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I am a modern English teacher, with a technical and professional background. I am a one of a kind candidate in the field of education due to the following attributes:

– In Class Teaching Experience
– A Former Language Student (Spanish and Japanese)
– IT Background (Which I utilized to build engaging class materials for my students)

These qualifications enable me to not only conduct myself with the professionalism expected of my career, but also empathize and understand the student on a profound level. This intricate understanding can only be reached by years of hard work studying languages (I studied in Latin America and Japan). Due to the overcoming of these trials, I understand the struggle and challenges that come with learning another language, and the hard work and dedication needed from a teacher to cultivate a positive learning environment where students will not give up, and even enjoy the classes.

In addition to my understanding of the students, an engineering background gives me the ability to fabricate my own personalized tools for learning experiences. Once I created an entire website to engage kids in an english vocabulary project with a scientific focus. I was humbled when my previous supervisor gave me nothing but positive feedback after teaching for a semester.

To close, I have extensive experience in a real classroom with students of many ages (although my passion resides in teaching middle school and high school).

I bring a unique set of skills and experience to the table and, most importantly, I understand the power of positivity, patience, and hard work.

I am a motivated and passionate English instructor with hundreds of hours working, teaching, and communicating effectively with non native English speakers. I have excellent written and interpersonal communication skills in English and am an experienced cross-cultural communicator with a passion and drive to help students succeed in learning and speaking English. I have a background in cultural exchange programs that goes across many different cultures and possess good leadership skills. My classroom experience in English teaching is little to none, but I have engaged in tutoring sessions and one on one development. I'm very attentive to the demands of others. I'm flexible, patient, empathetic, and adaptable in accommodating the needs of others and am determined in helping them succeed. I don't have any background in the Korean language or culture but am willing and eager to learn. I am very cooperative and team-oriented and work well with young children as well as adults. I consider myself as having an English proficiency that is higher than most whom speak English natively.

I will be graduating with a doctorate in May of 2026 and am in process of getting my TEFL certificate. In addition, I have 3 years of teaching experience.

I have over 3 years' teaching experience with students aged 5-18, but I specialised in Secondary (11-18) education for my PGCE course in 2019. I am predominantly a Music teacher, but completed a 120-hour TEFL course and have worked with EAL (English as an Additional Language) students both 1-on-1 and as part of my wider teaching experience. Even though English is my native language, I speak conversational Korean and am semi-fluent in French and Spanish.
I enjoy travelling and learning languages, having taught myself basic Korean after becoming interested in Kpop in 2015. I then chose to study at a Hagwon in Cheonan during August 2017 and have been back to Korea twice since – in 2019 and 2024. I am not fluent (yet), but hope to develop my Korean language skills while teaching in Korea.
I believe that learning should be fun as our brains are more likely to take in new information if we are in a good mood and enjoying ourselves. I therefore strive to create engaging and entertaining lessons that balance technical information with practical, real-life examples. I have a bubbly and enthusiastic personality, and my students have commented on how much they enjoy my lessons and my style of teaching.

I've had 3-4 years (including my internship year) of teaching in classrooms at an elementary school from Kindergarten to 5th grade as a school counselor, where I taught students social-emotional skills. During my years in the classroom, I've implemented art, fun, music, and games into my lessons to it more engaging for my students while they express what they've learned through their creativity while they make the most of my lessons. Also, I've had almost 10 years of au pair experience in China during the summers where I live or visit a Chinese family and privately help and tutor English to their children.

When around kids, I am enthusiastic and I like fun, and I know that students like fun as well! I know when to flick the switch on and have an upbeat attitude and make my lessons as fun and engaging as possible. My active listening and empathy skills are high along with compassion toward my students and any job that involves them. I am a strong social and emotional support for the students along with English mentoring.

Lastly, I have a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology (Fayetteville State University), Master's Degree in Professional School Counseling (University of North Carolina at Pembroke), and I am TEFL Certified. During my time of tutoring/mentoring to Chinese children as an au pair, I've used my talent/hobby as a writer to help the children improve their English writing skills. For example, at the moment, we are working on a book project to make it more fun and exciting, and I assist with the grammar and sentence structure!