Tiffany: South Africa: May 30, 2021

I am highly energetic which came in handy when I would teacher my younger students aged 2 and a half and 3 years old. I feel as though I am a great listener and able to openly admit when I am not sure about certain topics which came in handy when I was teaching my pre-teens and teenagers aged 12 to 16 years old. I enjoy bringing out the best in people and giving them consistent reassurance and a thumbs up when I notice that they are trying and that also came in handy with my middle school aged students when it came to them doing oral presentations or debates. I am disciplined, hard-working and I am always up for a new challenge. I gained my teaching experience at an amazing training center called English First (EF), in Zhengzhou China. I worked there for two years and was offered a teaching job at an International school in the same city but when I had returned to South Africa to prepare my documents for the position, the pandemic halted my process.

Before working in China I was part of an NPO called R Shape that focused on providing free tutoring and mentorship to high school students from grades 10 to 12. And during my studies I was the class representative for 3 years and was the Academic officer in my department's school council in my last 2 years. I also served on the Advisory committee in my final year. These opportunities allowed me to be around students and gave me skills on how to listen to their problems and strategize with them on how to help or solve their academic issues and sometimes, personal issues. It also taught me how to think on my feet and be able to adapt when things don't go as planned.

My old job and the new job I managed to obtain a contract for eagerly are waiting for me to start but seeing that China is nowhere near allowing South Africans back in I am here searching for positions elsewhere.