Teacher Joanna

Profession: English Teacher & Academic Coordinator (Feb 2020 - July 2021)
Teaching
Teaching adults and young learners online for a local school (over 1000 hours): beginner, intermediate and advanced.
Managing a team of ten teachers, including planning and giving training, observations and feedback.

English Teaching Consultant (online) (September 2019 - January 2020)
Teaching
iTutorgroup - Teaching basic to advanced English to children, teenagers and adults (age 6 onwards) from China, Taiwan and Japan.

Spanish and Portuguese tutor (November 2018 - October 2019)
Teaching
Planned, delivered and taught beginner – advanced Spanish and Portuguese to teenagers and adults on a 1:1 basis. Tailored each lesson to a student's level, specific needs and requests (including exam preparation)

CELTA Trainee (June - July 2019)
Teaching
Taught pre and upper-intermediate classes of 3-15 multilingual students in English as a second language. Planned and delivered lessons in response to research and analysis of learners’ needs.

Cover Supervisor (September 2018 - July 2019)
Teaching
Delivered planned lessons in the absence of a timetabled teacher in over 16 primary and secondary schools in Sheffield. Experience covering and teaching over 20 school subjects for every age group.

Volunteer English Teacher (April - May 2017)
Teaching
Planned and taught 4 classes a week of basic to advanced English to small groups of teenagers and adults in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador.

School Support Volunteer (February - April 2017)
Teaching
Assisted in the CEA tutoring centre during the afternoon, helping underprivileged children of primary school age (many with learning difficulties) complete their homework in a variety of different subjects in Quito, Ecuador.


Volunteer English Teaching Coordinator (September 2016 - January 2017)
Teaching
Initiated and ran the English Programme, setting up new English classes to 4 weekly, extra-curricular classes of basic English to children in underprivileged areas of the town and in a local school in Itacaré, Bahia, Brazil.

Volunteer English Teacher
Teaching
Taught English classes independently on a basic to intermediate level to 1st -8th grade children in the school, El Sol Naciente in Pachacutec, Lima, and to children, teenagers and adults in a Saturday school.

Interests: I am a sociable and active person who loves meeting new people, getting to know other cultures and speaking other languages! I love travelling, especially to places that are next to or close to the sea, as I am a keen swimmer, snorkeller and scuba diver!

Education: BA in Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies
Research
Newcastle University

Spoken Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Fluent), Portuguese (Fluent)

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