ESL Teachers

Aiming to leverage academic experience and a proven knowledge of learning design to successfully fill the teaching role at your school. Frequently praised as detail-oriented by my peers, I can be relied upon to help your school achieve its goals using innovative problem solving and a background technology, design, and data responsive education methods.
The ability to:
Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health of classrooms consisting of 20-30 students.
Adapt, conceptualize, and translate content requirements in delivery methods for different levels or types of learners to reach a goal of 85% proficiency.
Design instructional aids for stand-alone or instructor-led classroom or online use.

I am a young graduate student with qualifications in Foundation Phase teaching; Teaching English as a First Language, and Inclusive Education. I am a warm; caring, and organized orientated individual, whose passion solely focuses on helping young learners develop within the schooling systems.

I also possess skills such as being a reader and scribe, as I currently work independently with students who require additional help. Each of my students have unique learning barriers, and each one has improved my understanding as a teacher.

As a South African citizen, I also have background knowledge to diversity; inclusion, and promoting quality education amongst all young learners. Being South African allows me to also have the courage to engage with new learning and teaching techniques, which I may encounter in a new country.

Majoring in English, I rarely had exams in school. Instead, college consisted of going to lacrosse practice every day and writing a minimum of 50 new pages every week for various writing assignments. These essays were of course always pertaining to readings that the classes were engaging with at the time. I'm proud to say that my best grades have always been in English literature. Upon leaving school, however, one quickly learns that passions unfortunately come second to paychecks (at least if you want to move out of your parents' house).

Eager to start my career, I took the first corporate job I was offered. Things went surprising great. The office had high ceilings and and open floor plan. It was filled head to tow with people my age, hungry both to compete with and to help one another. I've always been a fast learner. The atmosphere in the office combined with my competitive sports background and desire to help my team succeed led me to quickly become a top performer at this large publicly traded tech company in New York City for the next three years. There, I developed strong rapport building and general communication skills. When COVID-19 forced us to begin working from home, it gave me time to think about the things I have not done and the places I have not been. Not wanting a promotion at the company I was at, which had moved to 100% remote work, I decided to purchase a 168-Hour Level 5 Online TEFL Course in hopes that I could soon spend 10 months teaching English abroad.

Shortly after beginning my TEFL course, I left my sales job to begin working at a nationally recognized, critically acclaimed restaurant. Here, again, the focus remains on communication. If I were asked to describe what I do at work in one word, it would be communicate. The restaurant has lofty standards to uphold and a story to tell about every dish. Each customer, conversely, has their own sets of dietary restrictions, likes, dislikes, etc. that we need to maneuver around during service. We work as a team. We communicate and we work to put smiles on customers' faces. While this work is very rewarding, I my eyes are set on teaching English abroad. I believe that the skill sets I began developing in school and have continued to build upon throughout my career will transition smoothly into teaching English. I hope you agree.

I take my job seriously and strive to perform to the best of my ability. Working in customer service strengthened my ability to multitask and communicate with others. I strive to make others feel comfortable and cared for with my friendly and caring personality. I have helped my sister with her children for over six years. By spending time with her son, who has special needs, I have learned that looking at the world from different perspectives is essential. I have also strengthened my patience and become more open-minded and flexible with others by spending time with him. I have become a babysitter, teacher, role model, and counselor to these children and have learned the importance of these positions to others. My experience with culinary arts, schooling, and babysitting has helped me to think outside the box and be more creative.

I have a first-class degree in History and Politics, a Russell Group university in London. I also have two TEFL certificates, one which is a Level 3 120 hours online course and the second which is a a Level 5 168 course with a 20 hour in-class component. I have been working in sales over the past year and have gained important interpersonal and social skills. In addition, I have also offered essay-writing tutoring throughout high school and university to people struggling with dyslexia and ADHD. I am a patient and hard working person which I believe will make me an effective teacher and will improve the education of my students.

I am licensed educator in South Africa. I have graduated with a Bachelor of education degree and I currently teach at my school since 2019.

I started off teaching English and Mathematics to first graders for 3 years
. During those years, my learners became fluent readers and speakers of the language. They also took the first place english awards for 3 years in a row.

I currently teach English and science to grades 5 to 7.

My strengths include being an excellent English teacher, I am loving, kind and caring towards all students. I make it my mission to ensure only the best in all of my classes, hence all of my past students have been stars in and out of the classroom.

I am an enthusiastic and fun individual who loves working with people. I have one year of experience of teaching English as a foreign language to children aged 4 to 7. I loved creating entertaining but informative lessons to ensure my students developed excellent English literacy and communication skills while also enjoying my lessons.

I have recently graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a BSc with Honours in Reproductive Biology. I am also currently completing a 120 hour virtual TEFL course which I will finish by the end of July.

I have the skills and training to fill the position of a native English teacher.
I am an expert in teaching children since I have tutored young children in bible studies, ran workshops in peace education for older children and in my current field I communicate with foreign suppliers. I have the experience needed to assist and motivate students, prepare work schedules and I am creative which helps to keep the students engaged.
I have the ability to adhere to the curriculum of your school. I can put together class discussions where students can ask questions and voice opinions. I also have the ability to observe the progress of the students and maintain excellent student records.
I am computer literate with a complete understand of the various Web based programs. I have the flexibility to provide extra help for students that are having problems. I also have excellent time management skills that make it possible to handle all of the responsibilities this position requires.
I have lots of patience and I always treat students with respect and a friendly attitude. I also possess excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. I am reliable, punctual, self-motivated and I know that I have the skills and experience you are searching for in an applicant.

I have at least 10 years of experience related to work using English:
-TOEIC/TOEFL (Also content creation) -SAT 1 & 2 English
-College Admissions
-Essay Writing
-Business English (Have also worked in banks and many other companies using English) -GMAT/GRE English
-Content Creation/Editing/Translation for different companies using English, Korean, and French -Published my writing, and currently working on a book

I would be a great addition to any team since I have worked in a variety of fields, and my expertise is to reach high levels of work and communication using English. Contact me soon so we can talk further about opportunities and ways to work together.

Sincerely,
Max

A strength I have been able to identify as a developing teacher is the ability to put myself in the shoes of the students. As someone who learned English for the very first time at the age of 11 and as someone who is currently learning Korean, I would say I have an idea about some things language learners struggle with. As a learner, I know that oftentimes I tend to memorize the structure of a particular grammar to help me understand, but sometimes when the same grammar is being used in a different context, it can confound me. At Literacy Pittsburgh, I have suggested ideas that uses new vocabulary terms in various context so students can truly grasp the meaning.

Another strength I have is classroom management. Teaching a class of 15-20 students can get rowdy especially when every student is passionate and eager to participate. At Literacy Pittsburgh, I co-teach with the main teacher and when it is my turn, she often helps in classroom management. However, recently, I had to teach the entire classroom independently without the main teacher present. Having observed how the main teacher handles disruption, I was able to put those skills into practice and have a successful two hour lesson on my own.