Toby: United Kingdom: Sep 17, 2018

I am a British teacher currently living and working in Italy. I have spent the last year teaching English as a second language in a number of schools across Genoa and the wider Liguria region. This has included private one-on-one tuition, active classes that incorporate language learning with drama, sport and
music and in particular, exam preparation classes for Cambridge ( KET, PET, FCE) and Trinity (GESE). I have experience teaching a wide age-range of students, including adults.

I have also spent a number of years as a summer camp activity leader in Switzerland and Portugal and a school residential counselor at home in the UK, so I have plenty of experience in engaging with children outside the four walls of a classroom. I have led activities ranging from den building and orientation to arts and craft and team-building exercises. I have also done volunteer work as a youth football coach and as the host of an annual dance festival for local primary schools (however my dance skills – or lack of – meant that I was allowed nowhere near the choreography).

My three core values when teaching are mutual respect, inclusivity and creative thinking.