Dimitra Togia

I consider myself as a happy person, eager to interact with others. My job has given me the chance to encounter many different personalities of students (mostly teenagers) as well as their parents. I have become sensitive at recognizing each students special educational needs as well as attending to the needs that parents point out.

Moreover some of the qualities/characteristics that could describe me as a person and employee as well are the following:

• Great organizational skills
• Motivate your students to do their best
• Teamwork
• Ability to solve conflicts
• Understanding of methods of teaching and learning
• Knowledge of and ability to contribute to the planning and development of educational activities
• Problem solving
• Creativity
• Keen, hardworking, reliable, and excellent timekeeper
• Billingual (Greek)

My professional experience is summarised on the following bullet points:

Developing teaching methods that resulted in increased student engagement, improving year-on-year exam success, considering whole school strategy policy.

• Planning and delivering teaching strategies in activities that students with mixed learning difficulties would benefit from for all the core subjects (English, Maths, Science, RS)
• Working along with the other Leads of the SEN department to organize and plan the interventions.
• Attending meetings in order to ensure that our students receive the best practice and learning
• Managing challenging behaviours of SEN students delivering 1:1 sessions, and encouraging them to feel comfortable with the new environment.
• Teaching English to KS3 and KS4 students who have been identified with difficulties in comprehension in accordance with the English scheme of work.
• Attending courses and webinars in relation to my post in SEN department and presenting the most substantial knowledge to my department
• Delivering tests and exams to assess students' progress.
• Marking papers and providing them with effective feedback.
• Keep confidential records of students' data regarding their assessments.
• Using school’s apps to keep a record of the referred students for a specific cognition and learning intervention.
• Working in line with the Learning support coordinator and my line manager (SENCo) on the Annual reviews of our SEN students.
• Use of Provision Maps (E/K) updating pupil passports, reviewing the applied provisions and recording the outcomes based on students' Annual Reviews.

Having completed my academical studies, a BA degree and a master's degree in Special Education with specialty on the learning difficulties in Greece, I acquired my QTS in October of 2018. I am an experienced teacher, and my teaching background has been focused on KS3 and KS4 students who have been identified with a variety of learning difficulties. Prior to my relocation to the UK, I was teaching and preparing KS4 students for their GCSE and A-Levels to entry the university.

It is worth saying that I have transferred all those skills to the students I am currently teaching. The subject area I am teaching is English. However, I am also planning and delivering Vocabulary and metacognitive boosters, to students with low literacy skills, which have been covering the 4 core subjects of the curriculum, English, Maths, RS and Science.

Moreover, I am teaching English to KS3 and KS4 students in small groups in a tutorial basis, working in line with the English department.