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Biographical informationI have been an English language teacher teaching the world to speak better English since 2010.I have taught in China, Ireland, Latvia, Hungary, The Netherlands, Austria and Russia and I currently work in Budapest in Hungary.My students have come from over 60 countries and territories and I have worked on and offline and on company sites.I have taught all kinds of students from the very young to the young at heart with all kinds of interesting jobs and occupations.I have a lot of experience preparing students for Cambridge exams and IELTS.

Qualifications:
University
Master of Science in Educational Leadership and Management, University of Portsmouth 2020
BA Business Studies, Dublin Business School.
Advanced diploma in Project Management, Dublin Business School.
Certificates
Child Protection for International Schools Level 2.
Preventing Bullying for International Schools - Level 2.
Languages
English, native language.
Russian towards B1.
Chinese A1, HSK 2 certificate.

Professional Statement:
High-performing professional with 12 years of experience delivering high-impact work in education and industry experience before this. Skilled in developing strong internal and external relationships to facilitate collaborative achievement of high-priority school goals. Confident in ability to thrive in a fast-paced setting and leverage skills in international school management, and support skills, to enable school success. Committed to lifelong learning and going the extra mile to contribute to facilitate continuous improvement.

Educational toolkit:
- Master of Science in Educational Leadership and Management, Portsmouth University 2020.
- Celta trained 2014.
Leadership experience in EAL/ESL and team management at an international school.
- Educare certificates.
- International House Young Learners Certificate 2021.

Professional Experience:
International House Budapest, Hungary in-house and on site classes to businesses, government and private students from A0-C2.

Cambridge International school: St Petersburg, RussiaLed a team of professionals who moved an entire school to a new larger location over a weekend during the school year - was voted the most helpful member of staff by my peers.
Transformed the admissions system from an ad-hoc system to a formal, measurable system.
Created and implemented a testing system to identify language issues on entry, interviewed students.
Implemented the CEFR standard that had been neglected.
Data driven testing system to give class teachers clear indications of the language level of their students
Led a team of four language teachers who targeted students based on their language level to prepare for mainstream classes.
Spearheaded the English as a Second level department when the student numbers rocketed from 12 to over 70.
Led two special weeks Science week and International week.
Stage managed the school concerts with the concert director.

International House Dublin, 2014, 2015-2016, 2022:
English language teacher for all levels A0-C2, specialised in teenage groups from Italy and Spain.

Young learner centre China:
Taught grade 1,3,4,5 as a contracted teacher to the local primary school.
Taught grade 3,4,5,6 in the after school training centre.

Chinese university
Taught English to English language majors, nursing majors and teaching majors in a vocational college.
Taught classes of 48 students.
Invited to judge speaking competitions.

Summer camps in China
Summer camp facilitator for a summer camp that ran three times during summer.
Students from 9-13 years old.
Ran sports, classes, excursions and activities through English.
Responsibilities included class preparation and teaching including practical work such as interactive and social basic science experiments.

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