My experience spans across the formal education and non-formal education sector. I have been educating young people between the ages of 8 to 25 for over 6 years now in a variety of topic areas. Between 2018 and 2020 I was a teaching assistant at secondary school within the SEN department, supporting students with additional needs in topic areas like their reading, writing, maths and social skills. From 2019 to now I have worked in a variety of charities supporting young people with their future careers and developing life skills, as a youth worker, project coordinator and project manager. These roles require me to maintain connections with schools and colleges, as the outcomes within the projects have been to ensure young people enter education or employment.
Through both formal and non-formal educational avenues it has been my role to plan, prepare, deliver and review educational workshops relating to the areas I have mentioned above, so I have vast experience in being able to support groups of classes. As an individual I am extremely positive and enthusiastic, and my energy is contagious so the students and other teaching colleagues I work with will feel that energy which helps create a fun, engaging and inclusive environment.
Other key skills and attributes worth noting here are that I am a very adaptable person which is very important in a classroom setting, I am quick to realise when something needs changing based on the wider group needs. Beyond my practical experience in delivering classroom based work, I possess great non practical skills such as administration, creating resources, utilising systems and generally being organised and proactive with my work.
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