CV, American educated English teacher looking for work in Saudi Arabia

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Skills keywords: children's English teacher

Short Bio:

Teaching English has been a rewarding part of my life for the last 3 and a half years. More so because it has taken me to parts of the world that I had only dreamed of visiting. I have lived and worked in Hyderabad, India for 3 years and I am currently teaching English to 3 to 11 year olds in Shanghai, China. I've grown up traveling the world, and continue to do so, expanding my knowledge about various cultures and learning from the very students whom I teach.

Current location:  Shanghai, China - View on map

Nationality: American

Preferred Sector of Employment:  education and training

Spoken languages: english, Hindi

Location I am interested in working: Anywhere

Education

#MBA-HR: Osmania University College of Commerce and Business Management [Hyderabad, India] (Aug 2009-Jun 2011) – 67% overall

BE-Electronics and Communication: Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology [Hyderabad, India] (Sept 2005-Jun 2009) – 70% overall

High School: American International School of Jeddah [Jeddah, Saudi Arabia] (Aug 2001-Jun 2005) – 3.95/4 cumulative GPA

Work Experience

Designation: Volunteer pre-school teacher

Organization: Little Diamonds Pre-school – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Duration: 2 weeks each in May, June, December 2009-2011

• Responsible for a class of 8-10 children (ages 3 and 4)

• Complete worksheets with alphabets and numbers

• Reading stories with the class

• Singing and playing educational games

Designation: Full-time teacher

Organization: Eurokids Preschool – Hyderabad, India

Duration: Jun 2011 to Jan 2014

• Playgroup: ages 3 and 4

Upper Kindergarten: ages 4 and 5

o Responsible for a class of 7 – 8 students

o Taught letters, basic vocabulary, phonics and numbers

Designation: Full-time English teacher

Organization: Scholastic English Training Center – Shanghai, China

Duration: April 2014-present

In charge of a number of classes of students who spoke little to no English, with the help of a Chinese co-teacher (for situational sporadic translation purposes).

Taught 8 different groups of students, comprising of 4 different levels:

• Level Nursery: 3-4 year olds

o Theme-based vocabulary expansion, reading, sentence formation and fluency practice, alphabet recognition

• Level 1: 5-7 year olds

o Alphabet based vocabulary expansion, reading and word recognition, Phonics, sentence formation and fluency practice, writing letters and words

• Level 2: 8-11 year olds

o Theme-based vocabulary expansion, reading, recognizing sight words, Phonics, word families, sentence formation based on theme, writing complete sentences and words from memory.

Planned lessons based on the class content and capability of the students.

Developed different games

Designed a reward and encouragement system.

Designation: Part-time subject tutor

Organization: Imagination Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd.

Duration: July-November 2014

• Subject: IGCSE Economics (July)

o One-on-one class with ESL student

• Subject: College level Macroeconomics (August)

o One-on-one preparatory class for student before the course began

• Subject: High School and SAT reading/writing (Sept – Nov)

o Class size of 18 students

o Prepared reading material

o Encouraged participation by designing activities

o Conducted 2 unit tests and 1 Midterm exam

120 hours TESOL certificate

MBA: Member of Gnosis student organization

BE: Member of The Orators’ Club and IEEE

High School: Member of National Honor Society, Student Council, Photography Club and player on Table-tennis and badminton teams

*Frequent Volunteer at the Hyderabad based NGO “SAFA”, which works for the education and empowerment of women

Confident leader and comfortable with working with a team

Excellent communication skills

Good organizational skills

Critical eye for details

English, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic (basic)