arts teacher for two years, which will allow for fun lessons and allow the children to develop into their unique potential.

I have a very gentle nature, but I can be stern when I need to be. I am very calm and collected, and never lose my temper, however, I would be able to handle students by using different ways of discipline, instead of intimidating them by shouting. I have very good language skills, I have always had a high level of English, and I have a lot of passion for my language. My whole life I have been correcting native English speakers, despite it not being wanted, so I believe that when it is wanted it will ignite my passion to educate. I am also a good public speaker, I did drama in school which taught me to project my voice, and to speak confidently and clearly. My experience working in the film industry has also given me the skills to work under high pressure and for long hours. I do not have experience teaching children, however, I have always thoroughly enjoyed children. I was an unprofessional babysitter for my mother's friends, I did some tutoring while I was studying, and I used to be apart of a dancing group that did children's birthday parties. I strongly believe that the combination of my skills, personality and experience would make me a very fun, and good teacher.