Oliver: United Kingdom: Mar 01, 2024

I have much experience with working with children in formal education settings. I had worked as a teaching assistant at the African Angels school in East Chintsa, South Africa as part of a placement programme whilst studying at Sheffield Hallam University. This gave me a good introduction to teaching English as a foreign language (many of the students spoke Xhosa as their mother tongue). I also have over 12 months of experience as a teaching assistant in UK based schools, diversifying my skills in education by learning conflict resolution and different teaching styles.

I consider myself to be hard-working, empathetic and adaptive. I hold myself to high standards in whatever I do and always look to learn as much about a role as possible so I can deliver the best performance. I am patient, knowing that students have different ways of learning and taking on information, and knowing that your approach to teaching needs to flexible so that all learners can take something valuable from a lesson.

As a politics graduate and an individual with a passion for story-telling in my spare time I am adept at writing and teaching others how to improve the structure and quality of their essays, poems and stories. Other skills include being comfortable using a variety of IT systems and building a rapport with individuals from a range of backgrounds and differing professions.

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