ESL Teachers

I have experience teaching ESL in Vietnam from 2017-2020. I also have experience teaching ESL online to Chinese students from 2020-2021. I am a focused teacher who establishes clear expectations in the classroom, leading to a fun and productive course for my students. While working at Apax English in Vietnam I received a Top FAS Achiever award in our faculty appraisal system review. This attests that I adapted to the curriculum and was able to carry out effective lessons that met the goals and standards of our programs/ courses. I am prepared and excited to adapt to a new program and bring my established skills to a school in Korea!

Experience
I have experience teaching English as a foreign language at a private children’s school in Florence, Italy. I taught classes of ages 7-15 years-old children at this school for over three months and developed a number of strengths.
Firstly, spoken communication skills. Being able to communicate effectively is the most important strength I have when it comes to teaching; it is necessary to effectively explain difficult ideas to children who do not speak the same language as you. This is a strength that can only be developed through practical experience which I have gained.
Secondly, classroom management. Teaching younger people is not always easy as they have a tendency to get distracted easily and misbehave. But maintaining an environment that is both interesting and fun for the children, without losing control over the class, is another important skill I was able to develop during my time as an English teacher.
I also volunteer for a company Refunet, where I teach an online class each week for an adult student who has a very high standard of English. Through this, I have gained experience planning and executing lessons for more advanced students.

Personality
I am an approachable and friendly person which are very strong strengths when applied to teaching. Because of this demeanour, I am able to make classrooms a relaxed environment, where students feel comfortable to try their best without being concerned they will make a mistake, as well as talk to me about any topic they are struggling with.
I am also very driven and hard-working in any task I take on. I will always see everything I do to its end, whether it is something as trivial as reading a book or watching a movie, or as important as preparing and planning for lessons. I will bring this passion into all of my classrooms and make sure to do the best job I can every day.

Skills
My best strengths in terms of skills are firstly my organisational and time management skills. I am always very organised in every aspect of my life, but especially when it comes to my work. This is an important strength as I will always be prepared and punctual for my classes. This provides consistency and high-quality education for the students, as well as support for other members of staff.
My second skill is my reading proficiency and passion for the English language. In my free time, my main hobby is reading. If I ever get a spare 30 minutes the first thing I do is pick up a book. From this, I have developed my reading skills, as well as grammar and vocabulary, to a very high standard. But, as well as this, I am also passionate about sharing this skill and teaching other people the English language so they too can enjoy it as I do.

My top five characteristics are patience, empathy, attention to detail, conflict resolution and kindness. These are some of my most valuable characteristics and they show in my personality. Kindness is something which I have always believed can make the biggest difference in an adult/child’s daily life. patience and empathy go hand in hand as whilst being a teacher I will see children struggling with things and it is my job to ensure they feel comfortable enough to ask for help and work at their own pace which is where patience plays the largest role. Attention to detail and conflict resolution ensure I am prepared for the role. These characteristics show that I have what it takes to be a good teacher as they show care and understanding whilst still focusing on the educational factor. This works alongside all of previous work related experience over the years in many different environments.

I am currently working in Korea and have been teaching ESL for the last 5 years. I’ve taught many levels of ESL, from kindergarten to 3rd year middle school students.
I’m proficient at managing all classroom sizes I order to ensure effective learning
I’m proficient in developing activities, tools, and methods to help students learn English in different and creative ways.
I have the ability to connect with students and encourage them to excel.
I’m dedicated, hard-working, and determined to make sure students master English despite any personal challenges.
I am able to work with students individually or in groups to increase language development.

Dear sir or madam,
Please accept this letter as an expression of my interest in your available English language teaching position.

I am a highly motivated and progress-focused ESL teacher and teaching assistant with a long-standing background in this industry. I have worked as a teacher for young students (public school, Carcassonne), teacher and teaching assistant for teenage ESL students (English academy, Tramore) and as a private English tutor (residential, Madrid).

With a track record of initiative and dependability, I have qualifications and skills that I believe will prove valuable to you. Throughout the course of my career, I have perfected my teaching and classroom-management abilities. I am a capable and consistent problem-solver skilled at prioritizing and managing projects with proficiency.

I am fully TEFL-certified and have a bachelor’s degree (taught through English) in Spanish and French. I have a proven ability to work effectively and professionally in new and diverse cultures and settings. I am progressive minded and I have proven to be effective and collaborative with strong teamwork talents.

You will notice no gaps on my CV other than when I was in full-time education. The time I invested in my education has been invaluable to my professional growth, and I am eager to re-enter the professional sphere and apply my newfound qualifications and knowledge to the job. I would be very highly motivated to put my skills to use with you.

Please take a moment to review my attached resume and credentials. I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to speak with you regarding my candidacy. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Niamh Conway

I am a very enthusiastic person who has a great passion for leaning and teaching. I love working with children of all ages and helping them learn a new language and culture. I believe these are important lessons for everyone to learn as the world moves towards a global culture. It is also for this reason that l seek out and enjoy opportunities to learn the language and culture of the country l am living in.
In order to be the most effective teacher I can be I have gained both TEFL/TESOL and PGCE qualifications since graduating from university in 2019. My PGCE course required l complete two placements within two separate schools while also completing academic research and assignments. Since graduating in July 2021 l have been employed by my current employer as a native English teacher in Hong Kong for primary level students.
The skills that these experiences have equipped me with are numerous; l am highly organized and a very efficient time keeper, l am able to create my own lessons and schemes of work from a given curriculum or adapt to and adjust pre-made lesson plans, and I can work well and build rapport quickly with children throughout the primary and secondary environment, as well as with colleagues and co-teachers.

I am a very patient and experienced teacher with over 1 year of experience teaching in South Korea and over 5 years of teaching ESL and private tutoring for the TOEFL exam. I have an outgoing and vibrant personality and I speak intermediate Korean as well. I am well versed with technology, responsible and inspirational.

I am currently studying my PGCE Foundation Phase. I originally studied Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture which was a long 5 years and on completion of my studies I went to China to gain some experience. While I was living there, I still had to pay the bills so I ended up teaching at an International Kindergarten in Shanghai. It was there that I completely fell in love with teaching little children and realised that that was actually my true passion. I taught in China for 4 years and then came home to South Africa in the August of 2020.

At the beginning of this year I was lucky to get a teaching position as an online preschool teacher with a company called Kido Education. They have an online school as well as physical schools all around the world. There, I taught students in the USA and Dubai and also helped with the Physical Development Curriculum which will be incorporated into the physical KIDO schools in Houston, Hong Kong, London, Dubai and some cities in India. I also helped with the development of the online curriculum.

I am a honest, nurturing, loving, bubbly, vibrant female who is well organised, punctual and reliable. I am fun, I bring a lot of energy to my classes, I work well in groups and I get on well with everybody. I have good people skills and can communicate with people on all levels. I have a willingness to learn and when given a task I do it whole heartedly.

My strengths are my teaching abilities and techniques that enable me to grasp the attention of my students by doing activities that encourage more student talking time than teacher talking time. I believe in the 60/40 rule, where 60% of the time the student is speaking and the teacher speaks 40% of the time, this improves students vocab and pronunciation in the English language. how my lesson plan will go is:

My personality , I'm a very fun person, who wants to make everyone in the room comfortable. I'm also very observant, energetic, creative, organized and adventurous. I'm very open to peoples cultures and beliefs and that makes it easy for me to respect them. I am always open to learning and sharing skills and that has worked very well in being a team player.

Skills are but not limited to:
Communication skills: written and verbal
Interpersonal Skills
Flexibility and adaptability
Good Organizational and time management skills
Good planning skills
Work well under pressure
A team player

I've taught for 7 years in the Korean Public School system and so I have garnered experience both teaching elementary school students and middle school students. It has been such an honor to want to teach Korean children as they are so keen for knowledge and English.

My personality is one that is extremely focused on creating an environment for children where they feel safe and able to be themselves. My biggest goal daily is to see children leaving my class happy while learning and enough confidence to conquer the world. As for my skills, over the seven years I have had the privilege to teach along side highly skilled Korean teachers who taught me a lot about the art of teaching.

My skills involve usually to sing, dance go beyond the borders of teaching and create a class where children are free to express opinions. Where they feel that their classmates have listened to them, where they feel like they belong regardless of their English speaking abilities. I am good at classroom management and keeping students on track, to complete a task. I have been known to make a full class of middle schoolers and parents at Open Day, dance along and learn English in the process.